Senior Job Trends in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior salary in London is £85,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 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 4,023 2,109 3,797
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.73% 17.73% 19.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.99% 19.44% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,553 1,239 2,205
10th Percentile £58,000 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,250 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £120,000 £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 23,677 10,846 18,143
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 91.18% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 16,183 7,073 11,308
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 £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 24 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 24 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 +6 484 £90,000 +16.13% 815
West London +23 92 £60,000 +21.95% 169
South London +24 46 £70,000 -34.88% 52
East London +9 26 £120,000 +97.21% 27
North London -1 2 £62,500 - 2
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 750 (18.64%) AI
2 716 (17.80%) Software Engineering
3 626 (15.56%) AWS
4 590 (14.67%) Azure
5 584 (14.52%) Python
6 503 (12.50%) Agile
7 488 (12.13%) Analytics
8 461 (11.46%) CI/CD
9 433 (10.76%) Mentoring
10 419 (10.42%) Microsoft
11 360 (8.95%) SQL
12 358 (8.90%) DevOps
13 341 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
14 337 (8.38%) Roadmaps
15 331 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 331 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
16 326 (8.10%) Degree
17 308 (7.66%) Java
18 284 (7.06%) Security Cleared
19 272 (6.76%) Machine Learning
20 252 (6.26%) Infrastructure as Code
21 239 (5.94%) Decision-Making
22 231 (5.74%) GCP
22 231 (5.74%) Kubernetes
23 229 (5.69%) Business Development
24 221 (5.49%) Data Science
24 221 (5.49%) Microservices
24 221 (5.49%) Terraform
25 213 (5.29%) Test Automation
26 205 (5.10%) 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 62 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 58 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (0.75%) Apache
5 22 (0.55%) Confluence
6 21 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (0.47%) SAS
8 14 (0.35%) CMS
9 6 (0.15%) WordPress
10 5 (0.12%) Drupal
11 4 (0.099%) IIS
11 4 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.099%) WinCC
12 3 (0.075%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.050%) Camunda
13 2 (0.050%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.050%) Kinematics
13 2 (0.050%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.050%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 14 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.17%) InDesign
7 7 (0.17%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.12%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.099%) Civil 3D
10 4 (0.099%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.099%) ProjectWise
10 4 (0.099%) Revit
11 3 (0.075%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.075%) Blender
11 3 (0.075%) Maya
12 2 (0.050%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 40 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.37%) Elite 3E
4 11 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
4 11 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 9 (0.22%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.17%) SAP BPC
7 6 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
8 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.099%) Maximo
9 4 (0.099%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.099%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.075%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.075%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.075%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.075%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 626 (15.56%) AWS
2 590 (14.67%) Azure
3 231 (5.74%) GCP
4 198 (4.92%) SaaS
5 142 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 139 (3.46%) Serverless
7 129 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
8 127 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
9 125 (3.11%) GitHub
10 122 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
11 77 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 69 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 57 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
14 54 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
15 52 (1.29%) Amazon S3
16 49 (1.22%) GitHub Copilot
17 46 (1.14%) Azure AKS
18 43 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
19 42 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
20 37 (0.92%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 113 (2.81%) Firewall
2 101 (2.51%) Network Security
3 76 (1.89%) DNS
4 68 (1.69%) VPN
5 53 (1.32%) VLAN
6 44 (1.09%) DHCP
7 43 (1.07%) Internet
8 42 (1.04%) WAN
9 39 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
10 37 (0.92%) BGP
10 37 (0.92%) TCP/IP
11 33 (0.82%) OSPF
12 32 (0.80%) Broadband
13 27 (0.67%) LAN
14 21 (0.52%) Wireless
15 20 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 18 (0.45%) SAN
17 16 (0.40%) VXLAN
18 13 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
19 12 (0.30%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (2.68%) Power BI
2 104 (2.59%) SQL Server
3 80 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (1.47%) NoSQL
4 59 (1.47%) Relational Database
5 50 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 46 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 45 (1.12%) Big Data
7 45 (1.12%) Tableau
8 42 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
9 40 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 40 (0.99%) Metadata
10 38 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
11 35 (0.87%) MySQL
12 32 (0.80%) DynamoDB
13 24 (0.60%) SAP HANA
14 21 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
15 20 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
16 19 (0.47%) Hadoop
17 18 (0.45%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 102 (2.54%) Git
2 57 (1.42%) JIRA
3 45 (1.12%) GitLab
4 40 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.75%) Claude Code
6 21 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.50%) Cucumber
8 13 (0.32%) Selenium
9 11 (0.27%) MLflow
10 8 (0.20%) NUnit
11 5 (0.12%) Appium
11 5 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 5 (0.12%) Mocha
