Senior Jobs in Suffolk

Senior
East of England > Suffolk

The median Senior salary in Suffolk is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 19 8
Rank change year-on-year -29 -11 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 23 33 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 4.24% 6.13% 12.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.57% 6.38% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17 28 14
10th Percentile £44,358 - £30,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £28,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +67.94% -40.45% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £60,874
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,125 £95,000
East of England median annual salary £58,000 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.69% -9.23% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 503 517 212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 96.10% 82.49%
Number of salaries quoted 268 340 106
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,725 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% +3.90% -9.41%
75th Percentile £66,225 £53,750 £60,874
90th Percentile £66,295 £63,750 £73,125
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Suffolk

Senior
Salary Trend in Suffolk

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

Salary trend for Senior in Suffolk

Senior
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Suffolk over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Suffolk

Senior
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 30 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
Ipswich +1 11 £55,000 +29.41% 246
Bury St Edmunds - 5 £55,000 -
Leiston - 1 £52,500 -
Senior
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Suffolk region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 8 (34.78%) Agile
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (30.43%) Mentoring
3 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Creative Thinking
3 6 (26.09%) Broadband
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
4 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
4 5 (21.74%) Python
4 5 (21.74%) QA
4 5 (21.74%) AWS
4 5 (21.74%) CI/CD
5 4 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) SQL
5 4 (17.39%) HTML
5 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
5 4 (17.39%) Law
5 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Legal
6 3 (13.04%) Games
6 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
6 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.04%) Selenium
6 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
6 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
6 3 (13.04%) ISTQB

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (13.04%) Serverless
3 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Broadband
2 2 (8.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) DynamoDB
1 1 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
1 3 (13.04%) Selenium
2 2 (8.70%) Git
General
1 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Law
2 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
3 3 (13.04%) Games
3 3 (13.04%) Legal
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Environmental Health
4 2 (8.70%) Local Government
4 2 (8.70%) Police
4 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) HTML
2 3 (13.04%) GraphQL
3 2 (8.70%) RESTful
3 2 (8.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (8.70%) WebGL
4 1 (4.35%) FastAPI
4 1 (4.35%) React
4 1 (4.35%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Animation
2 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Agile
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (30.43%) Mentoring
3 6 (26.09%) Creative Thinking
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
4 5 (21.74%) CI/CD
5 4 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Clean Code
6 3 (13.04%) Defect Tracking
6 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
6 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.70%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
1 5 (21.74%) Python
2 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.70%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
2 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.70%) NVQ Level 4
2 2 (8.70%) PhD
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Northgate
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow