Senior Jobs in Rochester

Senior
Kent > Rochester

The median Senior salary in Rochester is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 12 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 69 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochester 42.86% 6.90% -
As % of the Job Titles category 42.86% 7.41% -
Number of salaries quoted 29 2 0
10th Percentile £48,000 £42,875 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,438 -
90th Percentile £60,000 £48,625 -
Kent median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -17.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Rochester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Rochester. 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 Rochester with a recognized job title 161 27 49
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 93.10% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 84 24 19
10th Percentile £25,550 £23,800 £31,300
25th Percentile £37,305 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £37,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -22.11% +17.28%
75th Percentile £57,500 £39,000 £51,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £48,548 £65,000
Kent median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year - -8.60% +3.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Rochester

Senior
Salary Trend in Rochester

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

Salary trend for Senior in Rochester

Senior
Salary Histogram in Rochester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Rochester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Rochester

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Rochester region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 60 (86.96%) Degree
2 57 (82.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (52.17%) Systems Engineering
4 29 (42.03%) Electronics
4 29 (42.03%) Coaching
5 26 (37.68%) Physics
6 25 (36.23%) Mathematics
6 25 (36.23%) MATLAB
6 25 (36.23%) Simulink
7 21 (30.43%) Management Information System
8 19 (27.54%) Military
8 19 (27.54%) IEC 61508
9 18 (26.09%) Agile
10 17 (24.64%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (23.19%) Rational DOORS
11 16 (23.19%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 16 (23.19%) SysML
11 16 (23.19%) Requirements Management
11 16 (23.19%) Information Assurance
11 16 (23.19%) Siemens
12 12 (17.39%) FMEA
12 12 (17.39%) Def Stans
13 7 (10.14%) Acceptance Criteria
13 7 (10.14%) DO-254
13 7 (10.14%) ARP4754
13 7 (10.14%) Use Case
13 7 (10.14%) Chartered Engineer
14 6 (8.70%) Mentor Graphics
14 6 (8.70%) Software Engineering
14 6 (8.70%) Python

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

Applications
1 25 (36.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Infor LN
1 2 (2.90%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (23.19%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (4.35%) Git
2 3 (4.35%) Subversion
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 29 (42.03%) Electronics
2 19 (27.54%) Military
3 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.25%) Finance
5 2 (2.90%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.90%) Police
6 1 (1.45%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.43%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.70%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (52.17%) Systems Engineering
2 29 (42.03%) Coaching
3 26 (37.68%) Physics
4 25 (36.23%) Mathematics
5 18 (26.09%) Agile
6 17 (24.64%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (23.19%) Information Assurance
7 16 (23.19%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 16 (23.19%) Requirements Management
7 16 (23.19%) SysML
8 12 (17.39%) FMEA
9 7 (10.14%) Acceptance Criteria
9 7 (10.14%) Use Case
10 6 (8.70%) Decision-Making
10 6 (8.70%) Hazard Analysis
10 6 (8.70%) People Management
10 6 (8.70%) Software Engineering
11 5 (7.25%) Mentoring
12 4 (5.80%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (5.80%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (36.23%) MATLAB
2 6 (8.70%) Python
3 3 (4.35%) C
4 2 (2.90%) C++
4 2 (2.90%) Java
4 2 (2.90%) Rust
5 1 (1.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 60 (86.96%) Degree
2 57 (82.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (10.14%) Chartered Engineer
4 6 (8.70%) HND
5 4 (5.80%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.35%) CISSP
7 2 (2.90%) ACCA
7 2 (2.90%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.54%) IEC 61508
2 12 (17.39%) Def Stans
3 7 (10.14%) ARP4754
3 7 (10.14%) DO-254
4 6 (8.70%) HAZOP
5 2 (2.90%) GAAP
5 2 (2.90%) IFRS
6 1 (1.45%) NIST
6 1 (1.45%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 16 (23.19%) Siemens
2 6 (8.70%) Mentor Graphics
3 2 (2.90%) Cognos
3 2 (2.90%) Infor
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle
3 2 (2.90%) SAP