Senior Jobs in Bristol

Senior
South West > Bristol

The median Senior salary in Bristol is £52,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 237 624 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 20.10% 19.08% 13.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.18% 19.64% 15.07%
Number of salaries quoted 171 434 234
10th Percentile £45,250 £45,508 £43,732
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £89,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,119 3,177 2,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 97.13% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 761 2,375 1,473
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +9.20%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,419
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Bristol

Senior
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Senior in Bristol

Senior
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Bristol region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 125 (52.74%) Degree
2 82 (34.60%) Systems Engineering
3 53 (22.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (20.25%) Line Management
5 44 (18.57%) Finance
6 39 (16.46%) Mathematics
7 36 (15.19%) Physics
8 32 (13.50%) Microsoft
9 30 (12.66%) Agile
10 29 (12.24%) Mentoring
11 28 (11.81%) Social Skills
12 27 (11.39%) Linux
13 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (9.70%) Python
15 21 (8.86%) C
15 21 (8.86%) JavaScript
15 21 (8.86%) Software Engineering
15 21 (8.86%) AWS
16 19 (8.02%) JIRA
16 19 (8.02%) User Experience
16 19 (8.02%) IEC 61508
17 18 (7.59%) Quality Management
17 18 (7.59%) Aerospace
17 18 (7.59%) Visual Studio
17 18 (7.59%) Avionics
17 18 (7.59%) UX Design
18 17 (7.17%) Coaching
19 16 (6.75%) Project Management
20 15 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
21 13 (5.49%) Decision-Making

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (2.11%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Apache
3 2 (0.84%) Appian
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) Drupal
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.38%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.84%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.84%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.86%) AWS
2 12 (5.06%) Azure
2 12 (5.06%) GCP
3 6 (2.53%) Serverless
4 5 (2.11%) GitHub
4 5 (2.11%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.11%) SaaS
5 4 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.69%) Vertex AI
6 3 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.27%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.84%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (0.84%) Apigee
7 2 (0.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.42%) Matillion
8 1 (0.42%) OCI
8 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.69%) Firewall
2 3 (1.27%) LAN
2 3 (1.27%) Wireless
3 2 (0.84%) Broadband
3 2 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.84%) Internet
3 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.80%) MySQL
2 4 (1.69%) Power BI
3 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.27%) Tableau
4 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (8.02%) JIRA
2 18 (7.59%) Visual Studio
3 9 (3.80%) Git
4 3 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.84%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.84%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.84%) Eclipse RCP
5 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.84%) JUnit
5 2 (0.84%) Maven
5 2 (0.84%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.84%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 44 (18.57%) Finance
2 28 (11.81%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.59%) Aerospace
3 18 (7.59%) Avionics
4 15 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.64%) Banking
6 8 (3.38%) Aeronautics
6 8 (3.38%) Automotive
6 8 (3.38%) Games
7 4 (1.69%) Electronics
7 4 (1.69%) Retail
8 3 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.84%) Marketing
9 2 (0.84%) Police
9 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.42%) Aviation
10 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.22%) Node.js
1 10 (4.22%) React
2 8 (3.38%) CSS
2 8 (3.38%) HTML
3 6 (2.53%) Laravel
4 5 (2.11%) .NET
4 5 (2.11%) LAMP
4 5 (2.11%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.69%) GraphQL
5 4 (1.69%) Pandas
5 4 (1.69%) XGBoost
6 3 (1.27%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.27%) Middleware
6 3 (1.27%) OpenCL
7 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.84%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.84%) JSP
7 2 (0.84%) RESTful
7 2 (0.84%) Spring
7 2 (0.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.64%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.95%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.53%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.69%) CUDA
5 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.69%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.69%) IoT
6 3 (1.27%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.27%) Device Driver
6 3 (1.27%) PCIe
6 3 (1.27%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.39%) Linux
2 7 (2.95%) Windows
3 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.84%) Android
4 2 (0.84%) Unix
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (34.60%) Systems Engineering
2 48 (20.25%) Line Management
3 39 (16.46%) Mathematics
4 36 (15.19%) Physics
5 30 (12.66%) Agile
6 29 (12.24%) Mentoring
7 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (8.86%) Software Engineering
9 19 (8.02%) User Experience
10 18 (7.59%) Quality Management
10 18 (7.59%) UX Design
11 17 (7.17%) Coaching
12 16 (6.75%) Project Management
13 13 (5.49%) Artificial Intelligence
13 13 (5.49%) CI/CD
13 13 (5.49%) Decision-Making
14 12 (5.06%) FMEA
15 11 (4.64%) Analytics
15 11 (4.64%) Performance Management
16 10 (4.22%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.70%) Python
2 21 (8.86%) C
2 21 (8.86%) JavaScript
3 12 (5.06%) SQL
4 11 (4.64%) TypeScript
5 10 (4.22%) PHP
6 9 (3.80%) C#
7 8 (3.38%) Java
7 8 (3.38%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.69%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.27%) C++
10 2 (0.84%) Bash
10 2 (0.84%) Go
10 2 (0.84%) R
10 2 (0.84%) Rust
11 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) HLSL
11 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.42%) Swift
11 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 125 (52.74%) Degree
2 53 (22.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (5.49%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (3.38%) HNC
4 8 (3.38%) HND
5 6 (2.53%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.11%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.69%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.27%) ACCA
8 3 (1.27%) CISSP
9 2 (0.84%) CCIE
9 2 (0.84%) CCNP
9 2 (0.84%) CHECK Team Member
9 2 (0.84%) CIMA
9 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.84%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.42%) AAT
10 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.02%) IEC 61508
2 12 (5.06%) Def Stans
3 7 (2.95%) ARP4754
3 7 (2.95%) DO-254
3 7 (2.95%) QA
4 6 (2.53%) HAZOP
5 4 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.84%) GAAP
7 2 (0.84%) GDPR
7 2 (0.84%) IFRS
7 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.42%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.11%) Docker
2 4 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.27%) Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.42%) vSphere
4 1 (0.42%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.53%) Functional Safety
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.84%) Istio
4 2 (0.84%) Nmap
4 2 (0.84%) Podman
4 2 (0.84%) SCCM
4 2 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.38%) ANSYS
3 6 (2.53%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.11%) Graphcore
4 5 (2.11%) Oracle
5 3 (1.27%) SAP
5 3 (1.27%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.84%) Adobe
6 2 (0.84%) Cisco
6 2 (0.84%) Cognos
6 2 (0.84%) Databricks
6 2 (0.84%) Infor
6 2 (0.84%) Twitter
7 1 (0.42%) Citrix
7 1 (0.42%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.42%) IFS
7 1 (0.42%) Instagram
7 1 (0.42%) NEC