Senior Jobs in the South East

Senior
England > South East

The median Senior salary in the South East is £60,000 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 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,058 2,162 2,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.40% 14.34% 14.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.20% 15.83% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,388 1,242 1,950
10th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Senior in the South East

Senior
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South East 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
Thames Valley +3 1,002 £62,500 -10.71% 249
Berkshire +8 513 £67,500 -3.57% 116
Hampshire -8 348 £62,500 -10.71% 99
Surrey -2 333 £60,000 -4.00% 79
Oxfordshire +3 276 £60,000 -14.29% 76
Buckinghamshire 0 213 £55,000 -12.00% 57
Kent +7 159 £60,000 +4.35% 29
East Sussex -4 94 £55,000 -13.75% 21
West Sussex -16 53 £57,500 -8.00% 12
Middlesex +15 50 £61,339 -20.85% 5
Sussex - 23 £59,000 - 1
Senior
England

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

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 South East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 534 (25.95%) Agile
2 467 (22.69%) Social Skills
3 438 (21.28%) Microsoft
4 401 (19.48%) Degree
5 364 (17.69%) Finance
6 359 (17.44%) Azure
7 330 (16.03%) Software Engineering
8 320 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
9 297 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
10 279 (13.56%) JavaScript
11 278 (13.51%) Security Cleared
12 275 (13.36%) C#
13 252 (12.24%) .NET
14 246 (11.95%) Mentoring
15 242 (11.76%) Python
16 231 (11.22%) SQL
17 224 (10.88%) Actionable Insight
18 217 (10.54%) React
19 216 (10.50%) Decision-Making
20 209 (10.16%) Linux
21 203 (9.86%) AWS
22 193 (9.38%) Windows
23 192 (9.33%) DevOps
24 189 (9.18%) SC Cleared
25 186 (9.04%) Computer Science
26 181 (8.79%) Java
27 162 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
28 158 (7.68%) Docker
29 147 (7.14%) Broadband
30 143 (6.95%) Git

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 34 (1.65%) CMS
2 29 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.21%) IIS
4 23 (1.12%) Headless CMS
4 23 (1.12%) Kentico
4 23 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.07%) WebLogic
6 20 (0.97%) Umbraco
7 19 (0.92%) ArcGIS
7 19 (0.92%) GeoServer
8 18 (0.87%) Confluence
8 18 (0.87%) Sitecore CMS
9 10 (0.49%) JBoss
9 10 (0.49%) OpenStack
9 10 (0.49%) Red Hat Fuse
10 9 (0.44%) SAS
11 8 (0.39%) nginx
11 8 (0.39%) WordPress
12 6 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
12 6 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 162 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.65%) MS Visio
3 31 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 30 (1.46%) Simulink
5 25 (1.21%) Stateflow
6 14 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (0.49%) OrCAD
9 9 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
10 7 (0.34%) AutoCAD
10 7 (0.34%) CANalyzer
11 4 (0.19%) InDesign
11 4 (0.19%) Sketch
11 4 (0.19%) Solid Edge
11 4 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.15%) FrameMaker
12 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.15%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.049%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 30 (1.46%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.15%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.097%) Primavera
6 2 (0.097%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.097%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.097%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.049%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.049%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.049%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.049%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 359 (17.44%) Azure
2 203 (9.86%) AWS
3 100 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (3.98%) SaaS
5 57 (2.77%) Entra ID
6 49 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.85%) Power Platform
8 36 (1.75%) OneDrive
8 36 (1.75%) Serverless
9 20 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (0.97%) Dropbox
9 20 (0.97%) GitHub
9 20 (0.97%) Google Drive
9 20 (0.97%) IaaS
10 19 (0.92%) GCP
10 19 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 18 (0.87%) Kontent
12 17 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
12 17 (0.83%) Amazon S3
12 17 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 147 (7.14%) Broadband
2 91 (4.42%) Firewall
3 46 (2.24%) 5G
4 45 (2.19%) Wireless
5 42 (2.04%) VPN
6 40 (1.94%) WAN
7 39 (1.90%) DNS
8 32 (1.55%) LAN
9 25 (1.21%) TCP/IP
10 21 (1.02%) J1939
11 18 (0.87%) DHCP
11 18 (0.87%) Network Security
12 14 (0.68%) Internet
12 14 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
12 14 (0.68%) SD-WAN
12 14 (0.68%) SNMP
13 13 (0.63%) MPLS
13 13 (0.63%) SAN
13 13 (0.63%) SSH
14 11 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (4.66%) SQL Server
2 71 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (2.96%) MySQL
4 50 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 44 (2.14%) NoSQL
6 33 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
7 31 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (1.46%) Oracle BI EE
8 30 (1.46%) Power BI
8 30 (1.46%) Siebel EIM
9 23 (1.12%) Tableau
10 21 (1.02%) GIS
11 19 (0.92%) QGIS
12 17 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.68%) Data Lake
14 13 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.63%) OLTP
14 13 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.58%) Oracle Database
16 10 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 143 (6.95%) Git
2 62 (3.01%) JIRA
3 31 (1.51%) Visual Studio
4 29 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.36%) Selenium
6 23 (1.12%) JUnit
7 22 (1.07%) Subversion
8 20 (0.97%) Cypress.io
9 16 (0.78%) CMake
9 16 (0.78%) Eclipse
10 14 (0.68%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.68%) Plastic SCM
11 12 (0.58%) Maven
12 11 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.49%) NUnit
14 9 (0.44%) GitLab
15 7 (0.34%) ClearQuest
16 6 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
17 5 (0.24%) IntelliJ
17 5 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 467 (22.69%) Social Skills
2 364 (17.69%) Finance
3 297 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
5 79 (3.84%) Marketing
6 74 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 67 (3.26%) Public Sector
8 62 (3.01%) Manufacturing
9 61 (2.96%) Electronics
10 53 (2.58%) Aerospace
11 49 (2.38%) Military
12 47 (2.28%) Retail
13 44 (2.14%) Legal
14 40 (1.94%) Automotive
15 37 (1.80%) Telecoms
16 25 (1.21%) Police
17 21 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
18 19 (0.92%) Banking
18 19 (0.92%) Law
19 17 (0.83%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (12.24%) .NET
2 217 (10.54%) React
3 138 (6.71%) CSS
3 138 (6.71%) HTML
4 88 (4.28%) AngularJS
5 84 (4.08%) .NET Core
6 83 (4.03%) ASP.NET
7 65 (3.16%) REST
7 65 (3.16%) RESTful
8 64 (3.11%) Spring
9 61 (2.96%) Web Services
9 61 (2.96%) XML
10 55 (2.67%) .NET Framework
11 49 (2.38%) SOAP
12 44 (2.14%) Node.js
13 39 (1.90%) Vue
14 37 (1.80%) Kafka
