Senior Job Trends in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,568 2,557 3,649
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.31% 17.20% 17.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.86% 18.81% 18.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 1,544 2,801
10th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -10.34%

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 14,375 13,595 19,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 91.43% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,586 7,889 16,128
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -0.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +1 524 £90,000 +12.50% 281
West London 0 54 £67,500 +5.88% 45
South London +45 49 £60,000 +3.90% 6
East London -10 14 £54,600 -31.75% 25
North London +11 8 £75,000 - 7
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 February 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.

1 486 (18.93%) Azure
2 422 (16.43%) Agile
3 402 (15.65%) AI
4 388 (15.11%) AWS
5 369 (14.37%) Python
6 351 (13.67%) Software Engineering
7 339 (13.20%) Degree
8 332 (12.93%) Mentoring
9 329 (12.81%) Microsoft
10 310 (12.07%) Analytics
11 301 (11.72%) CI/CD
12 281 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
13 251 (9.77%) DevOps
14 239 (9.31%) Java
15 231 (9.00%) Stakeholder Management
16 230 (8.96%) SQL
17 207 (8.06%) Decision-Making
18 203 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
19 200 (7.79%) Roadmaps
20 196 (7.63%) Kubernetes
21 186 (7.24%) SaaS
22 179 (6.97%) Microservices
23 177 (6.89%) Computer Science
24 173 (6.74%) GCP
25 172 (6.70%) Test Automation
26 168 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
27 162 (6.31%) Coaching
28 158 (6.15%) Business Strategy
29 150 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
30 147 (5.72%) 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 60 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 25 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.66%) Apache
5 17 (0.66%) Confluence
6 12 (0.47%) JBoss
7 11 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 11 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.35%) CMS
9 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.19%) WordPress
10 4 (0.16%) nginx
11 3 (0.12%) Drupal
11 3 (0.12%) SAS
12 2 (0.078%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.039%) Appian
13 1 (0.039%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.039%) IIS
13 1 (0.039%) Mendix
Applications
1 57 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.21%) Maya
4 14 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.27%) Sketch
7 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.19%) InDesign
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.12%) InVision
11 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.078%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.078%) Blender
11 2 (0.078%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.078%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
11 2 (0.078%) Weka
12 1 (0.039%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 11 (0.43%) SAP IBP
5 10 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.35%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.31%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
8 6 (0.23%) SAP IS-U
9 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.19%) Relativity
10 4 (0.16%) Maximo
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.16%) Shopify
11 3 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
12 2 (0.078%) Elite 3E
12 2 (0.078%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 486 (18.93%) Azure
2 388 (15.11%) AWS
3 186 (7.24%) SaaS
4 173 (6.74%) GCP
5 150 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
6 134 (5.22%) Power Platform
7 81 (3.15%) GitHub
8 80 (3.12%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.88%) Serverless
10 58 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
11 53 (2.06%) Snowflake
12 39 (1.52%) dbt
13 37 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
13 37 (1.44%) Figma
14 33 (1.29%) PaaS
15 32 (1.25%) Datadog
16 31 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
17 30 (1.17%) Amazon S3
18 29 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
19 28 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 76 (2.96%) Firewall
2 59 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
3 58 (2.26%) WAN
4 55 (2.14%) VPN
5 49 (1.91%) Broadband
6 48 (1.87%) DNS
7 45 (1.75%) DHCP
8 40 (1.56%) LAN
9 35 (1.36%) Wireless
10 31 (1.21%) VLAN
11 27 (1.05%) TCP/IP
12 24 (0.93%) SD-WAN
13 22 (0.86%) Multicast
13 22 (0.86%) SAN
14 20 (0.78%) Network Security
15 17 (0.66%) WebEx
16 13 (0.51%) HTTP
17 12 (0.47%) BGP
18 11 (0.43%) OSPF
19 9 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.32%) Power BI
2 107 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 67 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (2.02%) Data Lake
5 42 (1.64%) Relational Database
5 42 (1.64%) Tableau
6 40 (1.56%) NoSQL
7 34 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
9 23 (0.90%) BigQuery
9 23 (0.90%) Metadata
10 22 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 19 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 19 (0.74%) Big Data
11 19 (0.74%) DynamoDB
11 19 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (0.70%) MySQL
13 16 (0.62%) Looker
14 15 (0.58%) Hadoop
14 15 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 76 (2.96%) Git
2 66 (2.57%) JIRA
3 45 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.21%) TeamCity
5 20 (0.78%) GitLab
6 12 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.43%) Burp Suite
7 11 (0.43%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.39%) Selenium
9 9 (0.35%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.35%) MLflow
9 9 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.35%) Vite
10 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.31%) Chocolatey
10 8 (0.31%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.23%) JMeter
12 6 (0.23%) Storybook
13 4 (0.16%) LoadRunner
General
1 798 (31.07%) Finance
2 539 (20.99%) Social Skills
3 237 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 216 (8.41%) Banking
5 202 (7.87%) Marketing
6 193 (7.52%) Law
