Senior Jobs in Berkshire

Senior
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior salary in Berkshire is £67,500 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 6 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 513 439 569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.64% 13.80% 16.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.44% 14.94% 17.31%
Number of salaries quoted 311 289 374
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,775 £48,874
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £85,875
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,941 2,939 3,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.39% 92.39% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,672 2,149
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £40,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Berkshire 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
Reading +10 339 £60,000 -14.29% 60
Bracknell -4 70 £85,000 +6.25% 11
Slough +26 26 £67,500 - 17
Windsor - 12 £37,500 - 4
Wokingham +11 10 £77,500 +24.00% 4
Maidenhead +1 6 £60,000 -14.29% 5
Newbury -14 6 £65,000 +26.58% 5
Thatcham - 3 - - 1
Senior
South East

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

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 Berkshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 143 (27.88%) Agile
2 133 (25.93%) Security Cleared
3 119 (23.20%) Degree
4 102 (19.88%) C#
4 102 (19.88%) JavaScript
5 100 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (18.52%) Social Skills
6 95 (18.52%) Actionable Insight
7 89 (17.35%) React
8 88 (17.15%) Software Engineering
9 85 (16.57%) .NET
10 84 (16.37%) SC Cleared
11 78 (15.20%) Microsoft
12 69 (13.45%) Azure
13 68 (13.26%) SQL
14 66 (12.87%) Docker
15 61 (11.89%) AWS
15 61 (11.89%) Computer Science
16 60 (11.70%) Java
16 60 (11.70%) Kubernetes
17 57 (11.11%) TypeScript
18 56 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
19 55 (10.72%) Oracle
19 55 (10.72%) Finance
20 54 (10.53%) HTML
20 54 (10.53%) Decision-Making
21 53 (10.33%) CSS
21 53 (10.33%) DevOps
22 52 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence
23 51 (9.94%) Git

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 22 (4.29%) WebLogic
2 19 (3.70%) ArcGIS
2 19 (3.70%) GeoServer
3 10 (1.95%) JBoss
3 10 (1.95%) OpenStack
3 10 (1.95%) Red Hat Fuse
4 9 (1.75%) CMS
4 9 (1.75%) Confluence
5 6 (1.17%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.17%) IIS
5 6 (1.17%) Kentico
5 6 (1.17%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (1.17%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.78%) nginx
7 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 23 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.36%) OrCAD
4 4 (0.78%) Sketch
4 4 (0.78%) Solid Edge
4 4 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.58%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.58%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.45%) Azure
2 61 (11.89%) AWS
3 18 (3.51%) SaaS
4 12 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
6 10 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (1.95%) Serverless
7 6 (1.17%) GitHub
7 6 (1.17%) Kontent
7 6 (1.17%) Miro
8 5 (0.97%) GCP
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon ELB
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.78%) Firebolt
9 4 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (0.78%) Heroku
9 4 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.73%) Broadband
2 11 (2.14%) Wireless
3 10 (1.95%) Firewall
4 9 (1.75%) WAN
5 8 (1.56%) LAN
5 8 (1.56%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.36%) Ethernet
7 6 (1.17%) Microwave Backhaul
7 6 (1.17%) Mobile Backhaul
7 6 (1.17%) Modbus
7 6 (1.17%) VPN
8 5 (0.97%) DHCP
8 5 (0.97%) DNS
8 5 (0.97%) MQTT
8 5 (0.97%) Profibus
9 4 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.58%) Network Security
11 2 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.39%) VLAN
12 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.60%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (5.26%) NoSQL
3 26 (5.07%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (3.70%) GIS
4 19 (3.70%) QGIS
5 17 (3.31%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.53%) OLTP
7 11 (2.14%) MySQL
7 11 (2.14%) Oracle Database
7 11 (2.14%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.56%) Oracle Database 11g
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.78%) Redis
10 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.19%) Big Data
11 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 51 (9.94%) Git
2 18 (3.51%) Cypress.io
2 18 (3.51%) Jenkins
2 18 (3.51%) Selenium
3 17 (3.31%) JIRA
4 9 (1.75%) JUnit
4 9 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.78%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.19%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.19%) Gradle
8 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 95 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 56 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (10.72%) Finance
4 23 (4.48%) Police
5 20 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.95%) Aerospace
8 10 (1.95%) Electronics
8 10 (1.95%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.56%) Health Technology
9 8 (1.56%) Marketing
10 6 (1.17%) Automotive
10 6 (1.17%) Banking
11 5 (0.97%) Retail
11 5 (0.97%) Tech for Good
12 4 (0.78%) Back Office
12 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.58%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (17.35%) React
2 85 (16.57%) .NET
3 54 (10.53%) HTML
4 53 (10.33%) CSS
5 37 (7.21%) Spring
6 30 (5.85%) J2EE
7 28 (5.46%) .NET Core
8 27 (5.26%) SOAP
9 24 (4.68%) Java EE
10 23 (4.48%) AngularJS
10 23 (4.48%) ASP.NET
11 22 (4.29%) RESTful
12 21 (4.09%) Node.js
13 20 (3.90%) XML
14 19 (3.70%) Leaflet
14 19 (3.70%) OpenLayers
14 19 (3.70%) PostGIS
15 18 (3.51%) CSS3
15 18 (3.51%) HTML5
15 18 (3.51%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.24%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.92%) IoT
4 9 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.56%) FPGA
6 7 (1.36%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.36%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.36%) e-Learning
6 7 (1.36%) PCIe
7 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.17%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.17%) SCADA
8 5 (0.97%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.78%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.78%) Mobile Banking
9 4 (0.78%) NHS
9 4 (0.78%) Replication
10 2 (0.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.39%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.38%) Linux
2 31 (6.04%) Windows
3 29 (5.65%) Unix
4 21 (4.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (3.90%) Embedded Linux
6 19 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (3.12%) Windows 10
7 16 (3.12%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.36%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.78%) Android
9 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (27.88%) Agile
2 100 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (18.52%) Actionable Insight
4 88 (17.15%) Software Engineering
5 61 (11.89%) Computer Science
6 54 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 53 (10.33%) DevOps
8 52 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence
9 48 (9.36%) Propensity Modelling
10 46 (8.97%) ITIL
11 33 (6.43%) Project Management
12 31 (6.04%) Mentoring
13 29 (5.65%) Front End Development
13 29 (5.65%) Scrum
14 28 (5.46%) Containerisation
15 26 (5.07%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 25 (4.87%) Web Development
17 24 (4.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 24 (4.68%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 102 (19.88%) C#
1 102 (19.88%) JavaScript
2 68 (13.26%) SQL
3 60 (11.70%) Java
4 57 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 41 (7.99%) Python
6 29 (5.65%) PHP
7 24 (4.68%) PL/SQL
7 24 (4.68%) PowerShell
8 22 (4.29%) Shell Script
9 14 (2.73%) C
10 10 (1.95%) C++
11 9 (1.75%) Bash
12 8 (1.56%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.17%) Fortran
14 5 (0.97%) Ladder Logic
14 5 (0.97%) R
15 4 (0.78%) JSX
15 4 (0.78%) Swift
15 4 (0.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 133 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 119 (23.20%) Degree
3 84 (16.37%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.87%) HNC
6 12 (2.34%) ACCA
6 12 (2.34%) CIMA
7 11 (2.14%) HND
8 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.36%) PhD
10 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.39%) CCNA
12 2 (0.39%) CCNP
12 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.39%) CISSP
12 2 (0.39%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.48%) SLA
2 22 (4.29%) WCAG
3 7 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.17%) QA
5 5 (0.97%) GDPR
6 3 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.58%) NIST
7 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 66 (12.87%) Docker
2 22 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.58%) vSphere
6 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 60 (11.70%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.29%) OpenSSO
2 22 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (3.12%) SCCM
4 15 (2.92%) Ansible
5 6 (1.17%) Terraform
6 3 (0.58%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.19%) Istio
Vendors
1 78 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.72%) Oracle
3 22 (4.29%) Remedy
4 21 (4.09%) VMware
5 19 (3.70%) ESRI
6 10 (1.95%) WSO2
7 8 (1.56%) Dell
7 8 (1.56%) EMC
8 6 (1.17%) Optimizely
8 6 (1.17%) SAP
8 6 (1.17%) Sitecore
9 5 (0.97%) Allen-Bradley
9 5 (0.97%) Wonderware
10 4 (0.78%) Adobe
10 4 (0.78%) Cisco
10 4 (0.78%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.58%) Siemens
11 3 (0.58%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.39%) IFS