Senior Jobs in Croydon

Senior
South London > Croydon

The median Senior salary in Croydon is £61,644 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 31 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 -21 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 15 22 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Croydon 7.43% 10.53% 15.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.32% 11.11% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 25
10th Percentile - - £46,000
25th Percentile £58,016 £28,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,644 £28,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +120.15% -49.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,272 £54,441 £57,500
90th Percentile - £62,800 £60,859
South London median annual salary £106,250 £65,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +63.46% +6.91% +1.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 161 198 177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.70% 94.74% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 22 142 107
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,506 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.18% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £60,813 £82,322 £66,000
90th Percentile £65,272 £83,750 £88,000
South London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Croydon

Senior
Salary Trend in Croydon

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

Salary trend for Senior in Croydon

Senior
Job Locations in Croydon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Croydon region over the 6 months to 22 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
Thornton Heath -6 3 - -
South Croydon - 3 - -
Kenley - 3 - -
Coulsdon - 2 - -
Senior
South London

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 Croydon region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Broadband
2 10 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (53.33%) AWS
3 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (46.67%) Clean Code
4 7 (46.67%) CI/CD
4 7 (46.67%) Agile
4 7 (46.67%) Python
4 7 (46.67%) Mentoring
4 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (46.67%) TypeScript
4 7 (46.67%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (46.67%) GraphQL
4 7 (46.67%) Serverless
5 5 (33.33%) Azure
6 4 (26.67%) 3D Animation
6 4 (26.67%) Machine Learning
6 4 (26.67%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (26.67%) HLSL
6 4 (26.67%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (26.67%) Prototyping
6 4 (26.67%) Visual Effects
6 4 (26.67%) Personalization
6 4 (26.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 4 (26.67%) GCP
6 4 (26.67%) PhD
6 4 (26.67%) Games
6 4 (26.67%) Degree
6 4 (26.67%) Animation
6 4 (26.67%) Rapid Prototyping

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) AWS
2 7 (46.67%) AWS Lambda
2 7 (46.67%) Serverless
3 5 (33.33%) Azure
4 4 (26.67%) GCP
5 3 (20.00%) Amazon S3
5 3 (20.00%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) Broadband
2 1 (6.67%) BGP
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) HSRP
2 1 (6.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Big Data
1 3 (20.00%) DynamoDB
1 3 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Games
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Advertising
3 3 (20.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) GraphQL
2 4 (26.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (26.67%) WebGL
3 3 (20.00%) React
3 3 (20.00%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Animation
1 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (20.00%) Digital Media
2 3 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (46.67%) Agile
3 7 (46.67%) CI/CD
3 7 (46.67%) Clean Code
3 7 (46.67%) Mentoring
4 4 (26.67%) 3D Animation
4 4 (26.67%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (26.67%) Data Science
4 4 (26.67%) Machine Learning
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (26.67%) Personalization
4 4 (26.67%) Prototyping
4 4 (26.67%) Rapid Prototyping
4 4 (26.67%) Storytelling
4 4 (26.67%) Visual Effects
5 3 (20.00%) Customer Retention
5 3 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (20.00%) Epics
5 3 (20.00%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Python
1 7 (46.67%) TypeScript
2 4 (26.67%) HLSL
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
1 4 (26.67%) PhD
2 3 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA