Senior Jobs in Northampton

Senior
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Senior salary in Northampton is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 95 45 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 20.00% 9.59% 20.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.65% 9.76% 23.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8 35 30
10th Percentile £42,375 £34,750 £35,001
25th Percentile £46,875 £40,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £62,813 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 460 461 259
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 98.29% 86.62%
Number of salaries quoted 176 384 173
10th Percentile £27,188 £24,840 £25,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £78,700
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.21% -27.27% +10.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Northampton

Senior
Salary Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Northampton.

Salary trend for Senior in Northampton

Senior
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Northampton over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Northampton

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Northampton region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 73 (76.84%) BPSS Clearance
2 66 (69.47%) Degree
3 49 (51.58%) Systems Engineering
4 27 (28.42%) Mathematics
5 19 (20.00%) IEC 61508
6 17 (17.89%) Physics
7 13 (13.68%) Social Skills
8 12 (12.63%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (12.63%) FMEA
8 12 (12.63%) Def Stans
8 12 (12.63%) Legal
9 10 (10.53%) Manufacturing
9 10 (10.53%) Automotive
9 10 (10.53%) Ergonomics
9 10 (10.53%) Human Factors
9 10 (10.53%) Hazard Analysis
10 9 (9.47%) Numerate Degree
11 8 (8.42%) Coaching
12 7 (7.37%) DO-254
12 7 (7.37%) ARP4754
12 7 (7.37%) Use Case
12 7 (7.37%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (7.37%) Agile
12 7 (7.37%) Acceptance Criteria
12 7 (7.37%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (6.32%) Functional Safety
13 6 (6.32%) HAZOP
13 6 (6.32%) Decision-Making
13 6 (6.32%) Finance
13 6 (6.32%) Management Information System

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 1 (1.05%) CMS
1 1 (1.05%) Confluence
1 1 (1.05%) Headless CMS
1 1 (1.05%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Simulink
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Infor LN
1 2 (2.11%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.11%) Azure
2 1 (1.05%) AWS
2 1 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.05%) Contentful
2 1 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.05%) IaaS
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.05%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) MySQL
1 2 (2.11%) Tableau
2 1 (1.05%) Power BI
2 1 (1.05%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (6.32%) JIRA
2 4 (4.21%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.05%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.05%) Git
General
1 13 (13.68%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.63%) Documentation Skills
2 12 (12.63%) Legal
3 10 (10.53%) Automotive
3 10 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 6 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.32%) Electronics
4 6 (6.32%) Finance
4 6 (6.32%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.21%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.11%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) CSS
1 2 (2.11%) HTML
2 1 (1.05%) .NET
2 1 (1.05%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.05%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.05%) jQuery
2 1 (1.05%) Laravel
2 1 (1.05%) Next.js
2 1 (1.05%) Node.js
2 1 (1.05%) React
2 1 (1.05%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.11%) Optoelectronics
3 1 (1.05%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Linux
1 1 (1.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (51.58%) Systems Engineering
2 27 (28.42%) Mathematics
3 17 (17.89%) Physics
4 12 (12.63%) FMEA
5 10 (10.53%) Ergonomics
5 10 (10.53%) Hazard Analysis
5 10 (10.53%) Human Factors
6 8 (8.42%) Coaching
7 7 (7.37%) Acceptance Criteria
7 7 (7.37%) Agile
7 7 (7.37%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (7.37%) Use Case
8 6 (6.32%) Computer Science
8 6 (6.32%) Decision-Making
8 6 (6.32%) Project Planning
8 6 (6.32%) Requirements Management
9 5 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (5.26%) Risk Management
9 5 (5.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) MATLAB
2 2 (2.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.11%) Python
3 1 (1.05%) C#
3 1 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.05%) Java
3 1 (1.05%) PHP
3 1 (1.05%) R
3 1 (1.05%) Rust
3 1 (1.05%) SQL
3 1 (1.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (76.84%) BPSS Clearance
2 66 (69.47%) Degree
3 9 (9.47%) Numerate Degree
4 7 (7.37%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (4.21%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.16%) CISSP
7 2 (2.11%) ACCA
7 2 (2.11%) CIMA
7 2 (2.11%) HNC
7 2 (2.11%) HND
8 1 (1.05%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.05%) CCNA
8 1 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.00%) IEC 61508
2 12 (12.63%) Def Stans
3 7 (7.37%) ARP4754
3 7 (7.37%) DO-254
4 6 (6.32%) HAZOP
5 2 (2.11%) GAAP
5 2 (2.11%) IFRS
6 1 (1.05%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.05%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.11%) Cognos
2 2 (2.11%) Infor
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle
2 2 (2.11%) SAP
3 1 (1.05%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.05%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (1.05%) Datto
3 1 (1.05%) Veeam