Senior Jobs in Derby

Senior
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Senior salary in Derby is £45,000 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 18 19 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 15 28 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 11.63% 5.45% 13.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.72% 5.81% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 18
10th Percentile £35,375 £45,000 £46,500
25th Percentile - £45,624 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -6.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,375 £70,000 £60,830
Derbyshire median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 128 482 302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.22% 93.77% 83.20%
Number of salaries quoted 102 342 188
10th Percentile £21,250 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,863 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% +12.58%
75th Percentile £48,438 £56,188 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,125 £68,750 £65,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £35,500 £44,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.67% -0.56% +9.76%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Derby

Senior
Salary Trend in Derby

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

Salary trend for Senior in Derby

Senior
Salary Histogram in Derby

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Derby

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

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 Derby region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 14 (93.33%) Azure
2 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 9 (60.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 9 (60.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 9 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 9 (60.00%) Time Management
3 9 (60.00%) Docker
3 9 (60.00%) SIEM
4 5 (33.33%) ITSM
5 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (20.00%) ITIL
6 3 (20.00%) Windows
6 3 (20.00%) MCSA
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
7 2 (13.33%) HP
7 2 (13.33%) DHCP
7 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (13.33%) VPN
7 2 (13.33%) DNS
7 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
7 2 (13.33%) Sophos
7 2 (13.33%) Firewall
7 2 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+

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

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 14 (93.33%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 9 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (13.33%) AWS
4 2 (13.33%) SaaS
5 1 (6.67%) PaaS
5 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DHCP
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.67%) Postman
1 1 (6.67%) Selenium
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
1 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (13.33%) Android
2 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Incident Response
1 9 (60.00%) SIEM
1 9 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) Time Management
2 5 (33.33%) ITSM
3 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
4 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.67%) Coaching
6 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 1 (6.67%) Fintech
6 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (6.67%) QA Automation
6 1 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) MCSA
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
2 2 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) MCP
3 1 (6.67%) MCSE
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Docker
2 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) HP
2 2 (13.33%) Sophos
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Cognos