12 4 (0.099%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.099%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.099%) JUnit
12 4 (0.099%) Maven
12 4 (0.099%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.099%) Spock
12 4 (0.099%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,014 (25.21%) Finance
2 698 (17.35%) Social Skills
3 292 (7.26%) Banking
4 291 (7.23%) Law
5 267 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
6 234 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 215 (5.34%) Marketing
8 171 (4.25%) Public Sector
9 151 (3.75%) Legal
10 148 (3.68%) Retail
11 101 (2.51%) Financial Institution
12 73 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 72 (1.79%) Front Office
14 67 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 44 (1.09%) Manufacturing
17 40 (0.99%) Games
18 37 (0.92%) Telecoms
19 33 (0.82%) Military
20 32 (0.80%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (5.49%) Terraform
2 135 (3.36%) React
3 134 (3.33%) .NET
4 128 (3.18%) REST
5 106 (2.63%) Kafka
6 91 (2.26%) Spring
7 84 (2.09%) RESTful
8 75 (1.86%) Node.js
9 68 (1.69%) Spring Boot
10 53 (1.32%) HTML
11 41 (1.02%) Next.js
12 40 (0.99%) CSS
13 36 (0.89%) JSON
14 35 (0.87%) PySpark
15 33 (0.82%) AngularJS
16 31 (0.77%) Django
17 29 (0.72%) FastAPI
18 28 (0.70%) .NET Core
19 27 (0.67%) React Native
20 25 (0.62%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 251 (6.24%) Cloud Native
2 159 (3.95%) Onboarding
3 153 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
4 120 (2.98%) Data Centre
4 120 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
4 120 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 114 (2.83%) AI Agents
6 69 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 59 (1.47%) Algorithms
8 53 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
9 52 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
10 48 (1.19%) Blog
11 46 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
12 43 (1.07%) e-Learning
13 42 (1.04%) Derivative
14 40 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 40 (0.99%) Mobile App
15 38 (0.94%) Public Cloud
16 35 (0.87%) Reinsurance
16 35 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 100 (2.49%) Linux
2 99 (2.46%) Windows
3 47 (1.17%) Android
4 35 (0.87%) Unix
5 31 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 29 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.25%) AIX
8 10 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.075%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.050%) tvOS
11 2 (0.050%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.025%) CentOS
12 1 (0.025%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 750 (18.64%) AI
2 716 (17.80%) Software Engineering
3 503 (12.50%) Agile
4 488 (12.13%) Analytics
5 461 (11.46%) CI/CD
6 433 (10.76%) Mentoring
7 358 (8.90%) DevOps
8 341 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
9 337 (8.38%) Roadmaps
10 331 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 331 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 272 (6.76%) Machine Learning
12 252 (6.26%) Infrastructure as Code
13 239 (5.94%) Decision-Making
14 229 (5.69%) Business Development
15 221 (5.49%) Data Science
15 221 (5.49%) Microservices
16 213 (5.29%) Test Automation
17 205 (5.10%) Migration
18 201 (5.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 584 (14.52%) Python
2 360 (8.95%) SQL
3 308 (7.66%) Java
4 146 (3.63%) TypeScript
5 142 (3.53%) C#
6 121 (3.01%) JavaScript
7 86 (2.14%) C++
8 67 (1.67%) PowerShell
9 57 (1.42%) Go
10 53 (1.32%) Bash
11 34 (0.85%) Kotlin
12 32 (0.80%) Bicep
13 26 (0.65%) PHP
14 25 (0.62%) R
14 25 (0.62%) Scala
15 21 (0.52%) Ruby
16 19 (0.47%) PL/SQL
17 18 (0.45%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.42%) Apex Code
18 17 (0.42%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 326 (8.10%) Degree
2 284 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 183 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 104 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 81 (2.01%) AWS Certification
6 68 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 56 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 56 (1.39%) CISSP
8 44 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 43 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
10 40 (0.99%) DV Cleared
11 39 (0.97%) CISM
12 38 (0.94%) PhD
13 32 (0.80%) CCNP
13 32 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
14 27 (0.67%) CISA
15 24 (0.60%) ACCA
16 20 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
17 19 (0.47%) CIMA
18 18 (0.45%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (3.53%) Data Quality
2 122 (3.03%) QA
3 93 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 84 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 79 (1.96%) GDPR
6 72 (1.79%) NIST
7 46 (1.14%) GRC
8 24 (0.60%) SOC 2
9 22 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.32%) COBIT
10 13 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 13 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.27%) NCSC
11 11 (0.27%) PMO
11 11 (0.27%) WCAG
12 10 (0.25%) SLA
13 9 (0.22%) MiFID
14 6 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 133 (3.31%) Docker
2 63 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
5 10 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.12%) vSphere
7 3 (0.075%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.050%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.050%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.025%) Firmware
9 1 (0.025%) IAG
9 1 (0.025%) KVM
Systems Management
1 231 (5.74%) Kubernetes
2 38 (0.94%) Grafana
3 35 (0.87%) Ansible
4 29 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (0.52%) FortiGate
6 20 (0.50%) Puppet
7 19 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 18 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 10 (0.25%) Data Guard
9 10 (0.25%) Nagios
9 10 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
9 10 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.20%) SCCM
11 6 (0.15%) Cilium
12 5 (0.12%) Argo
12 5 (0.12%) Istio
12 5 (0.12%) Kubeflow
13 4 (0.099%) EnCase
13 4 (0.099%) FTK
14 3 (0.075%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 419 (10.42%) Microsoft
2 130 (3.23%) Oracle
3 119 (2.96%) Google
4 118 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 107 (2.66%) SAP
6 88 (2.19%) Databricks
7 69 (1.72%) Cisco
8 53 (1.32%) VMware
9 51 (1.27%) Palo Alto
10 49 (1.22%) ServiceNow
11 40 (0.99%) Zscaler
12 35 (0.87%) OpenAI
13 32 (0.80%) Adobe
14 30 (0.75%) Splunk
15 29 (0.72%) Workday
16 26 (0.65%) HP
17 23 (0.57%) Fortinet
17 23 (0.57%) IBM
17 23 (0.57%) Intapp
18 21 (0.52%) Foundry