Senior Jobs in the South West

Senior
England > South West

The median Senior salary in the South West is £56,000 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 10 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 724 1,158 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.31% 14.32% 13.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.96% 15.07% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 501 676 623
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,716 £37,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £79,750
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,537 7,684 6,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 94.99% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,240 4,638 4,747
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% +5.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,500 £76,250
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 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 1 December 2023.

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 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
Bristol -9 258 £62,500 - 135
Gloucestershire +11 171 £54,000 -6.09% 53
Wiltshire +4 84 £50,000 -9.09% 28
Devon +1 73 £49,500 +10.00% 32
Dorset +11 72 £65,000 - 32
Somerset +8 50 £50,250 -22.69% 33
Senior
England

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

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 West region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 290 (40.06%) Security Cleared
2 228 (31.49%) Agile
3 161 (22.24%) Azure
4 160 (22.10%) AWS
5 155 (21.41%) SC Cleared
6 149 (20.58%) DV Cleared
7 140 (19.34%) Python
8 138 (19.06%) Windows
9 131 (18.09%) Software Engineering
10 128 (17.68%) SQL
11 117 (16.16%) Java
12 113 (15.61%) Social Skills
13 112 (15.47%) Finance
14 108 (14.92%) Microsoft
15 105 (14.50%) DevOps
16 103 (14.23%) Degree
17 100 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
18 92 (12.71%) PowerShell
19 87 (12.02%) Mentoring
20 86 (11.88%) Docker
20 86 (11.88%) Linux
21 85 (11.74%) WAN
21 85 (11.74%) Actionable Insight
22 82 (11.33%) JavaScript
23 80 (11.05%) Cisco
24 79 (10.91%) Kubernetes
25 76 (10.50%) Scrum
25 76 (10.50%) Active Directory
26 75 (10.36%) Firewall
27 71 (9.81%) VMware

