Senior Jobs in the South West

Senior
England > South West

The median Senior salary in the South West is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,710 813 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.12% 12.30% 14.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.80% 13.83% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,225 563 710
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,115 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,607 5,879 8,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 88.91% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,030 3,696 5,109
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,838 £37,971 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South West

Senior
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior in the South West

Senior
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the South West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the South West

Senior
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Bristol +13 638 £65,000 -7.14% 139
Gloucestershire +18 281 £55,000 -4.35% 48
Dorset +17 268 £57,500 - 20
Devon +5 187 £49,015 -10.88% 51
Wiltshire +22 179 £55,000 - 37
Somerset +1 89 £60,000 +9.09% 40
Cornwall +5 49 £40,000 -8.57% 4
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 South West region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 409 (23.92%) Software Engineering
2 330 (19.30%) Agile
3 325 (19.01%) Security Cleared
4 260 (15.20%) Azure
5 256 (14.97%) Degree
6 255 (14.91%) DevOps
7 253 (14.80%) Social Skills
8 240 (14.04%) Microsoft
9 234 (13.68%) JavaScript
10 220 (12.87%) Python
11 213 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
12 190 (11.11%) AWS
13 179 (10.47%) C#
14 178 (10.41%) Finance
15 168 (9.82%) Linux
16 166 (9.71%) Windows
17 165 (9.65%) SC Cleared
18 158 (9.24%) .NET
19 156 (9.12%) Mentoring
20 154 (9.01%) React
21 148 (8.65%) Git
21 148 (8.65%) Scrum
22 132 (7.72%) Project Management
22 132 (7.72%) Java
22 132 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
23 126 (7.37%) DV Cleared
24 123 (7.19%) CSS
25 110 (6.43%) Kubernetes
26 109 (6.37%) CI/CD
27 107 (6.26%) Docker

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 52 (3.04%) Confluence
2 29 (1.70%) IIS
3 26 (1.52%) CMS
4 22 (1.29%) Umbraco
5 18 (1.05%) Headless CMS
6 17 (0.99%) ArcGIS
6 17 (0.99%) GeoServer
6 17 (0.99%) Sitecore CMS
7 16 (0.94%) Kentico
8 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
9 13 (0.76%) SharePoint
10 9 (0.53%) SAS
11 5 (0.29%) WordPress
12 4 (0.23%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.23%) NServiceBus
12 4 (0.23%) Site Server
13 2 (0.12%) Apache
13 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
14 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.23%) Simulink
6 4 (0.23%) Sketch
7 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.12%) Trello
9 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.058%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.18%) Primavera
2 3 (0.18%) Shopify
3 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.058%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.058%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 260 (15.20%) Azure
2 190 (11.11%) AWS
3 100 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
4 74 (4.33%) SaaS
5 57 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (2.51%) GCP
7 41 (2.40%) OpenShift
8 35 (2.05%) Power Platform
9 22 (1.29%) PowerApps
10 19 (1.11%) Power Automate
11 16 (0.94%) GitHub
11 16 (0.94%) Kontent
11 16 (0.94%) Serverless
12 13 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 13 (0.76%) npm
13 12 (0.70%) Datadog
13 12 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.64%) Figma
15 10 (0.58%) Azure Functions
15 10 (0.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.04%) Firewall
2 52 (3.04%) DNS
3 50 (2.92%) TCP/IP
4 47 (2.75%) WAN
5 42 (2.46%) DHCP
6 37 (2.16%) HTTP
7 29 (1.70%) LAN
8 28 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
9 21 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
10 20 (1.17%) SD-WAN
11 18 (1.05%) Wireless
12 17 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.58%) Bluetooth
13 10 (0.58%) Network Security
14 9 (0.53%) Internet
15 8 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
15 8 (0.47%) Cisco Wireless
16 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
17 5 (0.29%) PPP
17 5 (0.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.35%) MySQL
3 23 (1.35%) Power BI
4 20 (1.17%) NoSQL
5 17 (0.99%) GIS
5 17 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 17 (0.99%) QGIS
6 16 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.70%) Big Data
8 11 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.47%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.47%) Oracle Database 11g
10 7 (0.41%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.35%) Redis
12 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.29%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 148 (8.65%) Git
2 75 (4.39%) JIRA
3 52 (3.04%) Visual Studio
4 45 (2.63%) Bitbucket
5 30 (1.75%) Sourcetree
6 18 (1.05%) Selenium
7 17 (0.99%) Jenkins
8 15 (0.88%) Storybook
9 12 (0.70%) Android Studio
9 12 (0.70%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.58%) Subversion
11 9 (0.53%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.53%) GitLab
12 8 (0.47%) LabVIEW
12 8 (0.47%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.35%) webpack
14 5 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.29%) Postman
15 4 (0.23%) ERwin
15 4 (0.23%) IntelliJ
General
1 253 (14.80%) Social Skills
2 178 (10.41%) Finance
3 97 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 93 (5.44%) Aerospace
5 91 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 57 (3.33%) Marketing
8 56 (3.27%) Banking
8 56 (3.27%) Retail
9 55 (3.22%) Games
10 54 (3.16%) Public Sector
11 53 (3.10%) Law
12 48 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
13 44 (2.57%) Legal
14 34 (1.99%) Aviation
15 33 (1.93%) Fire and Rescue
16 23 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
17 22 (1.29%) Military
18 21 (1.23%) Investment Banking
18 21 (1.23%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (9.24%) .NET
2 154 (9.01%) React
3 123 (7.19%) CSS
4 105 (6.14%) HTML
5 78 (4.56%) .NET Core
6 77 (4.50%) .NET Framework
7 76 (4.44%) AngularJS
8 72 (4.21%) ASP.NET
9 57 (3.33%) Node.js
10 54 (3.16%) RESTful
11 48 (2.81%) Laravel
12 44 (2.57%) Entity Framework
12 44 (2.57%) Vue
13 30 (1.75%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 27 (1.58%) REST
15 24 (1.40%) LESS
15 24 (1.40%) Spring
16 23 (1.35%) ASP.NET MVC
16 23 (1.35%) Next.js
17 21 (1.23%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 63 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
2 40 (2.34%) Product Ownership
3 31 (1.81%) Management Information System
4 30 (1.75%) Virtual Reality
5 29 (1.70%) Mobile App
6 23 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.23%) Onboarding
8 17 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (0.99%) GNSS
9 16 (0.94%) Algorithms
10 15 (0.88%) Driving Licence
11 14 (0.82%) CESG
11 14 (0.82%) Cyber Defence
11 14 (0.82%) Derivative
11 14 (0.82%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.76%) Operational Technology
12 13 (0.76%) Virtual Team
13 12 (0.70%) Credit Risk
13 12 (0.70%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 168 (9.82%) Linux
2 166 (9.71%) Windows
3 41 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (1.99%) Embedded Linux
6 22 (1.29%) Android
7 15 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.29%) AIX
9 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.18%) Debian
10 3 (0.18%) Unix
11 2 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.058%) CentOS
12 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.058%) Rocky
12 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (23.92%) Software Engineering
2 330 (19.30%) Agile
3 255 (14.91%) DevOps
4 213 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
5 156 (9.12%) Mentoring
6 148 (8.65%) Scrum
7 132 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
7 132 (7.72%) Project Management
8 109 (6.37%) CI/CD
9 94 (5.50%) Actionable Insight
10 89 (5.20%) Computer Science
10 89 (5.20%) MVC
11 83 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 79 (4.62%) Full Stack Development
13 73 (4.27%) Roadmaps
14 71 (4.15%) Coaching
14 71 (4.15%) Design Patterns
14 71 (4.15%) Web Development
15 67 (3.92%) Decision-Making
16 66 (3.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 234 (13.68%) JavaScript
2 220 (12.87%) Python
3 179 (10.47%) C#
4 132 (7.72%) Java
5 103 (6.02%) SQL
6 91 (5.32%) Bash
7 82 (4.80%) C++
8 81 (4.74%) TypeScript
9 77 (4.50%) PowerShell
10 71 (4.15%) C
11 55 (3.22%) PHP
12 31 (1.81%) Embedded C
12 31 (1.81%) Rust
13 16 (0.94%) Perl
14 15 (0.88%) T-SQL
14 15 (0.88%) VB
15 14 (0.82%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.70%) R
17 11 (0.64%) Bicep
18 10 (0.58%) Go
Qualifications
1 325 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 256 (14.97%) Degree
3 165 (9.65%) SC Cleared
4 126 (7.37%) DV Cleared
5 43 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 32 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (1.35%) Master's Degree
8 15 (0.88%) CISSP
9 14 (0.82%) CISMP
9 14 (0.82%) PMI Certification
10 12 (0.70%) IISP
11 10 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.53%) GIAC
13 8 (0.47%) CCNP
13 8 (0.47%) CompTIA CySA+
13 8 (0.47%) HND
13 8 (0.47%) PhD
13 8 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 7 (0.41%) CISA
15 6 (0.35%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (2.92%) QA
2 27 (1.58%) NIST
3 25 (1.46%) GDPR
4 17 (0.99%) JSP 440
4 17 (0.99%) PMO
5 15 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 14 (0.82%) GMP
6 14 (0.82%) RMADS
7 12 (0.70%) NIST 800
7 12 (0.70%) SLA
8 9 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.29%) IEC 61508
11 4 (0.23%) IFRS
11 4 (0.23%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.23%) WCAG
12 3 (0.18%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.18%) HMG Infosec
13 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 107 (6.26%) Docker
2 83 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (3.74%) Hyper-V
4 50 (2.92%) Active Directory
5 16 (0.94%) Firmware
5 16 (0.94%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.29%) RACF
8 5 (0.29%) vSphere
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.058%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 110 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.10%) Ansible
3 52 (3.04%) Terraform
4 43 (2.51%) Puppet
5 20 (1.17%) SCCM
6 16 (0.94%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.82%) Grafana
8 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.47%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.41%) CASB
11 5 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
11 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.29%) Opsview
11 5 (0.29%) Rancher
12 4 (0.23%) Istio
12 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.23%) vRealize
13 3 (0.18%) Functional Safety
14 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.058%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 240 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 99 (5.79%) VMware
3 62 (3.63%) Cisco
4 37 (2.16%) Red Hat
5 31 (1.81%) Google
6 20 (1.17%) Oracle
7 18 (1.05%) ServiceNow
8 17 (0.99%) ESRI
8 17 (0.99%) Sitecore
9 16 (0.94%) Optimizely
10 13 (0.76%) Twitter
11 10 (0.58%) SAP
12 9 (0.53%) Dell
12 9 (0.53%) IBM
12 9 (0.53%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.47%) Databricks
14 6 (0.35%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.35%) HP
14 6 (0.35%) SolarWinds
15 5 (0.29%) Citrix