Senior Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 7 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 418 961 853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.10% 14.66% 13.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.70% 15.47% 15.32%
Number of salaries quoted 223 630 501
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,165 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £76,875 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £92,500
South East median annual salary £62,000 £61,339 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.08% -9.13% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,235 6,212 5,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.74% 94.75% 90.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 4,477 3,180
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Berkshire -2 230 £67,500 - 201
Buckinghamshire +7 116 £60,000 +9.09% 73
Oxfordshire -5 72 £60,000 - 99
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 3 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 153 (36.60%) Degree
2 114 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 100 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (22.73%) Microsoft
5 94 (22.49%) Agile
6 85 (20.33%) Law
7 79 (18.90%) Mentoring
8 68 (16.27%) Project Management
9 66 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 63 (15.07%) Artificial Intelligence
11 61 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 61 (14.59%) Computer Science
12 57 (13.64%) Roadmaps
13 55 (13.16%) Azure
14 53 (12.68%) SQL
15 52 (12.44%) Python
16 51 (12.20%) Finance
16 51 (12.20%) Software Engineering
16 51 (12.20%) AWS
17 50 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
17 50 (11.96%) Analytics
18 49 (11.72%) Retail
18 49 (11.72%) JavaScript
18 49 (11.72%) React
19 48 (11.48%) Manufacturing
19 48 (11.48%) QA
20 46 (11.00%) HTML
21 44 (10.53%) Git
21 44 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
22 43 (10.29%) DevOps

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.96%) Apache
3 3 (0.72%) CMS
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
4 1 (0.24%) Strapi
4 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Simulink
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (3.83%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (3.83%) SAP FI
2 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.48%) Primavera
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 55 (13.16%) Azure
2 51 (12.20%) AWS
3 28 (6.70%) GCP
4 20 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.83%) Serverless
6 15 (3.59%) Vertex AI
7 12 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (2.87%) Snowflake
8 11 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.91%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.67%) GitHub
12 6 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.96%) Azure Functions
13 4 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.72%) IaaS
14 3 (0.72%) PaaS
14 3 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.35%) Firewall
2 8 (1.91%) Network Security
3 6 (1.44%) VPN
4 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.20%) VLAN
4 5 (1.20%) VoIP
5 4 (0.96%) DNS
6 3 (0.72%) Broadband
6 3 (0.72%) DHCP
7 2 (0.48%) FTP
7 2 (0.48%) HTTP
7 2 (0.48%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.48%) LAN
7 2 (0.48%) Mobile Broadband
7 2 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.48%) SAN
7 2 (0.48%) WAN
7 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.74%) Data Mining
3 22 (5.26%) OLTP
4 15 (3.59%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.35%) MySQL
6 13 (3.11%) DynamoDB
6 13 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.39%) Metadata
8 9 (2.15%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.44%) Power BI
10 4 (0.96%) Metabase
10 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.72%) Big Data
12 2 (0.48%) Tableau
13 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.24%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 44 (10.53%) Git
2 10 (2.39%) Selenium
3 9 (2.15%) Cypress.io
3 9 (2.15%) JIRA
4 4 (0.96%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.72%) Subversion
6 2 (0.48%) Babel
6 2 (0.48%) Vite
6 2 (0.48%) webpack
7 1 (0.24%) git-flow
7 1 (0.24%) GitLab
7 1 (0.24%) Gradle
7 1 (0.24%) MLflow
7 1 (0.24%) Moq
7 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 114 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 85 (20.33%) Law
3 66 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (12.20%) Finance
5 50 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (11.72%) Retail
7 48 (11.48%) Manufacturing
8 31 (7.42%) Legal
9 24 (5.74%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (5.26%) Marketing
11 17 (4.07%) Electronics
12 13 (3.11%) Public Sector
13 11 (2.63%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.96%) Humanities
16 4 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.72%) Advertising
17 3 (0.72%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.72%) React
2 46 (11.00%) HTML
3 24 (5.74%) CSS
4 23 (5.50%) .NET
5 19 (4.55%) SOAP
5 19 (4.55%) XML
6 17 (4.07%) Node.js
7 12 (2.87%) CSS3
7 12 (2.87%) GraphQL
7 12 (2.87%) HTML5
8 11 (2.63%) Web Services
9 10 (2.39%) Jest
9 10 (2.39%) LAMP
9 10 (2.39%) Laravel
10 7 (1.67%) Flutter
11 6 (1.44%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.44%) REST
12 4 (0.96%) RESTful
13 3 (0.72%) Redux
13 3 (0.72%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.61%) Algorithms
2 15 (3.59%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.44%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.96%) CCTV
8 4 (0.96%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (0.96%) FPGA
8 4 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.72%) CPLD
9 3 (0.72%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.72%) Life Science
9 3 (0.72%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.72%) NHS
9 3 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.18%) Linux
2 16 (3.83%) Windows
3 8 (1.91%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.20%) Unix
5 5 (1.20%) VMS
6 4 (0.96%) Android
7 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (22.49%) Agile
3 79 (18.90%) Mentoring
4 68 (16.27%) Project Management
5 63 (15.07%) Artificial Intelligence
6 61 (14.59%) Computer Science
6 61 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 57 (13.64%) Roadmaps
8 51 (12.20%) Software Engineering
9 50 (11.96%) Analytics
10 44 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
11 43 (10.29%) DevOps
12 40 (9.57%) Use Case
13 37 (8.85%) Machine Learning
14 36 (8.61%) Data Engineering
14 36 (8.61%) Data Science
15 35 (8.37%) Project Delivery
16 31 (7.42%) Collaborative Working
16 31 (7.42%) Design for Manufacturing
16 31 (7.42%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.68%) SQL
2 52 (12.44%) Python
3 49 (11.72%) JavaScript
4 43 (10.29%) TypeScript
5 38 (9.09%) C++
6 37 (8.85%) C#
7 28 (6.70%) C
8 23 (5.50%) PHP
9 22 (5.26%) PL/SQL
10 16 (3.83%) Java
11 10 (2.39%) Ruby
12 9 (2.15%) Bash
12 9 (2.15%) Go
13 7 (1.67%) Perl
13 7 (1.67%) Rust
14 5 (1.20%) Fortran
15 3 (0.72%) R
16 2 (0.48%) Korn
16 2 (0.48%) PowerShell
17 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 153 (36.60%) Degree
2 20 (4.78%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.83%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.15%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.15%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.15%) PhD
6 8 (1.91%) CISSP
7 6 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.20%) CCNA
8 5 (1.20%) CCNP
8 5 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (1.20%) GCIA
8 5 (1.20%) MCP
8 5 (1.20%) SANS
9 4 (0.96%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.96%) Dell Certification
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (11.48%) QA
2 14 (3.35%) Accessibility
2 14 (3.35%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.15%) WCAG
5 7 (1.67%) SLA
6 6 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.96%) GMP
8 1 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.24%) CDISC
8 1 (0.24%) NCSC
8 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (9.09%) Docker
2 17 (4.07%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.91%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.20%) Firmware
4 5 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) HDFS
7 1 (0.24%) IAG
7 1 (0.24%) Squid
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.91%) Terraform
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.42%) Oracle
3 19 (4.55%) SAP
4 17 (4.07%) Google
5 16 (3.83%) OpenAI
6 15 (3.59%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.39%) Dell
8 9 (2.15%) Databricks
9 5 (1.20%) Cisco
9 5 (1.20%) VMware
10 3 (0.72%) Agilent
11 2 (0.48%) Infoblox
11 2 (0.48%) PeopleSoft
11 2 (0.48%) Qubit
11 2 (0.48%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.48%) Splunk
12 1 (0.24%) HP
12 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.24%) IBM
12 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto