Senior Jobs in the South West

Senior
England > South West

The median Senior salary in the South West 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 3 14 14
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,464 830 1,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.65% 13.34% 14.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.37% 14.88% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 589 769
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,875 £39,209
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,426 5,578 8,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 89.64% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,017 3,752 5,360
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,438 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,288 £36,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,725 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +8.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South West

Senior
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior in the South West

Senior
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Senior in the South West

Senior
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South West 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
Bristol +12 521 £62,500 -7.41% 58
Dorset +8 247 £55,000 -8.33% 18
Gloucestershire +16 210 £55,000 -3.08% 25
Devon +5 178 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Wiltshire +24 145 £60,000 +11.11% 14
Somerset +4 96 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Cornwall +14 52 £40,000 +8.11% 1
Senior
England

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

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 West region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 354 (24.18%) Software Engineering
2 248 (16.94%) Agile
3 230 (15.71%) Degree
4 211 (14.41%) Security Cleared
5 196 (13.39%) Azure
6 186 (12.70%) DevOps
7 176 (12.02%) Social Skills
8 167 (11.41%) Microsoft
9 166 (11.34%) JavaScript
10 161 (11.00%) Python
11 159 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
12 136 (9.29%) AWS
13 133 (9.08%) Finance
14 128 (8.74%) Linux
15 126 (8.61%) Mentoring
16 116 (7.92%) React
17 115 (7.86%) C#
18 109 (7.45%) Project Management
19 107 (7.31%) Git
20 105 (7.17%) SC Cleared
20 105 (7.17%) .NET
21 101 (6.90%) Windows
22 100 (6.83%) SQL
23 93 (6.35%) Java
24 92 (6.28%) CSS
25 91 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
26 90 (6.15%) Scrum
27 89 (6.08%) DV Cleared
28 85 (5.81%) Coaching
29 81 (5.53%) HTML

