Senior Jobs in the North of England

Senior
England > North of England

The median Senior salary in the North of England is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,406 2,575 2,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.02% 14.74% 15.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.90% 15.53% 17.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,391 1,813 1,186
10th Percentile £7,000 £40,000 £42,759
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,236 £51,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% -10.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,508 16,576 15,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 94.91% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,880 12,833 8,151
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Senior 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 10 May 2025.

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 10 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
North West +3 1,987 £50,055 -16.58% 706
Yorkshire -5 357 £61,206 +5.59% 345
North East -16 62 £61,000 +5.24% 118
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 1,365 (56.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 1,189 (49.42%) Degree
3 705 (29.30%) Systems Engineering
4 539 (22.40%) Agile
5 483 (20.07%) HND
6 383 (15.92%) Aerospace
7 375 (15.59%) Coaching
8 365 (15.17%) Mentoring
9 358 (14.88%) Software Engineering
10 357 (14.84%) Azure
11 334 (13.88%) Social Skills
12 327 (13.59%) AWS
13 300 (12.47%) JavaScript
14 298 (12.39%) Python
15 294 (12.22%) HNC
16 289 (12.01%) Mathematics
17 271 (11.26%) .NET
17 271 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
18 270 (11.22%) Java
19 253 (10.52%) Change Management
20 246 (10.22%) GCP
21 231 (9.60%) User Experience
22 228 (9.48%) Microservices
23 225 (9.35%) Linux
24 224 (9.31%) Manufacturing
25 223 (9.27%) Physics
26 222 (9.23%) Scrum
27 218 (9.06%) Chartered Engineer
28 215 (8.94%) Microsoft
29 213 (8.85%) Customer Requirements

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 46 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.66%) Confluence
3 15 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.54%) Apache
5 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.33%) IIS
7 7 (0.29%) SAS
8 3 (0.12%) CICS
8 3 (0.12%) CMS
8 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.083%) nginx
10 1 (0.042%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.042%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.042%) Mule
10 1 (0.042%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.042%) Strapi
10 1 (0.042%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.042%) WebLogic
Applications
1 158 (6.57%) Mathcad
2 142 (5.90%) Abaqus
3 85 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (2.08%) Simulink
5 48 (2.00%) SOLIDWORKS
6 26 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
7 22 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 12 (0.50%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.25%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.17%) Revit
11 2 (0.083%) Sketch
12 1 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.042%) InDesign
12 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (2.95%) Teamcenter
2 11 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 10 (0.42%) Magento
4 9 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.25%) Infor LN
5 6 (0.25%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.083%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.083%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.042%) iTrent
8 1 (0.042%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.042%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 357 (14.84%) Azure
2 327 (13.59%) AWS
3 246 (10.22%) GCP
4 47 (1.95%) Power Platform
5 42 (1.75%) Serverless
6 29 (1.21%) SaaS
7 28 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
7 28 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (1.04%) GitHub
10 16 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (0.54%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (0.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (0.50%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.42%) Azure Machine Learning
14 10 (0.42%) PaaS
15 9 (0.37%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 8 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.08%) Firewall
2 25 (1.04%) TCP/IP
3 24 (1.00%) DNS
3 24 (1.00%) LAN
4 21 (0.87%) Wireless
5 19 (0.79%) VoIP
6 18 (0.75%) DHCP
7 17 (0.71%) WAN
8 15 (0.62%) Internet
9 13 (0.54%) VPN
10 10 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.29%) TETRA
12 6 (0.25%) HTTP
12 6 (0.25%) SAN
13 5 (0.21%) Bluetooth
13 5 (0.21%) Software-Defined Radio
14 4 (0.17%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.12%) VLAN
16 2 (0.083%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 49 (2.04%) MySQL
3 36 (1.50%) Power BI
4 29 (1.21%) NoSQL
5 24 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (0.91%) Data Lake
7 20 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (0.46%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.42%) Cloud Spanner
13 9 (0.37%) Big Data
13 9 (0.37%) RDBMS
13 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.29%) Redis
15 7 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 109 (4.53%) LabVIEW
2 96 (3.99%) JIRA
3 56 (2.33%) Git
4 35 (1.45%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 15 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 15 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
7 11 (0.46%) eggPlant
8 10 (0.42%) Selenium
8 10 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.33%) JUnit
9 8 (0.33%) SonarQube
9 8 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.29%) GitLab
10 7 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.25%) Maven
12 5 (0.21%) NUnit
12 5 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.17%) IBM UrbanCode
13 4 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 383 (15.92%) Aerospace
2 334 (13.88%) Social Skills
3 271 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 224 (9.31%) Manufacturing
5 212 (8.81%) Avionics
6 207 (8.60%) Finance
7 206 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 149 (6.19%) Aeronautics
9 124 (5.15%) Automotive
10 86 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
11 59 (2.45%) Banking
12 53 (2.20%) Retail
13 50 (2.08%) Electronics
14 33 (1.37%) Public Sector
15 32 (1.33%) Agriculture
16 31 (1.29%) Games
17 29 (1.21%) Telecoms
18 25 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
18 25 (1.04%) Law
19 23 (0.96%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (11.26%) .NET
2 210 (8.73%) Node.js
3 103 (4.28%) React
4 52 (2.16%) CSS
5 49 (2.04%) HTML
6 48 (2.00%) AngularJS
7 40 (1.66%) .NET Core
8 39 (1.62%) RESTful
9 30 (1.25%) Vue
10 29 (1.21%) REST
11 27 (1.12%) .NET Framework
11 27 (1.12%) Spring Boot
12 21 (0.87%) Laravel
13 19 (0.79%) Kafka
14 18 (0.75%) Spring
15 17 (0.71%) Web Services
15 17 (0.71%) XML
16 15 (0.62%) ASP.NET
17 13 (0.54%) ASP.NET Web API
17 13 (0.54%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 181 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
2 175 (7.27%) Cyberattack
3 172 (7.15%) Linux Command Line
4 114 (4.74%) Management Information System
5 45 (1.87%) SCADA
6 29 (1.21%) Driving Licence
7 27 (1.12%) Public Cloud
8 21 (0.87%) Cloud Native
8 21 (0.87%) Product Ownership
9 18 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (0.75%) Mobile App
10 17 (0.71%) Onboarding
11 16 (0.67%) Algorithms
12 13 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.46%) Distributed Architecture
14 10 (0.42%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.37%) Embedded Systems
16 8 (0.33%) PMI
16 8 (0.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 225 (9.35%) Linux
2 46 (1.91%) Windows
3 18 (0.75%) Unix
3 18 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.50%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.37%) Android
5 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.37%) zOS
6 8 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.21%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.17%) Solaris
8 4 (0.17%) Windows Vista
9 3 (0.12%) CentOS
9 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.083%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.083%) VMS
11 1 (0.042%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 705 (29.30%) Systems Engineering
2 539 (22.40%) Agile
3 375 (15.59%) Coaching
4 365 (15.17%) Mentoring
5 358 (14.88%) Software Engineering
6 289 (12.01%) Mathematics
7 253 (10.52%) Change Management
8 231 (9.60%) User Experience
9 228 (9.48%) Microservices
10 223 (9.27%) Physics
11 222 (9.23%) Scrum
12 213 (8.85%) Customer Requirements
13 206 (8.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 200 (8.31%) Machine Learning
15 197 (8.19%) Cloud Security
15 197 (8.19%) Data Engineering
16 192 (7.98%) Business Case
17 183 (7.61%) Requirements Management
18 177 (7.36%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 169 (7.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 300 (12.47%) JavaScript
2 298 (12.39%) Python
3 270 (11.22%) Java
4 188 (7.81%) Go
5 187 (7.77%) C++
6 181 (7.52%) Rust
7 116 (4.82%) C#
8 109 (4.53%) MATLAB
9 96 (3.99%) SQL
10 78 (3.24%) TypeScript
11 48 (2.00%) PHP
12 27 (1.12%) C
13 20 (0.83%) VB
14 15 (0.62%) Ada
15 13 (0.54%) R
16 12 (0.50%) Scala
17 10 (0.42%) PowerShell
18 9 (0.37%) T-SQL
19 8 (0.33%) Bash
19 8 (0.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,365 (56.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 1,189 (49.42%) Degree
3 483 (20.07%) HND
4 294 (12.22%) HNC
5 218 (9.06%) Chartered Engineer
6 208 (8.65%) Security Cleared
7 178 (7.40%) AWS Certification
8 177 (7.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 173 (7.19%) DV Cleared
10 172 (7.15%) AWS Certified Developer
11 169 (7.02%) Master's Degree
12 69 (2.87%) Numerate Degree
13 24 (1.00%) PMP
14 22 (0.91%) SC Cleared
15 20 (0.83%) ACCA
15 20 (0.83%) CIMA
16 17 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (0.62%) Azure Certification
17 15 (0.62%) DBS Check
18 14 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (4.57%) ISO 9001
2 108 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 89 (3.70%) IEC 61508
4 52 (2.16%) Def Stans
5 41 (1.70%) QA
6 37 (1.54%) ARP4754
6 37 (1.54%) DO-254
7 23 (0.96%) Data Quality
8 17 (0.71%) HAZOP
9 15 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (0.62%) NEBOSH
10 13 (0.54%) NIST
11 12 (0.50%) Accessibility
12 11 (0.46%) GDPR
13 10 (0.42%) PMO
14 9 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.29%) SLA
17 6 (0.25%) GAAP
17 6 (0.25%) IFRS
System Software
1 79 (3.28%) Docker
2 33 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.29%) vSphere
6 4 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.17%) Firmware
6 4 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.083%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.042%) NFS
9 1 (0.042%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 53 (2.20%) Terraform
3 26 (1.08%) Ansible
4 17 (0.71%) Functional Safety
5 16 (0.67%) SCCM
6 8 (0.33%) Istio
7 6 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.21%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.17%) Grafana
9 4 (0.17%) SCOM
9 4 (0.17%) SCOrch
10 3 (0.12%) Argo
10 3 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.083%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.083%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.083%) MAINVIEW
11 2 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.042%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 215 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 51 (2.12%) ANSYS
3 50 (2.08%) MathWorks
4 36 (1.50%) Siemens
5 35 (1.45%) Google
6 31 (1.29%) VMware
7 25 (1.04%) Oracle
8 22 (0.91%) Atlassian
9 20 (0.83%) Cisco
10 18 (0.75%) IBM
10 18 (0.75%) SAP
11 17 (0.71%) Adobe
12 13 (0.54%) Databricks
12 13 (0.54%) New Relic
13 11 (0.46%) Keysight
13 11 (0.46%) ServiceNow
14 10 (0.42%) Apple
15 9 (0.37%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.37%) Ping Identity
16 7 (0.29%) Veeam