Senior Jobs in the South East

Senior
England > South East

The median Senior salary in the South East is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 12 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,042 2,383 2,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.44% 13.69% 14.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.21% 14.32% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 713 1,512 1,886
10th Percentile £47,890 £47,025 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 7,331 16,638 17,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 95.55% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,038 10,409 12,243
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £84,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +2 539 £65,000 -3.70% 248
Berkshire +1 347 £67,500 +3.85% 118
Hampshire -5 176 £67,500 +3.85% 82
Surrey -2 131 £62,500 -3.85% 57
Oxfordshire +9 100 £60,000 -11.11% 77
Buckinghamshire -9 92 £70,000 -6.67% 53
East Sussex +1 84 £65,000 -13.33% 25
Kent +19 66 £60,000 +9.09% 39
West Sussex -9 47 £62,500 +4.17% 20
Isle of Wight +4 2 £53,500 - 2
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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.

1 255 (24.47%) Agile
2 234 (22.46%) Degree
3 212 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
4 211 (20.25%) Azure
5 210 (20.15%) Social Skills
6 204 (19.58%) Security Cleared
7 188 (18.04%) SQL
8 170 (16.31%) JavaScript
9 166 (15.93%) Microsoft
10 165 (15.83%) C#
11 155 (14.88%) Finance
12 148 (14.20%) AWS
13 145 (13.92%) .NET
14 143 (13.72%) Java
15 132 (12.67%) SC Cleared
16 122 (11.71%) Python
17 120 (11.52%) Computer Science
18 119 (11.42%) Windows
19 116 (11.13%) HTML
19 116 (11.13%) Software Engineering
20 111 (10.65%) React
21 110 (10.56%) DevOps
22 103 (9.88%) Linux
23 101 (9.69%) Git
24 95 (9.12%) Mentoring
25 91 (8.73%) Actionable Insight
26 90 (8.64%) CSS
27 86 (8.25%) Oracle
28 83 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
29 81 (7.77%) Scrum