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 27 (1.84%) Confluence
2 20 (1.37%) CMS
3 18 (1.23%) Umbraco
4 16 (1.09%) SharePoint
5 14 (0.96%) IIS
6 13 (0.89%) Headless CMS
7 12 (0.82%) Kentico
7 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.82%) Sitecore CMS
8 9 (0.61%) SAS
9 8 (0.55%) ArcGIS
9 8 (0.55%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.27%) Apache
10 4 (0.27%) WordPress
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
13 1 (0.068%) Appian
13 1 (0.068%) Drupal
Applications
1 32 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.27%) Sketch
7 2 (0.14%) Simulink
7 2 (0.14%) Trello
8 1 (0.068%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.068%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.068%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 8 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.20%) Shopify
4 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.068%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 196 (13.39%) Azure
2 136 (9.29%) AWS
3 78 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (3.69%) SaaS
5 44 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (2.80%) GCP
7 30 (2.05%) Power Platform
8 25 (1.71%) OpenShift
9 17 (1.16%) Serverless
10 15 (1.02%) Entra ID
11 12 (0.82%) Datadog
11 12 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (0.82%) GitHub
11 12 (0.82%) Kontent
11 12 (0.82%) PowerApps
12 10 (0.68%) Azure Functions
12 10 (0.68%) Figma
12 10 (0.68%) npm
13 9 (0.61%) IaaS
13 9 (0.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.35%) Firewall
2 38 (2.60%) TCP/IP
3 37 (2.53%) DNS
4 28 (1.91%) DHCP
4 28 (1.91%) WAN
5 25 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
6 24 (1.64%) HTTP
7 18 (1.23%) SD-WAN
7 18 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
8 13 (0.89%) LAN
8 13 (0.89%) Wireless
9 10 (0.68%) Network Security
9 10 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.61%) Bluetooth
11 8 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (0.41%) Cisco Wireless
13 5 (0.34%) PPP
14 4 (0.27%) Internet
14 4 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.57%) MySQL
4 21 (1.43%) Power BI
5 15 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.89%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.68%) Big Data
7 10 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 10 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.68%) Tableau
8 8 (0.55%) GIS
8 8 (0.55%) QGIS
9 7 (0.48%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
10 6 (0.41%) Redis
11 5 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 107 (7.31%) Git
2 40 (2.73%) JIRA
3 28 (1.91%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.57%) Bitbucket
5 19 (1.30%) LabVIEW
6 13 (0.89%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.82%) Selenium
7 12 (0.82%) Sourcetree
8 11 (0.75%) Storybook
9 9 (0.61%) GitLab
10 8 (0.55%) Subversion
10 8 (0.55%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.48%) Android Studio
11 7 (0.48%) Jenkins
11 7 (0.48%) webpack
12 5 (0.34%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.27%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 176 (12.02%) Social Skills
2 133 (9.08%) Finance
3 91 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 74 (5.05%) Manufacturing
5 73 (4.99%) Aerospace
6 58 (3.96%) Marketing
7 51 (3.48%) Legal
8 50 (3.42%) Banking
9 43 (2.94%) Law
10 41 (2.80%) Retail
11 39 (2.66%) Public Sector
12 31 (2.12%) Games
13 28 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.43%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.37%) Tech for Good
17 17 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (1.09%) Fire and Rescue
19 15 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (7.92%) React
2 105 (7.17%) .NET
3 92 (6.28%) CSS
4 81 (5.53%) HTML
5 60 (4.10%) .NET Core
6 59 (4.03%) ASP.NET
7 57 (3.89%) .NET Framework
8 51 (3.48%) AngularJS
9 44 (3.01%) Node.js
10 38 (2.60%) Laravel
10 38 (2.60%) RESTful
11 32 (2.19%) Entity Framework
12 22 (1.50%) Spring
13 20 (1.37%) LESS
13 20 (1.37%) Vue
14 16 (1.09%) Next.js
15 15 (1.02%) ASP.NET MVC
15 15 (1.02%) REST
15 15 (1.02%) Spring Boot
15 15 (1.02%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (1.78%) Product Ownership
3 25 (1.71%) Mobile App
4 23 (1.57%) Cloud Native
5 20 (1.37%) Management Information System
6 19 (1.30%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.16%) GNSS
8 16 (1.09%) Acoustics
8 16 (1.09%) Driving Licence
9 14 (0.96%) Derivative
10 12 (0.82%) Credit Risk
10 12 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
11 11 (0.75%) FPGA
12 10 (0.68%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.61%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.61%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (0.61%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 128 (8.74%) Linux
2 101 (6.90%) Windows
3 26 (1.78%) Embedded Linux
4 24 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.89%) Android
6 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.34%) Unix
9 4 (0.27%) AIX
9 4 (0.27%) Debian
9 4 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.20%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.068%) CentOS
11 1 (0.068%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.068%) Rocky
11 1 (0.068%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (24.18%) Software Engineering
2 248 (16.94%) Agile
3 186 (12.70%) DevOps
4 159 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (8.61%) Mentoring
6 109 (7.45%) Project Management
7 90 (6.15%) Scrum
8 85 (5.81%) Coaching
9 80 (5.46%) Cybersecurity
10 79 (5.40%) CI/CD
11 78 (5.33%) Computer Science
12 69 (4.71%) Roadmaps
13 64 (4.37%) MVC
14 63 (4.30%) Analytics
14 63 (4.30%) Full Stack Development
14 63 (4.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 61 (4.17%) Systems Engineering
16 60 (4.10%) Actionable Insight
16 60 (4.10%) Artificial Intelligence
16 60 (4.10%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 166 (11.34%) JavaScript
2 161 (11.00%) Python
3 115 (7.86%) C#
4 100 (6.83%) SQL
5 93 (6.35%) Java
6 68 (4.64%) C++
7 66 (4.51%) Bash
8 63 (4.30%) TypeScript
9 54 (3.69%) C
10 43 (2.94%) PowerShell
11 41 (2.80%) PHP
12 29 (1.98%) Embedded C
12 29 (1.98%) Rust
13 20 (1.37%) Perl
14 16 (1.09%) VB
15 15 (1.02%) R
16 12 (0.82%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.68%) Bicep
18 9 (0.61%) Ruby
18 9 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 230 (15.71%) Degree
2 211 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 105 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.08%) DV Cleared
5 34 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (0.96%) CISSP
9 11 (0.75%) PMI Certification
10 10 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
11 8 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (0.48%) CCNA
12 7 (0.48%) CCNP
12 7 (0.48%) GIAC
12 7 (0.48%) HND
13 6 (0.41%) CISA
13 6 (0.41%) CISM
13 6 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.76%) QA
2 21 (1.43%) GMP
3 17 (1.16%) GDPR
4 15 (1.02%) PMO
5 14 (0.96%) NIST
6 8 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.41%) SLA
9 5 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.27%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.27%) IEC 61508
10 4 (0.27%) IFRS
10 4 (0.27%) IFRS 9
10 4 (0.27%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.27%) RMADS
10 4 (0.27%) WCAG
11 3 (0.20%) HMG Infosec
12 2 (0.14%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.14%) DO-254
System Software
1 76 (5.19%) Docker
2 57 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (2.46%) Active Directory
4 35 (2.39%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.50%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.75%) Firmware
7 10 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.55%) vSphere
10 5 (0.34%) RACF
11 4 (0.27%) Lustre
11 4 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.20%) vCloud
13 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.068%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.94%) Terraform
3 34 (2.32%) Ansible
4 26 (1.78%) Puppet
5 16 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.02%) Grafana
7 9 (0.61%) SCCM
8 7 (0.48%) CASB
8 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.41%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.34%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.34%) Rancher
10 5 (0.34%) vRealize
11 4 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.27%) Istio
11 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 3 (0.20%) Cisco Prime
12 3 (0.20%) Opsview
12 3 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 167 (11.41%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.58%) VMware
3 41 (2.80%) Cisco
4 24 (1.64%) Red Hat
5 20 (1.37%) Google
6 12 (0.82%) Optimizely
6 12 (0.82%) Sitecore
6 12 (0.82%) Twitter
7 10 (0.68%) Databricks
7 10 (0.68%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.68%) SAP
8 8 (0.55%) ESRI
9 7 (0.48%) Oracle
10 6 (0.41%) CyberArk
10 6 (0.41%) HP
11 5 (0.34%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.27%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.27%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.27%) UiPath
12 4 (0.27%) YouTube