Senior Jobs in Somerset

Senior
South West > Somerset

The median Senior salary in Somerset is £56,100 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 10 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 81 78 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 10.49% 13.90% 8.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.86% 16.99% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 62 61 35
10th Percentile £40,375 £44,538 £31,220
25th Percentile £44,063 £51,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,100 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £71,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £80,000
South West median annual salary £57,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 746 459 594
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.63% 81.82% 87.87%
Number of salaries quoted 612 353 381
10th Percentile £25,275 £28,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,789 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Somerset

Senior
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Senior in Somerset

Senior
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Somerset over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Somerset

Senior
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 24 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
Bath -9 24 £57,500 - 12
Yeovil -7 9 £55,000 -26.67% 4
Bridgwater - 8 £36,919 - 5
Banwell - 5 £70,000 -
Shepton Mallet - 3 £52,500 -
Wells - 2 £75,000 - 1
Portishead -10 1 £33,500 -23.86%
Wedmore - 1 £65,000 -
Cheddar - 1 £65,000 -
Frome - 1 - - 1
Senior
South West

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Somerset region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 13 (16.05%) Software Engineering
2 12 (14.81%) Front End Development
3 11 (13.58%) Degree
4 10 (12.35%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.11%) Agile
5 9 (11.11%) Git
6 8 (9.88%) HTML
7 7 (8.64%) CSS
7 7 (8.64%) Visualisation
7 7 (8.64%) REST
7 7 (8.64%) Social Skills
8 6 (7.41%) React
8 6 (7.41%) .NET
8 6 (7.41%) C#
8 6 (7.41%) Python
9 5 (6.17%) Microsoft
9 5 (6.17%) Internet
9 5 (6.17%) Mentoring
9 5 (6.17%) User Experience
9 5 (6.17%) Node.js
9 5 (6.17%) UX Design
9 5 (6.17%) Customer Service
10 4 (4.94%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (4.94%) Android Jetpack
10 4 (4.94%) Azure
10 4 (4.94%) Android Studio
10 4 (4.94%) TypeScript
10 4 (4.94%) Android Development
10 4 (4.94%) Kotlin
10 4 (4.94%) Business Intelligence

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (4.94%) CMS
2 3 (3.70%) WordPress
3 2 (2.47%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.47%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.94%) Azure
2 3 (3.70%) Figma
3 2 (2.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (2.47%) AWS
3 2 (2.47%) dbt
3 2 (2.47%) GitHub
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) Internet
2 4 (4.94%) Firewall
3 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.23%) BGP
4 1 (1.23%) DHCP
4 1 (1.23%) DNS
4 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.23%) LAN
4 1 (1.23%) MPLS
4 1 (1.23%) Network Security
4 1 (1.23%) OSPF
4 1 (1.23%) RS-485
4 1 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.23%) VLAN
4 1 (1.23%) VPN
4 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.47%) Metabase
3 2 (2.47%) Power BI
3 2 (2.47%) Redis
4 1 (1.23%) Power Query
4 1 (1.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Git
2 4 (4.94%) Android Studio
3 3 (3.70%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.47%) Subversion
5 1 (1.23%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.23%) JIRA
5 1 (1.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (8.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.94%) Marketing
2 4 (4.94%) Retail
3 3 (3.70%) Electronics
3 3 (3.70%) Finance
3 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.47%) Games
4 2 (2.47%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) HTML
2 7 (8.64%) CSS
2 7 (8.64%) REST
3 6 (7.41%) .NET
3 6 (7.41%) React
4 5 (6.17%) Node.js
5 4 (4.94%) .NET Framework
5 4 (4.94%) Android Jetpack
6 3 (3.70%) Entity Framework
6 3 (3.70%) Express.js
6 3 (3.70%) Framer.js
6 3 (3.70%) GreenSock GSAP
6 3 (3.70%) Next.js
6 3 (3.70%) Semantic HTML
6 3 (3.70%) Socket.IO
6 3 (3.70%) WebGL
7 2 (2.47%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.47%) D3.js
7 2 (2.47%) Laravel
7 2 (2.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.70%) IoT
1 3 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.47%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (2.47%) Animation
2 2 (2.47%) Cyberattack
2 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.47%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.23%) CPLD
3 1 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.23%) FPGA
3 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.23%) Verilog
3 1 (1.23%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.94%) Android
2 3 (3.70%) Linux
2 3 (3.70%) Windows
3 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.05%) Software Engineering
2 12 (14.81%) Front End Development
3 9 (11.11%) Agile
4 7 (8.64%) Visualisation
5 5 (6.17%) Customer Service
5 5 (6.17%) Mentoring
5 5 (6.17%) User Experience
5 5 (6.17%) UX Design
6 4 (4.94%) Android Development
6 4 (4.94%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (4.94%) MVC
6 4 (4.94%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (3.70%) Change Management
7 3 (3.70%) Data Management
7 3 (3.70%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (3.70%) MVVM
7 3 (3.70%) Programme Management
7 3 (3.70%) SOLID
8 2 (2.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (2.47%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.35%) JavaScript
2 6 (7.41%) C#
2 6 (7.41%) Python
3 4 (4.94%) Kotlin
3 4 (4.94%) PHP
3 4 (4.94%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.70%) Java
5 2 (2.47%) Bash
5 2 (2.47%) C
5 2 (2.47%) C++
5 2 (2.47%) Lisp
5 2 (2.47%) SQL
6 1 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.23%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.23%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Degree
2 3 (3.70%) CCNP
2 3 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.47%) CCNA
3 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.23%) HNC
4 1 (1.23%) HND
4 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.70%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Docker
1 2 (2.47%) Firmware
2 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (6.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.70%) SAP
3 2 (2.47%) Google
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco
4 1 (1.23%) Hitachi
4 1 (1.23%) IBM
4 1 (1.23%) Juniper
4 1 (1.23%) NetApp
4 1 (1.23%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.23%) VMware