Senior Jobs in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 16 13
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,363 1,120 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.70% 11.64% 12.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.41% 13.00% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 990 627 897
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,273 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +9.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,050 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 10,980 8,617 10,283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.52% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,219 4,802 7,089
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West Midlands +9 875 £57,965 -3.39% 206
East Midlands +2 482 £53,600 -2.55% 126
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 298 (21.86%) Azure
2 256 (18.78%) Social Skills
3 253 (18.56%) Agile
4 211 (15.48%) Finance
5 209 (15.33%) Microsoft
6 197 (14.45%) AWS
7 194 (14.23%) Software Engineering
8 191 (14.01%) SQL
9 182 (13.35%) C#
10 163 (11.96%) .NET
11 161 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
12 157 (11.52%) Degree
13 135 (9.90%) Mentoring
14 128 (9.39%) DevOps
15 124 (9.10%) Analytics
16 123 (9.02%) Python
17 122 (8.95%) Project Management
18 121 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
19 120 (8.80%) Actionable Insight
20 118 (8.66%) JavaScript
21 104 (7.63%) Windows
22 96 (7.04%) Security Cleared
23 93 (6.82%) VMware
24 90 (6.60%) SC Cleared
25 78 (5.72%) Firewall
25 78 (5.72%) SQL Server
26 77 (5.65%) Coaching
27 76 (5.58%) Migration
27 76 (5.58%) Project Delivery
28 75 (5.50%) Linux

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 33 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.76%) IIS
4 18 (1.32%) ArcGIS
4 18 (1.32%) GeoServer
5 17 (1.25%) Confluence
6 13 (0.95%) SAS
7 8 (0.59%) CMS
8 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.44%) Tuxedo
9 6 (0.44%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.37%) WordPress
11 4 (0.29%) JBoss
11 4 (0.29%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.22%) Apache
12 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
13 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.15%) WinCC
Applications
1 29 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.47%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.17%) Simulink
5 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.51%) Sketch
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.15%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.15%) CATIA
10 2 (0.15%) InDesign
10 2 (0.15%) NASTRAN
11 1 (0.073%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.073%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.37%) Magento
3 5 (0.37%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.15%) SAP PP
4 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.073%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.073%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.073%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.073%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.073%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.073%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.073%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.073%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 298 (21.86%) Azure
2 197 (14.45%) AWS
3 69 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 62 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (3.30%) SaaS
7 44 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
8 36 (2.64%) Entra ID
9 31 (2.27%) GCP
10 25 (1.83%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.61%) OneDrive
11 22 (1.61%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.25%) GitHub
12 17 (1.25%) Serverless
13 12 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (0.88%) Google Workspace
14 10 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (0.73%) Dropbox
14 10 (0.73%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 78 (5.72%) Firewall
2 63 (4.62%) WAN
3 46 (3.37%) DNS
4 40 (2.93%) VLAN
5 39 (2.86%) DHCP
6 34 (2.49%) Wireless
7 30 (2.20%) TCP/IP
7 30 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
8 28 (2.05%) SD-WAN
9 24 (1.76%) LAN
10 19 (1.39%) SAN
11 18 (1.32%) VPN
12 12 (0.88%) OSPF
12 12 (0.88%) VoIP
12 12 (0.88%) WLAN
13 11 (0.81%) J1939
13 11 (0.81%) MPLS
14 10 (0.73%) BGP
14 10 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (0.73%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (5.72%) SQL Server
2 63 (4.62%) Power BI
3 46 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (2.93%) Tableau
5 26 (1.91%) NoSQL
6 25 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.69%) MySQL
8 22 (1.61%) GIS
8 22 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.32%) QGIS
10 13 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 12 (0.88%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.81%) SQLite
13 9 (0.66%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.59%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.51%) Oracle Database 11g
15 7 (0.51%) Redis
16 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 41 (3.01%) Git
2 36 (2.64%) JIRA
3 13 (0.95%) Postman
4 7 (0.51%) SoapUI
4 7 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.44%) MSTest
5 6 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.29%) Maven
7 3 (0.22%) Axure RP
7 3 (0.22%) GitLab
7 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.22%) Subversion
8 2 (0.15%) CMake
8 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.15%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.15%) LSMW
8 2 (0.15%) NUnit
8 2 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 256 (18.78%) Social Skills
2 211 (15.48%) Finance
3 121 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (4.99%) Retail
5 52 (3.82%) Manufacturing
6 49 (3.60%) Automotive
7 46 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (3.15%) Legal
9 40 (2.93%) Marketing
10 36 (2.64%) Banking
10 36 (2.64%) Public Sector
11 35 (2.57%) Electronics
12 34 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.83%) Law
14 23 (1.69%) Games
15 20 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (11.96%) .NET
2 74 (5.43%) React
3 68 (4.99%) .NET Core
4 66 (4.84%) AngularJS
5 63 (4.62%) ASP.NET
6 57 (4.18%) HTML
7 52 (3.82%) CSS
8 50 (3.67%) .NET Framework
9 42 (3.08%) Vue
10 39 (2.86%) REST
11 35 (2.57%) RESTful
12 33 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
12 33 (2.42%) Entity Framework
13 32 (2.35%) Blazor
14 19 (1.39%) WebRTC
15 18 (1.32%) Leaflet
15 18 (1.32%) OpenLayers
15 18 (1.32%) PostGIS
16 17 (1.25%) ASP.NET MVC
16 17 (1.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 44 (3.23%) Driving Licence
2 41 (3.01%) Product Ownership
3 33 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
4 32 (2.35%) Data Centre
5 25 (1.83%) IoT
5 25 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (1.76%) Clustering
7 23 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.32%) Algorithms
8 18 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.17%) FMCG
9 16 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.17%) Mobile App
10 13 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (0.88%) PKI
12 11 (0.81%) CUDA
12 11 (0.81%) iPad
12 11 (0.81%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.73%) Credit Risk
13 10 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 104 (7.63%) Windows
2 75 (5.50%) Linux
3 70 (5.14%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.69%) Unix
5 17 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.25%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (0.81%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.73%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.66%) Android
9 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.44%) SUSE
11 6 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.15%) CentOS
13 1 (0.073%) HPUX
13 1 (0.073%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (18.56%) Agile
2 194 (14.23%) Software Engineering
3 161 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (9.90%) Mentoring
5 128 (9.39%) DevOps
6 124 (9.10%) Analytics
7 122 (8.95%) Project Management
8 120 (8.80%) Actionable Insight
9 77 (5.65%) Coaching
10 76 (5.58%) Migration
10 76 (5.58%) Project Delivery
11 75 (5.50%) Business Intelligence
12 68 (4.99%) Cybersecurity
13 61 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 61 (4.48%) Process Improvement
14 60 (4.40%) User Experience
15 58 (4.26%) Roadmaps
16 56 (4.11%) Machine Learning
17 55 (4.04%) Decision-Making
18 53 (3.89%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 191 (14.01%) SQL
2 182 (13.35%) C#
3 123 (9.02%) Python
4 118 (8.66%) JavaScript
5 58 (4.26%) TypeScript
6 54 (3.96%) C
7 53 (3.89%) Java
8 40 (2.93%) C++
9 24 (1.76%) PowerShell
10 22 (1.61%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.10%) MATLAB
12 14 (1.03%) PHP
13 13 (0.95%) R
14 11 (0.81%) XAML
15 9 (0.66%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.59%) Objective-C
17 7 (0.51%) PL/SQL
18 6 (0.44%) Bash
18 6 (0.44%) COBOL
18 6 (0.44%) Go
Qualifications
1 157 (11.52%) Degree
2 96 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 90 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 36 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (2.49%) DBS Check
6 30 (2.20%) CCNP
7 27 (1.98%) CCNA
8 16 (1.17%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.95%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.81%) Postgraduate
11 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.73%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.66%) PhD
13 8 (0.59%) CCSA
13 8 (0.59%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.51%) CCIE
14 7 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (0.44%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (1.98%) QA
2 21 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.03%) Automotive SPICE
4 13 (0.95%) AUTOSAR
4 13 (0.95%) GDPR
4 13 (0.95%) PMO
5 12 (0.88%) SLA
6 10 (0.73%) IFRS
7 8 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.59%) IFRS 9
7 8 (0.59%) ISO 26262
7 8 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.59%) WCAG
8 5 (0.37%) GMP
8 5 (0.37%) GRC
9 4 (0.29%) COBIT
9 4 (0.29%) MISRA
9 4 (0.29%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (4.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 60 (4.40%) Docker
3 59 (4.33%) Active Directory
4 44 (3.23%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.98%) Firmware
6 11 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
7 9 (0.66%) vSphere
8 8 (0.59%) NFS
9 5 (0.37%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.073%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.073%) Squid
Systems Management
1 41 (3.01%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.98%) Terraform
3 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.81%) SCCM
5 7 (0.51%) SCOM
5 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.44%) Rancher
6 6 (0.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (0.37%) Ansible
7 5 (0.37%) CASB
7 5 (0.37%) Data Guard
7 5 (0.37%) Stealthwatch
8 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.29%) WSUS
9 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.22%) Nagios
9 3 (0.22%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.22%) vMotion
10 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.15%) MIIS
Vendors
1 209 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.82%) VMware
3 59 (4.33%) Cisco
4 48 (3.52%) CheckPoint
5 35 (2.57%) Google
6 31 (2.27%) Meraki
7 27 (1.98%) Databricks
8 21 (1.54%) Oracle
9 19 (1.39%) Palo Alto
10 18 (1.32%) Adobe
10 18 (1.32%) ESRI
11 17 (1.25%) Apple
12 15 (1.10%) DevExpress
12 15 (1.10%) SAP
13 13 (0.95%) Alteryx
14 12 (0.88%) HP
14 12 (0.88%) Juniper
14 12 (0.88%) Salesforce
14 12 (0.88%) Xamarin
15 10 (0.73%) NEC