Senior Jobs in Ipswich

Senior
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Senior salary in Ipswich is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 16 18 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ipswich 11.85% 10.78% 17.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.94% 11.04% 21.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 13
10th Percentile £37,770 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £30,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £31,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +74.60% -48.19% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63,750 £35,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £64,375 £72,250 -
Suffolk median annual salary £55,000 £31,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +74.60% -47.50% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 134 163 114
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.26% 97.60% 78.62%
Number of salaries quoted 119 107 76
10th Percentile £27,200 £27,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £36,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% -16.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £69,375 £67,813
90th Percentile £71,000 £78,750 £85,000
Suffolk median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Ipswich

Senior
Salary Trend in Ipswich

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

Salary trend for Senior in Ipswich

Senior
Salary Histogram in Ipswich

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Ipswich over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Ipswich

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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 Ipswich region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (37.50%) Python
2 6 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Migration
3 5 (31.25%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) QA
3 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (25.00%) HTML
4 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) VMware
4 4 (25.00%) Law
4 4 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
4 4 (25.00%) Terraform
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ipswich 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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Intranet
2 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
1 3 (18.75%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) Git
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Law
3 3 (18.75%) Legal
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Environmental Health
4 2 (12.50%) Local Government
4 2 (12.50%) Police
4 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) ARM Templates
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (12.50%) RESTful
3 1 (6.25%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Migration
1 6 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Intelligent Automation
3 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Defect Tracking
4 3 (18.75%) Manual Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
4 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (37.50%) Python
3 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 2 (12.50%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Terraform
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Northgate