Senior Job Trends in Derby

Senior
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Senior salary in Derby is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 20
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 15 18 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 6.94% 12.41% 4.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.08% 12.68% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 7
10th Percentile £50,675 - £45,500
25th Percentile £67,500 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -30.77% +56.32%
75th Percentile - - £70,625
90th Percentile £84,000 - £76,250
Derbyshire median annual salary £72,500 £45,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +61.11% -26.53% +16.07%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 212 142 155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 97.93% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 143 95 110
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,822 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £37,500 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £56,048
90th Percentile £64,500 £67,500 £65,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Senior job vacancy trend in Derby

Senior
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Derby.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Derby

Senior
Salary Histogram in Derby

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Derby over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Derby

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Derby region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 4 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (26.67%) Business Strategy
2 4 (26.67%) Conjoint Analysis
2 4 (26.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (26.67%) Diary Studies
2 4 (26.67%) Product Management
2 4 (26.67%) Qualitative Research
2 4 (26.67%) Quantitative Research
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (26.67%) Usability Testing
2 4 (26.67%) User Experience
2 4 (26.67%) User Research
2 4 (26.67%) UX Research
3 3 (20.00%) C#
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) .NET
4 2 (13.33%) .NET Core
4 2 (13.33%) AWS
4 2 (13.33%) Azure
4 2 (13.33%) CAD
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) DirectX
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) OpenGL
4 2 (13.33%) Physics
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.67%) Datadog
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Banking
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
1 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Games
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
1 2 (13.33%) .NET Core
1 2 (13.33%) DirectX
1 2 (13.33%) OpenGL
2 1 (6.67%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) CCTV
2 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 4 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (26.67%) Business Strategy
2 4 (26.67%) Conjoint Analysis
2 4 (26.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (26.67%) Diary Studies
2 4 (26.67%) Product Management
2 4 (26.67%) Qualitative Research
2 4 (26.67%) Quantitative Research
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (26.67%) Usability Testing
2 4 (26.67%) User Experience
2 4 (26.67%) User Research
2 4 (26.67%) UX Research
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) CAD
4 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) Physics
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (6.67%) Bicep
3 1 (6.67%) C
3 1 (6.67%) C++
3 1 (6.67%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) VB
3 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) HND
2 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Citrix
1 1 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
1 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds