Senior Jobs in Birmingham

Senior
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior salary in Birmingham is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 3 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 194 451 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.41% 16.31% 13.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.18% 17.29% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 93 344 222
10th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £42,650
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,850
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -1.40% +1.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £71,250 £76,133
90th Percentile £105,000 £78,946 £91,175
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £58,232 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.62% -2.95% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,368 2,608 1,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 94.29% 93.41%
Number of salaries quoted 796 2,124 1,387
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,375 £84,964 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Birmingham

Senior
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Senior in Birmingham

Senior
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Birmingham over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 Birmingham region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 57 (29.38%) Agile
2 56 (28.87%) Azure
3 46 (23.71%) Finance
4 43 (22.16%) Mentoring
5 42 (21.65%) Telecoms
6 37 (19.07%) Degree
7 36 (18.56%) Microsoft
8 34 (17.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 33 (17.01%) Analytics
10 32 (16.49%) Social Skills
11 31 (15.98%) Coaching
12 30 (15.46%) Systems Engineering
13 29 (14.95%) Oracle
13 29 (14.95%) Retail
14 28 (14.43%) Manufacturing
15 27 (13.92%) Artificial Intelligence
16 26 (13.40%) SAP
16 26 (13.40%) ERP
17 24 (12.37%) Robotics
17 24 (12.37%) Robotic Process Automation
17 24 (12.37%) Blockchain
17 24 (12.37%) Data Analytics
17 24 (12.37%) ITGC
18 23 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
18 23 (11.86%) Change Management
19 22 (11.34%) Management Information System
19 22 (11.34%) Games
19 22 (11.34%) CISA
19 22 (11.34%) Dynamics AX
19 22 (11.34%) Information Security

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (1.03%) CMS
1 2 (1.03%) Headless CMS
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.52%) Apache
2 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.52%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.52%) Confluence
2 1 (0.52%) Mule
2 1 (0.52%) SAS
2 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.58%) Simulink
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (11.34%) Dynamics AX
2 8 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.06%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.55%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (1.03%) NEC Housing
5 2 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.03%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.52%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.52%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.87%) Azure
2 20 (10.31%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.19%) Power Platform
4 11 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.12%) SaaS
6 7 (3.61%) AWS
7 6 (3.09%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (2.58%) GCP
9 4 (2.06%) GitHub
10 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.55%) Serverless
10 3 (1.55%) Supabase
10 3 (1.55%) Vercel
11 2 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.03%) OCI
11 2 (1.03%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.52%) Algolia
12 1 (0.52%) npm
12 1 (0.52%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.73%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (5.15%) SD-WAN
2 10 (5.15%) WAN
3 9 (4.64%) 3GPP
3 9 (4.64%) 5G
4 7 (3.61%) Firewall
5 5 (2.58%) VLAN
6 4 (2.06%) Wireless
7 3 (1.55%) VPN
8 2 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.03%) HTTP
8 2 (1.03%) IPsec
8 2 (1.03%) LAN
8 2 (1.03%) Network Security
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.52%) Internet
9 1 (0.52%) IOS XR
9 1 (0.52%) MPLS
9 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.12%) Power BI
2 7 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.55%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.03%) Data Hub
5 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.03%) Metadata
5 2 (1.03%) MySQL
5 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.03%) SQL CLR
5 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.52%) DB2
6 1 (0.52%) Looker
6 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (6.19%) JIRA
2 4 (2.06%) Git
3 3 (1.55%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.03%) JUnit
4 2 (1.03%) NUnit
4 2 (1.03%) Selenium
5 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.52%) Vite
General
1 46 (23.71%) Finance
2 42 (21.65%) Telecoms
3 32 (16.49%) Social Skills
4 29 (14.95%) Retail
5 28 (14.43%) Manufacturing
6 22 (11.34%) Games
7 19 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (7.22%) Automotive
9 10 (5.15%) Tech for Good
10 9 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (4.64%) Legal
11 7 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (3.09%) Marketing
12 6 (3.09%) Public Sector
13 4 (2.06%) Aerospace
13 4 (2.06%) Banking
14 3 (1.55%) Law
15 2 (1.03%) Back Office
15 2 (1.03%) Local Government
15 2 (1.03%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.73%) React
2 14 (7.22%) .NET
3 9 (4.64%) Node.js
4 7 (3.61%) CSS
4 7 (3.61%) HTML
4 7 (3.61%) REST
5 6 (3.09%) .NET Core
6 5 (2.58%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.55%) FastAPI
7 3 (1.55%) Next.js
7 3 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.55%) RESTful
8 2 (1.03%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.03%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.03%) Jest
8 2 (1.03%) Playwright
8 2 (1.03%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (1.03%) Vue
9 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.37%) Blockchain
1 24 (12.37%) Robotics
2 22 (11.34%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (3.09%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.06%) Hackathon
4 4 (2.06%) NHS
5 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.55%) IoT
5 3 (1.55%) Lidar
5 3 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.03%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.03%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.61%) Linux
2 6 (3.09%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.06%) Windows
4 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.03%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.03%) Solaris
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (29.38%) Agile
2 43 (22.16%) Mentoring
3 33 (17.01%) Analytics
4 31 (15.98%) Coaching
5 30 (15.46%) Systems Engineering
6 27 (13.92%) Artificial Intelligence
7 26 (13.40%) ERP
8 24 (12.37%) Data Analytics
8 24 (12.37%) Robotic Process Automation
9 23 (11.86%) Change Management
9 23 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (11.34%) Creative Thinking
10 22 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (11.34%) Information Security
10 22 (11.34%) IT Audit
11 18 (9.28%) DevOps
12 16 (8.25%) CI/CD
12 16 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (7.73%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.76%) SQL
2 16 (8.25%) C#
3 13 (6.70%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.64%) Python
5 8 (4.12%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.58%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.55%) Swift
8 2 (1.03%) ABAP
8 2 (1.03%) Ruby
8 2 (1.03%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.52%) Bash
9 1 (0.52%) C
9 1 (0.52%) Dart
9 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.52%) R
9 1 (0.52%) Scala
9 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (19.07%) Degree
2 34 (17.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (11.34%) CISA
3 22 (11.34%) ISACA
4 7 (3.61%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.58%) Numerate Degree
5 5 (2.58%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.06%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.55%) HNC
7 3 (1.55%) HND
7 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.03%) CCIE
8 2 (1.03%) CCNP
8 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.37%) ITGC
2 10 (5.15%) NCSC
3 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.55%) PMO
3 3 (1.55%) QA
4 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.03%) NIST
5 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (4.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.58%) Docker
2 5 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.09%) Terraform
3 5 (2.58%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.06%) Ansible
5 2 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.52%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.52%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.95%) Oracle
3 26 (13.40%) SAP
4 7 (3.61%) Acronis
5 5 (2.58%) Cisco
5 5 (2.58%) VMware
5 5 (2.58%) WatchGuard
6 4 (2.06%) Databricks
6 4 (2.06%) Okta
7 3 (1.55%) Adobe
7 3 (1.55%) Apple
7 3 (1.55%) Google
8 2 (1.03%) Citrix
8 2 (1.03%) HP
8 2 (1.03%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.03%) JD Edwards
8 2 (1.03%) Meraki
8 2 (1.03%) NEC
8 2 (1.03%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.52%) Xamarin