Senior Jobs in Merseyside

Senior
North West > Merseyside

The median Senior salary in Merseyside is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 6 36
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 33 194 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 7.47% 14.87% 7.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.35% 15.67% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 24 87 35
10th Percentile £46,275 £35,750 £38,697
25th Percentile £52,188 £44,190 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £71,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.58% - +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 353 1,238 865
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.86% 94.87% 79.87%
Number of salaries quoted 191 868 433
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Merseyside

Senior
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Senior in Merseyside

Senior
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Merseyside over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Merseyside

Senior
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 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
Liverpool -5 31 £65,000 -3.70% 34
Senior
North West

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 Merseyside region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 14 (42.42%) Agile
2 10 (30.30%) Finance
3 9 (27.27%) Chartered Engineer
3 9 (27.27%) Driving Licence
3 9 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
4 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
5 7 (21.21%) Azure
5 7 (21.21%) CI/CD
6 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (15.15%) C#
7 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (15.15%) Power BI
7 5 (15.15%) Power Platform
8 4 (12.12%) Product Roadmap
8 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.12%) Product Strategy
8 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
8 4 (12.12%) Terraform
8 4 (12.12%) Low Latency
8 4 (12.12%) Product Management
8 4 (12.12%) RESTful
8 4 (12.12%) HTTP
8 4 (12.12%) Migration
8 4 (12.12%) Financial Institution
9 3 (9.09%) Asset Management
9 3 (9.09%) Data Modelling
9 3 (9.09%) LAN
9 3 (9.09%) .NET
9 3 (9.09%) SAP

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.09%) Snowflake
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.03%) Azure API Management
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) HTTP
2 3 (9.09%) LAN
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (6.06%) Internet
3 2 (6.06%) Wireless
4 1 (3.03%) DNS
4 1 (3.03%) Firewall
4 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.03%) VLAN
4 1 (3.03%) VoIP
4 1 (3.03%) VPN
4 1 (3.03%) WAN
4 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) RESTful
2 3 (9.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (6.06%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Agile
2 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
3 7 (21.21%) CI/CD
4 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.12%) Low Latency
6 4 (12.12%) Migration
6 4 (12.12%) Product Management
6 4 (12.12%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (12.12%) Product Strategy
6 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (9.09%) Analytics
7 3 (9.09%) Asset Management
7 3 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 3 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
7 3 (9.09%) Wealth Management
8 2 (6.06%) Information Security
8 2 (6.06%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) C#
2 3 (9.09%) Ruby
3 2 (6.06%) Bicep
3 2 (6.06%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.03%) R
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (6.06%) CCIE
2 2 (6.06%) CCNP
2 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.06%) NIST
2 1 (3.03%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Alteryx
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.09%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Apple
3 1 (3.03%) ConnectWise
3 1 (3.03%) Kaseya
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow