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 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 9 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,302 1,007 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.21% 13.26% 13.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.88% 14.73% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 879 649 996
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,975 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,504 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +1.75% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,550 £81,900 £82,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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 10,958 6,838 11,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.04% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,238 4,339 7,425
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,004 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +2 838 £60,000 - 96
East Midlands -2 459 £57,500 - 57
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 234 (17.97%) Azure
2 206 (15.82%) Agile
3 203 (15.59%) Social Skills
4 179 (13.75%) Microsoft
5 172 (13.21%) SQL
6 170 (13.06%) C#
7 169 (12.98%) AWS
8 166 (12.75%) Software Engineering
9 155 (11.90%) Finance
10 149 (11.44%) .NET
11 143 (10.98%) Mentoring
12 134 (10.29%) Degree
13 124 (9.52%) JavaScript
14 118 (9.06%) Python
14 118 (9.06%) DevOps
15 102 (7.83%) Coaching
16 99 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
17 96 (7.37%) Security Cleared
18 91 (6.99%) Windows
19 90 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
20 89 (6.84%) Analytics
21 76 (5.84%) SC Cleared
21 76 (5.84%) Cybersecurity
22 73 (5.61%) Roadmaps
23 72 (5.53%) Active Directory
24 70 (5.38%) HTML
25 67 (5.15%) Project Management
26 66 (5.07%) Linux
27 63 (4.84%) Actionable Insight
28 62 (4.76%) React

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 23 (1.77%) SAS
2 20 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.92%) Confluence
5 10 (0.77%) CMS
6 9 (0.69%) WordPress
7 8 (0.61%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.61%) GeoServer
8 7 (0.54%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.54%) Tuxedo
9 6 (0.46%) IIS
9 6 (0.46%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.23%) Apache
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) ThingWorx
12 1 (0.077%) Appian
12 1 (0.077%) Drupal
12 1 (0.077%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.077%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.077%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (1.38%) MS Visio
2 16 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.23%) Simulink
3 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.69%) OrCAD
5 6 (0.46%) Sketch
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.077%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.077%) CATIA
9 1 (0.077%) Maya
9 1 (0.077%) Revit
9 1 (0.077%) Stateflow
9 1 (0.077%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 11 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.54%) Magento
3 5 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.31%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.077%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.077%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.077%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.077%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 234 (17.97%) Azure
2 169 (12.98%) AWS
3 59 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (3.53%) Entra ID
5 46 (3.53%) SaaS
6 39 (3.00%) Power Platform
7 35 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.54%) GitHub
9 19 (1.46%) OneDrive
10 16 (1.23%) Serverless
11 14 (1.08%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.00%) GCP
13 12 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (0.77%) Dropbox
14 10 (0.77%) Google Drive
15 8 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (0.61%) Azure Stack
15 8 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (4.15%) Firewall
2 52 (3.99%) WAN
3 38 (2.92%) SD-WAN
4 31 (2.38%) DNS
5 30 (2.30%) VLAN
6 26 (2.00%) Wireless
7 24 (1.84%) DHCP
7 24 (1.84%) LAN
8 20 (1.54%) Cisco Firepower
9 18 (1.38%) VPN
10 17 (1.31%) Network Security
10 17 (1.31%) SAN
10 17 (1.31%) TCP/IP
11 16 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (1.08%) VoIP
13 12 (0.92%) OSPF
14 11 (0.84%) BGP
15 10 (0.77%) WLAN
16 9 (0.69%) MPLS
17 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.53%) Power BI
3 32 (2.46%) MySQL
4 29 (2.23%) NoSQL
5 27 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (1.84%) Tableau
7 19 (1.46%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 12 (0.92%) GIS
9 12 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.77%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.61%) QGIS
12 6 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.46%) SQLite
13 5 (0.38%) Redis
14 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.31%) Big Data
14 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 45 (3.46%) Git
2 24 (1.84%) JIRA
3 16 (1.23%) GitLab
4 11 (0.84%) Postman
5 6 (0.46%) MSTest
5 6 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.38%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.23%) Selenium
9 2 (0.15%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.15%) Gatling
9 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.15%) JMeter
9 2 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.077%) Moq
10 1 (0.077%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 203 (15.59%) Social Skills
2 155 (11.90%) Finance
3 90 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (4.53%) Retail
5 57 (4.38%) Banking
6 52 (3.99%) Legal
7 39 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (2.76%) Automotive
9 33 (2.53%) Marketing
9 33 (2.53%) Public Sector
10 31 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 30 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.77%) Law
14 21 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (1.61%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.46%) Electronics
16 11 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.77%) Games
18 9 (0.69%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (11.44%) .NET
2 70 (5.38%) HTML
3 62 (4.76%) React
4 61 (4.69%) AngularJS
5 58 (4.45%) CSS
6 55 (4.22%) .NET Core
7 46 (3.53%) .NET Framework
8 45 (3.46%) Vue
9 44 (3.38%) ASP.NET
10 30 (2.30%) Entity Framework
11 24 (1.84%) REST
11 24 (1.84%) RESTful
12 20 (1.54%) Blazor
13 17 (1.31%) jQuery
13 17 (1.31%) JSON
14 16 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
14 16 (1.23%) ASP.NET MVC
15 15 (1.15%) Web Services
16 13 (1.00%) HTML5
17 12 (0.92%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (3.76%) Product Ownership
2 41 (3.15%) Data Centre
3 30 (2.30%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.07%) IoT
5 24 (1.84%) Driving Licence
5 24 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
6 20 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.00%) FMCG
7 13 (1.00%) PKI
7 13 (1.00%) Public Cloud
8 12 (0.92%) Mobile App
9 11 (0.84%) Credit Risk
9 11 (0.84%) iPad
10 10 (0.77%) Online Banking
10 10 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.69%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.61%) PMI
12 8 (0.61%) Security Posture
13 7 (0.54%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 91 (6.99%) Windows
2 66 (5.07%) Linux
3 58 (4.45%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.00%) Unix
5 12 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.38%) SUSE
7 5 (0.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.15%) VME
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.077%) CentOS
10 1 (0.077%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.077%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (15.82%) Agile
2 166 (12.75%) Software Engineering
3 143 (10.98%) Mentoring
4 118 (9.06%) DevOps
5 102 (7.83%) Coaching
6 99 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (6.84%) Analytics
8 76 (5.84%) Cybersecurity
9 73 (5.61%) Roadmaps
10 67 (5.15%) Project Management
11 63 (4.84%) Actionable Insight
12 58 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 57 (4.38%) Full Stack Development
14 56 (4.30%) Project Delivery
15 53 (4.07%) CI/CD
15 53 (4.07%) User Experience
16 52 (3.99%) ITIL
17 49 (3.76%) Unit Testing
18 46 (3.53%) Stakeholder Management
19 45 (3.46%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 172 (13.21%) SQL
2 170 (13.06%) C#
3 124 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 118 (9.06%) Python
5 59 (4.53%) C++
6 58 (4.45%) TypeScript
7 40 (3.07%) C
8 33 (2.53%) Java
9 30 (2.30%) PHP
10 25 (1.92%) PowerShell
11 17 (1.31%) T-SQL
12 16 (1.23%) MATLAB
13 13 (1.00%) R
14 9 (0.69%) COBOL
14 9 (0.69%) Micro Focus COBOL
14 9 (0.69%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.61%) Embedded C
16 7 (0.54%) Bicep
17 6 (0.46%) XAML
18 5 (0.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 134 (10.29%) Degree
2 96 (7.37%) Security Cleared
3 76 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (2.92%) DBS Check
6 36 (2.76%) CCNP
7 28 (2.15%) CCNA
8 19 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 17 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.77%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.69%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.61%) CCIE
14 6 (0.46%) CCDP
14 6 (0.46%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 6 (0.46%) CISSP
15 5 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (0.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.23%) QA
2 23 (1.77%) Accessibility
3 19 (1.46%) GDPR
4 14 (1.08%) SLA
5 10 (0.77%) GMP
5 10 (0.77%) WCAG
6 9 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.69%) MISRA
7 8 (0.61%) AUTOSAR
7 8 (0.61%) IFRS
7 8 (0.61%) IFRS 9
7 8 (0.61%) ISO 26262
7 8 (0.61%) PMO
8 7 (0.54%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.31%) MISRA C
9 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.46%) Docker
3 34 (2.61%) Firmware
3 34 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 19 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 16 (1.23%) vSphere
7 10 (0.77%) RACF
8 4 (0.31%) NFS
8 4 (0.31%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.23%) XenApp
9 3 (0.23%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (2.76%) Terraform
2 34 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.08%) Ansible
4 12 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
5 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.61%) SCCM
7 7 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.38%) CASB
8 5 (0.38%) Rancher
8 5 (0.38%) SCOM
8 5 (0.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.38%) VxRail
9 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.31%) SCOrch
9 4 (0.31%) vMotion
10 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.15%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.15%) Nagios
12 1 (0.077%) Grafana
12 1 (0.077%) WSUS
Vendors
1 179 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.30%) Cisco
2 56 (4.30%) VMware
3 36 (2.76%) Meraki
4 27 (2.07%) CheckPoint
5 26 (2.00%) Databricks
6 25 (1.92%) Google
7 21 (1.61%) Adobe
7 21 (1.61%) Apple
8 20 (1.54%) Oracle
8 20 (1.54%) SAP
9 14 (1.08%) Palo Alto
10 12 (0.92%) HP
10 12 (0.92%) Xamarin
11 11 (0.84%) Citrix
11 11 (0.84%) CyberArk
11 11 (0.84%) IBM
11 11 (0.84%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.77%) Aruba
12 10 (0.77%) Dell