Senior Jobs in Gloucestershire

Senior
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Senior salary in Gloucestershire is £52,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 11 29
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 133 280 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 25.09% 15.76% 10.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.71% 16.29% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59 208 79
10th Percentile £45,250 £32,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -4.35% +6.98%
75th Percentile £59,375 £70,313 £73,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £77,500 £77,550
South West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 498 1,719 1,091
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 96.74% 85.57%
Number of salaries quoted 297 1,250 486
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Gloucestershire

Senior
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary trend for Senior in Gloucestershire

Senior
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Gloucestershire

Senior
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Filton -1 44 £52,600 +19.89%
Cheltenham +6 24 £60,000 -2.44% 251
Gloucester +23 17 £52,500 -4.55% 252
Stroud +7 6 - - 3
Tewkesbury +5 4 - -
Wotton-under-Edge +1 1 - - 1
Cirencester -1 1 £28,000 -60.00%
Senior
South West

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 70 (52.63%) Degree
2 60 (45.11%) Artificial Intelligence
3 58 (43.61%) Java
4 44 (33.08%) Agile
5 40 (30.08%) Python
6 39 (29.32%) Public Sector
7 38 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 37 (27.82%) DevOps
9 35 (26.32%) Mathematics
9 35 (26.32%) SDLC
9 35 (26.32%) Systems Engineering
10 33 (24.81%) Security Cleared
11 32 (24.06%) Mentoring
12 29 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
13 28 (21.05%) Docker
14 27 (20.30%) Kubernetes
14 27 (20.30%) DV Cleared
15 26 (19.55%) Software Engineering
16 25 (18.80%) Line Management
17 24 (18.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (18.05%) JavaScript
18 23 (17.29%) Computer Science
19 22 (16.54%) Data Science
19 22 (16.54%) Machine Learning
20 21 (15.79%) Microservices
20 21 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
20 21 (15.79%) MLOps
20 21 (15.79%) Data Analysis
20 21 (15.79%) Finance
21 20 (15.04%) Statistics

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 20 (15.04%) Jupyter
2 3 (2.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) Apache
3 1 (0.75%) Appian
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.01%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.52%) Azure
2 9 (6.77%) AWS
3 7 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.51%) Serverless
5 5 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.26%) GitHub
6 3 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.50%) GCP
8 1 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.51%) Broadband
2 2 (1.50%) IPv4
3 1 (0.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.04%) Big Data
2 4 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.26%) Redis
4 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (9.02%) JIRA
2 9 (6.77%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.01%) LabVIEW
4 3 (2.26%) Git
4 3 (2.26%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.75%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.75%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 39 (29.32%) Public Sector
2 24 (18.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (15.79%) Finance
4 10 (7.52%) Aerospace
5 9 (6.77%) Avionics
6 7 (5.26%) Social Skills
7 5 (3.76%) Aeronautics
7 5 (3.76%) Automotive
8 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Games
10 2 (1.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.51%) GraphQL
2 3 (2.26%) Django
2 3 (2.26%) FastAPI
2 3 (2.26%) Flask
2 3 (2.26%) Keycloak
2 3 (2.26%) OAuth
2 3 (2.26%) pytest
2 3 (2.26%) React
2 3 (2.26%) RESTful
2 3 (2.26%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (2.26%) WebSockets
3 2 (1.50%) Pandas
3 2 (1.50%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (1.50%) WebGL
4 1 (0.75%) OpenCV
4 1 (0.75%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.75%) Serverless Framework
4 1 (0.75%) Swagger
4 1 (0.75%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 20 (15.04%) Algorithms
2 20 (15.04%) Cyberattack
3 4 (3.01%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (3.01%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.26%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.50%) Animation
5 2 (1.50%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.50%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.75%) Apple TV
6 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.75%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.28%) Linux
2 3 (2.26%) Windows
3 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (45.11%) Artificial Intelligence
2 44 (33.08%) Agile
3 37 (27.82%) DevOps
4 35 (26.32%) Mathematics
4 35 (26.32%) SDLC
4 35 (26.32%) Systems Engineering
5 32 (24.06%) Mentoring
6 29 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (19.55%) Software Engineering
8 25 (18.80%) Line Management
9 23 (17.29%) Computer Science
10 22 (16.54%) Data Science
10 22 (16.54%) Machine Learning
11 21 (15.79%) Data Analysis
11 21 (15.79%) Microservices
11 21 (15.79%) MLOps
12 20 (15.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 20 (15.04%) OpenUP
12 20 (15.04%) Statistics
12 20 (15.04%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 58 (43.61%) Java
2 40 (30.08%) Python
3 24 (18.05%) JavaScript
4 13 (9.77%) C
5 6 (4.51%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.76%) MATLAB
7 4 (3.01%) C++
7 4 (3.01%) Embedded C
7 4 (3.01%) SQL
8 2 (1.50%) Bash
8 2 (1.50%) Go
8 2 (1.50%) HLSL
8 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.50%) R
9 1 (0.75%) C#
9 1 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 70 (52.63%) Degree
2 33 (24.81%) Security Cleared
3 27 (20.30%) DV Cleared
4 21 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.76%) HNC
6 5 (3.76%) HND
7 3 (2.26%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.50%) PhD
8 2 (1.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.75%) QA
1 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (21.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 27 (20.30%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.26%) Ansible
2 3 (2.26%) Grafana
2 3 (2.26%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.50%) Puppet
3 2 (1.50%) Terraform
4 1 (0.75%) Packer
Vendors
1 19 (14.29%) IBM
2 18 (13.53%) Microsoft
3 17 (12.78%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.76%) ANSYS
5 1 (0.75%) Adobe
5 1 (0.75%) Apple
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle
5 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow