Senior Jobs in Chelmsford

Senior
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Senior salary in Chelmsford is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 4 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 8.33% 9.56% 3.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.30% 10.24% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 5
10th Percentile - £38,569 -
25th Percentile - £45,000 £36,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £39,529
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +51.79% -18.08%
75th Percentile £56,313 £64,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,275 £72,500 £49,086
Essex median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 43 127 119
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.58% 93.38% 80.95%
Number of salaries quoted 39 112 68
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,663 £23,500
25th Percentile £44,375 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £47,500 £46,200
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% +2.81% -14.44%
75th Percentile £65,625 £62,500 £50,282
90th Percentile £67,000 £70,000 £58,875
Essex median annual salary £38,750 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -13.89% -4.26% -1.05%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Chelmsford

Senior
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

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

Salary trend for Senior in Chelmsford

Senior Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 29 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 Chelmsford region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Law
2 3 (75.00%) Legal
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Tracking
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (25.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Git

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

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
3 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Law
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Defect Tracking
1 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware