Senior Job Trends in the East Midlands

Senior
England > East Midlands

The median Senior salary in the East Midlands is £60,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 33 10
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 379 155 444
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 8.29% 8.32% 10.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% 8.82% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 272 95 317
10th Percentile £41,347 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,832
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +3.70% +7.51% -10.31%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,357 1,758 3,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 94.41% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,718 972 3,019
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £53,847
% change year-on-year -5.17% +7.71% -11.44%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Senior job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the East Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in the East Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Leicestershire +12 143 £60,000 +4.80% 20
Nottinghamshire +1 88 £65,000 +18.18% 32
Northamptonshire +17 58 £65,000 +4.00% 7
Derbyshire +1 45 £60,000 +33.33% 15
Lincolnshire +11 36 £60,000 -25.00% 3
Rutland - 4 £35,000 -
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 East Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 66 (17.41%) Azure
2 55 (14.51%) SQL
3 41 (10.82%) Agile
4 39 (10.29%) DevOps
5 36 (9.50%) AWS
5 36 (9.50%) CI/CD
5 36 (9.50%) Software Engineering
6 35 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (8.97%) React
8 33 (8.71%) Mentoring
9 32 (8.44%) Analytics
10 31 (8.18%) Python
11 30 (7.92%) C#
12 29 (7.65%) .NET
12 29 (7.65%) Node.js
13 28 (7.39%) Full-Stack Development
14 27 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (6.07%) Degree
15 23 (6.07%) Roadmaps
16 19 (5.01%) Amazon S3
16 19 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (5.01%) JavaScript
16 19 (5.01%) PowerShell
16 19 (5.01%) Process Improvement
16 19 (5.01%) Serverless
16 19 (5.01%) Windows
17 18 (4.75%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (4.75%) Microsoft
17 18 (4.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 17 (4.49%) SQL Server

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.37%) IIS
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.79%) Confluence
4 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) CICS
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.26%) Blender
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) SAP Business One
2 4 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 66 (17.41%) Azure
2 36 (9.50%) AWS
3 19 (5.01%) Amazon S3
3 19 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (5.01%) Serverless
4 18 (4.75%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (2.37%) npm
5 9 (2.37%) NuGet
5 9 (2.37%) SonarCloud
6 8 (2.11%) Amazon Cognito
6 8 (2.11%) Amazon EventBridge
6 8 (2.11%) Amazon SQS
6 8 (2.11%) GCP
7 7 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.32%) SaaS
9 4 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.06%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.06%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.43%) Firewall
2 7 (1.85%) Unified Communications
3 6 (1.58%) VPN
4 5 (1.32%) Tactical Data Link
5 4 (1.06%) DNS
5 4 (1.06%) MQTT
6 3 (0.79%) Broadband
7 2 (0.53%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.53%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.53%) LAN
7 2 (0.53%) WAN
7 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.26%) BGP
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.26%) MPLS
8 1 (0.26%) SMS
8 1 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.49%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.64%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
3 8 (2.11%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.32%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.06%) Power BI
6 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.79%) Redis
7 1 (0.26%) Adabas
7 1 (0.26%) DB2
7 1 (0.26%) DTS
7 1 (0.26%) GIS
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (3.43%) Git
2 9 (2.37%) XCUITest
3 4 (1.06%) JIRA
4 2 (0.53%) Subversion
5 1 (0.26%) Storybook
General
1 42 (11.08%) Finance
2 34 (8.97%) Social Skills
3 30 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.54%) Marketing
5 14 (3.69%) Manufacturing
6 11 (2.90%) Banking
6 11 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (2.90%) Retail
7 10 (2.64%) Law
8 9 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.11%) Legal
9 8 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.85%) Games
11 6 (1.58%) Automotive
11 6 (1.58%) Avionics
12 5 (1.32%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.97%) React
2 29 (7.65%) .NET
2 29 (7.65%) Node.js
3 16 (4.22%) .NET Core
4 13 (3.43%) HTML
5 11 (2.90%) CSS
6 9 (2.37%) AngularJS
6 9 (2.37%) YAML
7 8 (2.11%) .NET Framework
8 6 (1.58%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.32%) DirectX
9 5 (1.32%) OpenGL
9 5 (1.32%) RESTful
10 4 (1.06%) Flash
10 4 (1.06%) WPF
11 3 (0.79%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (0.79%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.79%) JSON
11 3 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.64%) Mobile App
2 8 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (1.32%) 3D Graphics
5 4 (1.06%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.06%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.06%) FPGA
5 4 (1.06%) IoT
5 4 (1.06%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.79%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.79%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (0.53%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.53%) Social Media
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.26%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.26%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.26%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.01%) Windows
2 15 (3.96%) Linux
3 10 (2.64%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.11%) Android
5 6 (1.58%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.06%) VMS
7 2 (0.53%) Solaris
8 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (10.82%) Agile
2 39 (10.29%) DevOps
3 36 (9.50%) CI/CD
3 36 (9.50%) Software Engineering
4 35 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (8.71%) Mentoring
6 32 (8.44%) Analytics
7 28 (7.39%) Full-Stack Development
8 27 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (6.07%) Roadmaps
10 19 (5.01%) Process Improvement
11 18 (4.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (4.49%) Test Automation
13 16 (4.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (4.22%) Project Delivery
14 15 (3.96%) Decision-Making
15 14 (3.69%) CRM
15 14 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 13 (3.43%) AI
16 13 (3.43%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.51%) SQL
2 31 (8.18%) Python
3 30 (7.92%) C#
4 19 (5.01%) JavaScript
4 19 (5.01%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.17%) TypeScript
6 10 (2.64%) Bash
7 6 (1.58%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.06%) C
9 3 (0.79%) C++
9 3 (0.79%) Swift
10 1 (0.26%) Bicep
10 1 (0.26%) COBOL
10 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.26%) JCL
10 1 (0.26%) Natural
10 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (6.07%) Degree
2 14 (3.69%) SC Cleared
2 14 (3.69%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.32%) AAT
5 5 (1.32%) ACCA
5 5 (1.32%) CIMA
6 4 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.26%) CCNP
8 1 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.26%) PMP
8 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.64%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.37%) QA
3 5 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.53%) SLA
7 1 (0.26%) GDPR
7 1 (0.26%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) PSD2
System Software
1 10 (2.64%) Docker
2 6 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.32%) Firmware
4 2 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.90%) Terraform
2 9 (2.37%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 18 (4.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.37%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (2.11%) SAP
4 7 (1.85%) Cisco
4 7 (1.85%) Databricks
5 4 (1.06%) Adobe
6 3 (0.79%) Apple
6 3 (0.79%) Google
7 2 (0.53%) VMware
8 1 (0.26%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.26%) Citrix
8 1 (0.26%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.26%) IBM
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle
8 1 (0.26%) Zend