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 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,563 2,168 4,427
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.15% 17.40% 18.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.40% 19.02% 19.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,327 1,336 3,044
10th Percentile £57,800 £56,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,509 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% -6.06%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,373 £62,879
% change year-on-year +0.90% +10.33% -10.17%

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 20,472 11,400 22,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 91.49% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 14,105 7,326 16,469
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,288
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,538 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,249 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +6.07% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year +2.68% +6.67% -12.50%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +7 683 £90,000 +12.50% 212
West London +32 107 £75,000 +20.00% 56
South London +34 59 £80,000 -25.58% 8
East London 0 17 £68,000 -15.00% 19
North London +3 2 £70,000 -6.67% 5
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 July 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.

1 595 (16.70%) AWS
2 592 (16.62%) Azure
3 575 (16.14%) Python
4 554 (15.55%) Software Engineering
5 524 (14.71%) AI
6 497 (13.95%) Agile
7 417 (11.70%) Mentoring
8 413 (11.59%) Analytics
9 394 (11.06%) CI/CD
10 378 (10.61%) Microsoft
11 320 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
12 310 (8.70%) Degree
12 310 (8.70%) SQL
13 306 (8.59%) DevOps
14 283 (7.94%) Roadmaps
15 281 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 269 (7.55%) Java
17 262 (7.35%) Security Cleared
18 247 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
19 243 (6.82%) Kubernetes
20 238 (6.68%) Infrastructure as Code
21 233 (6.54%) GCP
22 230 (6.46%) Business Development
22 230 (6.46%) Decision-Making
23 227 (6.37%) Microservices
23 227 (6.37%) Terraform
24 204 (5.73%) SaaS
25 203 (5.70%) Test Automation
26 202 (5.67%) Machine Learning
27 187 (5.25%) Full-Stack Development

