Senior Jobs in Coventry

Senior
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Senior salary in Coventry is £51,072 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 12 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 52 32 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 17.28% 14.16% 12.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.71% 14.55% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2 31 34
10th Percentile £42,429 £45,650 £50,375
25th Percentile £44,941 £51,875 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,072 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £57,758 £67,500 £66,125
90th Percentile £60,603 £77,500 £83,000
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.14% -3.39% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 278 220 422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 97.35% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 39 162 304
10th Percentile £39,003 £26,275 £33,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £40,313 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +8.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,100 £70,000 £74,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,365 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.73% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Coventry

Senior
Salary Trend in Coventry

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

Salary trend for Senior in Coventry

Senior
Salary Histogram in Coventry

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Coventry over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Coventry

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 18 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 Coventry region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 36 (69.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 29 (55.77%) Systems Engineering
3 28 (53.85%) Degree
4 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
5 17 (32.69%) Mathematics
6 10 (19.23%) Automotive
6 10 (19.23%) Legal
6 10 (19.23%) Physics
6 10 (19.23%) Ergonomics
6 10 (19.23%) Human Factors
6 10 (19.23%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
7 8 (15.38%) MVC
7 8 (15.38%) C#
7 8 (15.38%) HTML
7 8 (15.38%) .NET
8 7 (13.46%) SQL
8 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
8 7 (13.46%) ASP.NET
8 7 (13.46%) Telecoms
8 7 (13.46%) Manufacturing
8 7 (13.46%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (13.46%) Software Architecture
8 7 (13.46%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (13.46%) Blazor
9 6 (11.54%) Agile
9 6 (11.54%) Requirements Management
9 6 (11.54%) Project Planning
10 5 (9.62%) Computer Science
10 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.85%) MySQL
2 2 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) JIRA
2 3 (5.77%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (3.85%) Git
4 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
General
1 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Automotive
2 10 (19.23%) Documentation Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Legal
3 7 (13.46%) Manufacturing
3 7 (13.46%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.38%) .NET
1 8 (15.38%) HTML
2 7 (13.46%) ASP.NET
2 7 (13.46%) ASP.NET MVC
2 7 (13.46%) Blazor
3 1 (1.92%) CSS
3 1 (1.92%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.92%) Laravel
3 1 (1.92%) React
3 1 (1.92%) RESTful
3 1 (1.92%) Symfony
3 1 (1.92%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.92%) IoT
1 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (55.77%) Systems Engineering
2 17 (32.69%) Mathematics
3 10 (19.23%) Ergonomics
3 10 (19.23%) Human Factors
3 10 (19.23%) Physics
4 8 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 8 (15.38%) MVC
5 7 (13.46%) Software Architecture
6 6 (11.54%) Agile
6 6 (11.54%) Project Planning
6 6 (11.54%) Requirements Management
7 5 (9.62%) Computer Science
7 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (9.62%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.69%) Software Testing
8 4 (7.69%) Validation
9 3 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (5.77%) Hazard Analysis
9 3 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.77%) Safety Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) C#
2 7 (13.46%) SQL
3 4 (7.69%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.92%) C
4 1 (1.92%) C++
4 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.92%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (69.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 28 (53.85%) Degree
3 7 (13.46%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.92%) NEBOSH
1 1 (1.92%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (1.92%) Atlassian