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 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,167 2,158 4,316
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.15% 16.81% 18.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.58% 18.58% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,053 1,388 3,076
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £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 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £121,625 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +3.70% +7.51% -10.31%

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 18,019 11,615 21,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 90.48% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,116 7,558 16,670
10th Percentile £39,250 £41,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £54,633 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +7 672 £90,000 +16.13% 200
West London +4 88 £75,000 +15.38% 27
South London +24 58 £60,000 -3.34% 16
East London -23 12 £68,000 -28.42% 35
North London -4 3 £70,000 -6.67% 4
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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.

1 553 (17.46%) Azure
2 464 (14.65%) AWS
3 458 (14.46%) Agile
4 454 (14.34%) Software Engineering
5 451 (14.24%) AI
6 441 (13.92%) Python
7 381 (12.03%) Mentoring
8 351 (11.08%) Analytics
9 350 (11.05%) Microsoft
10 328 (10.36%) Degree
11 295 (9.31%) Problem-Solving
12 294 (9.28%) CI/CD
13 282 (8.90%) DevOps
14 280 (8.84%) Java
15 247 (7.80%) SQL
16 245 (7.74%) Roadmaps
17 236 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
18 226 (7.14%) Kubernetes
19 224 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
20 220 (6.95%) GCP
21 217 (6.85%) Microservices
22 208 (6.57%) SaaS
23 199 (6.28%) Decision-Making
24 183 (5.78%) Test Automation
25 179 (5.65%) Coaching
26 178 (5.62%) Computer Science
27 174 (5.49%) Fintech
28 173 (5.46%) Machine Learning
29 172 (5.43%) Business Development
30 171 (5.40%) 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 64 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 43 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 36 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.54%) CMS
6 16 (0.51%) Apache
7 13 (0.41%) Confluence
8 10 (0.32%) JBoss
8 10 (0.32%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.28%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.19%) Kinematics
10 6 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.16%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.16%) WordPress
12 4 (0.13%) SAS
13 3 (0.095%) Drupal
13 3 (0.095%) nginx
13 3 (0.095%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.095%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 51 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 11 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.22%) Maya
5 7 (0.22%) Sketch
6 6 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.19%) PlantUML
7 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.13%) InVision
9 3 (0.095%) SPSS
10 2 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.063%) Weka
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.032%) InDesign
11 1 (0.032%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.032%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.38%) Maximo
5 9 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
6 8 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
8 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.16%) Shopify
9 4 (0.13%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.095%) Misys Opics
10 3 (0.095%) Relativity
10 3 (0.095%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.095%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.095%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.063%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.063%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.063%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 553 (17.46%) Azure
2 464 (14.65%) AWS
3 220 (6.95%) GCP
4 208 (6.57%) SaaS
5 140 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
6 131 (4.14%) Power Platform
7 118 (3.73%) GitHub
8 95 (3.00%) Serverless
9 86 (2.72%) Entra ID
10 61 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
11 45 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 43 (1.36%) Amazon S3
13 40 (1.26%) Snowflake
14 39 (1.23%) PaaS
15 38 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
15 38 (1.20%) Figma
16 35 (1.11%) Datadog
16 35 (1.11%) IaaS
17 34 (1.07%) dbt
18 33 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 92 (2.90%) Firewall
2 71 (2.24%) DNS
3 63 (1.99%) VPN
4 61 (1.93%) DHCP
5 60 (1.89%) WAN
6 59 (1.86%) Broadband
7 53 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
8 44 (1.39%) Network Security
9 41 (1.29%) VLAN
10 40 (1.26%) LAN
10 40 (1.26%) Wireless
11 33 (1.04%) SD-WAN
12 30 (0.95%) SAN
13 28 (0.88%) TCP/IP
14 25 (0.79%) Multicast
15 24 (0.76%) HTTP
16 18 (0.57%) BGP
17 16 (0.51%) OSPF
18 15 (0.47%) WebEx
19 14 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 103 (3.25%) Power BI
3 57 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (1.55%) Data Lake
5 45 (1.42%) BigQuery
6 44 (1.39%) NoSQL
7 42 (1.33%) Tableau
8 36 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
9 32 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
10 31 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 31 (0.98%) Metadata
11 29 (0.92%) DynamoDB
11 29 (0.92%) Relational Database
12 23 (0.73%) DB2
13 22 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (0.66%) Looker
15 18 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
16 17 (0.54%) MongoDB
16 17 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 15 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 98 (3.09%) Git
2 65 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 54 (1.71%) JIRA
4 32 (1.01%) GitLab
4 32 (1.01%) TeamCity
5 27 (0.85%) MLflow
6 19 (0.60%) CircleCI
7 9 (0.28%) Burp Suite
7 9 (0.28%) Metasploit
8 8 (0.25%) Chocolatey
8 8 (0.25%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.25%) Selenium
8 8 (0.25%) Vite
9 7 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.22%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.19%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.19%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.19%) JMeter
11 4 (0.13%) Gatling
11 4 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 883 (27.88%) Finance
2 532 (16.80%) Social Skills
3 267 (8.43%) Banking
4 261 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
5 222 (7.01%) Marketing
6 207 (6.54%) Law
7 182 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 171 (5.40%) Retail
9 170 (5.37%) Legal
10 131 (4.14%) Public Sector
11 69 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
12 63 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 60 (1.89%) Front Office
14 57 (1.80%) Advertising
15 55 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
17 43 (1.36%) Financial Institution
18 37 (1.17%) Games
19 25 (0.79%) Back Office
19 25 (0.79%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (4.45%) React
2 137 (4.33%) .NET
3 117 (3.69%) REST
4 104 (3.28%) Kafka
5 89 (2.81%) Node.js
6 73 (2.31%) RESTful
7 68 (2.15%) Spring
8 54 (1.71%) Spring Boot
9 50 (1.58%) CSS
10 47 (1.48%) SOAP
11 41 (1.29%) HTML
11 41 (1.29%) PyTorch
12 35 (1.11%) OAuth
13 32 (1.01%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 31 (0.98%) LangChain
15 30 (0.95%) Django
15 30 (0.95%) gRPC
16 28 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
17 26 (0.82%) GraphQL
17 26 (0.82%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 230 (7.26%) Cloud Native
2 95 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 64 (2.02%) Algorithms
4 64 (2.02%) Security Posture
5 63 (1.99%) Data Structures
5 63 (1.99%) Mobile App
6 55 (1.74%) Onboarding
6 55 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 53 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
7 53 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 49 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 47 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 41 (1.29%) Equities
12 40 (1.26%) Social Media
13 36 (1.14%) Hedge funds
14 31 (0.98%) Derivative
15 28 (0.88%) Blockchain
16 27 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 139 (4.39%) Linux
2 127 (4.01%) Windows
3 56 (1.77%) Android
4 55 (1.74%) Apple iOS
5 34 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 23 (0.73%) Unix
7 20 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.41%) VMS
9 12 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.25%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.13%) CentOS
13 3 (0.095%) AIX
14 2 (0.063%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.032%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.032%) Robot Operating System
15 1 (0.032%) Rocky
15 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (14.46%) Agile
2 454 (14.34%) Software Engineering
3 451 (14.24%) AI
4 381 (12.03%) Mentoring
5 351 (11.08%) Analytics
6 295 (9.31%) Problem-Solving
7 294 (9.28%) CI/CD
8 282 (8.90%) DevOps
9 245 (7.74%) Roadmaps
10 236 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 224 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 217 (6.85%) Microservices
13 199 (6.28%) Decision-Making
14 183 (5.78%) Test Automation
15 179 (5.65%) Coaching
16 178 (5.62%) Computer Science
17 174 (5.49%) Fintech
18 173 (5.46%) Machine Learning
19 172 (5.43%) Business Development
20 171 (5.40%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 441 (13.92%) Python
2 280 (8.84%) Java
3 247 (7.80%) SQL
4 136 (4.29%) JavaScript
4 136 (4.29%) TypeScript
5 135 (4.26%) C#
6 118 (3.73%) C++
7 85 (2.68%) Go
8 63 (1.99%) PowerShell
9 43 (1.36%) Bash
10 33 (1.04%) Bicep
11 27 (0.85%) Kotlin
12 26 (0.82%) Rust
13 24 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 22 (0.69%) Scala
15 21 (0.66%) SOQL
16 18 (0.57%) PHP
17 15 (0.47%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.35%) R
18 11 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 328 (10.36%) Degree
2 171 (5.40%) Security Cleared
3 130 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 116 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (1.83%) Azure Certification
6 54 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 53 (1.67%) CISSP
8 45 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 42 (1.33%) ACCA
10 39 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (1.20%) Master's Degree
12 36 (1.14%) CISM
13 30 (0.95%) PhD
14 27 (0.85%) CRISC
15 26 (0.82%) CCNP
15 26 (0.82%) CIMA
16 24 (0.76%) OSCP
17 23 (0.73%) AWS Certification
18 21 (0.66%) CREST Certified
19 14 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (2.78%) QA
2 73 (2.31%) Data Quality
3 72 (2.27%) NIST
4 70 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 50 (1.58%) GDPR
6 49 (1.55%) Accessibility
7 34 (1.07%) GRC
8 23 (0.73%) SLA
9 19 (0.60%) IFRS
9 19 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 18 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 18 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 16 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 15 (0.47%) NCSC
13 13 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.32%) MiFID
15 9 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 7 (0.22%) EMIR
16 7 (0.22%) IFRS 17
16 7 (0.22%) JSP 440
System Software
1 131 (4.14%) Docker
2 107 (3.38%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.28%) Firmware
6 7 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.095%) vSphere
9 2 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.063%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.032%) HDFS
10 1 (0.032%) IAG
10 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.032%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 226 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 168 (5.30%) Terraform
3 48 (1.52%) Ansible
4 45 (1.42%) Grafana
4 45 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.73%) SCCM
7 10 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.28%) Nagios
8 9 (0.28%) Nessus
9 8 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.19%) Istio
11 5 (0.16%) Kibana
12 4 (0.13%) Argo
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
13 3 (0.095%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.095%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.095%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.095%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 350 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 81 (2.56%) SAP
3 76 (2.40%) Salesforce
4 73 (2.31%) Cisco
4 73 (2.31%) VMware
5 64 (2.02%) Databricks
6 57 (1.80%) Google
7 51 (1.61%) Dell
8 48 (1.52%) Oracle
9 38 (1.20%) Adobe
10 36 (1.14%) Palo Alto
11 25 (0.79%) IBM
12 23 (0.73%) Fortinet
12 23 (0.73%) OpenAI
12 23 (0.73%) ServiceNow
13 22 (0.69%) SolarWinds
13 22 (0.69%) Workday
14 21 (0.66%) Apple
15 19 (0.60%) Foundry
15 19 (0.60%) Intapp