Senior Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £58,232 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 16 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 952 688 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.18% 11.33% 12.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.90% 12.58% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 712 411 613
10th Percentile £39,268 £41,250 £37,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,390 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,232 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,625 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £85,000 £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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,380 5,467 7,179
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 90.01% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,485 3,231 4,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Birmingham +4 472 £60,000 - 99
Warwickshire +7 135 £53,500 -2.73% 47
Staffordshire +5 70 £50,000 +6.95% 30
Worcestershire +12 61 £55,000 -8.33% 24
Solihull +21 44 £62,500 +20.77% 5
Coventry +3 30 £65,000 +18.18% 25
Shropshire +19 26 £55,000 -18.52% 6
Halesowen - 20 £60,000 - 7
Wolverhampton +4 6 £65,000 +18.18% 6
West Bromwich +2 5 £78,500 +52.21% 1
Herefordshire -2 5 £61,500 +44.71% 2
Brierley Hill -8 1 £55,000 - 1
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 West Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 188 (19.75%) Azure
2 169 (17.75%) Microsoft
3 168 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 154 (16.18%) Agile
5 144 (15.13%) SQL
6 141 (14.81%) Finance
7 116 (12.18%) Software Engineering
8 113 (11.87%) Degree
9 109 (11.45%) Mentoring
10 108 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
11 104 (10.92%) C#
12 98 (10.29%) Analytics
13 93 (9.77%) .NET
14 89 (9.35%) DevOps
15 83 (8.72%) AWS
16 81 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
17 77 (8.09%) Python
18 74 (7.77%) Windows
19 69 (7.25%) VMware
19 69 (7.25%) Coaching
20 68 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
21 66 (6.93%) WAN
21 66 (6.93%) Power Platform
22 65 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
22 65 (6.83%) Security Cleared
23 63 (6.62%) Cisco
24 62 (6.51%) Firewall
25 61 (6.41%) JavaScript
26 60 (6.30%) Power BI
27 57 (5.99%) Project Management

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 21 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 21 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.58%) IIS
3 10 (1.05%) SAS
4 8 (0.84%) Confluence
5 6 (0.63%) Tuxedo
6 5 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.32%) Apache
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.21%) WinCC
9 1 (0.11%) CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 28 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.95%) Simulink
5 6 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.32%) 3ds Max
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.32%) Sketch
8 2 (0.21%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.05%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 188 (19.75%) Azure
2 83 (8.72%) AWS
3 66 (6.93%) Power Platform
4 50 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
7 35 (3.68%) Entra ID
8 29 (3.05%) SaaS
9 22 (2.31%) Power Automate
9 22 (2.31%) PowerApps
10 20 (2.10%) GCP
11 17 (1.79%) OneDrive
12 14 (1.47%) GitHub
13 12 (1.26%) Serverless
14 11 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
16 8 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (0.74%) Azure Event Grid
17 7 (0.74%) Azure Functions
17 7 (0.74%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 66 (6.93%) WAN
2 62 (6.51%) Firewall
3 35 (3.68%) SD-WAN
4 31 (3.26%) Wireless
5 30 (3.15%) VLAN
6 26 (2.73%) LAN
7 25 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (2.52%) TCP/IP
9 19 (2.00%) DHCP
9 19 (2.00%) DNS
10 16 (1.68%) Cisco Firepower
11 15 (1.58%) SAN
11 15 (1.58%) VPN
12 13 (1.37%) WLAN
13 11 (1.16%) MPLS
13 11 (1.16%) OSPF
14 10 (1.05%) Network Security
14 10 (1.05%) VoIP
15 9 (0.95%) J1939
16 8 (0.84%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.30%) Power BI
2 54 (5.67%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.73%) Tableau
4 21 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.10%) MySQL
5 20 (2.10%) NoSQL
6 18 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.16%) SQLite
9 7 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.74%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.63%) Looker
10 6 (0.63%) Metadata
11 5 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.53%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.42%) Big Data
12 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 29 (3.05%) Git
2 10 (1.05%) JIRA
2 10 (1.05%) Postman
3 6 (0.63%) GitLab
3 6 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (0.53%) MSTest
4 5 (0.53%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.32%) Axure RP
6 3 (0.32%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.21%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.11%) NUnit
8 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 168 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 141 (14.81%) Finance
3 81 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
5 37 (3.89%) Retail
6 35 (3.68%) Legal
6 35 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 30 (3.15%) Automotive
8 28 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (2.84%) Public Sector
10 21 (2.21%) Banking
11 20 (2.10%) Electronics