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 69 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 66 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 46 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 43 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (0.70%) Apache
6 22 (0.62%) CMS
7 16 (0.45%) SAS
8 15 (0.42%) Confluence
9 10 (0.28%) WordPress
10 7 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 6 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
12 5 (0.14%) Drupal
12 5 (0.14%) Kinematics
13 4 (0.11%) IIS
13 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.084%) JBoss
14 3 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
14 3 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.17%) PlantUML
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.14%) InDesign
8 5 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.084%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.084%) Blender
9 3 (0.084%) Civil 3D
9 3 (0.084%) Maya
9 3 (0.084%) SPSS
10 2 (0.056%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.056%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 32 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
2 15 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 12 (0.34%) Maximo
5 10 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
6 7 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.11%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.084%) Misys Opics
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.084%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.084%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.084%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.084%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.084%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.084%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.084%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 595 (16.70%) AWS
2 592 (16.62%) Azure
3 233 (6.54%) GCP
4 204 (5.73%) SaaS
5 160 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
6 140 (3.93%) Serverless
7 138 (3.87%) Power Platform
8 116 (3.26%) GitHub
9 80 (2.25%) Entra ID
10 75 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 73 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
12 62 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
13 56 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
14 54 (1.52%) Amazon S3
15 50 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
16 46 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
17 43 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 41 (1.15%) Figma
19 37 (1.04%) dbt
20 35 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 117 (3.28%) Firewall
2 99 (2.78%) Network Security
3 83 (2.33%) DNS
4 76 (2.13%) VPN
5 69 (1.94%) Broadband
6 58 (1.63%) DHCP
7 57 (1.60%) VLAN
8 56 (1.57%) WAN
9 50 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (1.12%) BGP
11 38 (1.07%) OSPF
11 38 (1.07%) Wireless
12 31 (0.87%) SD-WAN
13 30 (0.84%) TCP/IP
14 29 (0.81%) LAN
15 27 (0.76%) SAN
16 20 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
17 19 (0.53%) Multicast
18 16 (0.45%) VXLAN
19 14 (0.39%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (3.12%) Power BI
2 102 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 57 (1.60%) NoSQL
4 52 (1.46%) Tableau
5 49 (1.38%) Data Lake
5 49 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
7 43 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 41 (1.15%) MongoDB
9 40 (1.12%) DynamoDB
10 38 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 37 (1.04%) BigQuery
12 36 (1.01%) Metadata
13 29 (0.81%) Big Data
13 29 (0.81%) MySQL
14 22 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
15 20 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (0.53%) Db2
17 18 (0.51%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 123 (3.45%) Git
2 59 (1.66%) Jenkins
3 58 (1.63%) JIRA
4 42 (1.18%) GitLab
5 32 (0.90%) TeamCity
6 21 (0.59%) MLflow
7 18 (0.51%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.45%) CircleCI
9 10 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.22%) Vite
11 7 (0.20%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.20%) Metasploit
11 7 (0.20%) Selenium
12 6 (0.17%) JMeter
13 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.11%) JUnit
13 4 (0.11%) LoadRunner
13 4 (0.11%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 902 (25.32%) Finance
2 600 (16.84%) Social Skills
3 267 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (7.27%) Banking
5 229 (6.43%) Law
6 192 (5.39%) Marketing
7 183 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 163 (4.57%) Legal
9 153 (4.29%) Retail
10 152 (4.27%) Public Sector
11 68 (1.91%) Front Office
11 68 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
12 55 (1.54%) Financial Institution
13 53 (1.49%) Advertising
14 46 (1.29%) Games
15 45 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (1.01%) Legal Technology
17 35 (0.98%) Billing
17 35 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
17 35 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (4.24%) React
2 143 (4.01%) .NET
3 117 (3.28%) REST
4 102 (2.86%) Kafka
5 90 (2.53%) Node.js
6 72 (2.02%) Spring
7 62 (1.74%) RESTful
7 62 (1.74%) Spring Boot
8 52 (1.46%) CSS
9 47 (1.32%) HTML
10 43 (1.21%) SOAP
11 35 (0.98%) PyTorch
12 34 (0.95%) Django
13 33 (0.93%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 31 (0.87%) LangChain
14 31 (0.87%) OAuth
14 31 (0.87%) PySpark
15 26 (0.73%) .NET Core
15 26 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
16 25 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 264 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 108 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
3 102 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 100 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 97 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 84 (2.36%) Algorithms
7 69 (1.94%) Data Structures
8 68 (1.91%) Security Posture
9 53 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 52 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
10 52 (1.46%) Management Information System
11 45 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 44 (1.23%) Equities
13 42 (1.18%) AI Agents
14 39 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
14 39 (1.09%) Mobile App
15 38 (1.07%) Social Media
16 37 (1.04%) Derivative
16 37 (1.04%) Low-Code
16 37 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 141 (3.96%) Linux
2 124 (3.48%) Windows
3 36 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 32 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 30 (0.84%) Android
6 28 (0.79%) Unix
7 16 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.31%) AIX
9 11 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (0.28%) VMS
11 6 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.17%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.056%) CentOS
12 2 (0.056%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.056%) tvOS
13 1 (0.028%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.028%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.028%) Rocky
13 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (15.55%) Software Engineering
2 524 (14.71%) AI
3 497 (13.95%) Agile
4 417 (11.70%) Mentoring
5 413 (11.59%) Analytics
6 394 (11.06%) CI/CD
7 320 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
8 306 (8.59%) DevOps
9 283 (7.94%) Roadmaps
10 281 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 247 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 238 (6.68%) Infrastructure as Code
13 230 (6.46%) Business Development
13 230 (6.46%) Decision-Making
14 227 (6.37%) Microservices
15 203 (5.70%) Test Automation
16 202 (5.67%) Machine Learning
17 187 (5.25%) Full-Stack Development
18 173 (4.86%) Fintech
19 168 (4.72%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 575 (16.14%) Python
2 310 (8.70%) SQL
3 269 (7.55%) Java
4 154 (4.32%) C#
5 151 (4.24%) TypeScript
6 150 (4.21%) JavaScript
7 120 (3.37%) C++
8 76 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.99%) Go
10 66 (1.85%) Bash
11 31 (0.87%) Bicep
12 28 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 27 (0.76%) PHP
14 26 (0.73%) SOQL
15 25 (0.70%) Apex Code
16 23 (0.65%) Scala
17 19 (0.53%) Rust
18 18 (0.51%) R
18 18 (0.51%) Shell Script
19 15 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 310 (8.70%) Degree
2 262 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 173 (4.86%) SC Cleared
4 95 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 73 (2.05%) CISSP
6 68 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 55 (1.54%) Azure Certification
8 54 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 51 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 47 (1.32%) CISM
11 45 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 44 (1.23%) PhD
13 38 (1.07%) CCNP
14 37 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
15 27 (0.76%) CRISC
16 25 (0.70%) CISA
17 23 (0.65%) ACCA
18 22 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 21 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
20 18 (0.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (3.42%) QA
2 96 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (2.61%) NIST
4 91 (2.55%) Data Quality
5 68 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 63 (1.77%) GDPR
7 46 (1.29%) GRC
8 22 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 21 (0.59%) NIST 800
10 20 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 18 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 18 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.34%) SLA
14 11 (0.31%) WCAG
15 10 (0.28%) COBIT
15 10 (0.28%) MiFID
15 10 (0.28%) NCSC
15 10 (0.28%) PMO
16 8 (0.22%) IFRS
System Software
1 128 (3.59%) Docker
2 94 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 24 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
5 10 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.14%) vSphere
7 4 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.084%) Firmware
8 3 (0.084%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.028%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.028%) IAG
Systems Management
1 243 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 227 (6.37%) Terraform
3 47 (1.32%) Ansible
4 45 (1.26%) Grafana
5 37 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.70%) FortiGate
8 19 (0.53%) SCCM
9 14 (0.39%) Nagios
10 13 (0.36%) Puppet
11 11 (0.31%) Data Guard
11 11 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
11 11 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.20%) Cilium
12 7 (0.20%) Istio
12 7 (0.20%) Nessus
13 6 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.14%) Kibana
14 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 378 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 113 (3.17%) Salesforce
3 104 (2.92%) SAP
4 85 (2.39%) Oracle
5 81 (2.27%) Databricks
6 70 (1.96%) Google
7 69 (1.94%) VMware
8 66 (1.85%) Cisco
9 64 (1.80%) Palo Alto
10 46 (1.29%) Dell
11 43 (1.21%) Adobe
11 43 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 34 (0.95%) IBM
13 32 (0.90%) OpenAI
14 27 (0.76%) Fortinet
14 27 (0.76%) Splunk
15 25 (0.70%) Intapp
16 23 (0.65%) Foundry
16 23 (0.65%) SolarWinds
17 21 (0.59%) Apple