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 22 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.93%) Confluence
3 12 (1.66%) Umbraco
4 9 (1.24%) CMS
5 8 (1.10%) Apache
6 7 (0.97%) JBoss
6 7 (0.97%) Red Hat Fuse
7 5 (0.69%) SAS
7 5 (0.69%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.55%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.55%) Luigi
8 4 (0.55%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (0.55%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.28%) WordPress
10 1 (0.14%) Jetty
10 1 (0.14%) MS Exchange
10 1 (0.14%) Mule
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.14%) InDesign
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.55%) Maximo
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) Primavera
3 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 161 (22.24%) Azure
2 160 (22.10%) AWS
3 50 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (5.52%) GCP
5 38 (5.25%) Power Platform
6 30 (4.14%) OpenShift
7 28 (3.87%) SaaS
7 28 (3.87%) Serverless
8 22 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (2.35%) Entra ID
10 16 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.52%) PaaS
13 10 (1.38%) GitHub
14 9 (1.24%) WhatsApp
15 8 (1.10%) Snowflake
16 7 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
16 7 (0.97%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 85 (11.74%) WAN
2 75 (10.36%) Firewall
3 70 (9.67%) LAN
4 59 (8.15%) DNS
5 57 (7.87%) TCP/IP
6 54 (7.46%) DHCP
7 37 (5.11%) HTTP
8 29 (4.01%) BGP
9 21 (2.90%) VPN
10 20 (2.76%) Internet
10 20 (2.76%) SD-WAN
10 20 (2.76%) Wireless
11 17 (2.35%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (2.35%) MPLS
12 16 (2.21%) OSPF
13 14 (1.93%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (1.93%) Cisco Wireless
14 13 (1.80%) Skype
15 11 (1.52%) EIGRP
15 11 (1.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 31 (4.28%) MySQL
3 29 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (3.73%) Power BI
5 20 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.80%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.38%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (1.38%) Tableau
9 9 (1.24%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.10%) Apache Accumulo
10 8 (1.10%) Oracle Database
10 8 (1.10%) Redis
10 8 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.97%) Big Data
11 7 (0.97%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.83%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.83%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 28 (3.87%) Git
2 21 (2.90%) JIRA
3 18 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (1.38%) Visual Studio
6 8 (1.10%) Selenium
7 7 (0.97%) GitLab
7 7 (0.97%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.83%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.69%) JUnit
9 5 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.55%) CppUnit
10 4 (0.55%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.41%) Maven
11 3 (0.41%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.28%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 113 (15.61%) Social Skills
2 112 (15.47%) Finance
3 67 (9.25%) Retail
4 64 (8.84%) Military
5 59 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.39%) Banking
8 33 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (3.73%) Telecoms
10 23 (3.18%) Marketing
11 21 (2.90%) Aerospace
11 21 (2.90%) Legal
12 17 (2.35%) Electronics
12 17 (2.35%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.38%) Law
14 10 (1.38%) Police
15 6 (0.83%) Avionics
15 6 (0.83%) Games
16 5 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (9.12%) HTML
2 47 (6.49%) .NET
3 33 (4.56%) CSS
3 33 (4.56%) Web Services
4 32 (4.42%) React
5 30 (4.14%) .NET Core
6 29 (4.01%) REST
7 25 (3.45%) AngularJS
8 24 (3.31%) OpenID
8 24 (3.31%) RESTful
8 24 (3.31%) SAML
8 24 (3.31%) Spring
9 18 (2.49%) JSON
9 18 (2.49%) Laravel
9 18 (2.49%) Node.js
10 16 (2.21%) ASP.NET
11 13 (1.80%) .NET Framework
11 13 (1.80%) Hibernate
11 13 (1.80%) Spring Boot
12 11 (1.52%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.01%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.87%) Cyberattack
4 24 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (2.76%) Virtual Team
6 17 (2.35%) Driving Licence
7 16 (2.21%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.07%) Augmented Reality
8 15 (2.07%) Virtual Reality
9 13 (1.80%) Clustering
9 13 (1.80%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.66%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.38%) Fat Client
11 10 (1.38%) PKI
11 10 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (1.38%) Thin Client
12 7 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (0.97%) Reinsurance
13 6 (0.83%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 138 (19.06%) Windows
2 86 (11.88%) Linux
3 56 (7.73%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.04%) Android
5 18 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.10%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.97%) Unix
10 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.28%) CentOS
11 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.14%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (31.49%) Agile
2 131 (18.09%) Software Engineering
3 105 (14.50%) DevOps
4 100 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (12.02%) Mentoring
6 85 (11.74%) Actionable Insight
7 76 (10.50%) Scrum
8 70 (9.67%) Project Delivery
9 65 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
10 64 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
10 64 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 59 (8.15%) CI/CD
12 50 (6.91%) MVC
12 50 (6.91%) SDLC
13 46 (6.35%) Technical Leadership
14 45 (6.22%) Computer Science
14 45 (6.22%) Incident Management
15 44 (6.08%) Roadmaps
16 42 (5.80%) Decision-Making
17 41 (5.66%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (19.34%) Python
2 128 (17.68%) SQL
3 117 (16.16%) Java
4 92 (12.71%) PowerShell
5 82 (11.33%) JavaScript
6 48 (6.63%) C#
7 42 (5.80%) Bash
8 31 (4.28%) PL/SQL
9 30 (4.14%) PHP
10 27 (3.73%) C++
11 26 (3.59%) R
12 21 (2.90%) C
13 18 (2.49%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.97%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.97%) Perl
15 5 (0.69%) Ada
15 5 (0.69%) Go
15 5 (0.69%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.41%) Ruby
17 2 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 290 (40.06%) Security Cleared
2 155 (21.41%) SC Cleared
3 149 (20.58%) DV Cleared
4 103 (14.23%) Degree
5 30 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (4.01%) AWS Certification
7 24 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (2.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 20 (2.76%) CCNA
10 12 (1.66%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.52%) CCNP
11 11 (1.52%) Postgraduate
12 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.10%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.97%) CISSP
15 6 (0.83%) CISM
15 6 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.69%) SSCP
17 4 (0.55%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.10%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.97%) QA
5 6 (0.83%) ARP4754
5 6 (0.83%) GDPR
5 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 5 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.69%) PMO
7 4 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.41%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.41%) NCSC
8 3 (0.41%) NIST
9 1 (0.14%) COSHH
9 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.14%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.14%) TickIT
System Software
1 86 (11.88%) Docker
2 76 (10.50%) Active Directory
3 65 (8.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (7.73%) Hyper-V
5 15 (2.07%) VMware NSX
5 15 (2.07%) vSphere
6 7 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.28%) Firmware
7 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.14%) KVM
8 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 79 (10.91%) Kubernetes
2 53 (7.32%) Terraform
3 48 (6.63%) Ansible
4 30 (4.14%) Puppet
4 30 (4.14%) SCCM
5 11 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
6 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Clustering
6 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.69%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.69%) Nessus
9 3 (0.41%) Nagios
9 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.28%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.14%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.14%) Cobbler
11 1 (0.14%) Grafana
11 1 (0.14%) Icinga
11 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 108 (14.92%) Microsoft
2 80 (11.05%) Cisco
3 71 (9.81%) VMware
4 35 (4.83%) NEC
5 27 (3.73%) Google
6 20 (2.76%) SolarWinds
7 19 (2.62%) Oracle
7 19 (2.62%) Red Hat
8 17 (2.35%) CheckPoint
9 14 (1.93%) Citrix
9 14 (1.93%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.80%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.66%) Teradata
12 10 (1.38%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.24%) SAP
14 8 (1.10%) Juniper
15 7 (0.97%) Databricks
16 6 (0.83%) F5
16 6 (0.83%) Meraki
16 6 (0.83%) Sparx