Senior Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 9
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,522 427 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.00% 7.48% 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.70% 8.17% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 267 686
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 14,227 5,226 9,539
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 91.59% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,955 3,301 5,549
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,446
England median annual salary £57,591 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.71% - -8.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Senior job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

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 10 September 2026. 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 +8 912 £67,500 +12.50% 221
East Midlands +36 609 £60,000 +5.47% 146
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, 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 Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 245 (16.10%) Azure
2 179 (11.76%) Software Engineering
3 148 (9.72%) Mentoring
4 134 (8.80%) Agile
5 130 (8.54%) AWS
5 130 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 126 (8.28%) Microsoft
7 121 (7.95%) AI
8 113 (7.42%) SQL
9 105 (6.90%) Analytics
9 105 (6.90%) CI/CD
9 105 (6.90%) Degree
9 105 (6.90%) DevOps
9 105 (6.90%) Python
9 105 (6.90%) Security Cleared
10 102 (6.70%) Problem-Solving
11 89 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
12 79 (5.19%) SC Cleared
13 77 (5.06%) C#
14 75 (4.93%) Line Management
15 74 (4.86%) Decision-Making
16 68 (4.47%) Full-Stack Development
17 66 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 64 (4.20%) Roadmaps
19 59 (3.88%) Firewall
20 57 (3.75%) Coaching
20 57 (3.75%) Technical Leadership
21 54 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
22 51 (3.35%) .NET
22 51 (3.35%) Microsoft 365

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 24 (1.58%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.72%) Confluence
4 10 (0.66%) IIS
5 7 (0.46%) Apache
5 7 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.33%) CMS
6 5 (0.33%) nginx
7 4 (0.26%) WordPress
8 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.066%) Appian
10 1 (0.066%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.066%) WinCC
Applications
1 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.066%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (0.79%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.72%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.59%) SAP CO
3 9 (0.59%) SAP FI
3 9 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.066%) Dynamics SL
9 1 (0.066%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 245 (16.10%) Azure
2 130 (8.54%) AWS
3 51 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (2.76%) Power Platform
4 42 (2.76%) SaaS
5 41 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (1.91%) GCP
7 28 (1.84%) Entra ID
8 26 (1.71%) Serverless
9 20 (1.31%) Amazon S3
10 18 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (0.72%) Snowflake
14 10 (0.66%) Amazon EventBridge
14 10 (0.66%) Amazon SQS
14 10 (0.66%) Azure AI
14 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.59%) Azure Stack
15 9 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.88%) Firewall
2 32 (2.10%) VPN
3 26 (1.71%) DNS
4 18 (1.18%) BGP
5 17 (1.12%) EIGRP
5 17 (1.12%) OSPF
6 16 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
7 15 (0.99%) WAN
7 15 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (0.85%) DHCP
8 13 (0.85%) LAN
8 13 (0.85%) Wireless
9 11 (0.72%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.72%) VLAN
10 10 (0.66%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.46%) Network Security
12 5 (0.33%) Bluetooth
12 5 (0.33%) VXLAN
13 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.26%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.43%) Power BI
1 37 (2.43%) SQL Server
2 15 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.59%) Metadata
7 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
7 8 (0.53%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.53%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (0.33%) MySQL
11 4 (0.26%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.20%) DTS
12 3 (0.20%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 40 (2.63%) Git
2 22 (1.45%) JIRA
3 13 (0.85%) JUnit
4 12 (0.79%) GitLab
4 12 (0.79%) Selenium
5 10 (0.66%) Cucumber
5 10 (0.66%) Postman
5 10 (0.66%) Snyk
6 7 (0.46%) Gatling
6 7 (0.46%) Maven
6 7 (0.46%) Mockito
7 6 (0.39%) XCUITest
8 5 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.26%) JMeter
9 4 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.20%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 190 (12.48%) Finance
2 157 (10.32%) Social Skills
3 74 (4.86%) Public Sector
4 64 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 43 (2.83%) Games
8 38 (2.50%) Marketing
9 37 (2.43%) Aerospace
