Senior Jobs in the City of London

Senior
Central London > City of London

The median Senior salary in the City of London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 670 831 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 20.04% 18.10% 15.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.87% 18.81% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 486 766 978
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £56,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,211 4,419 6,917
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 96.25% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,540 3,708 5,600
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,875 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £73,210 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% +3.57%

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 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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.

1 195 (29.10%) SQL
1 195 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 193 (28.81%) Azure
2 193 (28.81%) AWS
3 163 (24.33%) Python
4 159 (23.73%) Degree
5 144 (21.49%) Finance
6 136 (20.30%) Agile
7 124 (18.51%) DevOps
8 108 (16.12%) Microsoft
9 103 (15.37%) Analytical Skills
10 101 (15.07%) JavaScript
11 100 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
12 99 (14.78%) Actionable Insight
13 97 (14.48%) .NET
14 92 (13.73%) Git
15 84 (12.54%) Software Engineering
16 82 (12.24%) C#
17 78 (11.64%) Windows
18 77 (11.49%) CI/CD
19 75 (11.19%) SQL Server
20 74 (11.04%) Visualisation
21 73 (10.90%) Computer Science
22 68 (10.15%) Java
23 67 (10.00%) Kubernetes
24 66 (9.85%) CSS
25 63 (9.40%) Tableau
26 62 (9.25%) Terraform
27 59 (8.81%) React
28 57 (8.51%) Analytics

