Senior Job Trends in Derbyshire

Senior
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Senior salary in Derbyshire is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -22 +5 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 19 25 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 3.80% 9.40% 7.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.22% 9.73% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 16
10th Percentile £49,188 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,125 - £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £45,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% -26.53% +22.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £50,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £53,750 £72,500
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.60% +0.45% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 450 257 260
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 96.62% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 231 153 189
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,762 £23,100
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £53,875 £61,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £69,000
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
% change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -3.07%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Senior
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Derbyshire

Senior
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Derbyshire

Senior
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Derby -16 15 £75,000 +66.67% 30
Senior
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Derbyshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 6 (31.58%) Business Strategy
1 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
2 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (21.05%) Conjoint Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (21.05%) Diary Studies
3 4 (21.05%) Product Management
3 4 (21.05%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (21.05%) Quantitative Research
3 4 (21.05%) Usability Testing
3 4 (21.05%) User Experience
3 4 (21.05%) User Research
3 4 (21.05%) UX Research
4 3 (15.79%) Azure
4 3 (15.79%) B2B
4 3 (15.79%) Broadband
4 3 (15.79%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) SQL
4 3 (15.79%) T-SQL
5 2 (10.53%) .NET
5 2 (10.53%) .NET Core
5 2 (10.53%) AWS
5 2 (10.53%) Business Development
5 2 (10.53%) CAD
5 2 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
5 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 2 (10.53%) Degree

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Datadog
3 1 (5.26%) GitHub
3 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Broadband
2 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
2 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 5 (26.32%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Games
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) .NET Core
1 2 (10.53%) DirectX
1 2 (10.53%) OpenGL
2 1 (5.26%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
2 1 (5.26%) LDAP
2 1 (5.26%) OAuth
2 1 (5.26%) OpenID
2 1 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) SAML
2 1 (5.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
1 2 (10.53%) Social Media
2 1 (5.26%) CCTV
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.26%) Cyberattack
2 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Business Strategy
1 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
2 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (21.05%) Conjoint Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (21.05%) Diary Studies
3 4 (21.05%) Product Management
3 4 (21.05%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (21.05%) Quantitative Research
3 4 (21.05%) Usability Testing
3 4 (21.05%) User Experience
3 4 (21.05%) User Research
3 4 (21.05%) UX Research
4 3 (15.79%) B2B
4 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Business Development
5 2 (10.53%) CAD
5 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
5 2 (10.53%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C#
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
1 3 (15.79%) T-SQL
2 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.26%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) Bicep
3 1 (5.26%) C
3 1 (5.26%) C++
3 1 (5.26%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (5.26%) VB
3 1 (5.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) HND
2 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) NCSC
2 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Citrix
1 1 (5.26%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
1 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds