Senior Jobs in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 14 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,380 1,087 1,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.62% 11.73% 12.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.33% 13.09% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 614 888
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,392 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £81,625
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +10.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,193 8,307 10,306
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 89.68% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,338 4,661 7,022
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +9 883 £58,232 -2.95% 246
East Midlands +2 489 £53,600 -2.55% 139
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 296 (21.45%) Azure
2 263 (19.06%) Social Skills
3 252 (18.26%) Agile
4 210 (15.22%) Finance
4 210 (15.22%) Microsoft
5 198 (14.35%) AWS
6 196 (14.20%) SQL
7 194 (14.06%) Software Engineering
8 181 (13.12%) C#
9 169 (12.25%) Degree
10 162 (11.74%) .NET
10 162 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
11 143 (10.36%) Mentoring
12 131 (9.49%) Analytics
13 129 (9.35%) DevOps
14 126 (9.13%) Python
15 123 (8.91%) Project Management
16 122 (8.84%) JavaScript
16 122 (8.84%) Actionable Insight
17 121 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
18 107 (7.75%) Windows
19 97 (7.03%) Security Cleared
20 91 (6.59%) SC Cleared
20 91 (6.59%) VMware
21 83 (6.01%) Coaching
22 79 (5.72%) Business Intelligence
23 78 (5.65%) SQL Server
24 77 (5.58%) Linux
25 76 (5.51%) Cybersecurity
26 75 (5.43%) Migration

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.59%) IIS
4 18 (1.30%) ArcGIS
4 18 (1.30%) GeoServer
5 17 (1.23%) Confluence
6 13 (0.94%) SAS
7 9 (0.65%) CMS
8 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.43%) Tuxedo
9 6 (0.43%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.43%) WordPress
10 3 (0.22%) Apache
10 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.14%) JBoss
11 2 (0.14%) WinCC
12 1 (0.072%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.072%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.072%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.09%) Simulink
5 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.51%) Sketch
6 6 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.22%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.14%) CATIA
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) NASTRAN
10 1 (0.072%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.072%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 14 (1.01%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.43%) Magento
4 5 (0.36%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.072%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.072%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.072%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.072%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.072%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.072%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 296 (21.45%) Azure
2 198 (14.35%) AWS
3 70 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 62 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (3.26%) SaaS
7 44 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
8 36 (2.61%) Entra ID
9 31 (2.25%) GCP
10 26 (1.88%) PowerApps
11 23 (1.67%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.59%) OneDrive
13 17 (1.23%) GitHub
13 17 (1.23%) Serverless
14 12 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (0.87%) Google Workspace
15 10 (0.72%) Amazon S3
15 10 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 10 (0.72%) Dropbox
15 10 (0.72%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 74 (5.36%) Firewall
2 65 (4.71%) WAN
3 43 (3.12%) DNS
4 40 (2.90%) VLAN
5 36 (2.61%) DHCP
6 33 (2.39%) Wireless
7 31 (2.25%) SD-WAN
8 30 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (2.10%) TCP/IP
10 26 (1.88%) LAN
11 19 (1.38%) VPN
12 17 (1.23%) SAN
13 13 (0.94%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (0.94%) WLAN
14 12 (0.87%) OSPF
15 11 (0.80%) J1939
15 11 (0.80%) MPLS
16 10 (0.72%) BGP
16 10 (0.72%) VoIP
17 8 (0.58%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (5.65%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.64%) Power BI
3 44 (3.19%) Tableau
4 43 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (1.88%) NoSQL
7 25 (1.81%) MySQL
8 23 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.59%) GIS
10 18 (1.30%) QGIS
11 14 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 12 (0.87%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.80%) SQLite
14 9 (0.65%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.51%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.51%) Redis
16 6 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.43%) Oracle Database 11g
16 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 45 (3.26%) Git
2 36 (2.61%) JIRA
3 12 (0.87%) Postman
4 7 (0.51%) SoapUI
4 7 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.36%) GitLab
6 5 (0.36%) MSTest
7 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.22%) Axure RP
8 3 (0.22%) Maven
8 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.22%) Subversion
9 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) Xcode
10 1 (0.072%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.072%) Selenium
10 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 263 (19.06%) Social Skills
2 210 (15.22%) Finance
3 121 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (5.29%) Retail
5 53 (3.84%) Manufacturing
6 49 (3.55%) Automotive
7 47 (3.41%) Legal
7 47 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 42 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (2.97%) Marketing
10 40 (2.90%) Banking
11 39 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (2.75%) Public Sector
13 35 (2.54%) Electronics
14 26 (1.88%) Law
15 22 (1.59%) Games
16 21 (1.52%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
19 17 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (11.74%) .NET
2 74 (5.36%) React
3 68 (4.93%) .NET Core
4 64 (4.64%) AngularJS
5 62 (4.49%) ASP.NET
6 61 (4.42%) HTML
7 56 (4.06%) CSS
8 51 (3.70%) .NET Framework
9 43 (3.12%) Vue
10 36 (2.61%) REST
11 33 (2.39%) ASP.NET Core
11 33 (2.39%) Entity Framework
11 33 (2.39%) RESTful
12 31 (2.25%) Blazor
13 18 (1.30%) ASP.NET MVC
13 18 (1.30%) Leaflet
13 18 (1.30%) OpenLayers
13 18 (1.30%) PostGIS
14 17 (1.23%) Node.js
14 17 (1.23%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.04%) Product Ownership
2 39 (2.83%) Driving Licence
3 37 (2.68%) Data Centre
4 34 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (1.81%) IoT
7 24 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.59%) Clustering
9 17 (1.23%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.16%) FMCG
10 16 (1.16%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.16%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
11 14 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.87%) PKI
13 11 (0.80%) iPad
13 11 (0.80%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.80%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.72%) Credit Risk
14 10 (0.72%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 107 (7.75%) Windows
2 77 (5.58%) Linux
3 69 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.45%) Unix
5 16 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.65%) Android
7 9 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.43%) SUSE
9 6 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.14%) CentOS
11 2 (0.14%) VME
12 1 (0.072%) HPUX
12 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (18.26%) Agile
2 194 (14.06%) Software Engineering
3 162 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
4 143 (10.36%) Mentoring
5 131 (9.49%) Analytics
6 129 (9.35%) DevOps
7 123 (8.91%) Project Management
8 122 (8.84%) Actionable Insight
9 83 (6.01%) Coaching
10 79 (5.72%) Business Intelligence
11 76 (5.51%) Cybersecurity
12 75 (5.43%) Migration
13 66 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 66 (4.78%) Project Delivery
14 62 (4.49%) Process Improvement
14 62 (4.49%) User Experience
15 61 (4.42%) Roadmaps
16 59 (4.28%) Decision-Making
16 59 (4.28%) Machine Learning
16 59 (4.28%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 196 (14.20%) SQL
2 181 (13.12%) C#
3 126 (9.13%) Python
4 122 (8.84%) JavaScript
5 58 (4.20%) TypeScript
6 53 (3.84%) C
7 50 (3.62%) Java
8 40 (2.90%) C++
9 24 (1.74%) PowerShell
10 23 (1.67%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.16%) PHP
12 14 (1.01%) MATLAB
13 12 (0.87%) R
14 11 (0.80%) XAML
15 9 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.58%) COBOL
16 8 (0.58%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 8 (0.58%) Objective-C
17 6 (0.43%) Bicep
17 6 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 169 (12.25%) Degree
2 97 (7.03%) Security Cleared
3 91 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 40 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
4 40 (2.90%) DBS Check
5 34 (2.46%) CCNP
6 29 (2.10%) CCNA
7 19 (1.38%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 12 (0.87%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.72%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.58%) CCIE
12 8 (0.58%) CCSA
12 8 (0.58%) PhD
13 7 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.43%) CCDP
14 6 (0.43%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.03%) QA
2 22 (1.59%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.23%) GDPR
4 13 (0.94%) Automotive SPICE
4 13 (0.94%) PMO
5 12 (0.87%) AUTOSAR
5 12 (0.87%) SLA
6 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (0.58%) IFRS
6 8 (0.58%) IFRS 9
6 8 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.58%) WCAG
7 7 (0.51%) ISO 26262
8 6 (0.43%) GMP
9 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.29%) GRC
9 4 (0.29%) MISRA
9 4 (0.29%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 63 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 62 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 56 (4.06%) Docker
4 43 (3.12%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.96%) Firmware
6 12 (0.87%) vSphere
7 10 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.51%) NFS
9 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.14%) XenApp
12 2 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 40 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.10%) Terraform
3 13 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.80%) SCCM
5 7 (0.51%) SCOM
5 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.51%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (0.43%) Ansible
6 6 (0.43%) Rancher
6 6 (0.43%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (0.36%) CASB
7 5 (0.36%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.22%) Nagios
9 3 (0.22%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.22%) vMotion
9 3 (0.22%) VxRail
10 2 (0.14%) MIIS
10 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 210 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.59%) VMware
3 61 (4.42%) Cisco
4 48 (3.48%) CheckPoint
5 35 (2.54%) Google
6 33 (2.39%) Databricks
6 33 (2.39%) Meraki
7 20 (1.45%) Adobe
7 20 (1.45%) Oracle
7 20 (1.45%) Palo Alto
8 18 (1.30%) ESRI
9 17 (1.23%) Apple
10 15 (1.09%) DevExpress
11 13 (0.94%) Alteryx
11 13 (0.94%) SAP
12 12 (0.87%) Citrix
12 12 (0.87%) HP
12 12 (0.87%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.87%) Xamarin
13 11 (0.80%) Juniper