Senior Jobs in the East of England

Senior
England > East of England

The median Senior salary in the East of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 510 481 982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.79% 13.23% 13.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.42% 15.73% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 370 224 345
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,013 £37,365
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,375 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,625 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 4,895 3,058 6,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 84.10% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,500 1,809 3,011
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,743 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £64,756 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the East of England.

Salary trend for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Cambridgeshire 0 195 £60,000 -11.11% 24
Hertfordshire -2 102 £62,500 -3.85% 23
Essex +5 66 £52,500 -13.65% 12
Norfolk -4 57 £50,000 -9.09% 15
Bedfordshire +24 44 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Suffolk +1 43 £31,500 -47.50% 5
East Anglia - 1 £89,500 - 30
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 East of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 114 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 108 (21.18%) Software Engineering
3 80 (15.69%) Agile
4 74 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (13.53%) Degree
6 61 (11.96%) Microsoft
7 59 (11.57%) Python
8 57 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (10.59%) AWS
10 51 (10.00%) C#
11 47 (9.22%) Finance
12 43 (8.43%) JavaScript
12 43 (8.43%) Linux
13 42 (8.24%) Electronics
14 39 (7.65%) Mentoring
15 38 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 37 (7.25%) .NET
17 36 (7.06%) Windows
17 36 (7.06%) TypeScript
18 35 (6.86%) Azure
19 34 (6.67%) Project Management
20 32 (6.27%) CAD
20 32 (6.27%) IoT
20 32 (6.27%) React
21 29 (5.69%) Full Stack Development
21 29 (5.69%) Customer Service
22 27 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
22 27 (5.29%) C++
23 26 (5.10%) Scrum
23 26 (5.10%) ITIL

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (0.98%) WordPress
2 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.59%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) Apache
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.16%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.18%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.78%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 54 (10.59%) AWS
2 35 (6.86%) Azure
3 27 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.73%) SaaS
5 11 (2.16%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.76%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.57%) GitHub
8 6 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.98%) Dropbox
9 5 (0.98%) Google Drive
10 4 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (0.78%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.78%) Serverless
11 3 (0.59%) AWS IoT
11 3 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.59%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.39%) AWS CodePipeline
12 2 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.53%) Wireless
2 16 (3.14%) Broadband
2 16 (3.14%) Internet
3 15 (2.94%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.55%) Network Security
5 12 (2.35%) Firewall
6 10 (1.96%) 5G
6 10 (1.96%) LAN
7 9 (1.76%) WAN
8 6 (1.18%) 4G
8 6 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (1.18%) VoIP
8 6 (1.18%) VPN
9 5 (0.98%) MPLS
9 5 (0.98%) PPP
9 5 (0.98%) VLAN
10 4 (0.78%) SAN
10 4 (0.78%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.59%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.57%) Big Data
3 7 (1.37%) MySQL
4 5 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.39%) Power BI
7 2 (0.39%) Redis
7 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.20%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.20%) OLAP
8 1 (0.20%) OLTP
8 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (2.75%) Git
2 9 (1.76%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.37%) JIRA
3 7 (1.37%) LabVIEW
4 6 (1.18%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.18%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.98%) GitLab
6 3 (0.59%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.59%) Moq
6 3 (0.59%) NUnit
7 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.39%) gulp
7 2 (0.39%) MLflow
7 2 (0.39%) webpack
8 1 (0.20%) Appium
8 1 (0.20%) Selenium
8 1 (0.20%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 114 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 74 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (9.22%) Finance
4 42 (8.24%) Electronics
5 24 (4.71%) Manufacturing
6 22 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (4.12%) Retail
8 20 (3.92%) Games
9 19 (3.73%) Automotive
10 17 (3.33%) Telecoms
11 16 (3.14%) Marketing
12 14 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.76%) Legal
15 9 (1.76%) Military
15 9 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.76%) Public Sector
16 8 (1.57%) Advertising
17 5 (0.98%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.25%) .NET
2 32 (6.27%) React
3 22 (4.31%) HTML
4 20 (3.92%) CSS
5 15 (2.94%) Node.js
6 9 (1.76%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.76%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.57%) .NET Framework
7 8 (1.57%) GraphQL
8 7 (1.37%) Laravel
8 7 (1.37%) REST
8 7 (1.37%) RESTful
8 7 (1.37%) Spring
9 6 (1.18%) COM
9 6 (1.18%) HTML5
9 6 (1.18%) XML
10 5 (0.98%) jQuery
10 5 (0.98%) PyQt
10 5 (0.98%) SAP PI
10 5 (0.98%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.27%) IoT
2 21 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.53%) Driving Licence
4 14 (2.75%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.16%) EPoS
6 9 (1.76%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.57%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.37%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.18%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.18%) Genomics
10 5 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.98%) GNSS
10 5 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.98%) iPad
10 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.98%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.78%) FMCG
11 4 (0.78%) Social Media
11 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.43%) Linux
2 36 (7.06%) Windows
3 12 (2.35%) Embedded Linux
4 11 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.78%) Windows 2000
6 4 (0.78%) Windows NT
6 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.78%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.18%) Software Engineering
2 80 (15.69%) Agile
3 57 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (7.65%) Mentoring
5 38 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 34 (6.67%) Project Management
7 32 (6.27%) CAD
8 29 (5.69%) Customer Service
8 29 (5.69%) Full Stack Development
9 26 (5.10%) ITIL
9 26 (5.10%) Scrum
10 25 (4.90%) Computer Science
11 24 (4.71%) Project Delivery
11 24 (4.71%) Software Testing
11 24 (4.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (4.31%) CI/CD
13 20 (3.92%) Decision-Making
14 19 (3.73%) Artificial Intelligence
14 19 (3.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (3.73%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 59 (11.57%) Python
2 51 (10.00%) C#
3 43 (8.43%) JavaScript
4 36 (7.06%) TypeScript
5 27 (5.29%) C++
6 25 (4.90%) SQL
7 21 (4.12%) Java
8 13 (2.55%) C
9 11 (2.16%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.76%) MATLAB
10 9 (1.76%) PHP
11 8 (1.57%) Bash
12 5 (0.98%) R
13 3 (0.59%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.59%) Rust
13 3 (0.59%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.39%) Go
14 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.20%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 69 (13.53%) Degree
2 15 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 12 (2.35%) ACCA
3 12 (2.35%) CIMA
4 11 (2.16%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.18%) PhD
7 6 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (0.98%) CCNA
8 5 (0.98%) CCNP
8 5 (0.98%) HNC
8 5 (0.98%) MBA
9 4 (0.78%) APMP
9 4 (0.78%) CISSP
10 3 (0.59%) CISM
10 3 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.59%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.35%) GDPR
1 12 (2.35%) QA
2 9 (1.76%) SLA
3 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.59%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.59%) GxP
5 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.39%) COBIT
6 2 (0.39%) DO-254
6 2 (0.39%) GRC
6 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.39%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 18 (3.53%) Firmware
2 14 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.35%) Docker
3 12 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.39%) KVM
6 2 (0.39%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.94%) Terraform
3 10 (1.96%) Ansible
3 10 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.78%) SCCM
4 4 (0.78%) SCOM
4 4 (0.78%) WSUS
5 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.39%) Argo
6 2 (0.39%) linkerd
6 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.39%) Puppet
7 1 (0.20%) Core Impact
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 61 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.35%) VMware
3 11 (2.16%) SAP
4 10 (1.96%) Dell
5 9 (1.76%) Cisco
6 8 (1.57%) Databricks
6 8 (1.57%) HP
6 8 (1.57%) NetApp
7 6 (1.18%) F5
7 6 (1.18%) IBM
7 6 (1.18%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.98%) Aruba
8 5 (0.98%) Computacenter
8 5 (0.98%) Google
9 4 (0.78%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.78%) Meraki
9 4 (0.78%) Sage
9 4 (0.78%) Virgin Media
10 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.59%) Juniper