Senior Job Trends in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,714 2,371 3,870
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.38% 17.30% 17.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.90% 19.02% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,752 1,488 2,932
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £68,797 £66,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £79,125
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +1.11% -3.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
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 15,166 12,466 20,624
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 90.97% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10,120 7,658 16,425
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £72,054
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +4.09% -0.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +1 550 £90,000 +12.50% 136
West London +3 62 £75,000 +17.65% 55
South London +34 53 £60,000 -1.03% 26
East London -17 12 £64,000 -20.00% 51
North London +7 6 £75,000 - 8
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 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.

1 498 (18.35%) Azure
2 423 (15.59%) Agile
3 411 (15.14%) AI
4 406 (14.96%) AWS
5 379 (13.96%) Software Engineering
6 370 (13.63%) Python
7 333 (12.27%) Analytics
8 324 (11.94%) Mentoring
9 320 (11.79%) Degree
10 319 (11.75%) Microsoft
11 295 (10.87%) CI/CD
12 272 (10.02%) Problem-Solving
13 260 (9.58%) DevOps
14 242 (8.92%) Java
15 240 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
16 230 (8.47%) SQL
17 212 (7.81%) SaaS
18 209 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
18 209 (7.70%) Decision-Making
19 206 (7.59%) Kubernetes
20 203 (7.48%) Roadmaps
21 187 (6.89%) GCP
22 184 (6.78%) Microservices
23 180 (6.63%) Computer Science
24 176 (6.48%) Coaching
25 174 (6.41%) Test Automation
26 156 (5.75%) Machine Learning
27 155 (5.71%) Full-Stack Development
28 152 (5.60%) Fintech
29 150 (5.53%) Cybersecurity

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 61 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 34 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.63%) Confluence
6 15 (0.55%) Apache
7 12 (0.44%) JBoss
8 11 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 10 (0.37%) CMS
9 10 (0.37%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.18%) WordPress
11 4 (0.15%) SAS
12 3 (0.11%) Drupal
12 3 (0.11%) Kinematics
12 3 (0.11%) nginx
13 2 (0.074%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.074%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.037%) Moodle
Applications
1 51 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.63%) Maya
4 11 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.26%) Sketch
7 6 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.15%) PlantUML
9 3 (0.11%) InDesign
9 3 (0.11%) InVision
10 2 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.074%) Blender
10 2 (0.074%) Weka
11 1 (0.037%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 14 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 8 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.26%) Maximo
7 6 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
8 5 (0.18%) Relativity
8 5 (0.18%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.15%) Shopify
10 3 (0.11%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.074%) SAP FSCM
11 2 (0.074%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 498 (18.35%) Azure
2 406 (14.96%) AWS
3 212 (7.81%) SaaS
4 187 (6.89%) GCP
5 150 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
6 133 (4.90%) Power Platform
7 87 (3.21%) GitHub
8 81 (2.98%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.73%) Serverless
10 57 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (1.73%) Snowflake
12 40 (1.47%) dbt
12 40 (1.47%) Figma
13 38 (1.40%) PaaS
14 36 (1.33%) Amazon S3
15 34 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
16 33 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 32 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
18 31 (1.14%) Datadog
19 30 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (2.73%) Firewall
2 57 (2.10%) WAN
3 55 (2.03%) VPN
4 52 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
5 51 (1.88%) DNS
6 50 (1.84%) Broadband
7 48 (1.77%) DHCP
8 38 (1.40%) LAN
9 36 (1.33%) Wireless
10 32 (1.18%) VLAN
11 26 (0.96%) SD-WAN
11 26 (0.96%) TCP/IP
12 24 (0.88%) Network Security
12 24 (0.88%) SAN
13 22 (0.81%) Multicast
14 17 (0.63%) WebEx
15 15 (0.55%) HTTP
16 13 (0.48%) BGP
17 11 (0.41%) OSPF
18 10 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.02%) Power BI
2 99 (3.65%) SQL Server
3 65 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (1.73%) Data Lake
5 38 (1.40%) NoSQL
5 38 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 38 (1.40%) Tableau
6 35 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (1.14%) BigQuery
8 28 (1.03%) Metadata
9 25 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
10 24 (0.88%) DynamoDB
11 23 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (0.66%) MySQL
12 18 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (0.63%) Big Data
14 16 (0.59%) DB2
14 16 (0.59%) Looker
Development Applications
1 80 (2.95%) Git
2 60 (2.21%) JIRA
3 51 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.14%) TeamCity
5 23 (0.85%) GitLab
6 16 (0.59%) MLflow
7 14 (0.52%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.37%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.33%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.33%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.33%) Vite
10 8 (0.29%) Chocolatey
10 8 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.26%) JMeter
12 6 (0.22%) Selenium
12 6 (0.22%) Storybook
12 6 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
General
1 798 (29.40%) Finance
2 523 (19.27%) Social Skills
3 241 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
4 219 (8.07%) Banking
5 214 (7.89%) Marketing
6 188 (6.93%) Law
7 177 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 159 (5.86%) Retail
9 152 (5.60%) Legal
10 115 (4.24%) Public Sector
11 71 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
