Senior Job Trends in High Wycombe

Senior
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The median Senior salary in High Wycombe is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 6 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in High Wycombe 6.19% 6.45% 7.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.38% 7.69% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £45,500 - £66,500
25th Percentile £61,250 - £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £82,500
90th Percentile £91,000 - £85,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -17.24%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
High Wycombe

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in High Wycombe. 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 High Wycombe with a recognized job title 94 26 78
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.91% 83.87% 97.50%
Number of salaries quoted 85 20 63
10th Percentile £30,100 - £31,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,234 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.65% -2.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,063 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,500 £77,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -13.64% +9.45% -8.64%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in High Wycombe.

Senior job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

Senior
Salary Trend in High Wycombe

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in High Wycombe.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in High Wycombe

Senior
Salary Histogram in High Wycombe

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in High Wycombe over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in High Wycombe

Senior Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe

For the 6 months to 4 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 High Wycombe region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Dell
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) iSCSI
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Korn
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) Time Management
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) iSCSI
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Dell
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk