Senior Jobs in the South East

Senior
England > South East

The median Senior salary in the South East is £62,000 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 5 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,523 2,238 2,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.73% 12.70% 14.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.08% 13.50% 16.53%
Number of salaries quoted 754 1,477 1,216
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,048 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £55,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% -10.31% -

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 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 -3 451 £65,000 +4.00% 295
Isle of Wight - 378 £62,000 - 7
Berkshire -4 284 £67,500 - 160
Hampshire +8 280 £55,000 -12.00% 178
Surrey 0 168 £65,000 +8.33% 78
Kent +6 122 £55,000 -8.33% 43
Buckinghamshire -19 111 £59,500 +8.18% 52
Middlesex +1 75 - - 8
Oxfordshire -20 56 £60,000 - 130
West Sussex +6 24 £55,000 -4.35% 21
East Sussex -18 19 £75,000 +36.36% 39
Sussex -1 1 £75,000 +27.12% 37
Senior
England

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

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 South East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 616 (40.45%) Degree
2 518 (34.01%) BPSS Clearance
3 367 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
4 364 (23.90%) Systems Engineering
5 330 (21.67%) Social Skills
6 329 (21.60%) Agile
7 283 (18.58%) Mentoring
8 243 (15.96%) Python
9 233 (15.30%) Azure
10 223 (14.64%) Electronics
11 221 (14.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 207 (13.59%) Law
13 192 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
13 192 (12.61%) Technical Leadership
14 189 (12.41%) Algorithms
15 184 (12.08%) Mathematics
16 180 (11.82%) Computer Science
17 175 (11.49%) Finance
18 174 (11.42%) Analytics
19 168 (11.03%) Rational DOORS
20 167 (10.97%) Microsoft
21 160 (10.51%) AWS
22 157 (10.31%) Validation
23 154 (10.11%) IBM
24 152 (9.98%) Artificial Intelligence
24 152 (9.98%) Signal Processing
25 149 (9.78%) Software Engineering
26 137 (9.00%) SQL
27 132 (8.67%) Roadmaps
28 131 (8.60%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 22 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.66%) IIS
3 7 (0.46%) Confluence
4 6 (0.39%) CMS
4 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.26%) nginx
5 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.13%) Apache
7 2 (0.13%) WordPress
8 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.066%) Strapi
Applications
1 95 (6.24%) Simulink
2 69 (4.53%) Mathcad
3 28 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.066%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.05%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (1.05%) SAP FI
2 9 (0.59%) SAP BPC
3 8 (0.53%) Infor LN
4 6 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.20%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.13%) Maximo
7 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 233 (15.30%) Azure
2 160 (10.51%) AWS
3 107 (7.03%) GCP
4 61 (4.01%) Serverless
5 47 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
6 40 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 32 (2.10%) SaaS
8 28 (1.84%) Snowflake
9 26 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 22 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (1.38%) GitHub
11 21 (1.38%) Power Platform
12 18 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.18%) Entra ID
13 15 (0.98%) Vertex AI
14 14 (0.92%) Salsify
15 13 (0.85%) Amazon S3
16 12 (0.79%) Cloudflare
16 12 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.60%) Broadband
2 40 (2.63%) Firewall
3 31 (2.04%) VPN
4 23 (1.51%) DNS
5 14 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.72%) VoIP
7 10 (0.66%) DHCP
8 9 (0.59%) BGP
8 9 (0.59%) WAN
9 8 (0.53%) Network Security
9 8 (0.53%) VLAN
10 7 (0.46%) HTTPS
10 7 (0.46%) IPsec
11 6 (0.39%) LAN
11 6 (0.39%) MPLS
11 6 (0.39%) OSPF
12 5 (0.33%) HTTP
13 4 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.26%) Wireless
14 3 (0.20%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (3.94%) Data Lake
2 55 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 41 (2.69%) Metadata
4 36 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (2.17%) MySQL
6 26 (1.71%) OLTP
7 25 (1.64%) Data Mining
8 21 (1.38%) DynamoDB
9 20 (1.31%) Big Data
10 19 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (1.18%) Power BI
12 13 (0.85%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
13 12 (0.79%) Tableau
14 8 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 5 (0.33%) Couchbase
16 5 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 168 (11.03%) Rational DOORS
2 71 (4.66%) Git
3 25 (1.64%) JIRA
4 17 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.92%) MagicDraw
6 12 (0.79%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.72%) NUnit
8 10 (0.66%) Jasmine
9 8 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.53%) Subversion
10 7 (0.46%) rollup.js
10 7 (0.46%) Selenium
11 6 (0.39%) webpack
12 5 (0.33%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.33%) Vite
13 4 (0.26%) Babel
13 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.26%) GitLab
13 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 330 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 223 (14.64%) Electronics
3 207 (13.59%) Law
4 192 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
5 175 (11.49%) Finance
6 94 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (4.60%) Marketing
8 68 (4.46%) Legal
9 59 (3.87%) Manufacturing
