Senior Jobs in Bedford

Senior
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Senior salary in Bedford is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 16 34
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 5 10 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 8.20% 6.71% 5.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.93% 6.85% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 15
10th Percentile £41,850 £30,000 £51,750
25th Percentile £49,125 £37,500 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £76,875 £48,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,000 £76,000
Bedfordshire median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +30.00% -13.04% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 56 146 198
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 97.99% 77.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25 126 92
10th Percentile £38,000 £21,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,400 £29,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £40,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -31.91% +30.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £50,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £60,625 £68,625
Bedfordshire median annual salary £50,967 £49,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.96% -13.91% +15.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Bedford

Senior
Salary Trend in Bedford

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

Salary trend for Senior in Bedford

Senior
Salary Histogram in Bedford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Bedford over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Bedford

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Bedford region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Bash
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) People Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Databricks
4 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (20.00%) A/B Testing
4 1 (20.00%) PySpark
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) GSM
1 1 (20.00%) LTE
1 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (20.00%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) CAD
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) QMS
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Databricks
1 1 (20.00%) Dell
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) VMware