Senior Jobs in the South East

Senior
England > South East

The median Senior salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 8 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,093 1,653 3,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.87% 14.26% 14.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.71% 15.60% 14.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 1,128 1,866
10th Percentile £43,080 £47,500 £47,025
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the South East

Senior
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +3 995 £60,750 -13.21% 89
Berkshire +4 509 £67,500 -3.57% 38
Hampshire -1 433 £60,000 -11.11% 52
Surrey 0 326 £60,000 -7.69% 17
Oxfordshire +3 262 £59,500 -15.00% 28
Buckinghamshire +5 225 £55,000 -12.00% 23
Kent +1 157 £60,000 +4.35% 15
East Sussex -3 69 £55,000 -15.38% 10
West Sussex -3 51 £57,500 -14.81% 12
Middlesex +12 42 £77,500 - 2
Sussex - 21 £50,000 -
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 South East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 481 (22.98%) Agile
2 447 (21.36%) Social Skills
3 395 (18.87%) Microsoft
4 392 (18.73%) Finance
5 377 (18.01%) Software Engineering
6 352 (16.82%) Degree
7 304 (14.52%) Azure
8 298 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
9 269 (12.85%) Security Cleared
10 266 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
11 261 (12.47%) C#
12 233 (11.13%) .NET
13 219 (10.46%) Mentoring
14 215 (10.27%) JavaScript
15 205 (9.79%) Python
16 200 (9.56%) SQL
17 198 (9.46%) Decision-Making
18 184 (8.79%) Actionable Insight
19 172 (8.22%) Linux
20 167 (7.98%) DevOps
21 165 (7.88%) Microsoft Excel
22 162 (7.74%) SC Cleared
22 162 (7.74%) Git
23 159 (7.60%) AWS
24 147 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
25 146 (6.98%) Broadband
26 145 (6.93%) Computer Science
27 142 (6.78%) React
28 140 (6.69%) Windows
29 131 (6.26%) Artificial Intelligence

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (1.43%) CMS
2 20 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.76%) Headless CMS
3 16 (0.76%) IIS
3 16 (0.76%) Kentico
4 15 (0.72%) Sitecore CMS
5 14 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.67%) Umbraco
6 12 (0.57%) WebLogic
7 9 (0.43%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.43%) Confluence
7 9 (0.43%) GeoServer
8 8 (0.38%) nginx
9 6 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.24%) WordPress
11 4 (0.19%) Apache
12 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.096%) JBoss
13 2 (0.096%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.096%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 165 (7.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 17 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (0.62%) Simulink
5 12 (0.57%) OrCAD
6 9 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.43%) Stateflow
7 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.33%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.24%) Windchill
10 4 (0.19%) Sketch
11 3 (0.14%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.048%) 3ds Max
13 1 (0.048%) InDesign
13 1 (0.048%) Mathematica
13 1 (0.048%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 36 (1.72%) Siebel CRM
2 12 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.33%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.096%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.096%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.096%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.048%) Primavera
8 1 (0.048%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 304 (14.52%) Azure
2 159 (7.60%) AWS
3 74 (3.54%) SaaS
4 68 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (3.01%) Entra ID
6 55 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.77%) Power Platform
8 33 (1.58%) OneDrive
9 27 (1.29%) GCP
10 22 (1.05%) Dropbox
11 20 (0.96%) Google Drive
12 17 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (0.72%) IaaS
14 14 (0.67%) Kontent
14 14 (0.67%) Serverless
15 12 (0.57%) GitHub
16 11 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (0.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 10 (0.48%) Nutanix
17 10 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 146 (6.98%) Broadband
2 98 (4.68%) Firewall
3 47 (2.25%) 5G
3 47 (2.25%) WAN
4 39 (1.86%) Wireless
5 38 (1.82%) Network Security
6 33 (1.58%) VPN
7 26 (1.24%) DNS
8 25 (1.19%) LAN
8 25 (1.19%) SD-WAN
9 17 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
9 17 (0.81%) MPLS
10 16 (0.76%) TCP/IP
11 15 (0.72%) BGP
12 14 (0.67%) DHCP
12 14 (0.67%) OSPF
13 13 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
13 13 (0.62%) SAN
14 12 (0.57%) Modbus
14 12 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 58 (2.77%) MySQL
3 42 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (1.72%) Oracle BI EE
5 36 (1.72%) Siebel EIM
6 29 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 29 (1.39%) Power BI
7 23 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (0.91%) Relational Database
8 19 (0.91%) Tableau
9 17 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (0.81%) Big Data
10 15 (0.72%) OLTP
10 15 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.57%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (0.48%) Data Mining
13 10 (0.48%) GIS
Development Applications
1 162 (7.74%) Git
2 49 (2.34%) Selenium
3 47 (2.25%) JIRA
4 42 (2.01%) Visual Studio
5 23 (1.10%) Jenkins
6 20 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
7 19 (0.91%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.72%) NUnit
9 14 (0.67%) JUnit
10 12 (0.57%) GitLab
11 11 (0.53%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.48%) PHPUnit
12 10 (0.48%) Subversion
13 9 (0.43%) MSBuild
14 8 (0.38%) Jasmine
14 8 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (0.33%) Android Studio
15 7 (0.33%) CMake
16 6 (0.29%) Artifactory
16 6 (0.29%) Maven
General
1 447 (21.36%) Social Skills
2 392 (18.73%) Finance
3 266 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (5.64%) Influencing Skills
5 95 (4.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (3.44%) Aerospace
7 68 (3.25%) Manufacturing
8 59 (2.82%) Marketing
9 52 (2.48%) Retail
10 49 (2.34%) Automotive
11 48 (2.29%) Legal
12 46 (2.20%) Public Sector
13 45 (2.15%) Electronics
14 36 (1.72%) Military
15 31 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.48%) Telecoms
16 25 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (1.15%) Law
18 21 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
19 20 (0.96%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (11.13%) .NET
2 142 (6.78%) React
3 127 (6.07%) HTML
4 124 (5.92%) CSS
5 99 (4.73%) ASP.NET
6 77 (3.68%) .NET Core
7 65 (3.11%) .NET Framework
8 51 (2.44%) RESTful
9 46 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 46 (2.20%) REST
10 42 (2.01%) Web Services
11 38 (1.82%) Spring
12 37 (1.77%) HTML5
13 36 (1.72%) ASP.NET Web API
14 34 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
15 33 (1.58%) Kafka
16 30 (1.43%) LAMP
17 29 (1.39%) Laravel
17 29 (1.39%) XML
18 28 (1.34%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 86 (4.11%) Algorithms
2 69 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
3 55 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (2.48%) Data Centre
5 48 (2.29%) Management Information System
5 48 (2.29%) Social Media
6 38 (1.82%) IoT
7 37 (1.77%) Driving Licence
8 36 (1.72%) Product Ownership
9 33 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
10 32 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
11 26 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
11 26 (1.24%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.05%) Onboarding
13 20 (0.96%) iPad
14 18 (0.86%) Cybercrime
15 15 (0.72%) e-Learning
15 15 (0.72%) FPGA
15 15 (0.72%) Life Science
16 14 (0.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 172 (8.22%) Linux
2 140 (6.69%) Windows
3 44 (2.10%) Ubuntu
4 38 (1.82%) Unix
5 34 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 30 (1.43%) Embedded Linux
7 27 (1.29%) Android
8 25 (1.19%) Windows 10
9 21 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.67%) Windows 7
11 14 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.48%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.33%) CentOS
14 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
14 6 (0.29%) VMS
15 5 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
15 5 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.14%) Rocky
17 1 (0.048%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (22.98%) Agile
2 377 (18.01%) Software Engineering
3 298 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (10.46%) Mentoring
5 198 (9.46%) Decision-Making
6 184 (8.79%) Actionable Insight
7 167 (7.98%) DevOps
8 147 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
9 145 (6.93%) Computer Science
10 131 (6.26%) Artificial Intelligence
11 123 (5.88%) Business Case
12 120 (5.73%) Project Management
13 114 (5.45%) Full Stack Development
14 110 (5.26%) CRM
15 105 (5.02%) Budgeting
16 104 (4.97%) CI/CD
16 104 (4.97%) Mathematics
17 103 (4.92%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 97 (4.63%) TDD
19 91 (4.35%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 261 (12.47%) C#
2 215 (10.27%) JavaScript
3 205 (9.79%) Python
4 200 (9.56%) SQL
5 123 (5.88%) C++
6 110 (5.26%) Java
7 100 (4.78%) C
7 100 (4.78%) TypeScript
8 95 (4.54%) PHP
9 81 (3.87%) Bash
10 39 (1.86%) PowerShell
11 32 (1.53%) Go
12 27 (1.29%) MATLAB
13 23 (1.10%) PL/SQL
14 22 (1.05%) Fortran
15 19 (0.91%) T-SQL
16 18 (0.86%) R
17 14 (0.67%) Perl
17 14 (0.67%) Shell Script
18 13 (0.62%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 352 (16.82%) Degree
2 269 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 162 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 102 (4.87%) ACCA
4 102 (4.87%) CIMA
5 66 (3.15%) Master's Degree
6 54 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
8 43 (2.05%) PhD
9 38 (1.82%) CCNP
10 28 (1.34%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.05%) CCNA
11 22 (1.05%) HNC
12 19 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 19 (0.91%) DV Cleared
13 18 (0.86%) AWS Certification
14 16 (0.76%) HND
15 15 (0.72%) NVQ Level 3
15 15 (0.72%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (1.39%) QA
2 25 (1.19%) GDPR
3 22 (1.05%) SLA
4 20 (0.96%) WCAG
5 18 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 15 (0.72%) Good Clinical Practice
7 12 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.43%) NIST
11 6 (0.29%) Automotive SPICE
11 6 (0.29%) ISO 26262
11 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.24%) Solvency II
13 4 (0.19%) COSHH
13 4 (0.19%) GRC
13 4 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.14%) HAZOP
System Software
1 118 (5.64%) Docker
2 110 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.34%) Firmware
5 18 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.38%) vSphere
8 7 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 105 (5.02%) Kubernetes
2 61 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.91%) Jamf Pro
4 36 (1.72%) Ansible
5 35 (1.67%) Terraform
6 21 (1.00%) SCCM
7 17 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 12 (0.57%) OpenSSO
9 12 (0.57%) Stealthwatch
10 8 (0.38%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.33%) Puppet
12 5 (0.24%) CASB
12 5 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.24%) Functional Safety
12 5 (0.24%) SELinux
13 3 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.096%) MIIS
14 2 (0.096%) Nagios
14 2 (0.096%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 395 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 106 (5.06%) Oracle
3 65 (3.11%) VMware
4 64 (3.06%) Cisco
5 38 (1.82%) CyberArk
5 38 (1.82%) Tanium
6 36 (1.72%) Siebel
7 35 (1.67%) Juniper
8 31 (1.48%) Meraki
9 28 (1.34%) Adobe
9 28 (1.34%) Google
10 25 (1.19%) SAP
11 22 (1.05%) EMC
12 21 (1.00%) Apple
13 15 (0.72%) Sitecore
14 14 (0.67%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.67%) IBM
14 14 (0.67%) Optimizely
15 13 (0.62%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.57%) Nokia