7 188 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 151 (5.88%) Retail
9 132 (5.14%) Legal
10 100 (3.89%) Public Sector
11 88 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
12 70 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 64 (2.49%) Games
14 60 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
15 54 (2.10%) Financial Institution
16 53 (2.06%) Front Office
17 42 (1.64%) Advertising
17 42 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
18 30 (1.17%) Automotive
19 23 (0.90%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (4.87%) React
2 110 (4.28%) .NET
3 95 (3.70%) REST
4 78 (3.04%) Node.js
5 73 (2.84%) Kafka
6 70 (2.73%) RESTful
7 66 (2.57%) Spring
8 55 (2.14%) CSS
9 53 (2.06%) Spring Boot
10 49 (1.91%) HTML
11 42 (1.64%) GraphQL
11 42 (1.64%) SOAP
12 34 (1.32%) gRPC
13 30 (1.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 30 (1.17%) Django
13 30 (1.17%) OAuth
14 27 (1.05%) Middleware
15 25 (0.97%) .NET Core
16 23 (0.90%) AngularJS
17 22 (0.86%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 194 (7.55%) Cloud Native
2 83 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (2.61%) Onboarding
4 65 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 62 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
6 58 (2.26%) Mobile App
7 57 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 52 (2.02%) Algorithms
9 49 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 48 (1.87%) Security Posture
11 47 (1.83%) Data Structures
12 44 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
13 41 (1.60%) Equities
14 37 (1.44%) Hedge funds
15 32 (1.25%) Public Cloud
16 30 (1.17%) Social Media
17 27 (1.05%) Fixed Income
18 26 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
18 26 (1.01%) Reinsurance
19 24 (0.93%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 128 (4.98%) Linux
2 124 (4.83%) Windows
3 57 (2.22%) Android
4 53 (2.06%) Apple iOS
5 40 (1.56%) Windows Server
6 30 (1.17%) Unix
7 24 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.39%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.35%) VMS
11 7 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.078%) AIX
13 2 (0.078%) CentOS
13 2 (0.078%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.039%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.039%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.039%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (16.43%) Agile
2 402 (15.65%) AI
3 351 (13.67%) Software Engineering
4 332 (12.93%) Mentoring
5 310 (12.07%) Analytics
6 301 (11.72%) CI/CD
7 281 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
8 251 (9.77%) DevOps
9 231 (9.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 207 (8.06%) Decision-Making
11 203 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 200 (7.79%) Roadmaps
13 179 (6.97%) Microservices
14 177 (6.89%) Computer Science
15 172 (6.70%) Test Automation
16 168 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
17 162 (6.31%) Coaching
18 158 (6.15%) Business Strategy
19 147 (5.72%) Full-Stack Development
20 145 (5.65%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 369 (14.37%) Python
2 239 (9.31%) Java
3 230 (8.96%) SQL
4 135 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 129 (5.02%) C#
6 125 (4.87%) TypeScript
7 98 (3.82%) C++
8 71 (2.76%) Go
9 63 (2.45%) PowerShell
10 37 (1.44%) Kotlin
11 33 (1.29%) Bash
12 32 (1.25%) Rust
13 29 (1.13%) Scala
14 24 (0.93%) T-SQL
15 21 (0.82%) Bicep
16 20 (0.78%) Apex Code
17 17 (0.66%) PHP
18 11 (0.43%) C
18 11 (0.43%) SOQL
19 10 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 339 (13.20%) Degree
2 110 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 109 (4.24%) Security Cleared
4 88 (3.43%) SC Cleared
5 52 (2.02%) ACCA
6 49 (1.91%) CISSP
7 44 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 34 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 34 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.32%) CISM
10 32 (1.25%) CIMA
10 32 (1.25%) DV Cleared
11 29 (1.13%) PhD
12 28 (1.09%) AWS Certification
13 23 (0.90%) CISA
13 23 (0.90%) CRISC
13 23 (0.90%) OSCP
14 21 (0.82%) CCNP
15 18 (0.70%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (3.27%) QA
2 72 (2.80%) Data Quality
3 68 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (1.99%) GDPR
5 48 (1.87%) NIST
6 46 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 27 (1.05%) GRC
8 24 (0.93%) IFRS
9 23 (0.90%) SLA
10 16 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.58%) NCSC
12 11 (0.43%) NIST 800
13 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.27%) PERC
14 7 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.23%) IFRS 17
15 6 (0.23%) PMO
16 5 (0.19%) WCAG
17 4 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 108 (4.21%) Active Directory
1 108 (4.21%) Docker
2 50 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.35%) Firmware
6 8 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.27%) HDFS
7 7 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.16%) vSphere
8 4 (0.16%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.078%) NFS
10 2 (0.078%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.078%) XenApp
11 1 (0.039%) Postfix
11 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 196 (7.63%) Kubernetes
2 120 (4.67%) Terraform
3 61 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (1.64%) Ansible
4 42 (1.64%) Grafana
5 28 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 24 (0.93%) SCCM
7 9 (0.35%) Nessus
8 8 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.27%) Argo
10 6 (0.23%) CASB
10 6 (0.23%) Nagios
11 5 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.12%) AWS Copilot
13 3 (0.12%) Kibana
13 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.12%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.078%) VxRail
Vendors
1 329 (12.81%) Microsoft
2 87 (3.39%) Salesforce
3 84 (3.27%) VMware
4 82 (3.19%) SAP
5 74 (2.88%) Cisco
6 53 (2.06%) Databricks
7 47 (1.83%) Oracle
8 40 (1.56%) Google
9 39 (1.52%) Adobe
10 34 (1.32%) Dell
11 33 (1.29%) ServiceNow
12 31 (1.21%) Palo Alto
13 29 (1.13%) Fortinet
14 25 (0.97%) Meraki
15 24 (0.93%) Apple
16 22 (0.86%) Workday
17 20 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
17 20 (0.78%) Guidewire
18 16 (0.62%) IBM
19 13 (0.51%) Ruckus Wireless