10 36 (2.37%) Electronics
11 33 (2.17%) Legal
11 33 (2.17%) Retail
12 32 (2.10%) Banking
13 27 (1.77%) Automotive
14 26 (1.71%) Law
15 16 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.92%) Military
17 11 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.35%) .NET
2 50 (3.29%) React
3 37 (2.43%) Node.js
4 25 (1.64%) REST
5 20 (1.31%) Playwright
5 20 (1.31%) Terraform
6 17 (1.12%) Kafka
6 17 (1.12%) RESTful
7 14 (0.92%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 13 (0.85%) .NET Core
9 12 (0.79%) Blazor
10 11 (0.72%) AngularJS
10 11 (0.72%) HTML
11 10 (0.66%) Keycloak
11 10 (0.66%) Spring
12 9 (0.59%) CSS
13 8 (0.53%) PySpark
14 7 (0.46%) XML
14 7 (0.46%) YAML
14 7 (0.46%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 51 (3.35%) Onboarding
2 45 (2.96%) SCADA
3 42 (2.76%) Robotics
4 33 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (1.91%) Product Ownership
6 28 (1.84%) Virtual Reality
7 21 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (1.31%) Operational Technology
8 20 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.12%) Data Centre
9 17 (1.12%) IoT
9 17 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 13 (0.85%) Cloud Native
10 13 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (0.72%) FPGA
13 10 (0.66%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (0.59%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.29%) Windows
2 44 (2.89%) Linux
3 29 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.59%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.46%) VMS
7 6 (0.39%) Unix
8 5 (0.33%) Solaris
8 5 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (11.76%) Software Engineering
2 148 (9.72%) Mentoring
3 134 (8.80%) Agile
4 130 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 121 (7.95%) AI
6 105 (6.90%) Analytics
6 105 (6.90%) CI/CD
6 105 (6.90%) DevOps
7 102 (6.70%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
9 75 (4.93%) Line Management
10 74 (4.86%) Decision-Making
11 68 (4.47%) Full-Stack Development
12 66 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 64 (4.20%) Roadmaps
14 57 (3.75%) Coaching
14 57 (3.75%) Technical Leadership
15 54 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 51 (3.35%) Project Delivery
17 50 (3.29%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 113 (7.42%) SQL
2 105 (6.90%) Python
3 77 (5.06%) C#
4 45 (2.96%) TypeScript
5 37 (2.43%) Java
6 34 (2.23%) JavaScript
7 28 (1.84%) C
8 27 (1.77%) PowerShell
9 23 (1.51%) C++
10 13 (0.85%) Go
11 11 (0.72%) Bash
11 11 (0.72%) Embedded C
12 10 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.26%) PHP
15 3 (0.20%) Swift
16 2 (0.13%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.13%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.13%) R
Qualifications
1 105 (6.90%) Degree
1 105 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 79 (5.19%) SC Cleared
3 40 (2.63%) NVQ Level 3
4 26 (1.71%) DV Cleared
5 25 (1.64%) City & Guilds
6 23 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (1.31%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (1.12%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.05%) CCNP
11 12 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.39%) CCNA
14 6 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
15 5 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.26%) AAT
16 4 (0.26%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (2.96%) QA
2 32 (2.10%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.58%) GDPR
4 23 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.31%) Data Quality
6 12 (0.79%) GRC
7 10 (0.66%) WCAG
8 9 (0.59%) NIST
9 7 (0.46%) SLA
10 6 (0.39%) PMO
11 5 (0.33%) IEC 61508
11 5 (0.33%) MISRA
11 5 (0.33%) MISRA C
12 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.13%) NCSC
13 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.066%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 32 (2.10%) Firmware
2 31 (2.04%) Docker
3 22 (1.45%) Active Directory
4 19 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (0.79%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.066%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.066%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.33%) Ansible
4 4 (0.26%) Grafana
5 3 (0.20%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.13%) Argo
6 2 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.13%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.066%) SCCM
7 1 (0.066%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 126 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 34 (2.23%) Cisco
3 29 (1.91%) Oracle
4 27 (1.77%) SAP
5 25 (1.64%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.51%) Google
7 22 (1.45%) Adobe
8 20 (1.31%) VMware
9 18 (1.18%) Apple
10 17 (1.12%) NEC
11 14 (0.92%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.85%) Aruba
12 13 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (0.72%) Databricks
14 10 (0.66%) HP
14 10 (0.66%) Pega
14 10 (0.66%) Tenable
15 8 (0.53%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.53%) Foundry
15 8 (0.53%) SonicWALL