Senior Jobs in Durham

Senior
North East > Durham

The median Senior salary in Durham is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 23 34
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 38 31 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 9.03% 9.84% 3.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.77% 13.42% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 29 16 6
10th Percentile £47,250 £45,512 £26,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,003 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +42.38% -24.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £51,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,700 £61,250
North East median annual salary £57,965 £55,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.44% +11.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Durham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 389 231 239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 73.33% 91.92%
Number of salaries quoted 269 121 178
10th Percentile £27,395 £27,500 £19,294
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £57,633 £52,500 £43,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £48,750
North East median annual salary £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Durham

Senior
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for Senior in Durham

Senior
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Durham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Durham

Senior
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Durham region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Darlington -1 14 £58,800 +23.79% 3
Stockton-on-Tees -3 6 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Billingham +1 1 - -
Senior
North East

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Durham region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 12 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
4 8 (21.05%) Java
4 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
5 7 (18.42%) C
5 7 (18.42%) C++
5 7 (18.42%) Firmware
5 7 (18.42%) Automotive
5 7 (18.42%) Agile
5 7 (18.42%) Software Engineering
5 7 (18.42%) Software Testing
5 7 (18.42%) Time Management
6 6 (15.79%) GDPR
6 6 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (15.79%) C#
6 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 5 (13.16%) SLA
7 5 (13.16%) EDI
7 5 (13.16%) Eclipse
7 5 (13.16%) COBOL
7 5 (13.16%) SQL
7 5 (13.16%) .NET
7 5 (13.16%) Linux
7 5 (13.16%) Finance
7 5 (13.16%) Micro Focus
7 5 (13.16%) OSGi
7 5 (13.16%) Front End Development
7 5 (13.16%) Spring
7 5 (13.16%) Micro Focus COBOL

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) SaaS
2 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (2.63%) Azure
3 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.63%) Azure Stack
3 1 (2.63%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) SAN
2 2 (5.26%) HTTP
3 1 (2.63%) DHCP
3 1 (2.63%) DNS
3 1 (2.63%) LAN
3 1 (2.63%) VLAN
3 1 (2.63%) WAN
3 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (7.89%) Power BI
4 2 (5.26%) MySQL
4 2 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.63%) Power Query
5 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Eclipse
General
1 12 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Automotive
4 5 (13.16%) Finance
5 2 (5.26%) Banking
5 2 (5.26%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) .NET
1 5 (13.16%) EDI
1 5 (13.16%) OSGi
1 5 (13.16%) Spring
2 4 (10.53%) .NET Core
3 2 (5.26%) JSON
4 1 (2.63%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.63%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.42%) Agile
2 7 (18.42%) Software Engineering
2 7 (18.42%) Software Testing
2 7 (18.42%) Time Management
3 6 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (13.16%) Front End Development
5 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.53%) CRM
5 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
5 4 (10.53%) ETL
5 4 (10.53%) Incident Response
5 4 (10.53%) Line Management
5 4 (10.53%) Mentoring
5 4 (10.53%) Microservices
5 4 (10.53%) Network Architecture
6 3 (7.89%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (7.89%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) Java
2 7 (18.42%) C
2 7 (18.42%) C++
3 6 (15.79%) C#
4 5 (13.16%) COBOL
4 5 (13.16%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 5 (13.16%) SQL
5 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
6 3 (7.89%) Python
7 2 (5.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) CCNA
1 4 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (10.53%) JNCIA
2 3 (7.89%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) GDPR
2 5 (13.16%) SLA
3 3 (7.89%) QA
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Cacti
2 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Micro Focus
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco
3 4 (10.53%) Juniper
3 4 (10.53%) SolarWinds
3 4 (10.53%) VMware
4 1 (2.63%) Databricks
4 1 (2.63%) Nintex
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle
4 1 (2.63%) Xamarin