Senior Job Trends in Solihull

Senior
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Senior salary in Solihull is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 23 20 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Solihull 17.97% 13.70% 14.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.70% 14.93% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £65,650 £73,625
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.78% +12.17% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 123 134 132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 91.78% 98.51%
Number of salaries quoted 86 75 107
10th Percentile £40,906 £36,600 £25,750
25th Percentile £53,125 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,625 £82,000 £70,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,565
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.92% -5.59%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Solihull

Senior
Salary Trend in Solihull

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Solihull.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Solihull

Senior
Salary Histogram in Solihull

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Solihull over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Solihull

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 Solihull region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 11 (47.83%) Decision-Making
1 11 (47.83%) QA
2 10 (43.48%) Azure
3 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
4 5 (21.74%) Firewall
4 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (21.74%) LAN
4 5 (21.74%) WAN
4 5 (21.74%) Windows
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
5 4 (17.39%) .NET
5 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
5 4 (17.39%) C#
5 4 (17.39%) CheckPoint
5 4 (17.39%) Cisco
5 4 (17.39%) Citrix
5 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
5 4 (17.39%) IBM
5 4 (17.39%) ITIL
5 4 (17.39%) Meraki
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (17.39%) MPLS
5 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
5 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
5 4 (17.39%) SonicWALL
5 4 (17.39%) Storage Management
5 4 (17.39%) Veeam

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
3 3 (13.04%) Serverless
4 2 (8.70%) SaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Asana
5 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.35%) GitHub
5 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
1 5 (21.74%) LAN
1 5 (21.74%) WAN
2 4 (17.39%) MPLS
2 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Cypress.io
1 1 (4.35%) Selenium
General
1 10 (43.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 10 (43.48%) Law
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Billing
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.35%) Ajax
2 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
2 1 (4.35%) HTML
2 1 (4.35%) jQuery
2 1 (4.35%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (4.35%) Playwright
2 1 (4.35%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (4.35%) WCF
2 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
1 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Decision-Making
2 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (17.39%) ITIL
3 4 (17.39%) Storage Management
4 3 (13.04%) Agile
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (13.04%) Analytics
4 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
4 3 (13.04%) CRM
4 3 (13.04%) DevOps
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) AI
5 2 (8.70%) Architectural Design
5 2 (8.70%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (8.70%) Case Management
5 2 (8.70%) Data Analytics
5 2 (8.70%) IT Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C#
1 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.35%) PMP
4 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
1 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (17.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) CheckPoint
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 4 (17.39%) Citrix
2 4 (17.39%) IBM
2 4 (17.39%) Meraki
2 4 (17.39%) SonicWALL
2 4 (17.39%) Veeam
2 4 (17.39%) VMware