12 67 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 62 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
14 54 (1.99%) Front Office
15 49 (1.81%) Advertising
15 49 (1.81%) Financial Institution
16 46 (1.69%) Games
17 42 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
18 26 (0.96%) Automotive
19 22 (0.81%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (4.86%) React
2 123 (4.53%) .NET
3 103 (3.80%) REST
4 83 (3.06%) Kafka
4 83 (3.06%) Node.js
5 71 (2.62%) RESTful
6 67 (2.47%) Spring
7 56 (2.06%) CSS
8 54 (1.99%) Spring Boot
9 47 (1.73%) HTML
10 45 (1.66%) SOAP
11 38 (1.40%) GraphQL
12 31 (1.14%) gRPC
13 30 (1.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 30 (1.11%) OAuth
14 29 (1.07%) Django
15 28 (1.03%) PyTorch
16 25 (0.92%) .NET Core
16 25 (0.92%) AngularJS
16 25 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 210 (7.74%) Cloud Native
2 83 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (2.43%) Product Ownership
4 64 (2.36%) Onboarding
4 64 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (2.21%) Mobile App
6 57 (2.10%) Algorithms
7 54 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (1.95%) Data Structures
9 50 (1.84%) Security Posture
10 48 (1.77%) Management Information System
11 44 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
12 42 (1.55%) Social Media
13 39 (1.44%) Public Cloud
14 37 (1.36%) Equities
14 37 (1.36%) Hedge funds
15 27 (0.99%) Data Centre
16 25 (0.92%) Low-Code
17 24 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
17 24 (0.88%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.86%) Linux
2 124 (4.57%) Windows
3 55 (2.03%) Android
4 51 (1.88%) Apple iOS
5 40 (1.47%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.03%) Unix
7 23 (0.85%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.37%) VMS
10 8 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.26%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.11%) AIX
14 2 (0.074%) CentOS
14 2 (0.074%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.037%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.037%) Robot Operating System
15 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (15.59%) Agile
2 411 (15.14%) AI
3 379 (13.96%) Software Engineering
4 333 (12.27%) Analytics
5 324 (11.94%) Mentoring
6 295 (10.87%) CI/CD
7 272 (10.02%) Problem-Solving
8 260 (9.58%) DevOps
9 240 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 209 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 209 (7.70%) Decision-Making
11 203 (7.48%) Roadmaps
12 184 (6.78%) Microservices
13 180 (6.63%) Computer Science
14 176 (6.48%) Coaching
15 174 (6.41%) Test Automation
16 156 (5.75%) Machine Learning
17 155 (5.71%) Full-Stack Development
18 152 (5.60%) Fintech
19 150 (5.53%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 370 (13.63%) Python
2 242 (8.92%) Java
3 230 (8.47%) SQL
4 134 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 131 (4.83%) C#
6 130 (4.79%) TypeScript
7 103 (3.80%) C++
8 75 (2.76%) Go
9 61 (2.25%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.29%) Kotlin
11 34 (1.25%) Bash
11 34 (1.25%) Rust
12 24 (0.88%) Scala
13 21 (0.77%) Apex Code
13 21 (0.77%) Bicep
14 19 (0.70%) PHP
14 19 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 15 (0.55%) SOQL
16 12 (0.44%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 320 (11.79%) Degree
2 132 (4.86%) Security Cleared
3 113 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 103 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 53 (1.95%) CISSP
6 52 (1.92%) ACCA
7 42 (1.55%) DV Cleared
7 42 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 39 (1.44%) Master's Degree
9 33 (1.22%) CISM
10 31 (1.14%) CIMA
10 31 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (1.07%) PhD
12 24 (0.88%) CRISC
13 22 (0.81%) OSCP
14 21 (0.77%) CISA
15 20 (0.74%) AWS Certification
16 18 (0.66%) CCNP
16 18 (0.66%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (2.80%) Data Quality
2 75 (2.76%) QA
3 69 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (1.99%) NIST
5 49 (1.81%) GDPR
6 45 (1.66%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.92%) GRC
8 24 (0.88%) IFRS
8 24 (0.88%) SLA
9 17 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (0.55%) NCSC
11 10 (0.37%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.33%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.29%) PMO
13 8 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.26%) PERC
15 6 (0.22%) IFRS 17
16 4 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 111 (4.09%) Active Directory
2 108 (3.98%) Docker
3 43 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.33%) Firmware
7 8 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.15%) HDFS
9 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.15%) vSphere
10 3 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.11%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.074%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.037%) NFS
12 1 (0.037%) Postfix
12 1 (0.037%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.037%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 206 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 132 (4.86%) Terraform
3 59 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 47 (1.73%) Grafana
5 45 (1.66%) Ansible
6 32 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 24 (0.88%) SCCM
8 9 (0.33%) Nessus
9 7 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.26%) Nagios
10 6 (0.22%) Argo
11 5 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.18%) Kibana
11 5 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.11%) CASB
12 3 (0.11%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.11%) Istio
12 3 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.11%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 319 (11.75%) Microsoft
2 81 (2.98%) Salesforce
3 80 (2.95%) VMware
4 77 (2.84%) SAP
5 74 (2.73%) Cisco
6 58 (2.14%) Databricks
7 43 (1.58%) Oracle
8 42 (1.55%) Google
9 35 (1.29%) Adobe
9 35 (1.29%) Dell
10 34 (1.25%) Palo Alto
11 28 (1.03%) Fortinet
12 24 (0.88%) ServiceNow
13 22 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
13 22 (0.81%) Meraki
13 22 (0.81%) Workday
14 20 (0.74%) IBM
15 19 (0.70%) Apple
16 16 (0.59%) Guidewire
17 15 (0.55%) AppDynamics