Senior Jobs in South London

Senior
London > South London

The median Senior salary in South London is £107,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 20 36
Rank change year-on-year -7 +16 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 89 117 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 12.45% 13.43% 9.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.70% 14.05% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 53
10th Percentile £53,636 £36,500 £47,300
25th Percentile £58,344 £61,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £107,500 £65,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +65.38% +6.91% +1.33%
75th Percentile £111,250 £73,125 £72,500
90th Percentile - £82,950 £82,500
London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.45% -6.06% +3.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 567 833 663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.30% 95.64% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 163 396 373
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £37,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £87,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in South London

Senior
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Senior in South London

Senior
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in South London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in South London

Senior
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Merton -1 32 £107,500 +45.76% 12
Kingston Upon Thames +8 24 £58,000 -10.77% 16
Bromley -6 20 £61,250 -5.77% 9
Croydon -1 14 - - 4
Sutton -1 5 - -
Wandsworth - 2 - -
Senior
London

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 59 (66.29%) Broadband
2 50 (56.18%) Agile
3 43 (48.31%) AWS
4 41 (46.07%) Artificial Intelligence
4 41 (46.07%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (41.57%) CI/CD
6 34 (38.20%) Python
7 33 (37.08%) Mentoring
8 32 (35.96%) TypeScript
8 32 (35.96%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (35.96%) Clean Code
8 32 (35.96%) GraphQL
8 32 (35.96%) Serverless
9 30 (33.71%) Analytical Skills
10 28 (31.46%) Degree
11 26 (29.21%) Games
12 22 (24.72%) Software Engineering
12 22 (24.72%) Azure
13 20 (22.47%) Rapid Prototyping
13 20 (22.47%) WebGL
13 20 (22.47%) Machine Learning
13 20 (22.47%) HLSL
13 20 (22.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 20 (22.47%) 3D Animation
13 20 (22.47%) Performance Metrics
13 20 (22.47%) GCP
13 20 (22.47%) Animation
13 20 (22.47%) PhD
13 20 (22.47%) Creative Thinking
13 20 (22.47%) Prototyping

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 3 (3.37%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 43 (48.31%) AWS
2 32 (35.96%) AWS Lambda
2 32 (35.96%) Serverless
3 22 (24.72%) Azure
4 20 (22.47%) GCP
5 12 (13.48%) Amazon S3
5 12 (13.48%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.12%) Akamai
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 59 (66.29%) Broadband
2 1 (1.12%) BGP
2 1 (1.12%) DNS
2 1 (1.12%) HTTP
2 1 (1.12%) IOS XR
2 1 (1.12%) SSL
2 1 (1.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.48%) DynamoDB
1 12 (13.48%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (10.11%) Big Data
3 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Git
General
1 30 (33.71%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (29.21%) Games
3 17 (19.10%) Social Skills
4 11 (12.36%) Finance
4 11 (12.36%) Financial Institution
5 9 (10.11%) Advertising
5 9 (10.11%) Marketing
6 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (35.96%) GraphQL
2 20 (22.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 20 (22.47%) WebGL
3 12 (13.48%) React
3 12 (13.48%) Serverless Framework
4 11 (12.36%) Akka
4 11 (12.36%) AngularJS
4 11 (12.36%) Kafka
4 11 (12.36%) Spring
4 11 (12.36%) Spring Boot
5 7 (7.87%) RxJava
5 7 (7.87%) Spring WebFlux
6 3 (3.37%) WPF
7 2 (2.25%) HTML
7 2 (2.25%) XML
8 1 (1.12%) Jinja
8 1 (1.12%) YAML
8 1 (1.12%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.47%) Animation
1 20 (22.47%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (10.11%) Digital Media
2 9 (10.11%) Marketing Technology
3 8 (8.99%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.74%) Product Ownership
4 6 (6.74%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.12%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (56.18%) Agile
2 41 (46.07%) Artificial Intelligence
2 41 (46.07%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (41.57%) CI/CD
4 33 (37.08%) Mentoring
5 32 (35.96%) Clean Code
6 22 (24.72%) Software Engineering
7 20 (22.47%) 3D Animation
7 20 (22.47%) Creative Thinking
7 20 (22.47%) Data Science
7 20 (22.47%) Machine Learning
7 20 (22.47%) Performance Metrics
7 20 (22.47%) Personalization
7 20 (22.47%) Prototyping
7 20 (22.47%) Rapid Prototyping
7 20 (22.47%) Storytelling
7 20 (22.47%) Visual Effects
8 12 (13.48%) Continuous Integration
8 12 (13.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 12 (13.48%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 34 (38.20%) Python
2 32 (35.96%) TypeScript
3 20 (22.47%) HLSL
4 13 (14.61%) Java
5 12 (13.48%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.49%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.37%) C#
8 1 (1.12%) Bash
8 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (31.46%) Degree
2 20 (22.47%) PhD
3 12 (13.48%) AWS Certification
4 6 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.25%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 12 (13.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (13.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.12%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (6.74%) ServiceNow
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.12%) Cisco
3 1 (1.12%) Databricks
3 1 (1.12%) Nokia