Senior Jobs in the South West

Senior
England > South West

The median Senior salary in the South West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 745 1,579 842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.72% 17.01% 12.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.09% 17.68% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 358 1,131 583
10th Percentile £45,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £83,950
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% -10.31% -

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 3,373 8,932 6,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 96.22% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,020 6,537 3,764
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,075
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £79,450
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Bristol -2 264 £52,600 -19.08% 180
Somerset +9 139 £56,810 +3.29% 31
Gloucestershire +9 128 £52,600 -2.59% 146
Devon +1 98 £55,000 +12.24% 45
Dorset -4 78 £57,500 - 23
Wiltshire -20 28 £64,627 +19.58% 34
Cornwall -9 9 £45,000 +12.50% 5
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 West region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 364 (48.86%) Degree
2 188 (25.23%) Systems Engineering
3 184 (24.70%) Finance
4 175 (23.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 143 (19.19%) Social Skills
6 136 (18.26%) Project Management
7 130 (17.45%) Mathematics
8 114 (15.30%) Driving Licence
9 99 (13.29%) Agile
10 98 (13.15%) Risk Management
11 93 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
12 92 (12.35%) Scorecard
12 92 (12.35%) Balanced Scorecard
13 88 (11.81%) Mentoring
14 85 (11.41%) Line Management
15 84 (11.28%) Software Engineering
16 78 (10.47%) Microsoft
16 78 (10.47%) Python
17 77 (10.34%) JavaScript
18 75 (10.07%) IEC 61508
19 72 (9.66%) Java
19 72 (9.66%) Physics
20 67 (8.99%) DevOps
21 66 (8.86%) Artificial Intelligence
22 61 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
22 61 (8.19%) Security Cleared
23 60 (8.05%) Azure
24 54 (7.25%) Linux
24 54 (7.25%) Def Stans
25 53 (7.11%) FMEA

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 20 (2.68%) Jupyter
2 11 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.21%) Confluence
4 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.54%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.40%) Simulink
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (1.74%) Teamcenter
2 8 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.81%) Infor LN
3 6 (0.81%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 60 (8.05%) Azure
2 46 (6.17%) AWS
3 21 (2.82%) GitHub
4 18 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (2.28%) Power Platform
5 17 (2.28%) Serverless
6 14 (1.88%) GCP
6 14 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (1.74%) SaaS
8 12 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (1.48%) Power Automate
10 10 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.94%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.54%) Figma
13 4 (0.54%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.40%) Azure Functions
14 3 (0.40%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.15%) Firewall
2 15 (2.01%) WAN
3 8 (1.07%) 5G
3 8 (1.07%) OSPF
3 8 (1.07%) SD-WAN
4 7 (0.94%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.81%) EIGRP
5 6 (0.81%) RIP
5 6 (0.81%) SNMP
5 6 (0.81%) SSH
6 4 (0.54%) DNS
6 4 (0.54%) VLAN
7 3 (0.40%) BGP
7 3 (0.40%) Internet
7 3 (0.40%) Wireless
8 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) IPv4
8 2 (0.27%) Network Security
8 2 (0.27%) RFID
8 2 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.68%) Big Data
2 17 (2.28%) MySQL
3 11 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.21%) Tableau
5 7 (0.94%) DynamoDB
5 7 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.94%) Power BI
6 6 (0.81%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.67%) Redis
8 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.27%) RavenDB
9 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.13%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 43 (5.77%) JIRA
2 35 (4.70%) Git
3 31 (4.16%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (0.94%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.81%) GitLab
6 6 (0.81%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.54%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.40%) Eclipse RCP
9 3 (0.40%) Postman
9 3 (0.40%) Selenium
10 2 (0.27%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.27%) JUnit
10 2 (0.27%) Maven
10 2 (0.27%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.13%) CMake
General
1 184 (24.70%) Finance
2 143 (19.19%) Social Skills
3 61 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.71%) Electronics
5 44 (5.91%) Aerospace
6 42 (5.64%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.37%) Retail
8 28 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (3.62%) Avionics
10 15 (2.01%) Automotive
10 15 (2.01%) Banking
10 15 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.74%) Aeronautics
11 13 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.61%) Police
13 11 (1.48%) Military
13 11 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.21%) Games
15 6 (0.81%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.03%) React
2 23 (3.09%) HTML
3 22 (2.95%) CSS
4 20 (2.68%) .NET
4 20 (2.68%) Node.js
5 17 (2.28%) GraphQL
6 12 (1.61%) Laravel
6 12 (1.61%) RESTful
7 10 (1.34%) LAMP
8 7 (0.94%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.94%) .NET Framework
8 7 (0.94%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.81%) Django
9 6 (0.81%) Flask
10 5 (0.67%) OAuth
10 5 (0.67%) Pandas
10 5 (0.67%) pytest
10 5 (0.67%) Spring
10 5 (0.67%) SQLAlchemy
10 5 (0.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 114 (15.30%) Driving Licence
2 29 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (3.76%) Algorithms
4 21 (2.82%) SCADA
5 20 (2.68%) Cyberattack
5 20 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.42%) Optoelectronics
7 13 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.21%) Satnav
9 8 (1.07%) Self-Driving Car
10 7 (0.94%) FPGA
10 7 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (0.94%) MicroBlaze
10 7 (0.94%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.94%) VHDL
11 6 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.81%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.81%) GNSS
11 6 (0.81%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.67%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.25%) Linux
2 25 (3.36%) Windows
3 8 (1.07%) Android
4 7 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.27%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (25.23%) Systems Engineering
2 136 (18.26%) Project Management
3 130 (17.45%) Mathematics
4 99 (13.29%) Agile
5 98 (13.15%) Risk Management
6 93 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (12.35%) Balanced Scorecard
7 92 (12.35%) Scorecard
8 88 (11.81%) Mentoring
9 85 (11.41%) Line Management
10 84 (11.28%) Software Engineering
11 72 (9.66%) Physics
12 67 (8.99%) DevOps
13 66 (8.86%) Artificial Intelligence
14 53 (7.11%) FMEA
15 52 (6.98%) Decision-Making
16 48 (6.44%) CI/CD
16 48 (6.44%) Computer Science
17 46 (6.17%) Coaching
18 39 (5.23%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 78 (10.47%) Python
2 77 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 72 (9.66%) Java
4 44 (5.91%) C
5 40 (5.37%) SQL
6 36 (4.83%) C#
7 31 (4.16%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.95%) MATLAB
9 21 (2.82%) PHP
10 18 (2.42%) C++
11 9 (1.21%) R
12 7 (0.94%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.94%) Rust
13 6 (0.81%) Perl
13 6 (0.81%) Tcl
13 6 (0.81%) VB
14 5 (0.67%) Bash
14 5 (0.67%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.67%) Go
15 4 (0.54%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 364 (48.86%) Degree
2 175 (23.49%) BPSS Clearance
3 61 (8.19%) Security Cleared
4 28 (3.76%) DV Cleared
4 28 (3.76%) SC Cleared
5 26 (3.49%) Chartered Engineer
5 26 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.36%) HND
7 23 (3.09%) HNC
8 21 (2.82%) Numerate Degree
9 17 (2.28%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.21%) CISSP
11 7 (0.94%) ACCA
12 6 (0.81%) CIMA
13 5 (0.67%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.40%) CCNP
16 2 (0.27%) CCIE
16 2 (0.27%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.07%) IEC 61508
2 54 (7.25%) Def Stans
3 21 (2.82%) ARP4754
3 21 (2.82%) DO-254
4 17 (2.28%) HAZOP
5 11 (1.48%) QA
6 9 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.07%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.07%) PMO
8 6 (0.81%) GAAP
8 6 (0.81%) IFRS
9 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.27%) GDPR
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.27%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.13%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (6.04%) Docker
2 28 (3.76%) Firmware
3 24 (3.22%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (1.34%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (5.64%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.28%) Functional Safety
3 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.67%) Grafana
4 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.54%) Terraform
6 3 (0.40%) Ansible
6 3 (0.40%) Puppet
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) Nmap
7 2 (0.27%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.27%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.13%) Packer
Vendors
1 78 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 13 (1.74%) ANSYS
3 12 (1.61%) IBM
4 11 (1.48%) Cisco
4 11 (1.48%) Salesforce
5 10 (1.34%) Oracle
6 8 (1.07%) SAP
7 7 (0.94%) Red Hat
7 7 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.94%) Xilinx
8 6 (0.81%) Altera
8 6 (0.81%) CheckPoint
8 6 (0.81%) Cognos
8 6 (0.81%) Green Hills
8 6 (0.81%) Infor
8 6 (0.81%) SolarWinds
9 5 (0.67%) Graphcore
9 5 (0.67%) VMware
10 4 (0.54%) Adobe
10 4 (0.54%) Twitter