Senior Jobs in the City of London

Senior
Central London > City of London

The median Senior salary in the City of London is £77,500 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 8 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 378 660 795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 19.33% 19.73% 17.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.74% 20.52% 18.45%
Number of salaries quoted 264 476 730
10th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £57,494
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £103,938
90th Percentile £121,750 £115,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £77,500 £87,500
% change year-on-year +3.23% -11.43% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,823 3,216 4,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 96.11% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 2,519 3,594
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the City of London

Senior
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the City of London.

Salary trend for Senior in the City of London

Senior
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Senior in the City of London

Senior
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the City of London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
London Bridge - 4 - -
Senior
Central London

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

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 City of London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 140 (37.04%) Finance
2 130 (34.39%) Agile
2 130 (34.39%) Social Skills
3 111 (29.37%) AWS
4 108 (28.57%) Python
5 106 (28.04%) Azure
6 87 (23.02%) Degree
7 86 (22.75%) SQL
8 82 (21.69%) Microsoft
9 81 (21.43%) Mentoring
10 69 (18.25%) Software Engineering
11 68 (17.99%) Artificial Intelligence
12 64 (16.93%) Analytics
13 62 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
14 60 (15.87%) DevOps
15 58 (15.34%) Computer Science
16 56 (14.81%) TypeScript
16 56 (14.81%) User Experience
17 52 (13.76%) C#
18 51 (13.49%) CI/CD
19 50 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
20 44 (11.64%) Terraform
20 44 (11.64%) Retail
20 44 (11.64%) .NET
21 42 (11.11%) React
22 40 (10.58%) SaaS
22 40 (10.58%) Data Analytics
23 38 (10.05%) Coaching
24 37 (9.79%) Machine Learning
24 37 (9.79%) Games

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 26 (6.88%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.44%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.59%) Apache
5 6 (1.59%) WordPress
6 3 (0.79%) CMS
7 2 (0.53%) Liferay
8 1 (0.26%) Confluence
8 1 (0.26%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.26%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.26%) SAS
8 1 (0.26%) Solana
Applications
1 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.53%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.53%) Sketch
6 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (3.17%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.06%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.79%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.53%) Endur
5 2 (0.53%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 111 (29.37%) AWS
2 106 (28.04%) Azure
3 40 (10.58%) SaaS
4 30 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.03%) GCP
6 19 (5.03%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.50%) GitHub
7 17 (4.50%) PaaS
8 15 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (3.44%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (3.17%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (2.38%) IaaS
12 9 (2.38%) Serverless
13 8 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.85%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.23%) HTTP
2 10 (2.65%) DNS
2 10 (2.65%) VPN
3 9 (2.38%) Firewall
3 9 (2.38%) Network Security
4 5 (1.32%) Broadband
4 5 (1.32%) DHCP
4 5 (1.32%) VoIP
4 5 (1.32%) Wireless
5 4 (1.06%) LAN
5 4 (1.06%) MPLS
5 4 (1.06%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.06%) VLAN
5 4 (1.06%) WAN
5 4 (1.06%) WebEx
5 4 (1.06%) WLAN
6 3 (0.79%) Internet
6 3 (0.79%) Multicast
7 2 (0.53%) Intranet
7 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (4.23%) Power BI
4 15 (3.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (3.97%) Tableau
5 14 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (2.65%) DB2
6 10 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.38%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.59%) Semantic Layer
9 5 (1.32%) Data Vault
9 5 (1.32%) Metadata
10 4 (1.06%) Big Data
10 4 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.06%) MySQL
10 4 (1.06%) Redis
11 3 (0.79%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.79%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 20 (5.29%) Git
2 14 (3.70%) JIRA
3 9 (2.38%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.06%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.79%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.79%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) Moq
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 140 (37.04%) Finance
2 130 (34.39%) Social Skills
3 50 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.64%) Retail
5 37 (9.79%) Games
6 32 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (8.47%) Law
7 25 (6.61%) Banking
8 20 (5.29%) Advertising
9 15 (3.97%) Telecoms
10 13 (3.44%) Marketing
11 12 (3.17%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.12%) Front Office
13 8 (2.12%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.85%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.32%) Legal
16 3 (0.79%) Billing
16 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.64%) .NET
2 42 (11.11%) React
3 24 (6.35%) Kafka
3 24 (6.35%) Next.js
4 20 (5.29%) HTML
5 19 (5.03%) CSS
6 18 (4.76%) Node.js
7 15 (3.97%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.91%) RESTful
9 10 (2.65%) REST
9 10 (2.65%) Web Services
10 9 (2.38%) .NET Framework
10 9 (2.38%) HTML5
11 8 (2.12%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.85%) .NET Core
13 6 (1.59%) Entity Framework
13 6 (1.59%) Flask
13 6 (1.59%) scikit-learn
13 6 (1.59%) TensorFlow
13 6 (1.59%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.29%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (3.97%) Robotics
4 14 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.44%) Blockchain
6 12 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.91%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.65%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.85%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.85%) Reinsurance
9 7 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.59%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.06%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.06%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.52%) Windows
2 15 (3.97%) Linux
3 8 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.85%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.79%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (34.39%) Agile
2 81 (21.43%) Mentoring
3 69 (18.25%) Software Engineering
4 68 (17.99%) Artificial Intelligence
5 64 (16.93%) Analytics
6 62 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (15.87%) DevOps
8 58 (15.34%) Computer Science
9 56 (14.81%) User Experience
10 51 (13.49%) CI/CD
11 40 (10.58%) Data Analytics
12 38 (10.05%) Coaching
13 37 (9.79%) Machine Learning
14 34 (8.99%) Business Strategy
14 34 (8.99%) Creative Thinking
15 32 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (8.47%) Roadmaps
16 31 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
17 30 (7.94%) Full-Stack Development
18 25 (6.61%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 108 (28.57%) Python
2 86 (22.75%) SQL
3 56 (14.81%) TypeScript
4 52 (13.76%) C#
5 27 (7.14%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.35%) Java
7 18 (4.76%) Scala
8 14 (3.70%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.91%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.65%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.65%) VB.NET
11 8 (2.12%) C++
12 6 (1.59%) Go
13 5 (1.32%) Bash
14 3 (0.79%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.79%) Ruby
15 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.53%) HLSL
15 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 87 (23.02%) Degree
2 21 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (4.76%) CISA
4 15 (3.97%) ACCA
4 15 (3.97%) CIMA
5 13 (3.44%) CCAB
5 13 (3.44%) CIPFA
5 13 (3.44%) ICAEW
5 13 (3.44%) Master's Degree
6 12 (3.17%) ISACA
7 9 (2.38%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.38%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.85%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.85%) PMP
9 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.79%) GIAC
11 3 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.17%) ITGC
2 9 (2.38%) QA
3 6 (1.59%) PMO
3 6 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.32%) GDPR
5 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.53%) NIST
6 2 (0.53%) SLA
6 2 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.26%) CDISC
7 1 (0.26%) COBIT
7 1 (0.26%) EMIR
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (5.03%) Docker
2 17 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.23%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.53%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (11.64%) Terraform
2 28 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.70%) Ansible
4 9 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.59%) Grafana
6 3 (0.79%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.79%) SCOM
7 2 (0.53%) Avamar
7 2 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.53%) SCCM
7 2 (0.53%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
8 1 (0.26%) Consul
8 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.26%) Packer
8 1 (0.26%) Plesk
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 82 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.08%) Oracle
3 21 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.03%) Apple
4 19 (5.03%) Google
5 18 (4.76%) VMware
6 15 (3.97%) Databricks
7 13 (3.44%) SAP
8 10 (2.65%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.38%) Citrix
9 9 (2.38%) Ping Identity
10 8 (2.12%) Cisco
11 6 (1.59%) WooCommerce
12 5 (1.32%) Workday
13 4 (1.06%) Hitachi
13 4 (1.06%) Juniper
13 4 (1.06%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.06%) SimCorp
14 3 (0.79%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.79%) Veeam