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 31 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.54%) ArcGIS
2 17 (2.54%) GeoServer
3 13 (1.94%) CMS
4 12 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.34%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.19%) Apache
6 8 (1.19%) IIS
7 7 (1.04%) Drupal
8 6 (0.90%) WordPress
9 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.60%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.45%) Confluence
12 2 (0.30%) nginx
12 2 (0.30%) SAS
13 1 (0.15%) JBoss
13 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
13 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.15%) Tornado
Applications
1 22 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.94%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.19%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.60%) Sketch
7 2 (0.30%) Stata
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.19%) SDL Web 8
2 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.30%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (0.30%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.15%) Endur
4 1 (0.15%) Magento
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) Relativity
4 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.15%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 193 (28.81%) AWS
1 193 (28.81%) Azure
2 53 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (7.76%) SaaS
4 33 (4.93%) Power Platform
5 31 (4.63%) GCP
6 27 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.28%) Entra ID
8 18 (2.69%) Serverless
8 18 (2.69%) Snowflake
9 15 (2.24%) Datadog
10 14 (2.09%) PaaS
11 13 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (1.94%) Rubrik
12 11 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 8 (1.19%) NuGet
15 7 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.04%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.48%) Firewall
2 17 (2.54%) WAN
3 16 (2.39%) LAN
3 16 (2.39%) Network Security
4 13 (1.94%) SAN
5 12 (1.79%) Wireless
6 11 (1.64%) Internet
7 10 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (1.19%) HTTP
9 7 (1.04%) NAS
9 7 (1.04%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.75%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.60%) PBX
12 4 (0.60%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.60%) VPN
12 4 (0.60%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.30%) Broadband
14 1 (0.15%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 63 (9.40%) Tableau
3 33 (4.93%) MySQL
4 32 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (4.48%) Power BI
6 23 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.84%) QGIS
8 17 (2.54%) GIS
9 14 (2.09%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.49%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.49%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.34%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.34%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.34%) Redis
11 9 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.90%) Metadata
12 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.75%) Big Data
13 5 (0.75%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 92 (13.73%) Git
2 43 (6.42%) Jenkins
3 21 (3.13%) Cucumber
3 21 (3.13%) Postman
4 19 (2.84%) Selenium
5 17 (2.54%) GitLab
6 15 (2.24%) JIRA
7 13 (1.94%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
9 11 (1.64%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.34%) Moq
11 8 (1.19%) Burp Suite
11 8 (1.19%) git-flow
11 8 (1.19%) Metasploit
11 8 (1.19%) NUnit
11 8 (1.19%) Sourcetree
11 8 (1.19%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.90%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 195 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 144 (21.49%) Finance
3 103 (15.37%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.22%) Retail
5 34 (5.07%) Banking
6 29 (4.33%) Marketing
6 29 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.13%) Law
7 21 (3.13%) Legal
8 16 (2.39%) Front Office
9 15 (2.24%) Tech for Good
10 14 (2.09%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.64%) Advertising
11 11 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.49%) Games
13 9 (1.34%) Health Technology
13 9 (1.34%) Public Sector
14 8 (1.19%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.04%) Retail Banking
16 6 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (14.48%) .NET
2 66 (9.85%) CSS
3 59 (8.81%) React
4 57 (8.51%) HTML
5 43 (6.42%) REST
6 29 (4.33%) Node.js
6 29 (4.33%) Pandas
7 24 (3.58%) PySpark
8 23 (3.43%) scikit-learn
8 23 (3.43%) TensorFlow
9 21 (3.13%) .NET Framework
9 21 (3.13%) RESTful
10 20 (2.99%) HTML5
11 19 (2.84%) AngularJS
12 18 (2.69%) ASP.NET
13 17 (2.54%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.54%) Kafka
13 17 (2.54%) Leaflet
13 17 (2.54%) PostGIS
13 17 (2.54%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.93%) Algorithms
2 24 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.24%) Equities
4 15 (2.24%) Mobile App
5 12 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.79%) Reinsurance
6 11 (1.64%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.19%) FPGA
7 8 (1.19%) Legacy Code
8 7 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.04%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.04%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.90%) Life Science
9 6 (0.90%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.75%) Derivative
11 4 (0.60%) NHS
11 4 (0.60%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 78 (11.64%) Windows
2 40 (5.97%) Windows Server
3 28 (4.18%) Linux
4 18 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (1.79%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.75%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.60%) Android
8 4 (0.60%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.60%) Unix
9 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) AIX
10 1 (0.15%) CentOS
10 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (20.30%) Agile
2 124 (18.51%) DevOps
3 100 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (14.78%) Actionable Insight
5 84 (12.54%) Software Engineering
6 77 (11.49%) CI/CD
7 74 (11.04%) Visualisation
8 73 (10.90%) Computer Science
9 57 (8.51%) Analytics
10 56 (8.36%) Decision-Making
10 56 (8.36%) Mathematics
11 55 (8.21%) Statistics
12 51 (7.61%) Data Science
13 50 (7.46%) Full Stack Development
14 46 (6.87%) Artificial Intelligence
14 46 (6.87%) Mentoring
15 45 (6.72%) Change Management
15 45 (6.72%) Machine Learning
16 44 (6.57%) Storytelling
17 43 (6.42%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 195 (29.10%) SQL
2 163 (24.33%) Python
3 101 (15.07%) JavaScript
4 82 (12.24%) C#
5 68 (10.15%) Java
6 42 (6.27%) PowerShell
7 28 (4.18%) TypeScript
8 27 (4.03%) T-SQL
9 19 (2.84%) PHP
10 17 (2.54%) Bash
11 14 (2.09%) C++
12 10 (1.49%) XPath
13 9 (1.34%) R
14 6 (0.90%) Clojure
14 6 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.90%) F#
14 6 (0.90%) Go
14 6 (0.90%) Haskell
14 6 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.90%) Rust
Qualifications
1 159 (23.73%) Degree
2 53 (7.91%) DBS Check
3 46 (6.87%) Security Cleared
4 42 (6.27%) SC Cleared
5 37 (5.52%) Master's Degree
6 29 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.99%) CISSP
8 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.04%) CEH
9 7 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (0.90%) CCSP
10 6 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.90%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.90%) SSCP
11 5 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.75%) Postgraduate
12 4 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.60%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.82%) QA
2 16 (2.39%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.49%) NIST
4 9 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.34%) SLA
5 8 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.60%) GRC
7 4 (0.60%) PMO
7 4 (0.60%) WCAG
8 3 (0.45%) COBIT
9 2 (0.30%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) GAAP
10 1 (0.15%) GDPR
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.52%) Docker
3 21 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (1.49%) vSphere
5 5 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.15%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 67 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 62 (9.25%) Terraform
3 13 (1.94%) SCCM
4 12 (1.79%) Nmap
5 10 (1.49%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.34%) Ansible
7 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.19%) Puppet
8 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.45%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.30%) Grafana
9 2 (0.30%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.30%) Istio
9 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.15%) cPanel
10 1 (0.15%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.15%) WSUS
10 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 108 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.21%) Databricks
3 31 (4.63%) Cisco
3 31 (4.63%) VMware
4 23 (3.43%) Oracle
5 18 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.54%) ESRI
7 16 (2.39%) HP
8 15 (2.24%) NetApp
8 15 (2.24%) SolarWinds
9 13 (1.94%) Citrix
9 13 (1.94%) Google
9 13 (1.94%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.34%) Adobe
10 9 (1.34%) Veeam
11 8 (1.19%) Aruba
11 8 (1.19%) Cognizant
11 8 (1.19%) Meraki
11 8 (1.19%) SAP
11 8 (1.19%) ServiceNow