Senior Job Trends in the East of England

Senior
England > East of England

The median Senior salary in the East of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 32 11
Rank change year-on-year +27 -21 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 707 267 613
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.71% 7.71% 9.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.40% 8.25% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 525 143 464
10th Percentile £40,850 £40,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,375 £48,716
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,125
90th Percentile £98,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,373 £63,500
% change year-on-year +0.90% +9.25% -9.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 6,200 3,236 6,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 93.50% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,259 1,830 4,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,125 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Senior job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies 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 11 July 2026.

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 11 July 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
Cambridgeshire +15 216 £68,750 +1.85% 57
Hertfordshire +20 213 £70,000 +27.27% 47
Essex +7 114 £85,000 +30.77% 21
Bedfordshire +18 93 £60,000 +41.18% 20
Norfolk -15 41 £60,000 +11.11% 5
Suffolk +27 30 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 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 of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 164 (23.20%) Software Engineering
2 86 (12.16%) Microsoft
3 74 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (9.76%) Azure
5 64 (9.05%) SharePoint
6 61 (8.63%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (8.35%) Agile
8 55 (7.78%) C++
9 53 (7.50%) Analytics
9 53 (7.50%) SQL
10 52 (7.36%) AI
11 50 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
11 50 (7.07%) Python
11 50 (7.07%) User Experience
12 48 (6.79%) Mentoring
13 47 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (6.22%) C#
15 42 (5.94%) .NET
16 41 (5.80%) Decision-Making
16 41 (5.80%) Power Platform
17 40 (5.66%) Power BI
18 39 (5.52%) Degree
19 36 (5.09%) Roadmaps
20 35 (4.95%) Linux
21 34 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 32 (4.53%) Technical Leadership
23 30 (4.24%) Machine Learning
24 29 (4.10%) AWS
24 29 (4.10%) CSS
24 29 (4.10%) HTML

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 64 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.57%) IIS
5 3 (0.42%) Confluence
6 2 (0.28%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Simulink
2 1 (0.14%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (0.71%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.28%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 74 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (9.76%) Azure
3 41 (5.80%) Power Platform
4 29 (4.10%) AWS
5 28 (3.96%) SaaS
6 22 (3.11%) Power Automate
7 21 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 21 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 20 (2.83%) OneDrive
9 18 (2.55%) PowerApps
10 17 (2.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 12 (1.70%) GCP
12 11 (1.56%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.13%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (0.99%) dbt
15 6 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
16 5 (0.71%) Google Analytics
17 3 (0.42%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.84%) Firewall
2 11 (1.56%) Broadband
2 11 (1.56%) DNS
3 10 (1.41%) DHCP
4 9 (1.27%) Bluetooth
4 9 (1.27%) Modbus
4 9 (1.27%) Profibus
4 9 (1.27%) RS-232
4 9 (1.27%) RS-485
4 9 (1.27%) Wireless
4 9 (1.27%) ZigBee
5 7 (0.99%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.85%) VPN
7 5 (0.71%) LAN
7 5 (0.71%) MQTT
7 5 (0.71%) SMS
7 5 (0.71%) WAN
7 5 (0.71%) WLAN
8 4 (0.57%) VLAN
9 3 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.66%) Power BI
2 19 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.27%) BigQuery
4 9 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.13%) MySQL
6 7 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (0.85%) Looker
7 6 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (0.85%) Tableau
8 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.71%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.57%) Metadata
9 4 (0.57%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.42%) SQLite
11 2 (0.28%) Redis
11 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (0.85%) MLflow
2 5 (0.71%) JIRA
3 4 (0.57%) Git
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.42%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) git-flow
6 1 (0.14%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 71 (10.04%) Social Skills
2 43 (6.08%) Electronics
3 41 (5.80%) Aerospace
4 39 (5.52%) Finance
5 36 (5.09%) Marketing
6 29 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (3.96%) Retail
8 27 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (3.39%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.27%) Law
14 7 (0.99%) Games
15 6 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.71%) Local Government
17 4 (0.57%) Billing
17 4 (0.57%) Public Sector
18 3 (0.42%) Automotive
19 2 (0.28%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.94%) .NET
2 29 (4.10%) CSS
2 29 (4.10%) HTML
3 18 (2.55%) .NET Core
4 17 (2.40%) HTML5 Canvas
4 17 (2.40%) JSON
4 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Graph
4 17 (2.40%) SPFx
5 13 (1.84%) Kafka
6 8 (1.13%) FastAPI
7 7 (0.99%) TensorFlow
8 6 (0.85%) LangChain
8 6 (0.85%) LlamaIndex
8 6 (0.85%) pgvector
8 6 (0.85%) PySpark
8 6 (0.85%) PyTorch
8 6 (0.85%) RESTful
8 6 (0.85%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.71%) OpenAPI
9 5 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.11%) Driving Licence
1 22 (3.11%) Product Ownership
2 21 (2.97%) Embedded Systems
3 16 (2.26%) Cloud Native
4 13 (1.84%) Clustering
5 12 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 10 (1.41%) Operational Technology
7 9 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.99%) Low-Code
8 7 (0.99%) Social Media
9 6 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (0.85%) FPGA
9 6 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.85%) Robotics
10 5 (0.71%) Over-the-Top Content
11 3 (0.42%) IoT
11 3 (0.42%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.95%) Linux
2 20 (2.83%) Windows
3 12 (1.70%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.27%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.42%) Android
6 3 (0.42%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (23.20%) Software Engineering
2 61 (8.63%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (8.35%) Agile
4 53 (7.50%) Analytics
5 52 (7.36%) AI
6 50 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
6 50 (7.07%) User Experience
7 48 (6.79%) Mentoring
8 47 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (5.80%) Decision-Making
10 36 (5.09%) Roadmaps
11 34 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 32 (4.53%) Technical Leadership
13 30 (4.24%) Machine Learning
14 25 (3.54%) Business Development
15 23 (3.25%) Project Delivery
16 22 (3.11%) Stakeholder Management
17 21 (2.97%) Cybersecurity
17 21 (2.97%) Full-Stack Development
17 21 (2.97%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (7.78%) C++
2 53 (7.50%) SQL
3 50 (7.07%) Python
4 44 (6.22%) C#
5 28 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.68%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.39%) PowerShell
8 23 (3.25%) C
9 21 (2.97%) Rust
10 7 (0.99%) VB
11 4 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.57%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.57%) Ruby
11 4 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.57%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.42%) R
13 2 (0.28%) Java
13 2 (0.28%) PHP
14 1 (0.14%) VB6
Qualifications
1 39 (5.52%) Degree
2 21 (2.97%) Security Cleared
3 11 (1.56%) DBS Check
4 7 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (0.99%) DV Cleared
5 6 (0.85%) CCNA
5 6 (0.85%) CCNP
5 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (0.85%) PMP
6 5 (0.71%) ACCA
6 5 (0.71%) CIMA
6 5 (0.71%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (0.42%) HNC
8 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.28%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.12%) QA
2 14 (1.98%) GDPR
3 10 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.99%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (0.85%) PMO
6 3 (0.42%) PERC
7 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.14%) NIST
8 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (2.26%) Docker
2 14 (1.98%) Firmware
3 11 (1.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.41%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (0.28%) Terraform
4 1 (0.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 86 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.39%) Adobe
3 15 (2.12%) Dell
3 15 (2.12%) Salesforce
4 13 (1.84%) Computacenter
4 13 (1.84%) SAP
5 12 (1.70%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.56%) Databricks
6 11 (1.56%) VMware
7 10 (1.41%) Oracle
8 6 (0.85%) Cisco
8 6 (0.85%) Cloudera
8 6 (0.85%) Fortinet
8 6 (0.85%) Google
9 4 (0.57%) Aruba
9 4 (0.57%) Citrix
9 4 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.57%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.42%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.42%) Ubiquiti