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 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 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 4,038 2,105 3,821
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.75% 17.73% 19.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.02% 19.45% 20.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,556 1,236 2,224
10th Percentile £58,000 £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 £101,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £103,125 £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 23,727 10,820 18,251
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 91.13% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,172 7,042 11,373
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 25 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 25 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 +6 481 £90,000 +16.13% 870
West London +20 92 £60,000 +21.95% 148
South London +25 46 £70,000 -34.88% 47
East London +11 26 £120,000 +97.21% 25
North London 0 2 £62,500 - 3
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 755 (18.70%) AI
2 715 (17.71%) Software Engineering
3 626 (15.50%) AWS
4 588 (14.56%) Azure
5 583 (14.44%) Python
6 500 (12.38%) Agile
7 492 (12.18%) Analytics
8 463 (11.47%) CI/CD
9 429 (10.62%) Mentoring
10 417 (10.33%) Microsoft
11 359 (8.89%) SQL
12 358 (8.87%) DevOps
13 340 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
14 338 (8.37%) Roadmaps
15 335 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 332 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 323 (8.00%) Degree
18 306 (7.58%) Java
19 286 (7.08%) Security Cleared
20 273 (6.76%) Machine Learning
21 251 (6.22%) Infrastructure as Code
22 241 (5.97%) Decision-Making
23 232 (5.75%) Kubernetes
24 230 (5.70%) Business Development
24 230 (5.70%) GCP
25 223 (5.52%) Microservices
26 222 (5.50%) Data Science
27 219 (5.42%) Terraform
28 212 (5.25%) Test Automation
29 204 (5.05%) 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 59 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (0.74%) Apache
5 22 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (0.54%) Confluence
6 19 (0.47%) SAS
7 14 (0.35%) CMS
8 6 (0.15%) WordPress
9 5 (0.12%) Drupal
10 4 (0.099%) IIS
10 4 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.099%) WinCC
11 3 (0.074%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.050%) Camunda
12 2 (0.050%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.050%) Kinematics
12 2 (0.050%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.050%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (0.74%) 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 (0.074%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.074%) Blender
11 3 (0.074%) 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 12 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
6 9 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.17%) SAP BPC
8 6 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
9 5 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
9 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.12%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.099%) Maximo
10 4 (0.099%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.099%) SAP EWM
11 3 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.074%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 626 (15.50%) AWS
2 588 (14.56%) Azure
3 230 (5.70%) GCP
4 200 (4.95%) SaaS
5 142 (3.52%) Power Platform
6 139 (3.44%) Serverless
7 128 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
8 127 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
9 126 (3.12%) GitHub
10 122 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
11 77 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 68 (1.68%) Entra ID
13 57 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
14 54 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
15 52 (1.29%) Amazon S3
16 50 (1.24%) GitHub Copilot
17 46 (1.14%) Azure AKS
18 43 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
19 42 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
20 37 (0.92%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 112 (2.77%) Firewall
2 101 (2.50%) Network Security
3 75 (1.86%) DNS
4 67 (1.66%) VPN
5 52 (1.29%) VLAN
6 43 (1.06%) DHCP
6 43 (1.06%) Internet
7 41 (1.02%) WAN
8 38 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 37 (0.92%) BGP
9 37 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 33 (0.82%) OSPF
11 32 (0.79%) Broadband
12 26 (0.64%) LAN
13 21 (0.52%) Wireless
14 19 (0.47%) SD-WAN
15 17 (0.42%) SAN
16 16 (0.40%) VXLAN
17 13 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
18 12 (0.30%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (2.67%) Power BI
2 102 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 82 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (1.46%) NoSQL
4 59 (1.46%) Relational Database
5 51 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
6 46 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 45 (1.11%) Big Data
7 45 (1.11%) 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 36 (0.89%) MySQL
12 32 (0.79%) DynamoDB
13 24 (0.59%) SAP HANA
14 22 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
15 20 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
16 19 (0.47%) Hadoop
16 19 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 103 (2.55%) Git
2 58 (1.44%) JIRA
3 45 (1.11%) GitLab
4 40 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.77%) 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 1,020 (25.26%) Finance
2 704 (17.43%) Social Skills
3 292 (7.23%) Banking
3 292 (7.23%) Law
4 268 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
5 234 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 215 (5.32%) Marketing
7 171 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 155 (3.84%) Legal
9 146 (3.62%) Retail
10 102 (2.53%) Financial Institution
11 72 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 71 (1.76%) Front Office
13 67 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
15 44 (1.09%) Manufacturing
16 40 (0.99%) Games
17 38 (0.94%) Telecoms
18 34 (0.84%) Billing
19 33 (0.82%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (5.42%) Terraform
2 135 (3.34%) React
3 133 (3.29%) .NET
4 131 (3.24%) REST
5 107 (2.65%) Kafka
6 92 (2.28%) Spring
7 84 (2.08%) RESTful
8 74 (1.83%) Node.js
9 69 (1.71%) Spring Boot
10 53 (1.31%) 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 30 (0.74%) Django
17 29 (0.72%) FastAPI
18 28 (0.69%) .NET Core
19 27 (0.67%) React Native
20 25 (0.62%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 251 (6.22%) Cloud Native
2 160 (3.96%) Onboarding
3 152 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
4 121 (3.00%) Data Centre
5 120 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
5 120 (2.97%) Product Ownership
6 117 (2.90%) AI Agents
7 69 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 58 (1.44%) Algorithms
9 53 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
10 52 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
11 48 (1.19%) Blog
12 46 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
13 43 (1.06%) e-Learning
14 42 (1.04%) Derivative
15 40 (0.99%) Mobile App
16 39 (0.97%) Data Structures
17 38 (0.94%) Public Cloud
18 35 (0.87%) Reinsurance
19 34 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 99 (2.45%) Linux
2 98 (2.43%) Windows
3 47 (1.16%) 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 (0.074%) 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
1 755 (18.70%) AI
2 715 (17.71%) Software Engineering
3 500 (12.38%) Agile
4 492 (12.18%) Analytics
5 463 (11.47%) CI/CD
6 429 (10.62%) Mentoring
7 358 (8.87%) DevOps
8 340 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
9 338 (8.37%) Roadmaps
10 335 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 332 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 273 (6.76%) Machine Learning
13 251 (6.22%) Infrastructure as Code
14 241 (5.97%) Decision-Making
15 230 (5.70%) Business Development
16 223 (5.52%) Microservices
17 222 (5.50%) Data Science
18 212 (5.25%) Test Automation
19 204 (5.05%) Migration
20 202 (5.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 583 (14.44%) Python
2 359 (8.89%) SQL
3 306 (7.58%) Java
4 146 (3.62%) TypeScript
5 143 (3.54%) C#
6 120 (2.97%) JavaScript
7 86 (2.13%) C++
8 66 (1.63%) PowerShell
9 56 (1.39%) Go
10 53 (1.31%) Bash
11 34 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 32 (0.79%) Bicep
13 26 (0.64%) 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%) Apex Code
17 18 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 18 (0.45%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 323 (8.00%) Degree
2 286 (7.08%) Security Cleared
3 184 (4.56%) SC Cleared
4 103 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 80 (1.98%) AWS Certification
6 67 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 55 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 55 (1.36%) CISSP
8 43 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 43 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
9 41 (1.02%) DV Cleared
10 38 (0.94%) CISM
10 38 (0.94%) PhD
11 32 (0.79%) CCNP
12 31 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 27 (0.67%) CISA
14 23 (0.57%) ACCA
15 20 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
16 19 (0.47%) CIMA
17 18 (0.45%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (3.54%) Data Quality
2 120 (2.97%) QA
3 93 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 84 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 79 (1.96%) GDPR
6 72 (1.78%) NIST
7 46 (1.14%) GRC
8 24 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 22 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.32%) COBIT
10 13 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.30%) NIST 800
12 11 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.27%) NCSC
12 11 (0.27%) PMO
12 11 (0.27%) WCAG
13 10 (0.25%) SLA
14 9 (0.22%) MiFID
15 6 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 135 (3.34%) Docker
2 62 (1.54%) 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 (0.074%) 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
1 232 (5.75%) 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 (0.074%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 417 (10.33%) Microsoft
2 129 (3.19%) Oracle
3 120 (2.97%) Google
4 119 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 106 (2.63%) SAP
6 89 (2.20%) Databricks
7 68 (1.68%) Cisco
8 52 (1.29%) VMware
9 50 (1.24%) Palo Alto
10 48 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 40 (0.99%) Zscaler
12 34 (0.84%) OpenAI
13 32 (0.79%) Adobe
14 30 (0.74%) Splunk
15 29 (0.72%) Workday
16 26 (0.64%) HP
17 23 (0.57%) Fortinet
17 23 (0.57%) IBM
18 22 (0.54%) Intapp
19 20 (0.50%) Foundry