Senior Job Trends in Ipswich

Senior
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Senior salary in Ipswich is £26,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 16 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 10 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Ipswich 6.76% 6.72% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.90% 7.02% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile - - £64,500
25th Percentile - - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.83%
75th Percentile £55,875 - £101,250
90th Percentile £63,750 - £109,500
Suffolk median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -36.00% +19.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 145 114 64
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.97% 95.80% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 108 37 54
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £28,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £75,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £85,000
Suffolk median annual salary £46,750 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +15.79% -9.52%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Senior
Salary Trend in Ipswich

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Ipswich.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Ipswich

Senior
Salary Histogram in Ipswich

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Ipswich over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Ipswich

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 Ipswich region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) AI
2 3 (30.00%) ARM Templates
2 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (30.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Terraform
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (30.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) AI
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (30.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (30.00%) Python
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Terraform
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) VMware