Senior Jobs in the City of Westminster

Senior
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Senior salary in the City of Westminster is £62,500 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 5 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 46 54 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 25.14% 31.40% 28.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 29.30% 32.73% 29.59%
Number of salaries quoted 17 23 26
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £28,250 £74,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year - -32.43% +23.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,625 £110,000
90th Percentile - £100,000 -
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 Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 157 165 98
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.79% 95.93% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 50 105 68
10th Percentile £19,750 £28,250 £45,075
25th Percentile £26,938 £35,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,335 £49,838 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -33.55% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £110,000
90th Percentile - £100,000 £111,250
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
% change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the City of Westminster

Senior
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Salary trend for Senior in the City of Westminster

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

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 City of Westminster region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 38 (82.61%) Degree
2 33 (71.74%) Computer Science
3 20 (43.48%) Games
4 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
4 19 (41.30%) Finance
4 19 (41.30%) Law
4 19 (41.30%) Social Skills
4 19 (41.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (39.13%) Roadmaps
5 18 (39.13%) Python
5 18 (39.13%) Machine Learning
6 17 (36.96%) ServiceNow
6 17 (36.96%) Performance Metrics
6 17 (36.96%) ITSM
6 17 (36.96%) Service Delivery
6 17 (36.96%) Agile
6 17 (36.96%) Artificial Intelligence
6 17 (36.96%) Software Engineering
6 17 (36.96%) Workflow
6 17 (36.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (36.96%) Thought Leadership
7 16 (34.78%) Product Roadmap
7 16 (34.78%) Business Agility
7 16 (34.78%) Apache Spark
7 16 (34.78%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (34.78%) Business Strategy
7 16 (34.78%) Product Strategy
7 16 (34.78%) Google
7 16 (34.78%) Retail
7 16 (34.78%) Advertising

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 16 (34.78%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.35%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
2 2 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.17%) GCP
3 1 (2.17%) PaaS
3 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.78%) HTTP
2 3 (6.52%) Broadband
3 2 (4.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Git
General
1 20 (43.48%) Games
2 19 (41.30%) Finance
2 19 (41.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (41.30%) Law
2 19 (41.30%) Social Skills
3 16 (34.78%) Advertising
3 16 (34.78%) Retail
4 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Billing
5 2 (4.35%) Legal
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
5 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (34.78%) Kafka
2 3 (6.52%) .NET
2 3 (6.52%) .NET Core
2 3 (6.52%) .NET Framework
2 3 (6.52%) AngularJS
2 3 (6.52%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (6.52%) CSS
2 3 (6.52%) HTML
2 3 (6.52%) HTML5
2 3 (6.52%) React
2 3 (6.52%) RESTful
2 3 (6.52%) Sass
2 3 (6.52%) Vue
3 1 (2.17%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.17%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.17%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.78%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.35%) Digital Media
2 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.35%) IoT
2 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.35%) Social Media
2 2 (4.35%) Video Editing
3 1 (2.17%) Animation
3 1 (2.17%) FMCG
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (71.74%) Computer Science
2 18 (39.13%) Machine Learning
2 18 (39.13%) Roadmaps
3 17 (36.96%) Agile
3 17 (36.96%) Artificial Intelligence
3 17 (36.96%) ITSM
3 17 (36.96%) Performance Metrics
3 17 (36.96%) Service Delivery
3 17 (36.96%) Software Engineering
3 17 (36.96%) Thought Leadership
3 17 (36.96%) Workflow
4 16 (34.78%) Business Agility
4 16 (34.78%) Business Strategy
4 16 (34.78%) CAD
4 16 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (34.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 16 (34.78%) Product Roadmap
4 16 (34.78%) Product Strategy
4 16 (34.78%) Programmatic Advertising
4 16 (34.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (39.13%) Python
2 16 (34.78%) Scala
3 5 (10.87%) SQL
4 4 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 3 (6.52%) C#
5 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.17%) HLSL
6 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (82.61%) Degree
2 17 (36.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) ACCA
4 2 (4.35%) CIMA
4 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.35%) MBA
5 1 (2.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.17%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 17 (36.96%) ServiceNow
3 16 (34.78%) Apple
3 16 (34.78%) Google
4 2 (4.35%) Facebook
4 2 (4.35%) Twitter