Senior Jobs in Wakefield

Senior
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median Senior salary in Wakefield is £85,000 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 14 10 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 12 55 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 11.01% 20.15% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.65% 22.82% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £50,125 £45,625 £43,600
25th Percentile £70,938 £48,938 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.14% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £63,125 £57,500
90th Percentile - £67,500 £62,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wakefield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 103 241 118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 88.28% 98.33%
Number of salaries quoted 76 78 107
10th Percentile £25,500 £33,000 £23,200
25th Percentile £30,688 £38,813 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% +27.86% -15.66%
75th Percentile £64,063 £64,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £55,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Wakefield

Senior
Salary Trend in Wakefield

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

Salary trend for Senior in Wakefield

Senior
Salary Histogram in Wakefield

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Wakefield

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

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 Wakefield region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (91.67%) Business Strategy
2 11 (91.67%) Multichannel Retail
2 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 11 (91.67%) Retail
2 11 (91.67%) Computer Science
3 8 (66.67%) Degree
3 8 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (41.67%) SAP ERP
5 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
5 5 (41.67%) SAP
5 5 (41.67%) ERP
6 4 (33.33%) LAN
6 4 (33.33%) Internet
6 4 (33.33%) Firewall
6 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (25.00%) Network Design
7 3 (25.00%) Google
7 3 (25.00%) Network Security
7 3 (25.00%) SQL
7 3 (25.00%) Windows
7 3 (25.00%) Linux
7 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
7 3 (25.00%) Change Management
7 3 (25.00%) WAN
7 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 3 (25.00%) CCIE
7 3 (25.00%) CCNP

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (41.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (25.00%) GCP
1 3 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
1 4 (33.33%) LAN
1 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (8.33%) SAN
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
1 11 (91.67%) Retail
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Public Cloud
1 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (91.67%) Business Strategy
2 11 (91.67%) Computer Science
2 11 (91.67%) Multichannel Retail
3 5 (41.67%) ERP
3 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (25.00%) Network Design
4 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
5 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) CCIE
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) SAP
2 3 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) VMware