10 58 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
11 53 (3.48%) Games
12 48 (3.15%) Retail
13 30 (1.97%) Advertising
14 24 (1.58%) Aerospace
15 23 (1.51%) Military
16 22 (1.44%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.38%) Automotive
18 14 (0.92%) Banking
19 12 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
20 10 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (6.37%) .NET
2 95 (6.24%) React
3 69 (4.53%) HTML
4 56 (3.68%) GraphQL
5 54 (3.55%) Node.js
6 37 (2.43%) ASP.NET
6 37 (2.43%) CSS
7 32 (2.10%) AngularJS
8 31 (2.04%) XML
9 29 (1.90%) RESTful
10 27 (1.77%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.71%) WebGL
12 25 (1.64%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 24 (1.58%) HTML5
14 22 (1.44%) Jest
14 22 (1.44%) REST
15 20 (1.31%) Vue
16 19 (1.25%) SOAP
17 18 (1.18%) Blazor
18 17 (1.12%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 189 (12.41%) Algorithms
2 81 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 61 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (1.71%) Animation
6 23 (1.51%) Product Ownership
7 17 (1.12%) Acoustics
8 15 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 15 (0.98%) Digital Media
8 15 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
9 14 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (0.92%) Mobile App
9 14 (0.92%) Taxonomies
10 13 (0.85%) Onboarding
11 11 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (0.59%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.59%) VHDL
13 8 (0.53%) Analogue Electronics
13 8 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.46%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.69%) Linux
2 34 (2.23%) Windows
3 13 (0.85%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.66%) Android
5 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.46%) Unix
7 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.39%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.066%) CentOS
10 1 (0.066%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
2 364 (23.90%) Systems Engineering
3 329 (21.60%) Agile
4 283 (18.58%) Mentoring
5 192 (12.61%) Technical Leadership
6 184 (12.08%) Mathematics
7 180 (11.82%) Computer Science
8 174 (11.42%) Analytics
9 157 (10.31%) Validation
10 152 (9.98%) Artificial Intelligence
10 152 (9.98%) Signal Processing
11 149 (9.78%) Software Engineering
12 132 (8.67%) Roadmaps
13 131 (8.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 121 (7.94%) Verification and Validation
15 120 (7.88%) CI/CD
15 120 (7.88%) Data Science
16 117 (7.68%) Machine Learning
17 112 (7.35%) Software Testing
18 109 (7.16%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 243 (15.96%) Python
2 137 (9.00%) SQL
3 113 (7.42%) C#
4 106 (6.96%) R
5 102 (6.70%) TypeScript
6 97 (6.37%) MATLAB
7 94 (6.17%) JavaScript
8 61 (4.01%) Java
9 56 (3.68%) Ada
10 55 (3.61%) C++
11 38 (2.50%) C
12 26 (1.71%) PL/SQL
13 25 (1.64%) HLSL
14 22 (1.44%) PHP
14 22 (1.44%) PowerShell
15 15 (0.98%) Bash
16 11 (0.72%) Bicep
16 11 (0.72%) Rust
17 10 (0.66%) Go
18 9 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 616 (40.45%) Degree
2 518 (34.01%) BPSS Clearance
3 57 (3.74%) Master's Degree
4 52 (3.41%) Security Cleared
5 37 (2.43%) Chartered Engineer
6 36 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.04%) PhD
8 29 (1.90%) SC Cleared
9 25 (1.64%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.58%) CISSP
11 20 (1.31%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.25%) DV Cleared
13 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.66%) CCNP
16 9 (0.59%) ACCA
17 8 (0.53%) CIMA
17 8 (0.53%) HND
18 7 (0.46%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.46%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (14.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 97 (6.37%) IEC 61508
3 72 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 72 (4.73%) QA
4 62 (4.07%) Def Stans
5 56 (3.68%) Data Quality
6 37 (2.43%) Accessibility
7 35 (2.30%) ARP4754
7 35 (2.30%) DO-254
8 28 (1.84%) HAZOP
9 17 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 13 (0.85%) GDPR
11 8 (0.53%) GAAP
11 8 (0.53%) IFRS
12 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.33%) SLA
14 4 (0.26%) GMP
15 3 (0.20%) GRC
16 2 (0.13%) WCAG
17 1 (0.066%) COBIT
System Software
1 36 (2.36%) Docker
2 28 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.05%) Firmware
4 13 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.066%) HDFS
10 1 (0.066%) IAG
10 1 (0.066%) KVM
10 1 (0.066%) NFS
10 1 (0.066%) Squid
10 1 (0.066%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.56%) Terraform
3 29 (1.90%) Functional Safety
4 20 (1.31%) Ansible
5 15 (0.98%) Grafana
5 15 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.13%) EnCase
8 2 (0.13%) FTK
8 2 (0.13%) RSA Security Analytics
9 1 (0.066%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.066%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.066%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.066%) Packer
9 1 (0.066%) SCCM
9 1 (0.066%) SCOM
9 1 (0.066%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.066%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 167 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 154 (10.11%) IBM
3 69 (4.53%) MathWorks
4 45 (2.95%) Oracle
5 41 (2.69%) Databricks
6 30 (1.97%) SAP
7 28 (1.84%) OpenAI
8 25 (1.64%) Cisco
8 25 (1.64%) Google
9 19 (1.25%) Salesforce
10 17 (1.12%) Siemens
11 16 (1.05%) Splunk
11 16 (1.05%) VMware
12 13 (0.85%) Apple
12 13 (0.85%) Dell
13 12 (0.79%) Juniper
13 12 (0.79%) Rollbar
14 11 (0.72%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.66%) ServiceNow
16 8 (0.53%) Infor