Senior Jobs in Cumbria

Senior
North West > Cumbria

The median Senior salary in Cumbria is £7,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 643 51 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 31.60% 10.10% 25.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 32.43% 10.71% 26.04%
Number of salaries quoted 296 26 14
10th Percentile - £35,000 -
25th Percentile - - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £7,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -84.44% -18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £40,000 £60,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £45,628 - £60,869
North West median annual salary £50,055 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.58% - +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 1,983 476 192
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 94.26% 99.48%
Number of salaries quoted 955 363 91
10th Percentile £7,000 £26,600 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £59,150
90th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £70,600
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Cumbria

Senior
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary trend for Senior in Cumbria

Senior
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cumbria over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Cumbria

Senior
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 31 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
Barrow-in-Furness +10 83 £23,500 -47.78% 19
Grange-over-Sands - 82 £7,000 -
Ulverston - 79 £7,000 -
Dalton-in-Furness - 79 £7,000 -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 78 £7,000 -
Millom - 78 £7,000 -
Broughton-in-Furness +1 77 £7,000 -89.23%
Whitehaven - 5 - - 1
Carlisle +4 1 £52,500 -12.50% 2
Wigton - 1 £45,000 -
Senior
North West

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Cumbria region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 619 (96.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 374 (58.16%) Degree
3 241 (37.48%) Change Management
4 233 (36.24%) HND
5 141 (21.93%) Chartered Engineer
6 128 (19.91%) Systems Engineering
7 124 (19.28%) HNC
8 118 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
9 117 (18.20%) Finite Element Analysis
10 109 (16.95%) Abaqus
10 109 (16.95%) CAD
10 109 (16.95%) Master's Degree
11 107 (16.64%) Manufacturing
12 91 (14.15%) Acceptance Criteria
13 85 (13.22%) Mathcad
14 72 (11.20%) Management Information System
14 72 (11.20%) Mathematics
15 68 (10.58%) Workflow Management
15 68 (10.58%) Resource Management
15 68 (10.58%) Workflow
15 68 (10.58%) LabVIEW
15 68 (10.58%) ISO 9001
15 68 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 68 (10.58%) Experiential Learning
16 56 (8.71%) Project Planning
17 51 (7.93%) JIRA
17 51 (7.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 48 (7.47%) Numerate Degree
19 41 (6.38%) Performance Metrics
19 41 (6.38%) Microsoft

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 40 (6.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 109 (16.95%) Abaqus
2 85 (13.22%) Mathcad
3 8 (1.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (3.11%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.31%) Azure
2 1 (0.16%) AWS
2 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (0.16%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.16%) GCP
2 1 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.49%) VoIP
2 5 (0.78%) PPP
3 3 (0.47%) Broadband
4 1 (0.16%) BGP
4 1 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.16%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.16%) Firewall
4 1 (0.16%) HSRP
4 1 (0.16%) IPsec
4 1 (0.16%) OSPF
4 1 (0.16%) SAN
Development Applications
1 68 (10.58%) LabVIEW
2 51 (7.93%) JIRA
3 11 (1.71%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
General
1 118 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
2 107 (16.64%) Manufacturing
3 32 (4.98%) Agriculture
4 24 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
4 24 (3.73%) Electronics
5 22 (3.42%) Social Skills
6 16 (2.49%) Aviation
7 8 (1.24%) Aeronautics
8 2 (0.31%) Finance
8 2 (0.31%) Games
8 2 (0.31%) Retail
9 1 (0.16%) Banking
9 1 (0.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.16%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.16%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.16%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (0.16%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 72 (11.20%) Management Information System
2 24 (3.73%) SCADA
3 1 (0.16%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.16%) Animation
3 1 (0.16%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.16%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.16%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.16%) Smartphone
3 1 (0.16%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.16%) Unix
1 1 (0.16%) Windows
1 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
1 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (37.48%) Change Management
2 128 (19.91%) Systems Engineering
3 117 (18.20%) Finite Element Analysis
4 109 (16.95%) CAD
5 91 (14.15%) Acceptance Criteria
6 72 (11.20%) Mathematics
7 68 (10.58%) Experiential Learning
7 68 (10.58%) Resource Management
7 68 (10.58%) Workflow
7 68 (10.58%) Workflow Management
8 56 (8.71%) Project Planning
9 51 (7.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (6.38%) Performance Metrics
10 41 (6.38%) Validation
11 40 (6.22%) Business Case
11 40 (6.22%) Physics
12 33 (5.13%) Coaching
13 24 (3.73%) Chemistry
13 24 (3.73%) Monte Carlo Method
14 20 (3.11%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.24%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.16%) HLSL
2 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
2 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.16%) Python
2 1 (0.16%) SQL
2 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 619 (96.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 374 (58.16%) Degree
3 233 (36.24%) HND
4 141 (21.93%) Chartered Engineer
5 124 (19.28%) HNC
6 109 (16.95%) Master's Degree
7 48 (7.47%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.16%) PhD
9 1 (0.16%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.58%) ISO 9001
1 68 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 16 (2.49%) ARP4754
2 16 (2.49%) DO-254
2 16 (2.49%) IEC 61508
2 16 (2.49%) QA
3 3 (0.47%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Vendors
1 41 (6.38%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.60%) Siemens
3 11 (1.71%) Keysight
4 3 (0.47%) TOWER Software
5 2 (0.31%) Cisco
5 2 (0.31%) NEC
6 1 (0.16%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.16%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.16%) Meraki
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle
6 1 (0.16%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.16%) VMware