Senior Job Trends in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior salary in London is £86,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 4,064 2,083 3,803
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.82% 17.66% 20.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.12% 19.39% 21.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 1,217 2,187
10th Percentile £57,700 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £120,400 £122,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 23,741 10,742 18,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.06% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,130 6,976 11,189
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,522 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.22% - -8.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior job vacancy trend in London

Senior
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in London

Senior
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in London over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in London

Senior
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the London region over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +6 473 £90,000 +14.29% 820
West London +23 92 £60,000 +21.95% 144
South London +22 46 £70,000 -34.88% 39
East London +13 29 £120,000 +97.21% 23
North London -1 2 £62,500 -16.67% 1
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 28 September 2026, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 767 (18.87%) AI
2 717 (17.64%) Software Engineering
3 630 (15.50%) AWS
4 588 (14.47%) Azure
5 584 (14.37%) Python
6 499 (12.28%) Agile
7 498 (12.25%) Analytics
8 464 (11.42%) CI/CD
9 429 (10.56%) Mentoring
10 417 (10.26%) Microsoft
11 363 (8.93%) SQL
12 358 (8.81%) DevOps
13 344 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
14 337 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 335 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
15 335 (8.24%) Roadmaps
16 319 (7.85%) Degree
17 310 (7.63%) Java
18 286 (7.04%) Security Cleared
19 275 (6.77%) Machine Learning
20 249 (6.13%) Infrastructure as Code
21 240 (5.91%) Decision-Making
22 234 (5.76%) Kubernetes
23 231 (5.68%) GCP
24 228 (5.61%) Business Development
25 225 (5.54%) Microservices
26 223 (5.49%) Data Science
27 217 (5.34%) Terraform
28 209 (5.14%) Test Automation
29 207 (5.09%) Migration

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 63 (1.55%) Apache Spark
2 60 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 31 (0.76%) Apache
5 23 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 22 (0.54%) Confluence
7 19 (0.47%) SAS
8 15 (0.37%) CMS
9 7 (0.17%) WordPress
10 6 (0.15%) Drupal
11 5 (0.12%) WinCC
12 4 (0.098%) IIS
12 4 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.074%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
14 2 (0.049%) Camunda
14 2 (0.049%) Cloud Foundry
14 2 (0.049%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.049%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.049%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 13 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.17%) InDesign
8 7 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.12%) Navisworks
10 5 (0.12%) Revit
11 4 (0.098%) Civil 3D
11 4 (0.098%) DaVinci Resolve
11 4 (0.098%) ProjectWise
12 3 (0.074%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.074%) Blender
12 3 (0.074%) Maya
13 2 (0.049%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 40 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.37%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
6 9 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
7 7 (0.17%) SAP BPC
8 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.098%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.098%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.074%) Maximo
10 3 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.074%) Oracle SCM
10 3 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 630 (15.50%) AWS
2 588 (14.47%) Azure
3 231 (5.68%) GCP
4 197 (4.85%) SaaS
5 145 (3.57%) Power Platform
6 137 (3.37%) Serverless
7 129 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
8 127 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
9 123 (3.03%) GitHub
10 122 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
11 77 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
12 68 (1.67%) Entra ID
13 56 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
14 53 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
15 52 (1.28%) Amazon S3
16 48 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
17 46 (1.13%) Azure AKS
18 43 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
19 42 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
20 36 (0.89%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 112 (2.76%) Firewall
2 100 (2.46%) Network Security
3 76 (1.87%) DNS
4 67 (1.65%) VPN
5 53 (1.30%) VLAN
6 43 (1.06%) DHCP
6 43 (1.06%) Internet
7 40 (0.98%) WAN
8 37 (0.91%) TCP/IP
8 37 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (0.89%) BGP
10 32 (0.79%) OSPF
11 31 (0.76%) Broadband
12 25 (0.62%) LAN
13 20 (0.49%) Wireless
14 18 (0.44%) SD-WAN
15 17 (0.42%) SAN
16 16 (0.39%) VXLAN
17 12 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
18 11 (0.27%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (2.71%) Power BI
2 102 (2.51%) SQL Server
3 82 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
4 61 (1.50%) Relational Database
5 58 (1.43%) NoSQL
6 51 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (1.16%) Big Data
8 45 (1.11%) MongoDB
8 45 (1.11%) Tableau
9 41 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
10 39 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 39 (0.96%) Data Lake
10 39 (0.96%) Metadata
11 37 (0.91%) MySQL
12 31 (0.76%) DynamoDB
13 24 (0.59%) SAP HANA
14 21 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
15 20 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (0.49%) Hadoop
16 19 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 100 (2.46%) Git
2 57 (1.40%) JIRA
3 46 (1.13%) GitLab
4 41 (1.01%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.76%) Claude Code
6 21 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 13 (0.32%) Selenium
9 12 (0.30%) MLflow
10 8 (0.20%) NUnit
11 5 (0.12%) Appium
11 5 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 5 (0.12%) Mocha
11 5 (0.12%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.098%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.098%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.098%) JUnit
12 4 (0.098%) Maven
12 4 (0.098%) Spock
12 4 (0.098%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,022 (25.15%) Finance
2 701 (17.25%) Social Skills
3 294 (7.23%) Banking
4 290 (7.14%) Law
5 264 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
6 233 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 213 (5.24%) Marketing
8 172 (4.23%) Public Sector
9 157 (3.86%) Legal
10 148 (3.64%) Retail
11 105 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 72 (1.77%) Front Office
13 71 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 68 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
15 43 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 43 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
16 40 (0.98%) Games
16 40 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 34 (0.84%) Billing
18 33 (0.81%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (5.34%) Terraform
2 134 (3.30%) React
3 132 (3.25%) .NET
4 130 (3.20%) REST
5 107 (2.63%) Kafka
6 93 (2.29%) Spring
7 85 (2.09%) RESTful
8 71 (1.75%) Node.js
9 70 (1.72%) Spring Boot
10 53 (1.30%) HTML
11 41 (1.01%) Next.js
12 40 (0.98%) CSS
13 37 (0.91%) JSON
14 36 (0.89%) PySpark
15 32 (0.79%) AngularJS
16 30 (0.74%) Django
17 29 (0.71%) FastAPI
18 27 (0.66%) .NET Core
19 25 (0.62%) React Native
20 24 (0.59%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 255 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 160 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 150 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
4 123 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 121 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
6 118 (2.90%) AI Agents
7 116 (2.85%) Product Ownership
8 71 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 56 (1.38%) Algorithms
10 53 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
11 52 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
12 48 (1.18%) Blog
13 45 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
14 43 (1.06%) e-Learning
15 41 (1.01%) Derivative
16 39 (0.96%) Data Structures
16 39 (0.96%) Mobile App
17 38 (0.94%) Public Cloud
18 36 (0.89%) Reinsurance
19 34 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 100 (2.46%) Linux
2 98 (2.41%) Windows
3 47 (1.16%) Android
4 34 (0.84%) Unix
5 32 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 28 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.25%) AIX
8 10 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.074%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.074%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.049%) tvOS
12 1 (0.025%) CentOS
12 1 (0.025%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (18.87%) AI
2 717 (17.64%) Software Engineering
3 499 (12.28%) Agile
4 498 (12.25%) Analytics
5 464 (11.42%) CI/CD
6 429 (10.56%) Mentoring
7 358 (8.81%) DevOps
8 344 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
9 337 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 335 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 335 (8.24%) Roadmaps
11 275 (6.77%) Machine Learning
12 249 (6.13%) Infrastructure as Code
13 240 (5.91%) Decision-Making
14 228 (5.61%) Business Development
15 225 (5.54%) Microservices
16 223 (5.49%) Data Science
17 209 (5.14%) Test Automation
18 207 (5.09%) Migration
19 203 (5.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 584 (14.37%) Python
2 363 (8.93%) SQL
3 310 (7.63%) Java
4 144 (3.54%) TypeScript
5 143 (3.52%) C#
6 118 (2.90%) JavaScript
7 85 (2.09%) C++
8 67 (1.65%) PowerShell
9 57 (1.40%) Go
10 52 (1.28%) Bash
11 34 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 31 (0.76%) Bicep
13 27 (0.66%) PHP
14 26 (0.64%) Scala
15 25 (0.62%) R
16 21 (0.52%) Ruby
17 19 (0.47%) Apex Code
17 19 (0.47%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.47%) SOQL
18 18 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 319 (7.85%) Degree
2 286 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 182 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 102 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 81 (1.99%) AWS Certification
6 66 (1.62%) Master's Degree
7 56 (1.38%) CISSP
8 54 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 44 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 43 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 42 (1.03%) DV Cleared
12 38 (0.94%) CISM
13 37 (0.91%) PhD
14 32 (0.79%) CCNP
15 31 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
16 27 (0.66%) CISA
17 24 (0.59%) ACCA
18 20 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
18 20 (0.49%) CIMA
19 18 (0.44%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 116 (2.85%) QA
3 94 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 85 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 81 (1.99%) GDPR
6 72 (1.77%) NIST
7 46 (1.13%) GRC
8 24 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 23 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.32%) COBIT
10 13 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 12 (0.30%) WCAG
12 11 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.27%) NCSC
12 11 (0.27%) PMO
13 10 (0.25%) SLA
14 7 (0.17%) MiFID
15 6 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 137 (3.37%) Docker
2 63 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
4 11 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.12%) vSphere
6 3 (0.074%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.049%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.049%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.025%) Firmware
8 1 (0.025%) IAG
8 1 (0.025%) KVM
8 1 (0.025%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 234 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 37 (0.91%) Grafana
3 35 (0.86%) Ansible
4 29 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.49%) FortiGate
5 20 (0.49%) Puppet
6 19 (0.47%) Progress Chef
7 17 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.25%) Data Guard
8 10 (0.25%) Nagios
8 10 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
8 10 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.20%) SCCM
10 6 (0.15%) Cilium
10 6 (0.15%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.12%) Argo
11 5 (0.12%) EnCase
11 5 (0.12%) FTK
11 5 (0.12%) Istio
12 3 (0.074%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 417 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 129 (3.17%) Oracle
3 122 (3.00%) Salesforce
4 120 (2.95%) Google
5 106 (2.61%) SAP
6 88 (2.17%) Databricks
7 67 (1.65%) Cisco
8 52 (1.28%) VMware
9 49 (1.21%) Palo Alto
10 48 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 40 (0.98%) Zscaler
12 33 (0.81%) OpenAI
13 31 (0.76%) Splunk
14 30 (0.74%) Workday
15 29 (0.71%) Adobe
16 27 (0.66%) HP
17 23 (0.57%) Fortinet
18 22 (0.54%) IBM
19 21 (0.52%) Intapp
20 20 (0.49%) Foundry