Senior Jobs in Essex

Senior
East of England > Essex

The median Senior salary in Essex is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 60 80 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 11.86% 8.84% 11.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.45% 9.33% 13.98%
Number of salaries quoted 15 66 38
10th Percentile £53,000 £32,000 £38,505
25th Percentile £54,000 £45,000 £43,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £63,750 £69,375
90th Percentile - £73,250 £70,000
East of England median annual salary £58,000 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.69% -9.23% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 446 857 644
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.14% 94.70% 79.21%
Number of salaries quoted 225 701 366
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £25,625
25th Percentile £29,250 £30,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.74% -1.58%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £79,600 £76,250 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Essex

Senior
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Senior in Essex

Senior
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Essex over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Essex

Senior
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Witham -1 9 - -
Loughton +2 8 £105,000 +133.33% 6
Brentwood +15 6 £65,000 -21.21% 3
Chelmsford +4 4 £53,000 -11.67% 14
Chigwell - 4 - -
Basildon +14 3 - - 8
Waltham Abbey 0 2 - -
Buckhurst Hill - 2 - -
Billericay -1 1 £75,000 +4.90% 7
Rayleigh - 1 - - 1
Saffron Walden - 1 £55,000 - 5
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - - 1
Senior
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Essex region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 20 (33.33%) Broadband
2 18 (30.00%) Degree
3 17 (28.33%) Finance
4 16 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 16 (26.67%) Project Management
4 16 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (21.67%) Agile
7 12 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 12 (20.00%) Social Skills
8 11 (18.33%) CI/CD
9 10 (16.67%) Serverless
9 10 (16.67%) Clean Code
9 10 (16.67%) Games
9 10 (16.67%) Python
9 10 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 10 (16.67%) TypeScript
9 10 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (16.67%) GraphQL
9 10 (16.67%) AWS
10 9 (15.00%) Process Improvement
10 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
10 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
10 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
10 9 (15.00%) NEC
10 9 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (15.00%) Budget Management
10 9 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (13.33%) Data Science

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (1.67%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.67%) AWS
1 10 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
1 10 (16.67%) Serverless
2 8 (13.33%) Azure
2 8 (13.33%) GCP
3 2 (3.33%) Amazon S3
3 2 (3.33%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (1.67%) GitHub
4 1 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (33.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.00%) Big Data
2 2 (3.33%) DynamoDB
2 2 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.67%) JIRA
2 3 (5.00%) Selenium
3 1 (1.67%) Git
3 1 (1.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 17 (28.33%) Finance
2 16 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 10 (16.67%) Games
6 7 (11.67%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (11.67%) Public Sector
7 6 (10.00%) Advertising
7 6 (10.00%) Marketing
8 3 (5.00%) Law
8 3 (5.00%) Legal
8 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.67%) Banking
9 1 (1.67%) Electronics
9 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.67%) GraphQL
2 8 (13.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 8 (13.33%) WebGL
3 5 (8.33%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (3.33%) React
4 2 (3.33%) Serverless Framework
5 1 (1.67%) .NET
5 1 (1.67%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.67%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.67%) EDIFACT
5 1 (1.67%) JSON
5 1 (1.67%) RESTful
5 1 (1.67%) Vue
5 1 (1.67%) XML
5 1 (1.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (13.33%) Animation
3 6 (10.00%) Digital Media
3 6 (10.00%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.33%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (1.67%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.67%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.67%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.67%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (1.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 16 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (26.67%) Project Management
2 13 (21.67%) Agile
3 12 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 11 (18.33%) CI/CD
5 10 (16.67%) Clean Code
5 10 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 9 (15.00%) Budget Management
6 9 (15.00%) Process Improvement
7 8 (13.33%) 3D Animation
7 8 (13.33%) Creative Thinking
7 8 (13.33%) Data Science
7 8 (13.33%) Machine Learning
7 8 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
7 8 (13.33%) Personalization
7 8 (13.33%) Prototyping
7 8 (13.33%) Rapid Prototyping
7 8 (13.33%) Storytelling
7 8 (13.33%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.67%) Python
1 10 (16.67%) TypeScript
2 8 (13.33%) HLSL
3 5 (8.33%) Ruby
4 4 (6.67%) C++
4 4 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.67%) C#
5 1 (1.67%) OpenEdge ABL
Qualifications
1 18 (30.00%) Degree
2 8 (13.33%) PhD
3 7 (11.67%) HND
4 3 (5.00%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.00%) QA
2 1 (1.67%) GDPR
2 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Docker
1 1 (1.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (15.00%) NEC
2 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.67%) Mentor Graphics