Senior Jobs in the North of England

Senior
England > North of England

The median Senior salary in the North of England is £60,000 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 6 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,575 2,623 2,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.74% 15.23% 12.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.54% 17.05% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,813 1,186 1,448
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,759 £40,390
25th Percentile £49,236 £51,833 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £85,375
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +10.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,575 15,385 17,253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.35% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 8,143 10,931
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the North of England.

Salary trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the North of England 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
North West +9 1,450 £60,000 - 332
Yorkshire +1 848 £57,965 -3.39% 160
North East +16 282 £57,965 +5.39% 64
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 716 (27.81%) Agile
2 557 (21.63%) Mentoring
3 509 (19.77%) AWS
4 481 (18.68%) Azure
5 471 (18.29%) Coaching
6 456 (17.71%) Software Engineering
7 436 (16.93%) Social Skills
8 384 (14.91%) Finance
9 318 (12.35%) SQL
10 315 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
11 310 (12.04%) DevOps
12 277 (10.76%) Public Sector
13 273 (10.60%) Degree
14 260 (10.10%) Microsoft
15 258 (10.02%) JavaScript
16 241 (9.36%) .NET
17 240 (9.32%) Python
18 214 (8.31%) C#
19 186 (7.22%) Project Management
19 186 (7.22%) Terraform
20 182 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
21 178 (6.91%) Linux
22 176 (6.83%) React
23 171 (6.64%) Roadmaps
24 167 (6.49%) Java
24 167 (6.49%) Actionable Insight
25 163 (6.33%) Security Cleared
26 162 (6.29%) Analytics
27 151 (5.86%) Windows
28 147 (5.71%) Banking

