Senior Job Trends in the East of England

Senior
England > East of England

The median Senior salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 310 427 292
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.41% 12.11% 11.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.29% 13.53% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 218 205 207
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,569
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +0.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £92,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

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 3,738 3,155 2,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.40% 89.45% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,268 1,416 1,758
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -3.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Hertfordshire +1 117 £60,000 -7.69% 118
Cambridgeshire -2 90 £67,500 - 91
Essex -17 42 £80,000 +14.29% 84
Suffolk -10 23 £40,000 - 64
Norfolk -10 22 £65,000 +30.00% 72
Bedfordshire +7 16 £70,000 +47.37% 66
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 East of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 48 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 46 (14.84%) Software Engineering
3 43 (13.87%) Windows
4 39 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (11.94%) Degree
6 34 (10.97%) AI
7 32 (10.32%) Azure
8 28 (9.03%) DevOps
8 28 (9.03%) SAP
9 26 (8.39%) Agile
9 26 (8.39%) Roadmaps
10 25 (8.06%) Decision-Making
10 25 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 25 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
10 25 (8.06%) Python
11 24 (7.74%) Windows Server
12 21 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (6.13%) LLM
14 18 (5.81%) Active Directory
14 18 (5.81%) Analytical Thinking
14 18 (5.81%) Firewall
14 18 (5.81%) Generative AI
14 18 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (5.81%) SQL
15 17 (5.48%) Analytics
15 17 (5.48%) C++
15 17 (5.48%) Open Source
16 15 (4.84%) .NET
16 15 (4.84%) Test Automation
17 14 (4.52%) AWS

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 14 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.61%) Confluence
3 4 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.97%) InDesign
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.29%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.97%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.32%) Azure
2 18 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (4.52%) AWS
4 13 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (3.23%) SaaS
6 7 (2.26%) Amazon Alexa
7 4 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.29%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.97%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.65%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.65%) GCP
9 2 (0.65%) IaaS
9 2 (0.65%) PaaS
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.81%) Firewall
2 6 (1.94%) SAN
3 4 (1.29%) Broadband
3 4 (1.29%) LAN
3 4 (1.29%) WAN
4 3 (0.97%) SMS
4 3 (0.97%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.65%) Internet
5 2 (0.65%) LTE
5 2 (0.65%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.32%) DHCP
6 1 (0.32%) DNS
6 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.32%) FTP
6 1 (0.32%) GSM
6 1 (0.32%) SNMP
6 1 (0.32%) SSL
6 1 (0.32%) VPN
6 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.87%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.26%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.29%) Metadata
3 4 (1.29%) MS Access
3 4 (1.29%) MySQL
3 4 (1.29%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
4 3 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.97%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.65%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.65%) Power BI
5 2 (0.65%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.65%) Redis
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.32%) Big Data
6 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.32%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Git
1 5 (1.61%) Jenkins
1 5 (1.61%) JIRA
2 4 (1.29%) Toad
3 2 (0.65%) JMeter
3 2 (0.65%) Postman
3 2 (0.65%) Selenium
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.32%) Redmine
4 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 32 (10.32%) Finance
2 28 (9.03%) Social Skills
3 27 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.13%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.52%) Marketing
6 11 (3.55%) Electronics
7 9 (2.90%) German Language
8 7 (2.26%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.61%) Local Government
9 5 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.61%) Retail
9 5 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.97%) Law
10 3 (0.97%) Legal
11 2 (0.65%) Police
12 1 (0.32%) Billing
12 1 (0.32%) Games
12 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.84%) .NET
2 7 (2.26%) REST
3 5 (1.61%) JSON
3 5 (1.61%) React
4 4 (1.29%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.97%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.97%) Pandas
5 3 (0.97%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.97%) RESTful
6 2 (0.65%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.65%) Blazor
6 2 (0.65%) Flutter
6 2 (0.65%) NumPy
6 2 (0.65%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.65%) XML
7 1 (0.32%) CSS
7 1 (0.32%) EDI
7 1 (0.32%) HTML
7 1 (0.32%) Middleware
7 1 (0.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.10%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.55%) FPGA
3 8 (2.58%) Social Media
4 6 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (1.94%) VHDL
5 5 (1.61%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.61%) Robotics
5 5 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.61%) Verilog
6 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
7 3 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.97%) Semantic Web
7 3 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.65%) GNSS
8 2 (0.65%) IoT
8 2 (0.65%) PropTech
8 2 (0.65%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.87%) Windows
2 24 (7.74%) Windows Server
3 14 (4.52%) Linux
4 4 (1.29%) Unix
5 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (14.84%) Software Engineering
2 39 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (10.97%) AI
4 28 (9.03%) DevOps
5 26 (8.39%) Agile
5 26 (8.39%) Roadmaps
6 25 (8.06%) Decision-Making
6 25 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (6.13%) LLM
9 18 (5.81%) Analytical Thinking
9 18 (5.81%) Generative AI
10 17 (5.48%) Analytics
10 17 (5.48%) Open Source
11 15 (4.84%) Test Automation
12 14 (4.52%) Customer Service
12 14 (4.52%) Technology Roadmap
13 13 (4.19%) Business Development
14 12 (3.87%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (3.87%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.06%) Python
2 18 (5.81%) SQL
3 17 (5.48%) C++
4 14 (4.52%) C#
5 10 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.61%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.61%) VB
7 3 (0.97%) C
8 2 (0.65%) Bash
8 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.65%) Rust
8 2 (0.65%) VBA
9 1 (0.32%) Go
9 1 (0.32%) Java
9 1 (0.32%) PHP
9 1 (0.32%) R
9 1 (0.32%) SPARQL
9 1 (0.32%) Tcl
9 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (11.94%) Degree
2 12 (3.87%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.29%) ACCA
4 4 (1.29%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.29%) CIMA
4 4 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.29%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.97%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.32%) CCNA
7 1 (0.32%) CCNP
7 1 (0.32%) MCP
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.32%) PhD
7 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.32%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.55%) QA
2 6 (1.94%) GDPR
3 3 (0.97%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.32%) ECSS
5 1 (0.32%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.32%) NIST
5 1 (0.32%) SLA
5 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (5.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.65%) Firmware
3 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) Lustre
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (1.29%) Ansible
2 3 (0.97%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.65%) Terraform
4 1 (0.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.03%) SAP
3 13 (4.19%) VMware
4 8 (2.58%) Oracle
5 7 (2.26%) Adobe
5 7 (2.26%) Cisco
6 5 (1.61%) NEC
7 4 (1.29%) Juniper
8 3 (0.97%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.97%) EMC
8 3 (0.97%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (0.97%) Zoho
9 2 (0.65%) DevExpress
9 2 (0.65%) Genesys
9 2 (0.65%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.32%) Apple
10 1 (0.32%) IBM
10 1 (0.32%) NetApp