Senior Jobs in Central London

Senior
London > Central London

The median Senior salary in Central London is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 764 913 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 20.16% 17.66% 16.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.18% 18.40% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 540 836 1,101
10th Percentile £51,239 £55,100 £54,500
25th Percentile £62,875 £70,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% +3.13% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,607 4,963 7,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.17% 96.01% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,807 4,137 6,374
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Central London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Central London

Senior
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 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
City of London +4 672 £80,000 -5.88% 158
City of Westminster +1 52 £62,500 -32.43% 6
West End of London +4 20 £88,250 +3.82% 17
Camden -1 17 £80,000 +18.52% 12
Southwark +2 14 £40,952 -43.51% 1
Lambeth +9 9 £82,500 -25.00% 4
Kensington and Chelsea +1 6 £63,750 -20.31% 4
Senior
London

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 Central London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 238 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 210 (27.49%) Azure
3 205 (26.83%) SQL
4 204 (26.70%) AWS
5 180 (23.56%) Degree
6 178 (23.30%) Python
7 169 (22.12%) Finance
8 152 (19.90%) Agile
9 135 (17.67%) Microsoft
10 134 (17.54%) DevOps
11 118 (15.45%) Actionable Insight
12 117 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
13 104 (13.61%) Git
14 103 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
15 102 (13.35%) JavaScript
16 94 (12.30%) .NET
17 93 (12.17%) Software Engineering
18 89 (11.65%) Visualisation
19 88 (11.52%) CI/CD
20 82 (10.73%) C#
21 80 (10.47%) Windows
22 77 (10.08%) Java
22 77 (10.08%) SQL Server
23 74 (9.69%) Computer Science
24 72 (9.42%) Tableau
24 72 (9.42%) Decision-Making
25 71 (9.29%) Mentoring
25 71 (9.29%) Kubernetes
26 70 (9.16%) CSS
27 68 (8.90%) Analytics

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 33 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.23%) ArcGIS
2 17 (2.23%) GeoServer
2 17 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.70%) CMS
4 9 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.05%) Apache
5 8 (1.05%) IIS
6 7 (0.92%) Drupal
7 6 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.79%) WordPress
8 5 (0.65%) Confluence
8 5 (0.65%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.65%) K2 blackpearl
8 5 (0.65%) Mendix
9 2 (0.26%) JBoss
9 2 (0.26%) nginx
9 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
9 2 (0.26%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) Tornado
Applications
1 29 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.70%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.05%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.52%) Sketch
7 2 (0.26%) Stata
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.05%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.26%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (0.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.13%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Relativity
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 210 (27.49%) Azure
2 204 (26.70%) AWS
3 68 (8.90%) SaaS
4 65 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (4.58%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.32%) GCP
7 29 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.40%) Entra ID
9 20 (2.62%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.36%) Serverless
11 16 (2.09%) Datadog
11 16 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (1.96%) PaaS
13 12 (1.57%) Rubrik
14 11 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.18%) Figma
16 8 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 8 (1.05%) NuGet
17 7 (0.92%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.06%) Firewall
2 18 (2.36%) Network Security
3 17 (2.23%) LAN
3 17 (2.23%) WAN
4 14 (1.83%) SAN
5 13 (1.70%) Wireless
6 11 (1.44%) Internet
7 10 (1.31%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (1.05%) HTTP
9 7 (0.92%) NAS
9 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.79%) Broadband
10 6 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.65%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.52%) DNS
12 4 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.52%) PBX
12 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.52%) VPN
12 4 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 72 (9.42%) Tableau
3 33 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (4.19%) MySQL
5 30 (3.93%) Power BI
6 22 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.49%) QGIS
8 17 (2.23%) GIS
9 12 (1.57%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.31%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.18%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.18%) Redis
12 8 (1.05%) Metadata
12 8 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.79%) Big Data
13 6 (0.79%) Oracle Database 11g
14 5 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 104 (13.61%) Git
2 49 (6.41%) Jenkins
3 24 (3.14%) Cucumber
3 24 (3.14%) Postman
4 21 (2.75%) Selenium
5 20 (2.62%) JIRA
6 18 (2.36%) GitLab
7 13 (1.70%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
9 11 (1.44%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.18%) Moq
10 9 (1.18%) NUnit
11 8 (1.05%) git-flow
11 8 (1.05%) Sourcetree
11 8 (1.05%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.92%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.92%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
15 3 (0.39%) Storybook
General
1 238 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 169 (22.12%) Finance
3 117 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (5.37%) Retail
5 39 (5.10%) Law
6 36 (4.71%) Banking
6 36 (4.71%) Marketing
7 33 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (3.66%) Legal
9 27 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.23%) Front Office
11 16 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (2.09%) Tech for Good
11 16 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.44%) Advertising
12 11 (1.44%) Games
12 11 (1.44%) Public Sector
13 9 (1.18%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.05%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (12.30%) .NET
2 70 (9.16%) CSS
3 61 (7.98%) HTML
4 60 (7.85%) React
5 48 (6.28%) REST
6 35 (4.58%) Pandas
7 31 (4.06%) Node.js
8 30 (3.93%) PySpark
9 28 (3.66%) scikit-learn
9 28 (3.66%) TensorFlow
10 22 (2.88%) RESTful
11 20 (2.62%) .NET Framework
11 20 (2.62%) AngularJS
12 19 (2.49%) HTML5
12 19 (2.49%) Kafka
13 18 (2.36%) ASP.NET
13 18 (2.36%) WPF
14 17 (2.23%) Leaflet
14 17 (2.23%) PostGIS
14 17 (2.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.50%) Algorithms
2 24 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.09%) Life Science
5 15 (1.96%) Equities
5 15 (1.96%) Mobile App
6 13 (1.70%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.70%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.70%) Reinsurance
7 11 (1.44%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.31%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.18%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.05%) FPGA
10 8 (1.05%) Legacy Code
11 7 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 7 (0.92%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.79%) NHS
13 5 (0.65%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 80 (10.47%) Windows
2 43 (5.63%) Windows Server
3 34 (4.45%) Linux
4 19 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (1.57%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.52%) Android
8 4 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.39%) Unix
9 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (19.90%) Agile
2 134 (17.54%) DevOps
3 118 (15.45%) Actionable Insight
4 103 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (12.17%) Software Engineering
6 89 (11.65%) Visualisation
7 88 (11.52%) CI/CD
8 74 (9.69%) Computer Science
9 72 (9.42%) Decision-Making
10 71 (9.29%) Mentoring
11 68 (8.90%) Analytics
12 67 (8.77%) Statistics
13 64 (8.38%) Mathematics
14 58 (7.59%) Data Science
15 54 (7.07%) Storytelling
16 53 (6.94%) Root Cause Analysis
17 52 (6.81%) Full Stack Development
18 51 (6.68%) Artificial Intelligence
18 51 (6.68%) Change Management
19 50 (6.54%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 205 (26.83%) SQL
2 178 (23.30%) Python
3 102 (13.35%) JavaScript
4 82 (10.73%) C#
5 77 (10.08%) Java
6 42 (5.50%) PowerShell
7 27 (3.53%) T-SQL
7 27 (3.53%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.49%) Bash
8 19 (2.49%) PHP
9 14 (1.83%) C++
10 10 (1.31%) XPath
11 9 (1.18%) R
12 8 (1.05%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.92%) Clojure
13 7 (0.92%) F#
13 7 (0.92%) Go
13 7 (0.92%) Haskell
13 7 (0.92%) Rust
14 5 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 180 (23.56%) Degree
2 63 (8.25%) DBS Check
3 48 (6.28%) Security Cleared
4 47 (6.15%) Master's Degree
5 43 (5.63%) SC Cleared
6 30 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.62%) CISSP
8 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.05%) CEH
10 7 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.79%) ACCA
11 6 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.79%) CCSP
11 6 (0.79%) CIMA
11 6 (0.79%) SSCP
12 5 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.63%) QA
2 19 (2.49%) SLA
3 16 (2.09%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.31%) NIST
5 9 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.05%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.79%) PMO
8 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.52%) GRC
9 4 (0.52%) WCAG
10 3 (0.39%) COBIT
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) GAAP
12 1 (0.13%) GDPR
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 40 (5.24%) Docker
3 24 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.44%) vSphere
5 10 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.39%) XenApp
9 2 (0.26%) Xen
10 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 71 (9.29%) Kubernetes
2 64 (8.38%) Terraform
3 20 (2.62%) SCCM
4 16 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.44%) Nmap
6 10 (1.31%) Ansible
6 10 (1.31%) vCenter Server
7 9 (1.18%) Puppet
8 4 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.52%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.39%) Grafana
10 2 (0.26%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.26%) Istio
10 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.13%) Packer
11 1 (0.13%) Podman
11 1 (0.13%) WSUS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (17.67%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.38%) Databricks
3 43 (5.63%) VMware
4 32 (4.19%) Cisco
5 20 (2.62%) Oracle
6 18 (2.36%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.23%) ESRI
8 16 (2.09%) HP
9 15 (1.96%) Dell
9 15 (1.96%) NetApp
9 15 (1.96%) SolarWinds
10 14 (1.83%) Adobe
10 14 (1.83%) Citrix
10 14 (1.83%) Google
10 14 (1.83%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.57%) Aderant
12 11 (1.44%) SAP
13 9 (1.18%) Meraki
13 9 (1.18%) Veeam