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 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,399 2,038 4,451
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.42% 16.51% 18.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.81% 18.32% 20.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,218 1,295 3,116
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 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £106,625 £120,000 £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 19,089 11,122 22,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 90.10% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,045 7,232 16,650
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 May 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 May 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 +7 723 £90,000 +13.92% 224
West London +25 97 £75,000 +17.65% 22
South London +30 62 £60,000 -44.19% 24
East London -11 16 £79,000 -16.84% 24
North London -1 2 £70,000 -6.67% 12
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 564 (16.59%) Azure
2 500 (14.71%) Software Engineering
3 493 (14.50%) Python
4 487 (14.33%) AWS
5 465 (13.68%) Agile
6 453 (13.33%) AI
7 374 (11.00%) Mentoring
8 368 (10.83%) Microsoft
9 361 (10.62%) Analytics
10 327 (9.62%) CI/CD
11 309 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
12 303 (8.91%) Degree
13 273 (8.03%) DevOps
14 272 (8.00%) Java
15 261 (7.68%) SQL
16 250 (7.36%) Roadmaps
17 234 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 233 (6.85%) Microservices
19 231 (6.80%) Kubernetes
20 221 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
21 212 (6.24%) Decision-Making
21 212 (6.24%) GCP
22 210 (6.18%) SaaS
23 203 (5.97%) Security Cleared
24 200 (5.88%) Test Automation
25 190 (5.59%) Full-Stack Development
26 186 (5.47%) Fintech
27 184 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
28 179 (5.27%) Terraform
29 177 (5.21%) Business 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 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.44%) Apache Spark
3 41 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.59%) CMS
6 19 (0.56%) Apache
7 14 (0.41%) Confluence
8 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 10 (0.29%) WordPress
9 6 (0.18%) Drupal
9 6 (0.18%) JBoss
9 6 (0.18%) Kinematics
9 6 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.15%) SAS
10 5 (0.15%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.088%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.088%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.059%) nginx
12 2 (0.059%) Tomcat
Applications
1 45 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.21%) Maya
7 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.18%) PlantUML
7 6 (0.18%) Sketch
8 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.12%) InVision
10 3 (0.088%) SPSS
11 2 (0.059%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.059%) Weka
12 1 (0.029%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.029%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.35%) Maximo
5 9 (0.26%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
6 8 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
7 7 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
8 6 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.15%) Shopify
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.088%) Misys Opics
12 2 (0.059%) NetSuite
12 2 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
12 2 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.059%) SAP CO
12 2 (0.059%) SAP FI
12 2 (0.059%) SAP FI/CO
12 2 (0.059%) SAP Retail
12 2 (0.059%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 564 (16.59%) Azure
2 487 (14.33%) AWS
3 212 (6.24%) GCP
4 210 (6.18%) SaaS
5 148 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
6 125 (3.68%) Power Platform
7 118 (3.47%) GitHub
8 113 (3.32%) Serverless
9 79 (2.32%) Entra ID
10 59 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
11 45 (1.32%) Amazon S3
12 44 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
13 43 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 39 (1.15%) Datadog
14 39 (1.15%) PaaS
15 38 (1.12%) Figma
15 38 (1.12%) IaaS
15 38 (1.12%) Snowflake
16 37 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
16 37 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 98 (2.88%) Firewall
2 78 (2.29%) DNS
3 70 (2.06%) Broadband
4 69 (2.03%) VPN
5 63 (1.85%) DHCP
6 56 (1.65%) Network Security
6 56 (1.65%) WAN
7 51 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (1.41%) VLAN
9 42 (1.24%) Wireless
10 35 (1.03%) SD-WAN
11 32 (0.94%) LAN
11 32 (0.94%) SAN
12 29 (0.85%) TCP/IP
13 23 (0.68%) BGP
13 23 (0.68%) Multicast
14 21 (0.62%) HTTP
14 21 (0.62%) OSPF
15 19 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 100 (2.94%) Power BI
3 54 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (1.41%) NoSQL
5 45 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 45 (1.32%) Tableau
6 41 (1.21%) BigQuery
7 40 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
8 36 (1.06%) DynamoDB
9 33 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 32 (0.94%) Metadata
11 31 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
12 29 (0.85%) Relational Database
13 28 (0.82%) MongoDB
14 23 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
15 21 (0.62%) Looker
15 21 (0.62%) MySQL
16 20 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
16 20 (0.59%) DB2
17 19 (0.56%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 105 (3.09%) Git
2 68 (2.00%) Jenkins
3 51 (1.50%) JIRA
4 41 (1.21%) GitLab
5 34 (1.00%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.74%) MLflow
7 20 (0.59%) CircleCI
8 9 (0.26%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.26%) Metasploit
8 9 (0.26%) Vite
9 8 (0.24%) Chocolatey
9 8 (0.24%) Claude Code
9 8 (0.24%) Selenium
10 6 (0.18%) JMeter
11 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.12%) Gatling
12 4 (0.12%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.088%) Cypress.io
General
1 895 (26.33%) Finance
2 539 (15.86%) Social Skills
3 266 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
4 262 (7.71%) Banking
5 222 (6.53%) Law
6 207 (6.09%) Marketing
7 191 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 171 (5.03%) Legal
9 156 (4.59%) Retail
10 143 (4.21%) Public Sector
11 64 (1.88%) Front Office
12 62 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
13 55 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
14 49 (1.44%) Advertising
15 44 (1.29%) Financial Institution
16 43 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
17 42 (1.24%) Games
18 38 (1.12%) Telecoms
19 27 (0.79%) Publishing
20 26 (0.76%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (4.30%) React
2 143 (4.21%) .NET
3 116 (3.41%) REST
4 97 (2.85%) Kafka
5 85 (2.50%) Node.js
6 73 (2.15%) Spring
7 68 (2.00%) RESTful
8 63 (1.85%) Spring Boot
9 54 (1.59%) CSS
10 45 (1.32%) HTML
10 45 (1.32%) SOAP
11 39 (1.15%) PyTorch
12 34 (1.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 32 (0.94%) LangChain
14 30 (0.88%) PySpark
15 29 (0.85%) OAuth
15 29 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
16 27 (0.79%) AngularJS
17 26 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
18 25 (0.74%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 242 (7.12%) Cloud Native
2 93 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
3 91 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 70 (2.06%) Algorithms
5 63 (1.85%) Security Posture
6 62 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 56 (1.65%) Data Centre
8 54 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 53 (1.56%) Mobile App
9 53 (1.56%) Onboarding
10 51 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 49 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
12 45 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 44 (1.29%) Equities
14 43 (1.27%) Management Information System
15 37 (1.09%) Derivative
15 37 (1.09%) Social Media
16 36 (1.06%) Hedge funds
17 34 (1.00%) Low-Code
18 29 (0.85%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 142 (4.18%) Linux
2 133 (3.91%) Windows
3 52 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 45 (1.32%) Android
5 33 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 24 (0.71%) Unix
7 18 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.35%) VMS
9 10 (0.29%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.21%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (0.15%) AIX
14 3 (0.088%) CentOS
15 2 (0.059%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.059%) tvOS
16 1 (0.029%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.029%) Robot Operating System
16 1 (0.029%) Rocky
16 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (14.71%) Software Engineering
2 465 (13.68%) Agile
3 453 (13.33%) AI
4 374 (11.00%) Mentoring
5 361 (10.62%) Analytics
6 327 (9.62%) CI/CD
7 309 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 273 (8.03%) DevOps
9 250 (7.36%) Roadmaps
10 234 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 233 (6.85%) Microservices
12 221 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 212 (6.24%) Decision-Making
14 200 (5.88%) Test Automation
15 190 (5.59%) Full-Stack Development
16 186 (5.47%) Fintech
17 184 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
18 177 (5.21%) Business Development
19 175 (5.15%) Coaching
20 169 (4.97%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 493 (14.50%) Python
2 272 (8.00%) Java
3 261 (7.68%) SQL
4 145 (4.27%) C#
5 140 (4.12%) JavaScript
5 140 (4.12%) TypeScript
6 130 (3.82%) C++
7 80 (2.35%) Go
8 73 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 46 (1.35%) Bash
10 33 (0.97%) Bicep
11 27 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 26 (0.76%) SOQL
13 25 (0.74%) Rust
14 23 (0.68%) PHP
14 23 (0.68%) Scala
15 21 (0.62%) Kotlin
16 18 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.47%) R
18 13 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 303 (8.91%) Degree
2 203 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 151 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 101 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (1.94%) Azure Certification
6 62 (1.82%) DV Cleared
7 55 (1.62%) CISSP
8 48 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 41 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (1.06%) CISM
11 35 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 34 (1.00%) PhD
13 31 (0.91%) ACCA
14 28 (0.82%) CCNP
15 26 (0.76%) AWS Certification
15 26 (0.76%) CRISC
16 25 (0.74%) OSCP
17 22 (0.65%) CREST Certified
18 21 (0.62%) CIMA
19 17 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (3.03%) QA
2 77 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 72 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 71 (2.09%) NIST
5 56 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 40 (1.18%) GDPR
7 36 (1.06%) GRC
8 21 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 19 (0.56%) SLA
10 18 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 17 (0.50%) NIST 800
12 16 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 14 (0.41%) NCSC
14 13 (0.38%) IFRS
15 11 (0.32%) MiFID
16 10 (0.29%) SOC 2
17 8 (0.24%) WCAG
18 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
18 7 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 129 (3.80%) Docker
2 103 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 32 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.26%) Firmware
6 7 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
8 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.12%) vSphere
9 2 (0.059%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.059%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.059%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.029%) IAG
Systems Management
1 231 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 179 (5.27%) Terraform
3 48 (1.41%) Ansible
4 45 (1.32%) Grafana
5 40 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 39 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.68%) SCCM
8 19 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 10 (0.29%) Nagios
10 9 (0.26%) Nessus
11 8 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (0.21%) Istio
13 5 (0.15%) Cilium
13 5 (0.15%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.15%) Kibana
13 5 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.12%) Argo
15 3 (0.088%) vCenter Server
16 2 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 368 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 91 (2.68%) Salesforce
3 89 (2.62%) SAP
4 76 (2.24%) VMware
5 75 (2.21%) Databricks
6 73 (2.15%) Cisco
7 64 (1.88%) Oracle
8 58 (1.71%) Google
9 49 (1.44%) Dell
10 47 (1.38%) Palo Alto
11 40 (1.18%) Adobe
12 31 (0.91%) ServiceNow
13 30 (0.88%) OpenAI
14 28 (0.82%) Fortinet
14 28 (0.82%) IBM
15 24 (0.71%) SolarWinds
16 23 (0.68%) Apple
17 22 (0.65%) Foundry
18 21 (0.62%) Workday
19 19 (0.56%) Intapp