Senior Jobs in Peterborough

Senior
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Senior salary in Peterborough is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 5 31
Rank change year-on-year -9 +26 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 9 34 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Peterborough 10.11% 12.88% 3.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.34% 14.85% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3 22 3
10th Percentile £62,750 - £52,850
25th Percentile £63,125 £45,000 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £46,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.95% -26.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £78,125
90th Percentile £70,750 £70,750 £83,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 87 229 151
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.75% 86.74% 84.83%
Number of salaries quoted 59 176 91
10th Percentile £39,152 £24,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.67% +17.70%
75th Percentile £62,499 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,906 £65,000 £68,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Peterborough

Senior
Salary Trend in Peterborough

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

Salary trend for Senior in Peterborough

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Peterborough region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
2 6 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (66.67%) Modbus
2 6 (66.67%) Profibus
2 6 (66.67%) RS-232
2 6 (66.67%) RS-485
2 6 (66.67%) C
2 6 (66.67%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) Firmware
2 6 (66.67%) Bluetooth
2 6 (66.67%) Wireless
2 6 (66.67%) Electronics
2 6 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 6 (66.67%) TDD
2 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) ZigBee
2 6 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
4 1 (11.11%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) PMO
4 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Bluetooth
1 6 (66.67%) Modbus
1 6 (66.67%) Profibus
1 6 (66.67%) RS-232
1 6 (66.67%) RS-485
1 6 (66.67%) Wireless
1 6 (66.67%) ZigBee
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Electronics
2 6 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 6 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 6 (66.67%) TDD
1 6 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Business Development
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C
1 6 (66.67%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft