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 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,592 2,177 4,165
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.96% 17.62% 19.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.17% 19.22% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,329 1,326 2,755
10th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £120,000 £120,000
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 20,920 11,327 20,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 91.69% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,442 7,350 14,738
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 22 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 22 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 +7 628 £90,000 +16.13% 336
West London +30 111 £70,000 +14.29% 50
South London +24 59 £80,000 -25.58% 21
East London -5 16 £68,000 -15.00% 22
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 642 (17.87%) AWS
2 590 (16.43%) Python
3 587 (16.34%) Azure
4 573 (15.95%) AI
5 570 (15.87%) Software Engineering
6 496 (13.81%) Agile
7 443 (12.33%) Analytics
8 437 (12.17%) Mentoring
9 413 (11.50%) CI/CD
10 367 (10.22%) Microsoft
11 328 (9.13%) DevOps
12 325 (9.05%) Degree
13 320 (8.91%) SQL
14 307 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
15 303 (8.44%) Roadmaps
16 295 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
17 270 (7.52%) Security Cleared
18 268 (7.46%) Java
19 256 (7.13%) Stakeholder Management
20 245 (6.82%) Business Development
21 239 (6.65%) Infrastructure as Code
22 237 (6.60%) Kubernetes
23 235 (6.54%) GCP
24 228 (6.35%) Decision-Making
25 225 (6.26%) Terraform
26 223 (6.21%) Microservices
27 222 (6.18%) Machine Learning
28 208 (5.79%) SaaS
29 202 (5.62%) Test Automation
30 186 (5.18%) 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 70 (1.95%) Apache Spark
2 65 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (0.67%) Apache
6 21 (0.58%) CMS
6 21 (0.58%) SAS
7 15 (0.42%) Confluence
8 9 (0.25%) WordPress
9 6 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.14%) Drupal
10 5 (0.14%) Kinematics
11 4 (0.11%) IIS
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.056%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.028%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.028%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.28%) 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 4 (0.11%) Civil 3D
10 3 (0.084%) Acrobat
10 3 (0.084%) Blender
10 3 (0.084%) Maya
10 3 (0.084%) SPSS
11 2 (0.056%) InVision
11 2 (0.056%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 40 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.47%) FLEXCUBE
3 15 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 11 (0.31%) Maximo
4 11 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
5 10 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
6 7 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.11%) Shopify
9 3 (0.084%) Elite 3E
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 BPC
9 3 (0.084%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.084%) SAP HCM
9 3 (0.084%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 642 (17.87%) AWS
2 587 (16.34%) Azure
3 235 (6.54%) GCP
4 208 (5.79%) SaaS
5 153 (4.26%) Serverless
6 147 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
7 142 (3.95%) Power Platform
8 120 (3.34%) Cloud Computing
9 119 (3.31%) GitHub
10 84 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
11 70 (1.95%) Entra ID
12 68 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
13 66 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
14 58 (1.61%) Amazon S3
15 55 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
16 52 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
17 43 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 40 (1.11%) Figma
19 39 (1.09%) dbt
20 37 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 113 (3.15%) Firewall
2 106 (2.95%) Network Security
3 76 (2.12%) DNS
4 69 (1.92%) VPN
5 58 (1.61%) Broadband
6 54 (1.50%) VLAN
7 51 (1.42%) DHCP
7 51 (1.42%) WAN
8 45 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (1.11%) BGP
10 38 (1.06%) OSPF
11 36 (1.00%) Internet
12 33 (0.92%) Wireless
13 29 (0.81%) SD-WAN
14 27 (0.75%) TCP/IP
15 26 (0.72%) LAN
16 23 (0.64%) SAN
17 20 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
18 18 (0.50%) Multicast
19 16 (0.45%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (3.23%) Power BI
2 102 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 60 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 56 (1.56%) Tableau
5 55 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (1.50%) NoSQL
7 53 (1.48%) Data Lake
8 47 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 44 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
10 41 (1.14%) MongoDB
11 40 (1.11%) DynamoDB
12 38 (1.06%) Relational Database
13 36 (1.00%) BigQuery
14 35 (0.97%) Metadata
15 34 (0.95%) Big Data
16 33 (0.92%) MySQL
17 27 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
18 20 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
18 20 (0.56%) Looker
18 20 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 124 (3.45%) Git
2 57 (1.59%) JIRA
3 52 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.22%) GitLab
5 26 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 23 (0.64%) MLflow
7 21 (0.58%) Claude Code
8 14 (0.39%) CircleCI
9 12 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.22%) Selenium
11 6 (0.17%) JMeter
11 6 (0.17%) Vite
12 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.11%) Gatling
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%) XCUITest
14 3 (0.084%) Postman
General
1 898 (25.00%) Finance
2 598 (16.65%) Social Skills
3 264 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (7.04%) Banking
5 231 (6.43%) Law
6 194 (5.40%) Marketing
7 182 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 159 (4.43%) Public Sector
9 155 (4.32%) Legal
10 147 (4.09%) Retail
11 69 (1.92%) Front Office
11 69 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (1.73%) Financial Institution
13 52 (1.45%) Advertising
14 46 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (1.11%) Games
16 37 (1.03%) Legal Technology
17 36 (1.00%) Billing
18 35 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
19 31 (0.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (4.01%) React
2 142 (3.95%) .NET
3 116 (3.23%) REST
4 102 (2.84%) Kafka
5 88 (2.45%) Node.js
6 70 (1.95%) Spring
7 64 (1.78%) RESTful
8 62 (1.73%) Spring Boot
9 46 (1.28%) CSS
10 41 (1.14%) HTML
11 35 (0.97%) Django
12 34 (0.95%) SOAP
13 33 (0.92%) LangChain
14 32 (0.89%) PySpark
15 31 (0.86%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 31 (0.86%) Next.js
16 29 (0.81%) PyTorch
17 28 (0.78%) OAuth
18 27 (0.75%) .NET Core
19 26 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 274 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 141 (3.93%) Onboarding
3 113 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
4 101 (2.81%) Data Centre
4 101 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 83 (2.31%) Algorithms
6 70 (1.95%) Data Structures
7 63 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 60 (1.67%) AI Agents
9 58 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 54 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
11 53 (1.48%) Management Information System
12 52 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
13 44 (1.22%) Derivative
13 44 (1.22%) Equities
14 41 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
15 40 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 39 (1.09%) Public Cloud
17 37 (1.03%) Social Media
18 35 (0.97%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 138 (3.84%) Linux
2 109 (3.03%) Windows
3 34 (0.95%) Unix
4 33 (0.92%) Android
4 33 (0.92%) Apple iOS
5 27 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 17 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.36%) AIX
7 13 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
8 10 (0.28%) VMS
9 6 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.14%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.056%) CentOS
11 2 (0.056%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.056%) tvOS
12 1 (0.028%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.028%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.028%) Rocky
12 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 573 (15.95%) AI
2 570 (15.87%) Software Engineering
3 496 (13.81%) Agile
4 443 (12.33%) Analytics
5 437 (12.17%) Mentoring
6 413 (11.50%) CI/CD
7 328 (9.13%) DevOps
8 307 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
9 303 (8.44%) Roadmaps
10 295 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 256 (7.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 245 (6.82%) Business Development
13 239 (6.65%) Infrastructure as Code
14 228 (6.35%) Decision-Making
15 223 (6.21%) Microservices
16 222 (6.18%) Machine Learning
17 202 (5.62%) Test Automation
18 186 (5.18%) Full-Stack Development
19 169 (4.70%) Migration
20 163 (4.54%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 590 (16.43%) Python
2 320 (8.91%) SQL
3 268 (7.46%) Java
4 154 (4.29%) C#
5 152 (4.23%) TypeScript
6 147 (4.09%) JavaScript
7 113 (3.15%) C++
8 70 (1.95%) PowerShell
9 64 (1.78%) Bash
10 63 (1.75%) Go
11 31 (0.86%) Bicep
11 31 (0.86%) PHP
12 29 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 23 (0.64%) SOQL
14 21 (0.58%) Apex Code
15 20 (0.56%) Scala
15 20 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 18 (0.50%) Ruby
17 16 (0.45%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 325 (9.05%) Degree
2 270 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 170 (4.73%) SC Cleared
4 106 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 72 (2.00%) AWS Certification
6 70 (1.95%) CISSP
7 65 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 55 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 49 (1.36%) CISM
9 49 (1.36%) Master's Degree
10 48 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (1.09%) PhD
12 36 (1.00%) CCNP
13 33 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 29 (0.81%) CISA
15 25 (0.70%) CRISC
16 21 (0.58%) ACCA
16 21 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (3.45%) QA
2 96 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 93 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 90 (2.51%) NIST
5 75 (2.09%) GDPR
6 73 (2.03%) Accessibility
7 47 (1.31%) GRC
8 24 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 20 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 19 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 18 (0.50%) NIST 800
12 17 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.36%) PMO
14 12 (0.33%) COBIT
14 12 (0.33%) WCAG
15 11 (0.31%) SLA
16 10 (0.28%) NCSC
17 8 (0.22%) MiFID
18 7 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 125 (3.48%) Docker
2 77 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
5 12 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.14%) vSphere
7 3 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.084%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.056%) Firmware
8 2 (0.056%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.028%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.028%) IAG
9 1 (0.028%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 237 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 225 (6.26%) Terraform
3 47 (1.31%) Ansible
4 42 (1.17%) Grafana
5 32 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 28 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 25 (0.70%) FortiGate
8 16 (0.45%) Nagios
8 16 (0.45%) Puppet
9 14 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 14 (0.39%) SCCM
10 13 (0.36%) Data Guard
10 13 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
11 7 (0.19%) Cilium
11 7 (0.19%) Istio
12 5 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.14%) Kibana
13 4 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.084%) CASB
Vendors
1 367 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 114 (3.17%) Salesforce
3 113 (3.15%) SAP
4 92 (2.56%) Oracle
5 83 (2.31%) Databricks
6 73 (2.03%) Google
7 67 (1.87%) Cisco
8 63 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 62 (1.73%) VMware
10 43 (1.20%) Dell
11 41 (1.14%) Adobe
11 41 (1.14%) ServiceNow
12 37 (1.03%) IBM
13 34 (0.95%) OpenAI
14 27 (0.75%) Splunk
15 26 (0.72%) Fortinet
16 25 (0.70%) Intapp
17 23 (0.64%) Foundry
17 23 (0.64%) SolarWinds
18 22 (0.61%) Zscaler