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 35 (3.36%) SAS
2 25 (2.40%) WebLogic
3 23 (2.21%) Confluence
4 20 (1.92%) MS Exchange
5 13 (1.25%) IIS
6 12 (1.15%) Tomcat
7 11 (1.06%) JBoss
7 11 (1.06%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (0.96%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.86%) Apache
9 9 (0.86%) Apache Spark
9 9 (0.86%) CMS
10 7 (0.67%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.58%) nginx
11 6 (0.58%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.29%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.29%) Kentico
13 2 (0.19%) EPiServer
14 1 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.06%) Simulink
3 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.67%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.38%) CANalyzer
6 4 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.38%) Stateflow
7 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.19%) Sketch
9 1 (0.096%) Abaqus
9 1 (0.096%) FileZilla
9 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.096%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.096%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.096%) SketchUp
9 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.096%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
2 6 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) Maximo
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.096%) Primavera
6 1 (0.096%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.096%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.096%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 211 (20.25%) Azure
2 148 (14.20%) AWS
3 66 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (5.18%) Serverless
5 49 (4.70%) SaaS
6 32 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (2.69%) Power Platform
8 27 (2.59%) GCP
9 19 (1.82%) GitHub
10 16 (1.54%) Amazon SQS
11 15 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (1.34%) PaaS
13 11 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (0.96%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.77%) IaaS
16 7 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (0.67%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.32%) WAN
2 38 (3.65%) Firewall
2 38 (3.65%) LAN
3 33 (3.17%) DNS
4 28 (2.69%) DHCP
5 20 (1.92%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.82%) VPN
7 17 (1.63%) Wireless
8 16 (1.54%) BGP
8 16 (1.54%) MPLS
9 13 (1.25%) Internet
9 13 (1.25%) Network Security
10 11 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (0.86%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.86%) Junos
11 9 (0.86%) OSPF
11 9 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.77%) Broadband
12 8 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (0.77%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 44 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
4 36 (3.45%) MySQL
4 36 (3.45%) NoSQL
5 33 (3.17%) Oracle Database
6 32 (3.07%) Metadata
7 29 (2.78%) Base SAS
8 26 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (2.50%) Relational Database
9 25 (2.40%) Power BI
10 21 (2.02%) Oracle Database 11g
11 14 (1.34%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.06%) OLTP
13 10 (0.96%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.58%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.58%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.48%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 101 (9.69%) Git
2 45 (4.32%) JIRA
3 26 (2.50%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.92%) Selenium
5 18 (1.73%) Subversion
6 16 (1.54%) Cypress.io
6 16 (1.54%) Maven
7 12 (1.15%) Visual Studio
8 11 (1.06%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.86%) CMake
9 9 (0.86%) Oracle APEX
9 9 (0.86%) Postman
10 8 (0.77%) JetBrains Rider
10 8 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.58%) IntelliJ
11 6 (0.58%) Jasmine
11 6 (0.58%) JUnit
11 6 (0.58%) NUnit
12 5 (0.48%) JMeter
12 5 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 210 (20.15%) Social Skills
2 155 (14.88%) Finance
3 83 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (3.84%) Telecoms
6 36 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 35 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.07%) Retail
9 23 (2.21%) Automotive
9 23 (2.21%) Games
10 22 (2.11%) Electronics
10 22 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.11%) Marketing
11 17 (1.63%) Aviation
12 15 (1.44%) Military
13 11 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.96%) Law
14 10 (0.96%) Legal
14 10 (0.96%) Local Government
15 9 (0.86%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (13.92%) .NET
2 116 (11.13%) HTML
3 111 (10.65%) React
4 90 (8.64%) CSS
5 73 (7.01%) XML
6 71 (6.81%) AngularJS
7 61 (5.85%) Node.js
8 60 (5.76%) Spring
9 48 (4.61%) .NET Core
10 45 (4.32%) ASP.NET
11 44 (4.22%) HTML5
11 44 (4.22%) REST
12 39 (3.74%) Web Services
13 33 (3.17%) SOAP
14 31 (2.98%) Java EE
15 30 (2.88%) J2EE
16 29 (2.78%) .NET Framework
17 26 (2.50%) RESTful
18 25 (2.40%) Sass
18 25 (2.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.37%) Management Information System
2 40 (3.84%) Onboarding
3 29 (2.78%) Life Science
4 28 (2.69%) Algorithms
5 24 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
6 23 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 22 (2.11%) IoT
8 19 (1.82%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.63%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.96%) FPGA
13 10 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
14 9 (0.86%) Animation
14 9 (0.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 9 (0.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 119 (11.42%) Windows
2 103 (9.88%) Linux
3 51 (4.89%) Windows Server
4 36 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 35 (3.36%) Unix
6 18 (1.73%) Windows Server 2003
7 16 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.34%) Android
9 13 (1.25%) Ubuntu
9 13 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (1.15%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.67%) CentOS
12 5 (0.48%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.29%) VxWorks
14 2 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.19%) VMS
15 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (24.47%) Agile
2 212 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (11.52%) Computer Science
4 116 (11.13%) Software Engineering
5 110 (10.56%) DevOps
6 95 (9.12%) Mentoring
7 91 (8.73%) Actionable Insight
8 81 (7.77%) Scrum
9 75 (7.20%) ITIL
10 73 (7.01%) Project Management
11 69 (6.62%) CI/CD
11 69 (6.62%) Full Stack Development
12 62 (5.95%) Artificial Intelligence
12 62 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 61 (5.85%) Analytics
14 58 (5.57%) Unit Testing
15 56 (5.37%) Decision-Making
16 53 (5.09%) Coaching
16 53 (5.09%) Mathematics
16 53 (5.09%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 188 (18.04%) SQL
2 170 (16.31%) JavaScript
3 165 (15.83%) C#
4 143 (13.72%) Java
5 122 (11.71%) Python
6 76 (7.29%) TypeScript
7 67 (6.43%) PL/SQL
8 62 (5.95%) C++
9 39 (3.74%) PowerShell
10 36 (3.45%) PHP
11 33 (3.17%) C
12 30 (2.88%) Shell Script
13 29 (2.78%) SAS Macro
14 24 (2.30%) Ruby
15 22 (2.11%) Bash
16 18 (1.73%) Perl
17 16 (1.54%) T-SQL
18 12 (1.15%) MATLAB
19 11 (1.06%) Bicep
19 11 (1.06%) Go
Qualifications
1 234 (22.46%) Degree
2 204 (19.58%) Security Cleared
3 132 (12.67%) SC Cleared
4 55 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (0.96%) CISSP
8 10 (0.96%) HNC
9 9 (0.86%) CCNA
9 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.77%) CCNP
10 8 (0.77%) CISM
11 7 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.48%) SSCP
14 4 (0.38%) ACCA
14 4 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.76%) QA
2 32 (3.07%) SLA
3 29 (2.78%) CDISC
4 18 (1.73%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.06%) GDPR
5 11 (1.06%) WCAG
6 6 (0.58%) NEBOSH
7 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.38%) Automotive SPICE
8 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.38%) ISO 26262
8 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.38%) NIST
9 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.19%) GRC
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.096%) Accessibility
System Software
1 77 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 75 (7.20%) Docker
3 46 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.21%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.25%) vSphere
6 8 (0.77%) Firmware
7 7 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (0.38%) XenApp
10 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.096%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.096%) Postfix
12 1 (0.096%) Snort
12 1 (0.096%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.096%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (6.24%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.65%) Terraform
3 27 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (2.40%) OpenSSO
4 25 (2.40%) SCCM
5 24 (2.30%) Ansible
6 12 (1.15%) FortiGate
7 11 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.48%) Packer
10 4 (0.38%) Cobbler
10 4 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.29%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.29%) Grafana
11 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 3 (0.29%) SCOM
12 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 166 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 86 (8.25%) Oracle
3 58 (5.57%) NEC
4 54 (5.18%) VMware
5 29 (2.78%) Cisco
6 25 (2.40%) Remedy
7 24 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.02%) Juniper
9 15 (1.44%) SAP
10 14 (1.34%) Databricks
10 14 (1.34%) Xamarin
11 12 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.86%) Red Hat
12 9 (0.86%) Rollbar
12 9 (0.86%) Splunk
13 8 (0.77%) Aruba
13 8 (0.77%) Meraki
14 7 (0.67%) Adobe
15 6 (0.58%) Dell
15 6 (0.58%) Nokia