Senior Job Trends in the North of England

Senior
England > North of England

The median Senior salary in the North of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,407 998 2,461
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 12.54% 12.63% 14.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.48% 13.97% 15.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,833 619 1,824
10th Percentile £44,972 £41,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £49,236
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +3.70% +7.51% -10.31%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 17,856 7,142 16,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 90.42% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 12,197 3,761 12,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,400 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 North of England.

Senior job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the North of England

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North West +13 1,458 £65,000 +8.33% 309
Yorkshire +16 724 £65,000 +4.00% 145
North East +15 225 £65,288 +7.03% 77
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 291 (12.09%) Agile
2 277 (11.51%) AWS
3 273 (11.34%) Mentoring
4 270 (11.22%) Azure
5 224 (9.31%) CI/CD
6 218 (9.06%) Software Engineering
7 215 (8.93%) DevOps
8 189 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (7.64%) SQL
10 178 (7.40%) Microsoft
11 170 (7.06%) Coaching
12 162 (6.73%) Analytics
13 160 (6.65%) Python
14 159 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
15 150 (6.23%) Java
16 148 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
17 142 (5.90%) Full-Stack Development
18 140 (5.82%) Degree
19 135 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
20 132 (5.48%) AI
21 130 (5.40%) Decision-Making
22 115 (4.78%) .NET
23 110 (4.57%) C#
24 105 (4.36%) JavaScript
25 104 (4.32%) SaaS
26 98 (4.07%) SAP
27 88 (3.66%) Terraform
27 88 (3.66%) Windows
28 86 (3.57%) GCP
29 84 (3.49%) Power Platform

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 30 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (0.50%) IIS
4 11 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.21%) SAS
7 4 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.17%) Confluence
8 3 (0.12%) Apache
8 3 (0.12%) CMS
9 2 (0.083%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.083%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.083%) WordPress
10 1 (0.042%) Jupyter
Applications
1 24 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.42%) Abaqus
3 8 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.17%) CATIA
5 4 (0.17%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.12%) Camtasia
6 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.083%) SPSS
7 2 (0.083%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.50%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
3 10 (0.42%) Visualfiles
4 6 (0.25%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.12%) Shopify
7 2 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.083%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.083%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.042%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.042%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.042%) LongView
8 1 (0.042%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.042%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 277 (11.51%) AWS
2 270 (11.22%) Azure
3 104 (4.32%) SaaS
4 86 (3.57%) GCP
5 84 (3.49%) Power Platform
5 84 (3.49%) Serverless
6 62 (2.58%) GitHub
7 53 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (1.41%) Amazon S3
9 30 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
10 29 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
10 29 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (0.91%) Azure AKS
13 19 (0.79%) Anthropic Claude
13 19 (0.79%) Azure Service Bus
13 19 (0.79%) Entra ID
13 19 (0.79%) Snowflake
14 18 (0.75%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 45 (1.87%) Firewall
2 43 (1.79%) Wireless
3 36 (1.50%) LAN
3 36 (1.50%) WAN
4 27 (1.12%) VPN
5 26 (1.08%) DNS
6 25 (1.04%) Network Security
7 22 (0.91%) DHCP
8 20 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 19 (0.79%) VLAN
10 13 (0.54%) BGP
10 13 (0.54%) OSPF
11 12 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (0.42%) SAN
12 10 (0.42%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (0.37%) TETRA
14 8 (0.33%) EIGRP
14 8 (0.33%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.66%) Power BI
2 42 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 36 (1.50%) NoSQL
4 35 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (1.37%) MySQL
6 32 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 27 (1.12%) Tableau
8 26 (1.08%) DynamoDB
9 22 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
11 18 (0.75%) Relational Database
12 17 (0.71%) Data Lake
13 15 (0.62%) BigQuery
13 15 (0.62%) Metadata
14 13 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.42%) MariaDB
17 9 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
18 8 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 49 (2.04%) Git
2 31 (1.29%) JIRA
3 30 (1.25%) GitLab
4 29 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.62%) Claude Code
6 12 (0.50%) Snyk
7 5 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.21%) fastlane
7 5 (0.21%) PHPUnit
7 5 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.12%) Maven
9 3 (0.12%) Selenium
9 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.083%) JMeter
10 2 (0.083%) JUnit
10 2 (0.083%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.083%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.083%) Spock
General
1 243 (10.10%) Finance
2 206 (8.56%) Public Sector
3 181 (7.52%) Social Skills
4 105 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (2.99%) Retail
7 59 (2.45%) Marketing
8 56 (2.33%) Law
9 53 (2.20%) Manufacturing
10 40 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
11 35 (1.45%) Aerospace
12 30 (1.25%) Banking
13 27 (1.12%) Legal
13 27 (1.12%) Telecoms
14 20 (0.83%) Local Government
15 16 (0.66%) Electronics
15 16 (0.66%) Games
16 15 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (0.54%) Automotive
17 13 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (4.78%) .NET
2 70 (2.91%) React
3 63 (2.62%) Node.js
4 46 (1.91%) REST
5 42 (1.74%) Spring
6 40 (1.66%) Spring Boot
7 37 (1.54%) AngularJS
8 35 (1.45%) .NET Core
9 27 (1.12%) CSS
9 27 (1.12%) RESTful
10 23 (0.96%) HTML
10 23 (0.96%) Laravel
10 23 (0.96%) Middleware
11 22 (0.91%) Vue
12 21 (0.87%) ASP.NET
13 16 (0.66%) JSON
14 15 (0.62%) OAuth
14 15 (0.62%) SOAP
15 14 (0.58%) XML
16 13 (0.54%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 79 (3.28%) Cloud Native
2 68 (2.83%) Data Centre
3 50 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 29 (1.20%) Cyberattack
4 29 (1.20%) Driving Licence
5 27 (1.12%) Mobile App
6 24 (1.00%) Product Ownership
7 19 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 19 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
8 18 (0.75%) Onboarding
9 16 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (0.66%) Low-Code
10 15 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (0.50%) FMCG
12 12 (0.50%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (0.42%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 88 (3.66%) Windows
2 59 (2.45%) Windows Server
3 37 (1.54%) Linux
4 24 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.71%) Android
6 15 (0.62%) Unix
7 10 (0.42%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (12.09%) Agile
2 273 (11.34%) Mentoring
3 224 (9.31%) CI/CD
4 218 (9.06%) Software Engineering
5 215 (8.93%) DevOps
6 189 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 170 (7.06%) Coaching
8 162 (6.73%) Analytics
9 159 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
10 148 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
11 142 (5.90%) Full-Stack Development
12 132 (5.48%) AI
13 130 (5.40%) Decision-Making
14 83 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 80 (3.32%) Roadmaps
16 78 (3.24%) Infrastructure as Code
17 75 (3.12%) Business Intelligence
18 74 (3.07%) Test Automation
19 73 (3.03%) Microservices
20 68 (2.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 184 (7.64%) SQL
2 160 (6.65%) Python
3 150 (6.23%) Java
4 110 (4.57%) C#
5 105 (4.36%) JavaScript
6 75 (3.12%) TypeScript
7 53 (2.20%) PHP
8 28 (1.16%) PowerShell
9 20 (0.83%) Kotlin
10 19 (0.79%) C++
11 12 (0.50%) VBA
12 11 (0.46%) Bash
12 11 (0.46%) C
13 10 (0.42%) Swift
14 9 (0.37%) Bicep
15 8 (0.33%) Embedded C
15 8 (0.33%) R
16 6 (0.25%) Groovy
16 6 (0.25%) Ruby
17 5 (0.21%) Go
Qualifications
1 140 (5.82%) Degree
2 135 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 68 (2.83%) Security Cleared
4 61 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 40 (1.66%) DBS Check
6 32 (1.33%) ACCA
7 31 (1.29%) CIMA
8 29 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.00%) PMI Certification
10 20 (0.83%) Chartered Engineer
11 17 (0.71%) PMP
12 16 (0.66%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.46%) CCNP
14 11 (0.46%) CIPFA
14 11 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.42%) CISM
15 10 (0.42%) HNC
16 9 (0.37%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (1.87%) Data Quality
2 41 (1.70%) QA
3 19 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (0.79%) PMO
4 18 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 18 (0.75%) GDPR
5 17 (0.71%) IEC 61508
6 14 (0.58%) GRC
7 12 (0.50%) TickIT
8 11 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.33%) P3O
10 7 (0.29%) SLA
11 5 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.17%) NIST
13 3 (0.12%) IFRS
13 3 (0.12%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.12%) WCAG
14 2 (0.083%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.083%) Def Stans
System Software
1 64 (2.66%) Docker
2 47 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (1.70%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.37%) Firmware
7 8 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.33%) ProxySG
8 6 (0.25%) vSphere
9 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.042%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 88 (3.66%) Terraform
2 54 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.71%) Functional Safety
5 14 (0.58%) Argo
6 10 (0.42%) Ansible
7 7 (0.29%) SCCM
8 6 (0.25%) VxRail
8 6 (0.25%) WSUS
9 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.083%) AWS Copilot
11 2 (0.083%) Grafana
11 2 (0.083%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.083%) Istio
11 2 (0.083%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.042%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.042%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 178 (7.40%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.07%) SAP
3 51 (2.12%) VMware
4 38 (1.58%) Cisco
5 33 (1.37%) Google
6 32 (1.33%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.25%) Databricks
8 28 (1.16%) Oracle
9 24 (1.00%) Apple
9 24 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 22 (0.91%) Adobe
11 18 (0.75%) Palo Alto
11 18 (0.75%) Tenable
12 13 (0.54%) F5
13 12 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
14 11 (0.46%) CheckPoint
14 11 (0.46%) Meraki
15 10 (0.42%) Anaplan
16 9 (0.37%) Veeam
16 9 (0.37%) Verint