Senior Jobs in Reading

Senior
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior salary in Reading is £60,000 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 5 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 339 220 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 19.84% 13.61% 13.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.95% 14.53% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 168 144 139
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,658 £52,500
25th Percentile £49,701 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £92,500 £87,500
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,618 1,514 1,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.63% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 810 1,020
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Reading

Senior
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Senior in Reading

Senior
Salary Histogram in Reading

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Reading

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

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 Reading region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 126 (37.17%) Security Cleared
2 82 (24.19%) Actionable Insight
3 79 (23.30%) SC Cleared
4 76 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (21.24%) Software Engineering
6 71 (20.94%) Agile
7 62 (18.29%) Social Skills
8 60 (17.70%) Degree
9 52 (15.34%) Microsoft
10 51 (15.04%) Azure
11 50 (14.75%) AWS
12 49 (14.45%) .NET
13 47 (13.86%) JavaScript
14 45 (13.27%) Java
14 45 (13.27%) DevOps
15 43 (12.68%) React
16 42 (12.39%) C#
16 42 (12.39%) ITIL
17 39 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
18 37 (10.91%) Oracle
19 36 (10.62%) Spring
19 36 (10.62%) Decision-Making
20 35 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
21 32 (9.44%) SQL
21 32 (9.44%) Python
22 30 (8.85%) J2EE
23 28 (8.26%) Unix
24 27 (7.96%) Finance
25 26 (7.67%) CSS
25 26 (7.67%) Cybersecurity

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 22 (6.49%) WebLogic
2 19 (5.60%) ArcGIS
2 19 (5.60%) GeoServer
3 10 (2.95%) JBoss
3 10 (2.95%) OpenStack
3 10 (2.95%) Red Hat Fuse
4 8 (2.36%) CMS
5 6 (1.77%) Confluence
5 6 (1.77%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.77%) IIS
5 6 (1.77%) Kentico
5 6 (1.77%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (1.77%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.06%) OrCAD
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.18%) Sketch
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.88%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (15.04%) Azure
2 50 (14.75%) AWS
3 11 (3.24%) SaaS
4 10 (2.95%) Amazon ECS
4 10 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
4 10 (2.95%) Serverless
5 8 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.77%) Kontent
6 6 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.77%) Miro
7 4 (1.18%) Figma
7 4 (1.18%) Firebolt
7 4 (1.18%) Heroku
7 4 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 4 (1.18%) TestFlight
8 2 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.59%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.29%) npm
9 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.06%) Ethernet
1 7 (2.06%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.77%) Firewall
2 6 (1.77%) Microwave Backhaul
2 6 (1.77%) Mobile Backhaul
3 5 (1.47%) Modbus
3 5 (1.47%) Profibus
4 3 (0.88%) Network Security
5 2 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.59%) WAN
5 2 (0.59%) Wireless
6 1 (0.29%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.29%) VoIP
6 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (7.67%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (5.60%) GIS
3 19 (5.60%) QGIS
4 11 (3.24%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.95%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.36%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.36%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (1.18%) Redis
8 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.29%) Big Data
9 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (5.90%) Git
2 16 (4.72%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.13%) JIRA
4 9 (2.65%) JUnit
4 9 (2.65%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.88%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.29%) Gradle
7 1 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 62 (18.29%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (7.96%) Finance
4 23 (6.78%) Police
5 17 (5.01%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.54%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.77%) Banking
7 6 (1.77%) Health Technology
7 6 (1.77%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.47%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.47%) Marketing
9 4 (1.18%) Back Office
9 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.18%) Tech for Good
10 3 (0.88%) Legal
10 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Retail
11 2 (0.59%) Law
11 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.45%) .NET
2 43 (12.68%) React
3 36 (10.62%) Spring
4 30 (8.85%) J2EE
5 26 (7.67%) CSS
6 24 (7.08%) Java EE
7 23 (6.78%) AngularJS
8 22 (6.49%) .NET Core
9 19 (5.60%) ASP.NET
9 19 (5.60%) Leaflet
9 19 (5.60%) OpenLayers
9 19 (5.60%) PostGIS
10 18 (5.31%) RESTful
11 16 (4.72%) Node.js
12 15 (4.42%) HTML
13 14 (4.13%) Web Services
14 12 (3.54%) REST
14 12 (3.54%) Spring Boot
15 10 (2.95%) Apache Camel
15 10 (2.95%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.31%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.95%) IoT
4 9 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.06%) e-Learning
5 7 (2.06%) FPGA
5 7 (2.06%) PCIe
6 6 (1.77%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.77%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.47%) SCADA
8 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.18%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.18%) Replication
9 2 (0.59%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.59%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.59%) NHS
9 2 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.26%) Unix
2 25 (7.37%) Linux
3 23 (6.78%) Windows
4 16 (4.72%) Windows 10
4 16 (4.72%) Windows 7
4 16 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
4 16 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (4.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (2.95%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.18%) Android
6 4 (1.18%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.18%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (24.19%) Actionable Insight
2 76 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (21.24%) Software Engineering
4 71 (20.94%) Agile
5 45 (13.27%) DevOps
6 42 (12.39%) ITIL
7 36 (10.62%) Decision-Making
8 26 (7.67%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (7.37%) Scrum
9 25 (7.37%) Web Development
10 24 (7.08%) Enterprise Architecture
11 23 (6.78%) Containerisation
11 23 (6.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 23 (6.78%) Information Management
12 22 (6.49%) Enterprise Search
12 22 (6.49%) Impact Assessments
12 22 (6.49%) Incident Management
12 22 (6.49%) Service Management
13 21 (6.19%) Change Management
14 20 (5.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 47 (13.86%) JavaScript
2 45 (13.27%) Java
3 42 (12.39%) C#
4 32 (9.44%) Python
4 32 (9.44%) SQL
5 22 (6.49%) Shell Script
6 21 (6.19%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.54%) C
8 9 (2.65%) C++
9 8 (2.36%) PL/SQL
9 8 (2.36%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.06%) Bash
10 7 (2.06%) PHP
11 6 (1.77%) Fortran
11 6 (1.77%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.47%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (1.18%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.18%) Swift
13 4 (1.18%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 126 (37.17%) Security Cleared
2 79 (23.30%) SC Cleared
3 60 (17.70%) Degree
4 21 (6.19%) HNC
5 7 (2.06%) HND
5 7 (2.06%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.77%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.77%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.77%) PhD
7 4 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.59%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.59%) CCNA
9 2 (0.59%) CCNP
9 2 (0.59%) CISSP
9 2 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.59%) NVQ Level 4
9 2 (0.59%) SANS
9 2 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.49%) SLA
2 7 (2.06%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.47%) GDPR
4 4 (1.18%) WCAG
5 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.59%) NIST
6 2 (0.59%) PMO
6 2 (0.59%) QA
7 1 (0.29%) COBIT
7 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (4.72%) Active Directory
1 16 (4.72%) Docker
1 16 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (6.49%) OpenSSO
1 22 (6.49%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (4.72%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.72%) SCCM
3 15 (4.42%) Ansible
4 3 (0.88%) Terraform
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Istio
Vendors
1 52 (15.34%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.91%) Oracle
3 22 (6.49%) Remedy
4 19 (5.60%) ESRI
5 17 (5.01%) VMware
6 10 (2.95%) WSO2
7 7 (2.06%) EMC
8 6 (1.77%) Optimizely
8 6 (1.77%) Sitecore
9 5 (1.47%) Allen-Bradley
9 5 (1.47%) Wonderware
10 4 (1.18%) Adobe
10 4 (1.18%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.88%) SAP
11 3 (0.88%) Siemens
12 2 (0.59%) Virgin Media
13 1 (0.29%) LogRhythm
13 1 (0.29%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.29%) Splunk
13 1 (0.29%) Workday