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 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 393 665 830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 19.47% 20.01% 17.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.88% 20.83% 18.64%
Number of salaries quoted 290 482 764
10th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £56,608
25th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £72,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% +4.94%
75th Percentile £104,875 £100,000 £103,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.23% -8.82% +6.25%

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 1,882 3,192 4,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 96.03% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,441 2,520 3,731
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £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 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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.

1 152 (38.68%) Finance
2 140 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 139 (35.37%) Agile
4 118 (30.03%) Python
5 113 (28.75%) Azure
6 112 (28.50%) AWS
7 101 (25.70%) SQL
8 90 (22.90%) Microsoft
9 88 (22.39%) Degree
9 88 (22.39%) Mentoring
10 73 (18.58%) Software Engineering
11 70 (17.81%) Analytics
12 65 (16.54%) Artificial Intelligence
12 65 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
13 62 (15.78%) Computer Science
14 61 (15.52%) DevOps
15 59 (15.01%) TypeScript
16 58 (14.76%) C#
17 53 (13.49%) CI/CD
18 51 (12.98%) User Experience
18 51 (12.98%) Retail
19 50 (12.72%) .NET
20 48 (12.21%) React
21 47 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
22 45 (11.45%) Data Analytics
22 45 (11.45%) SQL Server
23 42 (10.69%) Terraform
24 41 (10.43%) Games
25 40 (10.18%) Windows
25 40 (10.18%) SaaS

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 29 (7.38%) Apache Spark
2 15 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.31%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.53%) Apache
6 3 (0.76%) CMS
7 2 (0.51%) Liferay
7 2 (0.51%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.51%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) Confluence
8 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.25%) Solana
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.51%) Sketch
6 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.05%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (1.02%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.76%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.51%) Endur
4 2 (0.51%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 113 (28.75%) Azure
2 112 (28.50%) AWS
3 40 (10.18%) SaaS
4 30 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.09%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.83%) GitHub
8 18 (4.58%) PaaS
9 17 (4.33%) GCP
10 14 (3.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (3.31%) Entra ID
12 11 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (2.80%) Serverless
13 10 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.54%) IaaS
14 8 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.04%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.78%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.09%) HTTP
2 12 (3.05%) DNS
3 11 (2.80%) VPN
4 10 (2.54%) Firewall
5 9 (2.29%) Network Security
6 7 (1.78%) DHCP
6 7 (1.78%) Wireless
7 5 (1.27%) Broadband
7 5 (1.27%) LAN
7 5 (1.27%) VLAN
7 5 (1.27%) WAN
8 4 (1.02%) MPLS
8 4 (1.02%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.02%) VoIP
8 4 (1.02%) WLAN
9 3 (0.76%) Multicast
9 3 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.76%) WebEx
10 2 (0.51%) Internet
10 2 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.45%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 22 (5.60%) Tableau
4 18 (4.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (4.33%) Power BI
6 13 (3.31%) DB2
7 10 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.29%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.78%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.53%) Data Vault
10 6 (1.53%) MySQL
10 6 (1.53%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (1.27%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.27%) Metadata
12 4 (1.02%) Redis
13 3 (0.76%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.76%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.76%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 27 (6.87%) Git
2 16 (4.07%) JIRA
3 8 (2.04%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.02%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.76%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.76%) Selenium
6 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.25%) Moq
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 152 (38.68%) Finance
2 140 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 51 (12.98%) Retail
4 47 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (10.43%) Games
6 37 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (7.38%) Law
8 26 (6.62%) Banking
9 24 (6.11%) Advertising
10 14 (3.56%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.31%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.04%) Financial Institution
12 8 (2.04%) Front Office
12 8 (2.04%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.78%) Marketing
14 4 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.02%) Legal
15 3 (0.76%) Billing
15 3 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.72%) .NET
2 48 (12.21%) React
3 27 (6.87%) Kafka
4 25 (6.36%) Next.js
5 24 (6.11%) HTML
6 23 (5.85%) CSS
7 21 (5.34%) Node.js
8 20 (5.09%) AngularJS
9 13 (3.31%) RESTful
10 11 (2.80%) .NET Framework
10 11 (2.80%) HTML5
10 11 (2.80%) REST
10 11 (2.80%) Web Services
11 10 (2.54%) .NET Core
12 8 (2.04%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.78%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (1.78%) WPF
14 6 (1.53%) Entity Framework
14 6 (1.53%) Flask
14 6 (1.53%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
1 21 (5.34%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.82%) Robotics
3 14 (3.56%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.31%) Blockchain
4 13 (3.31%) Legacy Applications
5 12 (3.05%) Algorithms
5 12 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.04%) Reinsurance
7 8 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.78%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.78%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.53%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.02%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.18%) Windows
2 17 (4.33%) Linux
3 9 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.76%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.25%) Android
9 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (35.37%) Agile
2 88 (22.39%) Mentoring
3 73 (18.58%) Software Engineering
4 70 (17.81%) Analytics
5 65 (16.54%) Artificial Intelligence
5 65 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (15.78%) Computer Science
7 61 (15.52%) DevOps
8 53 (13.49%) CI/CD
9 51 (12.98%) User Experience
10 45 (11.45%) Data Analytics
11 40 (10.18%) Coaching
12 39 (9.92%) Machine Learning
13 34 (8.65%) Business Strategy
13 34 (8.65%) Creative Thinking
13 34 (8.65%) Full-Stack Development
14 30 (7.63%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (7.63%) Roadmaps
15 28 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (6.62%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 118 (30.03%) Python
2 101 (25.70%) SQL
3 59 (15.01%) TypeScript
4 58 (14.76%) C#
5 31 (7.89%) JavaScript
6 25 (6.36%) Java
7 21 (5.34%) Scala
8 15 (3.82%) PowerShell
9 14 (3.56%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.31%) VB.NET
11 11 (2.80%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.54%) C++
13 6 (1.53%) Bash
13 6 (1.53%) Go
14 4 (1.02%) Ruby
15 3 (0.76%) C
16 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.51%) HLSL
16 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 88 (22.39%) Degree
2 20 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (4.58%) CISA
4 15 (3.82%) ACCA
4 15 (3.82%) CIMA
5 14 (3.56%) Master's Degree
6 13 (3.31%) CCAB
6 13 (3.31%) CIPFA
6 13 (3.31%) DBS Check
6 13 (3.31%) ICAEW
7 12 (3.05%) ISACA
7 12 (3.05%) Security Cleared
8 8 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.78%) PMP
10 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (1.02%) SC Cleared
12 3 (0.76%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.05%) ITGC
2 9 (2.29%) QA
3 6 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.27%) GDPR
4 5 (1.27%) PMO
5 4 (1.02%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) NIST
6 2 (0.51%) SLA
6 2 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.25%) CDISC
7 1 (0.25%) COBIT
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (4.58%) Docker
1 18 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.25%) Firmware
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (10.69%) Terraform
2 27 (6.87%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.31%) Ansible
4 11 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.53%) Grafana
7 3 (0.76%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.76%) SCCM
8 2 (0.51%) Avamar
8 2 (0.51%) SCOM
8 2 (0.51%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.25%) Consul
9 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.25%) Packer
9 1 (0.25%) QRadar
9 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 90 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.60%) Apple
3 21 (5.34%) Google
3 21 (5.34%) Oracle
4 19 (4.83%) Databricks
4 19 (4.83%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.83%) VMware
5 13 (3.31%) SAP
6 10 (2.54%) Citrix
7 9 (2.29%) Cisco
7 9 (2.29%) Ping Identity
8 4 (1.02%) Hitachi
8 4 (1.02%) Juniper
8 4 (1.02%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.02%) SimCorp
8 4 (1.02%) Veeam
9 3 (0.76%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.76%) HP
9 3 (0.76%) Informatica
9 3 (0.76%) Salesforce