Senior Jobs in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior salary in the Midlands is £60,000 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 11 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 879 1,385 1,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.43% 11.63% 11.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.48% 12.32% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 248 999 616
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% -10.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,520 11,242 8,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.38% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,801 8,341 4,592
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -5 499 £65,000 +12.14% 359
East Midlands +1 379 £55,000 +4.76% 180
Senior
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 407 (46.30%) BPSS Clearance
2 399 (45.39%) Degree
3 310 (35.27%) Systems Engineering
4 197 (22.41%) Social Skills
5 176 (20.02%) Mathematics
6 148 (16.84%) Agile
7 119 (13.54%) Azure
8 110 (12.51%) Manufacturing
9 104 (11.83%) Physics
10 101 (11.49%) Automotive
11 97 (11.04%) Finance
12 93 (10.58%) Telecoms
13 91 (10.35%) Mentoring
14 90 (10.24%) Ergonomics
14 90 (10.24%) Human Factors
15 84 (9.56%) Legal
16 83 (9.44%) Documentation Skills
17 80 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
18 79 (8.99%) Microsoft
19 78 (8.87%) SQL
20 71 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
21 68 (7.74%) C#
22 66 (7.51%) Coaching
22 66 (7.51%) Numerate Degree
23 63 (7.17%) Risk Management
24 58 (6.60%) .NET
24 58 (6.60%) Computer Science
25 57 (6.48%) JIRA
26 55 (6.26%) Project Planning
26 55 (6.26%) Analytics

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 15 (1.71%) Confluence
2 13 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.57%) CMS
5 4 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.46%) Luigi
6 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.11%) Strapi
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (4.44%) Simulink
2 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.80%) Revit
3 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.34%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.73%) Dynamics AX
2 8 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.46%) Infor LN
4 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.46%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle SCM
6 2 (0.23%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 119 (13.54%) Azure
2 31 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (2.96%) AWS
4 25 (2.84%) SaaS
5 24 (2.73%) Power Platform
6 19 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 15 (1.71%) GCP
9 13 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (1.48%) Serverless
10 12 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.14%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.02%) GitHub
13 6 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.68%) Snowflake
14 5 (0.57%) dbt
14 5 (0.57%) IaaS
14 5 (0.57%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.28%) WAN
2 19 (2.16%) Firewall
2 19 (2.16%) SD-WAN
3 18 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (1.59%) Network Security
5 10 (1.14%) VLAN
6 9 (1.02%) 3GPP
6 9 (1.02%) 5G
7 8 (0.91%) Broadband
8 7 (0.80%) LAN
8 7 (0.80%) VPN
9 6 (0.68%) TETRA
9 6 (0.68%) Wireless
10 5 (0.57%) VoIP
11 4 (0.46%) DNS
11 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.34%) DHCP
13 2 (0.23%) HTTP
13 2 (0.23%) Internet
13 2 (0.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.16%) Relational Database
3 18 (2.05%) Power BI
4 15 (1.71%) MySQL
5 14 (1.59%) Tableau
6 11 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.91%) Big Data
9 6 (0.68%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.57%) Metadata
10 5 (0.57%) Redis
10 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.46%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.34%) GIS
12 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.23%) MS Access
13 2 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 57 (6.48%) JIRA
2 27 (3.07%) Git
3 26 (2.96%) Rational DOORS
4 12 (1.37%) Bitbucket
5 8 (0.91%) Selenium
6 6 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.46%) JUnit
7 4 (0.46%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.34%) Postman
9 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.23%) Mockito
9 2 (0.23%) NUnit
9 2 (0.23%) Subversion
9 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.11%) GitLab
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 197 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 110 (12.51%) Manufacturing
3 101 (11.49%) Automotive
4 97 (11.04%) Finance
5 93 (10.58%) Telecoms
6 84 (9.56%) Legal
7 83 (9.44%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (4.66%) Retail
10 38 (4.32%) Aerospace
11 36 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
12 31 (3.53%) Games
13 18 (2.05%) Electronics
14 17 (1.93%) Marketing
15 14 (1.59%) Public Sector
16 11 (1.25%) Billing
17 10 (1.14%) Tech for Good
18 9 (1.02%) Police
19 8 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
20 7 (0.80%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.60%) .NET
2 30 (3.41%) HTML
3 23 (2.62%) React
4 19 (2.16%) ASP.NET
5 17 (1.93%) Blazor
6 15 (1.71%) ASP.NET MVC
7 14 (1.59%) CSS
8 12 (1.37%) RESTful
9 11 (1.25%) GraphQL
10 10 (1.14%) .NET Core
10 10 (1.14%) .NET Framework
10 10 (1.14%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.14%) Node.js
10 10 (1.14%) REST
11 7 (0.80%) FastAPI
12 6 (0.68%) MvvmCross
12 6 (0.68%) Next.js
13 5 (0.57%) Django
13 5 (0.57%) Laravel
13 5 (0.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.98%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.73%) Blockchain
2 24 (2.73%) Robotics
3 10 (1.14%) SCADA
3 10 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (0.91%) Cloud Native
4 8 (0.91%) Credit Risk
4 8 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (0.91%) Driving Licence
4 8 (0.91%) Product Ownership
5 7 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (0.80%) Mobile App
5 7 (0.80%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.68%) Algorithms
6 6 (0.68%) IoT
7 5 (0.57%) Animation
8 4 (0.46%) Hackathon
8 4 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.46%) NHS
8 4 (0.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.41%) Windows
2 27 (3.07%) Linux
3 14 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.02%) Android
6 3 (0.34%) Unix
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (35.27%) Systems Engineering
2 176 (20.02%) Mathematics
3 148 (16.84%) Agile
4 104 (11.83%) Physics
5 91 (10.35%) Mentoring
6 90 (10.24%) Ergonomics
6 90 (10.24%) Human Factors
7 80 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
8 71 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
9 66 (7.51%) Coaching
10 63 (7.17%) Risk Management
11 58 (6.60%) Computer Science
12 55 (6.26%) Analytics
12 55 (6.26%) Project Planning
13 54 (6.14%) CI/CD
13 54 (6.14%) Requirements Management
14 52 (5.92%) Project Management
15 45 (5.12%) Validation
16 44 (5.01%) Software Testing
17 42 (4.78%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (8.87%) SQL
2 68 (7.74%) C#
3 45 (5.12%) Python
4 39 (4.44%) MATLAB
5 34 (3.87%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.93%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.25%) Java
10 9 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.80%) C
12 6 (0.68%) PHP
13 5 (0.57%) Bash
14 4 (0.46%) HLSL
14 4 (0.46%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.46%) R
15 3 (0.34%) C++
15 3 (0.34%) Rust
15 3 (0.34%) Swift
16 2 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 407 (46.30%) BPSS Clearance
2 399 (45.39%) Degree
3 66 (7.51%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (2.50%) CISA
4 22 (2.50%) ISACA
5 21 (2.39%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.48%) Chartered Engineer
7 12 (1.37%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.37%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.14%) HND
9 8 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.91%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.80%) CCNP
10 7 (0.80%) MAPM
10 7 (0.80%) MRICS
11 6 (0.68%) CISSP
11 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.57%) ACCA
12 5 (0.57%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.35%) IEC 61508
2 33 (3.75%) Def Stans
3 30 (3.41%) QA
4 24 (2.73%) ITGC
5 14 (1.59%) ARP4754
5 14 (1.59%) DO-254
6 11 (1.25%) HAZOP
7 10 (1.14%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.14%) NCSC
8 9 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.57%) PMO
11 4 (0.46%) GAAP
11 4 (0.46%) GDPR
11 4 (0.46%) IFRS
11 4 (0.46%) NIST
12 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.23%) COBIT
System Software
1 27 (3.07%) Docker
2 21 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.80%) Firmware
6 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (1.82%) Ansible
2 14 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.37%) Functional Safety
4 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.14%) Terraform
6 4 (0.46%) Grafana
6 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.23%) Puppet
8 2 (0.23%) SCOM
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 79 (8.99%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.78%) Oracle
3 36 (4.10%) SAP
4 13 (1.48%) Cisco
5 12 (1.37%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.14%) Databricks
6 10 (1.14%) VMware
7 9 (1.02%) Meraki
8 7 (0.80%) Xamarin
9 6 (0.68%) Google
9 6 (0.68%) HP
9 6 (0.68%) Veeam
10 5 (0.57%) Acronis
10 5 (0.57%) Sage
10 5 (0.57%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.46%) Cognos
11 4 (0.46%) Commvault
11 4 (0.46%) Infor
11 4 (0.46%) Okta
11 4 (0.46%) Salesforce