15 36 (1.75%) HTML5
16 35 (1.70%) RabbitMQ
17 32 (1.55%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 87 (4.23%) Algorithms
2 68 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
4 52 (2.53%) Social Media
5 49 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 45 (2.19%) IoT
7 42 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 38 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
9 31 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 25 (1.21%) Product Ownership
11 22 (1.07%) Driving Licence
11 22 (1.07%) PMI
12 20 (0.97%) iPad
13 19 (0.92%) Data Structures
13 19 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
14 18 (0.87%) Biopharmaceutical
14 18 (0.87%) FPGA
15 17 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 209 (10.16%) Linux
2 193 (9.38%) Windows
3 60 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 49 (2.38%) Ubuntu
5 48 (2.33%) Unix
6 37 (1.80%) Embedded Linux
7 28 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (1.31%) Windows 10
9 25 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 20 (0.97%) Windows 7
10 20 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.53%) Apple iOS
12 10 (0.49%) Android
13 8 (0.39%) CentOS
13 8 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
14 6 (0.29%) VMS
15 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.15%) Rocky
17 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (25.95%) Agile
2 330 (16.03%) Software Engineering
3 320 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
4 246 (11.95%) Mentoring
5 224 (10.88%) Actionable Insight
6 216 (10.50%) Decision-Making
7 192 (9.33%) DevOps
8 186 (9.04%) Computer Science
9 137 (6.66%) Artificial Intelligence
9 137 (6.66%) Business Case
10 127 (6.17%) Project Management
11 126 (6.12%) Full Stack Development
12 124 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
13 121 (5.88%) CI/CD
14 110 (5.34%) Budgeting
14 110 (5.34%) CRM
15 106 (5.15%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 104 (5.05%) Mathematics
17 100 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 96 (4.66%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 279 (13.56%) JavaScript
2 275 (13.36%) C#
3 242 (11.76%) Python
4 231 (11.22%) SQL
5 181 (8.79%) Java
6 122 (5.93%) TypeScript
7 117 (5.69%) C
8 110 (5.34%) C++
9 80 (3.89%) Bash
10 66 (3.21%) PHP
11 55 (2.67%) PowerShell
12 44 (2.14%) Perl
13 37 (1.80%) MATLAB
14 32 (1.55%) T-SQL
15 27 (1.31%) Embedded C
16 25 (1.21%) Shell Script
17 24 (1.17%) Fortran
17 24 (1.17%) PL/SQL
18 23 (1.12%) Go
19 18 (0.87%) R
Qualifications
1 401 (19.48%) Degree
2 278 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 189 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 102 (4.96%) ACCA
4 102 (4.96%) CIMA
5 87 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 40 (1.94%) PhD
8 31 (1.51%) HNC
9 29 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (1.41%) HND
10 23 (1.12%) PMI Certification
11 22 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.02%) CCNP
12 21 (1.02%) DBS Check
13 19 (0.92%) DV Cleared
14 18 (0.87%) AWS Certification
15 16 (0.78%) CCNA
16 12 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 12 (0.58%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (1.94%) QA
2 32 (1.55%) SLA
3 26 (1.26%) Data Quality
3 26 (1.26%) ISO 26262
4 25 (1.21%) Automotive SPICE
5 23 (1.12%) GDPR
6 22 (1.07%) WCAG
7 17 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.73%) MISRA
9 14 (0.68%) AUTOSAR
10 11 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.39%) GMP
12 8 (0.39%) NIST
12 8 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.34%) CDISC
14 6 (0.29%) GRC
15 4 (0.19%) COSHH
15 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 158 (7.68%) Docker
2 137 (6.66%) Active Directory
3 59 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (1.75%) Hyper-V
5 26 (1.26%) Firmware
6 19 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.53%) vSphere
8 5 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.15%) XenApp
10 3 (0.15%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.049%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (5.78%) Kubernetes
2 66 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (2.09%) Terraform
4 40 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
5 36 (1.75%) Ansible
6 30 (1.46%) SCCM
7 26 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
8 22 (1.07%) OpenSSO
9 14 (0.68%) Functional Safety
10 13 (0.63%) WMI
11 10 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.44%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.29%) SmoothWall
14 5 (0.24%) CASB
14 5 (0.24%) Nagios
14 5 (0.24%) SELinux
14 5 (0.24%) Stealthwatch
15 4 (0.19%) SCOM
16 3 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 438 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 118 (5.73%) Oracle
3 89 (4.32%) VMware
4 40 (1.94%) Cisco
5 38 (1.85%) CyberArk
5 38 (1.85%) Tanium
6 36 (1.75%) Google
7 33 (1.60%) SAP
8 30 (1.46%) Siebel
9 26 (1.26%) Adobe
10 25 (1.21%) EMC
11 24 (1.17%) Meraki
12 22 (1.07%) Remedy
13 21 (1.02%) IBM
13 21 (1.02%) Juniper
14 20 (0.97%) Dell
15 19 (0.92%) ESRI
16 18 (0.87%) Optimizely
16 18 (0.87%) Sitecore
16 18 (0.87%) Splunk