Senior Job Trends in Reading

Senior
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior salary in Reading is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 2 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 58 131 143
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.95% 18.12% 13.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.82% 20.00% 14.17%
Number of salaries quoted 49 87 81
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £51,243
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,500 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 536 655 1,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 90.59% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 348 291 669
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.77% +18.18% -6.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £112,500 £82,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Senior job vacancy trend in Reading

Senior
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Reading

Senior
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Reading over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Reading

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 Reading region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.24%) Java
2 10 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.52%) CISSP
3 9 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
4 8 (13.79%) CRM
4 8 (13.79%) Kubernetes
5 7 (12.07%) Agile
5 7 (12.07%) Biometrics
5 7 (12.07%) Firewall
5 7 (12.07%) Microservices
5 7 (12.07%) Network Security
5 7 (12.07%) React
5 7 (12.07%) REST
5 7 (12.07%) Spring Boot
6 6 (10.34%) CCNA
6 6 (10.34%) CCNP
6 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (10.34%) GCIA
6 6 (10.34%) ITIL
6 6 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (10.34%) SANS
6 6 (10.34%) Security Operations

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (3.45%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.72%) Anypoint
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (8.62%) Azure
3 4 (6.90%) AWS
4 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (3.45%) Amazon S3
5 2 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (3.45%) iPaaS
5 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.45%) Serverless
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (1.72%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.72%) OCI
6 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.72%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) Firewall
1 7 (12.07%) Network Security
2 6 (10.34%) TCP/IP
3 5 (8.62%) Internet
4 1 (1.72%) BGP
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.45%) Power BI
1 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.72%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
1 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.45%) Selenium
2 1 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.72%) Subversion
General
1 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (1.72%) General Ledger
4 1 (1.72%) Health Technology
4 1 (1.72%) Legal
4 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.07%) React
1 7 (12.07%) REST
1 7 (12.07%) Spring Boot
2 3 (5.17%) Spring
3 2 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (3.45%) Kafka
3 2 (3.45%) Mustache
3 2 (3.45%) Node.js
3 2 (3.45%) Web Services
4 1 (1.72%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.72%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (8.62%) IoT
3 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.72%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.72%) CESG
5 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Android
1 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (13.79%) CRM
4 7 (12.07%) Agile
4 7 (12.07%) Biometrics
4 7 (12.07%) Microservices
5 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (10.34%) ITIL
5 6 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (10.34%) Security Operations
5 6 (10.34%) SIEM
6 5 (8.62%) CI/CD
6 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.62%) TDD
7 4 (6.90%) Coaching
7 4 (6.90%) Mentoring
8 3 (5.17%) Customer Service
8 3 (5.17%) Manual Testing
8 3 (5.17%) Performance Management
8 3 (5.17%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.24%) Java
2 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.52%) CISSP
4 6 (10.34%) CCNA
4 6 (10.34%) CCNP
4 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (10.34%) GCIA
4 6 (10.34%) SANS
5 2 (3.45%) CGEIT
5 2 (3.45%) CRISC
5 2 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.72%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.72%) CFA
6 1 (1.72%) Degree
6 1 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (5.17%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.17%) GDPR
4 2 (3.45%) GRC
4 2 (3.45%) NIST
4 2 (3.45%) QA
4 2 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.72%) Grafana
2 1 (1.72%) SCCM
2 1 (1.72%) SCOM
2 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) SAP
3 2 (3.45%) Cisco
3 2 (3.45%) Databricks
3 2 (3.45%) Oracle
3 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.72%) Dell
4 1 (1.72%) Epicor
4 1 (1.72%) IBM
4 1 (1.72%) IFS
4 1 (1.72%) Informatica
4 1 (1.72%) Jitterbit
4 1 (1.72%) Juniper
4 1 (1.72%) McAfee
4 1 (1.72%) Meraki
4 1 (1.72%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.72%) SnapLogic
4 1 (1.72%) Software AG
4 1 (1.72%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.72%) Workday