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 59 (2.29%) ArcGIS
2 55 (2.14%) GeoServer
3 47 (1.83%) SAS
4 41 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 40 (1.55%) SharePoint
6 31 (1.20%) Tuxedo
7 27 (1.05%) CMS
8 17 (0.66%) Apache Spark
9 14 (0.54%) Confluence
10 12 (0.47%) Apache
11 6 (0.23%) WordPress
12 4 (0.16%) IIS
13 3 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.12%) JBoss
13 3 (0.12%) nginx
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
13 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.078%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.078%) OpenStack
Applications
1 44 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.47%) Sketch
5 11 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.19%) Solid Edge
7 5 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.16%) Maya
8 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.078%) Revit
10 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.039%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (0.74%) Shopify
2 16 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.50%) Magento
4 8 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.078%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.039%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.039%) SAP APO
9 1 (0.039%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.039%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.039%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.039%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.039%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.039%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 509 (19.77%) AWS
2 481 (18.68%) Azure
3 93 (3.61%) Power Platform
4 89 (3.46%) GCP
5 86 (3.34%) SaaS
6 76 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (2.06%) GitHub
9 51 (1.98%) Amazon S3
10 47 (1.83%) Serverless
11 44 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (1.51%) Entra ID
13 37 (1.44%) IBM Cloud
13 37 (1.44%) OCI
14 36 (1.40%) Amazon ECR
14 36 (1.40%) Route 53
15 34 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
15 34 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
16 31 (1.20%) OneDrive
17 27 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 52 (2.02%) Firewall
2 49 (1.90%) DNS
3 46 (1.79%) WAN
4 39 (1.51%) Network Security
5 33 (1.28%) LAN
6 28 (1.09%) DHCP
7 27 (1.05%) Internet
8 24 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 23 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (0.82%) SD-WAN
11 20 (0.78%) PPP
12 16 (0.62%) Wireless
13 15 (0.58%) Broadband
14 13 (0.50%) VLAN
15 12 (0.47%) SAN
15 12 (0.47%) VoIP
15 12 (0.47%) VPN
16 11 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
17 10 (0.39%) HTTP
17 10 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (4.89%) MySQL
2 120 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (3.53%) SQL Server
4 72 (2.80%) NoSQL
5 65 (2.52%) Power BI
6 63 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
7 56 (2.17%) GIS
8 55 (2.14%) QGIS
9 50 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
10 38 (1.48%) MongoDB
11 31 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 27 (1.05%) Oracle Database
12 27 (1.05%) Relational Database
13 22 (0.85%) Data Lake
13 22 (0.85%) DynamoDB
14 20 (0.78%) Oracle Database 11g
15 18 (0.70%) Big Data
16 14 (0.54%) Metadata
17 13 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
18 12 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (4.47%) Git
2 42 (1.63%) JIRA
3 41 (1.59%) GitLab
4 35 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.82%) Artifactory
6 19 (0.74%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.62%) TeamCity
8 13 (0.50%) PHPUnit
9 12 (0.47%) Appium
10 11 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
11 9 (0.35%) Maven
12 8 (0.31%) LabVIEW
13 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.27%) Gradle
14 6 (0.23%) CircleCI
15 5 (0.19%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.19%) JetBrains Rider
15 5 (0.19%) Selenium
15 5 (0.19%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 436 (16.93%) Social Skills
2 384 (14.91%) Finance
3 277 (10.76%) Public Sector
4 182 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 147 (5.71%) Banking
6 120 (4.66%) Retail
7 118 (4.58%) Legal
8 103 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 64 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 62 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (2.02%) Law
12 46 (1.79%) Marketing
13 36 (1.40%) Publishing
14 35 (1.36%) Games
15 30 (1.17%) Health Technology
16 27 (1.05%) Telecoms
17 23 (0.89%) Electronics
18 22 (0.85%) Automotive
18 22 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
18 22 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (9.36%) .NET
2 176 (6.83%) React
3 135 (5.24%) CSS
4 113 (4.39%) RESTful
5 107 (4.16%) Node.js
6 97 (3.77%) .NET Core
6 97 (3.77%) HTML
7 79 (3.07%) Vue
8 76 (2.95%) AngularJS
9 74 (2.87%) Laravel
10 55 (2.14%) ASP.NET
10 55 (2.14%) Leaflet
10 55 (2.14%) OpenLayers
10 55 (2.14%) PostGIS
11 44 (1.71%) Spring
12 43 (1.67%) .NET Framework
13 41 (1.59%) REST
14 38 (1.48%) JSON
14 38 (1.48%) Kafka
15 34 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.01%) Public Cloud
2 81 (3.15%) Product Ownership
3 79 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
5 58 (2.25%) Driving Licence
6 52 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 51 (1.98%) Management Information System
8 46 (1.79%) Blockchain
9 45 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (1.44%) e-Learning
11 36 (1.40%) Credit Risk
12 34 (1.32%) Onboarding
13 28 (1.09%) Data Structures
13 28 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.05%) Mobile App
14 27 (1.05%) PMI
15 26 (1.01%) IoT
16 23 (0.89%) NHS
16 23 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
17 22 (0.85%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 178 (6.91%) Linux
2 151 (5.86%) Windows
3 47 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.85%) Android
5 19 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 18 (0.70%) Unix
7 13 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
7 13 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.23%) VME
9 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.19%) VMS
11 3 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.039%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (27.81%) Agile
2 557 (21.63%) Mentoring
3 471 (18.29%) Coaching
4 456 (17.71%) Software Engineering
5 315 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
6 310 (12.04%) DevOps
7 186 (7.22%) Project Management
8 171 (6.64%) Roadmaps
9 167 (6.49%) Actionable Insight
10 162 (6.29%) Analytics
11 146 (5.67%) CI/CD
12 128 (4.97%) Design Patterns
13 127 (4.93%) ITIL
14 123 (4.78%) Microservices
15 120 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 119 (4.62%) TDD
17 116 (4.50%) Full Stack Development
18 110 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
19 109 (4.23%) Decision-Making
19 109 (4.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 318 (12.35%) SQL
2 258 (10.02%) JavaScript
3 240 (9.32%) Python
4 214 (8.31%) C#
5 167 (6.49%) Java
6 123 (4.78%) TypeScript
7 111 (4.31%) PHP
8 44 (1.71%) C
9 42 (1.63%) COBOL
9 42 (1.63%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 36 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.32%) PowerShell
12 33 (1.28%) C++
13 27 (1.05%) PL/SQL
14 21 (0.82%) R
15 18 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 14 (0.54%) Go
17 11 (0.43%) Groovy
18 10 (0.39%) Kotlin
19 8 (0.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 273 (10.60%) Degree
2 163 (6.33%) Security Cleared
3 145 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 55 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (1.44%) PMI Certification
7 28 (1.09%) CCNP
8 27 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 24 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 18 (0.70%) APMP
12 18 (0.70%) JNCIA
13 17 (0.66%) CCNA
13 17 (0.66%) JNCIP
14 16 (0.62%) HND
15 14 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 13 (0.50%) CCIE
16 13 (0.50%) CISSP
17 11 (0.43%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 62 (2.41%) GDPR
3 55 (2.14%) QA
4 52 (2.02%) WCAG
5 43 (1.67%) Data Quality
6 29 (1.13%) IFRS
6 29 (1.13%) IFRS 9
7 23 (0.89%) NIST
8 22 (0.85%) SLA
9 17 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.58%) GMP
10 15 (0.58%) PMO
11 12 (0.47%) NCSC
12 10 (0.39%) CRD IV
13 8 (0.31%) ISO 9000
14 5 (0.19%) GRC
14 5 (0.19%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.078%) GLP
System Software
1 115 (4.47%) Docker
2 78 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.75%) Firmware
4 21 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 21 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.27%) IAG
8 6 (0.23%) vSphere
9 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.039%) KVM
11 1 (0.039%) Lustre
11 1 (0.039%) RACF
11 1 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.039%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.039%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 186 (7.22%) Terraform
2 131 (5.09%) Kubernetes
3 51 (1.98%) Ansible
4 42 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 29 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.66%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.27%) Stealthwatch
10 6 (0.23%) Grafana
10 6 (0.23%) WSUS
11 5 (0.19%) CASB
12 4 (0.16%) Cacti
12 4 (0.16%) Puppet
12 4 (0.16%) SCCM
13 3 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.12%) Kibana
14 2 (0.078%) Icinga
14 2 (0.078%) logstash
Vendors
1 260 (10.10%) Microsoft
2 101 (3.92%) Oracle
3 86 (3.34%) Google
4 61 (2.37%) Cisco
5 59 (2.29%) IBM
6 55 (2.14%) ESRI
7 42 (1.63%) Micro Focus
7 42 (1.63%) VMware
8 39 (1.51%) Red Hat
8 39 (1.51%) ServiceNow
9 36 (1.40%) Dynatrace
10 26 (1.01%) Juniper
10 26 (1.01%) SAP
11 25 (0.97%) Splunk
12 23 (0.89%) Databricks
12 23 (0.89%) Fortinet
13 22 (0.85%) CA
13 22 (0.85%) Palo Alto
14 19 (0.74%) Informatica
14 19 (0.74%) Salesforce