11 20 (2.10%) Games
11 20 (2.10%) Law
12 18 (1.89%) Marketing
13 15 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.05%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (9.77%) .NET
2 43 (4.52%) HTML
3 38 (3.99%) .NET Framework
4 36 (3.78%) AngularJS
5 34 (3.57%) Entity Framework
6 33 (3.47%) .NET Core
6 33 (3.47%) REST
7 30 (3.15%) RESTful
8 29 (3.05%) ASP.NET
8 29 (3.05%) CSS
9 25 (2.63%) React
10 18 (1.89%) Blazor
10 18 (1.89%) Vue
11 17 (1.79%) ASP.NET MVC
12 15 (1.58%) Web Services
12 15 (1.58%) WebRTC
13 12 (1.26%) WPF
13 12 (1.26%) Yocto
14 11 (1.16%) Universal Windows Platform
14 11 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.68%) Product Ownership
2 27 (2.84%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.73%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.52%) Driving Licence
5 19 (2.00%) IoT
6 17 (1.79%) Clustering
7 16 (1.68%) Algorithms
7 16 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.47%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.05%) PMI
10 9 (0.95%) CUDA
10 9 (0.95%) FMCG
10 9 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.95%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (0.74%) NHS
11 7 (0.74%) PKI
12 6 (0.63%) iPad
12 6 (0.63%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.77%) Windows
2 47 (4.94%) Windows Server
3 42 (4.41%) Linux
4 12 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (0.95%) Android
5 9 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.53%) SUSE
8 5 (0.53%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.42%) Unix
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.21%) VME
11 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.11%) HPUX
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (16.18%) Agile
2 116 (12.18%) Software Engineering
3 109 (11.45%) Mentoring
4 108 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (10.29%) Analytics
6 89 (9.35%) DevOps
7 69 (7.25%) Coaching
8 68 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
9 65 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (5.99%) Project Management
11 56 (5.88%) Data Modelling
12 55 (5.78%) Actionable Insight
12 55 (5.78%) Machine Learning
13 50 (5.25%) Project Delivery
14 46 (4.83%) User Experience
15 44 (4.62%) Visualisation
16 43 (4.52%) Artificial Intelligence
16 43 (4.52%) ITIL
16 43 (4.52%) Roadmaps
17 42 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 144 (15.13%) SQL
2 104 (10.92%) C#
3 77 (8.09%) Python
4 61 (6.41%) JavaScript
5 36 (3.78%) TypeScript
6 33 (3.47%) C
7 26 (2.73%) C++
7 26 (2.73%) Java
8 22 (2.31%) T-SQL
9 17 (1.79%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.16%) PHP
10 11 (1.16%) XAML
11 8 (0.84%) COBOL
11 8 (0.84%) MATLAB
11 8 (0.84%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 8 (0.84%) R
12 6 (0.63%) Bicep
12 6 (0.63%) Go
13 5 (0.53%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.42%) Bash
Qualifications
1 113 (11.87%) Degree
2 65 (6.83%) Security Cleared
3 54 (5.67%) SC Cleared
4 41 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (3.89%) CCNP
6 29 (3.05%) CCNA
7 18 (1.89%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.68%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.58%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.26%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.05%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.95%) CCIE
14 8 (0.84%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.84%) CCSA
15 7 (0.74%) PhD
15 7 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 6 (0.63%) CCDP
16 6 (0.63%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 6 (0.63%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.00%) QA
2 16 (1.68%) SLA
3 13 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.05%) Automotive SPICE
4 10 (1.05%) AUTOSAR
5 8 (0.84%) GDPR
5 8 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.74%) GMP
6 7 (0.74%) ISO 26262
7 6 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.42%) GRC
8 4 (0.42%) IFRS
8 4 (0.42%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.42%) MISRA
8 4 (0.42%) MISRA C
8 4 (0.42%) PMO
8 4 (0.42%) WCAG
9 3 (0.32%) COBIT
System Software
1 50 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 49 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (4.41%) Docker
4 27 (2.84%) Hyper-V
5 19 (2.00%) Firmware
6 12 (1.26%) vSphere
7 7 (0.74%) NFS
8 5 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.53%) RACF
8 5 (0.53%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.11%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.94%) Terraform
3 11 (1.16%) SCCM
4 9 (0.95%) Ansible
4 9 (0.95%) Stealthwatch
5 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.63%) Rancher
8 5 (0.53%) CASB
8 5 (0.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.53%) VxRail
9 4 (0.42%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.42%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.32%) Nagios
11 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.21%) MIIS
12 1 (0.11%) Grafana
12 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 169 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 69 (7.25%) VMware
3 63 (6.62%) Cisco
4 47 (4.94%) CheckPoint
5 33 (3.47%) Meraki
6 22 (2.31%) Adobe
7 20 (2.10%) Palo Alto
8 18 (1.89%) Databricks
8 18 (1.89%) Google
9 15 (1.58%) Xamarin
10 14 (1.47%) Apple
11 13 (1.37%) Alteryx
11 13 (1.37%) Dell
11 13 (1.37%) Oracle
12 12 (1.26%) HP
12 12 (1.26%) IBM
13 11 (1.16%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.05%) Aruba
14 10 (1.05%) Juniper
14 10 (1.05%) Salesforce