Senior Jobs in the North East

Senior
England > North East

The median Senior salary in the North East is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 283 127 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 15.51% 9.95% 8.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.21% 12.45% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 214 84 88
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,150 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,688 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £55,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +11.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,968 £67,813 £61,938
90th Percentile £73,250 £77,625 £67,875
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 1,746 1,020 1,404
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.67% 79.87% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,409 610 1,002
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,920 £37,063 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,650 £73,853 £71,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North East

Senior
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Senior in the North East

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the North East

Senior
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Tyne and Wear +12 235 £60,000 - 42
Durham +7 38 £55,000 +2.33% 9
Northumberland +3 9 £55,000 +46.85% 3
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 North East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 90 (31.80%) Mentoring
2 83 (29.33%) Coaching
3 63 (22.26%) Agile
4 62 (21.91%) Public Sector
5 55 (19.43%) Microsoft
6 53 (18.73%) Software Engineering
7 52 (18.37%) SQL
8 49 (17.31%) Azure
9 45 (15.90%) Social Skills
10 40 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (14.13%) Finance
11 39 (13.78%) AWS
12 34 (12.01%) ITIL
13 30 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
13 30 (10.60%) Windows
13 30 (10.60%) Degree
14 27 (9.54%) Project Management
15 26 (9.19%) Legal
16 25 (8.83%) Java
16 25 (8.83%) MySQL
16 25 (8.83%) Roadmaps
17 22 (7.77%) RESTful
18 21 (7.42%) Public Cloud
18 21 (7.42%) Design Patterns
18 21 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 20 (7.07%) Microservices
19 20 (7.07%) Terraform
19 20 (7.07%) .NET
19 20 (7.07%) Linux
20 19 (6.71%) Oracle

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 12 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.47%) Tuxedo
4 6 (2.12%) SAS
5 2 (0.71%) Confluence
5 2 (0.71%) WordPress
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.47%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (17.31%) Azure
2 39 (13.78%) AWS
3 17 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (5.65%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.89%) Serverless
6 10 (3.53%) PowerApps
6 10 (3.53%) SaaS
7 7 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.47%) GitHub
7 7 (2.47%) IaaS
8 6 (2.12%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.77%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (1.77%) Dropbox
9 5 (1.77%) Google Drive
9 5 (1.77%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.41%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.06%) AWS KMS
11 3 (1.06%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.18%) DNS
2 8 (2.83%) Network Security
3 6 (2.12%) DHCP
3 6 (2.12%) VLAN
4 4 (1.41%) SAN
5 3 (1.06%) Firewall
5 3 (1.06%) Internet
5 3 (1.06%) IPv4
5 3 (1.06%) VoIP
6 2 (0.71%) HTTP
6 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.71%) SSL
6 2 (0.71%) WAN
7 1 (0.35%) LAN
7 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.35%) Skype
7 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.83%) MySQL
2 19 (6.71%) NoSQL
3 18 (6.36%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.89%) MongoDB
5 11 (3.89%) Power BI
6 8 (2.83%) Redis
7 5 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.35%) Power Query
11 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.18%) Git
2 8 (2.83%) JIRA
3 7 (2.47%) GitLab
3 7 (2.47%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.77%) Artifactory
4 5 (1.77%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.35%) JUnit
6 1 (0.35%) Mockito
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 62 (21.91%) Public Sector
2 45 (15.90%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.13%) Finance
4 30 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.19%) Legal
6 15 (5.30%) Banking
7 11 (3.89%) Games
8 10 (3.53%) Automotive
9 9 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.83%) Publishing
10 8 (2.83%) Retail
11 7 (2.47%) Police
12 6 (2.12%) Electronics
12 6 (2.12%) Law
12 6 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.77%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.06%) Marketing
14 3 (1.06%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.77%) RESTful
2 20 (7.07%) .NET
3 12 (4.24%) ASP.NET
3 12 (4.24%) Vue
4 11 (3.89%) .NET Core
5 9 (3.18%) HTML
6 8 (2.83%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (2.47%) Node.js
7 7 (2.47%) Spring
8 6 (2.12%) CSS
8 6 (2.12%) JSON
8 6 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.77%) EDI
9 5 (1.77%) OSGi
10 4 (1.41%) Sass
11 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.06%) Yocto
12 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
12 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET Web API
12 2 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.42%) Public Cloud
2 12 (4.24%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.18%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.47%) Client/Server
5 7 (2.47%) iPad
5 7 (2.47%) Online Games
6 6 (2.12%) Credit Risk
6 6 (2.12%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.77%) PMI
8 4 (1.41%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.41%) EPoS
8 4 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.06%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.60%) Windows
2 20 (7.07%) Linux
3 8 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.12%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (1.41%) Unix
6 3 (1.06%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.71%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.80%) Mentoring
2 83 (29.33%) Coaching
3 63 (22.26%) Agile
4 53 (18.73%) Software Engineering
5 40 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (12.01%) ITIL
7 27 (9.54%) Project Management
8 25 (8.83%) Roadmaps
9 21 (7.42%) Design Patterns
9 21 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 20 (7.07%) Microservices
11 18 (6.36%) Line Management
11 18 (6.36%) Product Roadmap
11 18 (6.36%) Risk Management
11 18 (6.36%) Test Automation
12 17 (6.01%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (5.65%) Computer Science
13 16 (5.65%) DevOps
14 15 (5.30%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (5.30%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.37%) SQL
2 25 (8.83%) Java
3 19 (6.71%) C#
4 18 (6.36%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.95%) C
6 12 (4.24%) COBOL
6 12 (4.24%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 11 (3.89%) C++
8 10 (3.53%) Python
9 9 (3.18%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.47%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.41%) PHP
11 4 (1.41%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.71%) Bash
13 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (10.60%) Degree
2 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.18%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.83%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.77%) APMP
5 5 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.41%) CCNA
6 4 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.41%) JNCIA
7 3 (1.06%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.06%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.06%) MCITP
7 3 (1.06%) MCP
7 3 (1.06%) MCSA
7 3 (1.06%) MCSE
7 3 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.71%) Accessibility
2 16 (5.65%) GDPR
3 11 (3.89%) WCAG
4 10 (3.53%) SLA
5 8 (2.83%) QA
6 4 (1.41%) IFRS
6 4 (1.41%) IFRS 9
7 3 (1.06%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.06%) NCSC
7 3 (1.06%) NIST
8 2 (0.71%) GLP
8 2 (0.71%) GMP
8 2 (0.71%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.53%) Firmware
3 9 (3.18%) Docker
4 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.06%) IAG
5 3 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (7.07%) Terraform
2 9 (3.18%) Ansible
3 4 (1.41%) Cacti
4 3 (1.06%) CA Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.06%) Grafana
4 3 (1.06%) Kibana
4 3 (1.06%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.71%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.71%) logstash
5 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.71%) SCOM
6 1 (0.35%) Istio
Vendors
1 55 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.71%) Oracle
3 12 (4.24%) Micro Focus
3 12 (4.24%) VMware
4 9 (3.18%) Cisco
4 9 (3.18%) Google
5 7 (2.47%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.12%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.12%) Sophos
7 5 (1.77%) Automation Anywhere
7 5 (1.77%) iManage
7 5 (1.77%) Juniper
7 5 (1.77%) Splunk
8 4 (1.41%) BMC
8 4 (1.41%) Dell
8 4 (1.41%) HP
8 4 (1.41%) IBM
9 3 (1.06%) CA
9 3 (1.06%) Draytek
9 3 (1.06%) SonicWALL