Senior Job Trends 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 16 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 807 534 894
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 11.92% 14.35% 17.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.54% 15.63% 18.47%
Number of salaries quoted 570 186 528
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,688 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 6,436 3,416 4,841
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 91.78% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,492 1,558 3,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Senior job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Senior
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies 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 16 August 2026.

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 16 August 2026. 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 +3 353 £75,000 +7.14% 65
Buckinghamshire +29 243 £60,000 - 27
Oxfordshire +16 211 £60,000 -4.00% 34
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 16 August 2026, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 99 (12.27%) Software Engineering
2 94 (11.65%) Microsoft
3 88 (10.90%) AWS
4 87 (10.78%) Degree
5 85 (10.53%) Azure
6 83 (10.29%) AI
7 74 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (8.67%) Agile
9 64 (7.93%) Mentoring
9 64 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (7.93%) SQL
10 55 (6.82%) C#
10 55 (6.82%) Python
11 51 (6.32%) Windows
12 49 (6.07%) DevOps
13 47 (5.82%) Firewall
14 46 (5.70%) Decision-Making
14 46 (5.70%) Security Cleared
15 45 (5.58%) .NET
15 45 (5.58%) Oracle
16 41 (5.08%) B2B
16 41 (5.08%) Business Development
17 39 (4.83%) SaaS
17 39 (4.83%) Validation
18 36 (4.46%) Cybersecurity
19 35 (4.34%) Full-Stack Development
20 34 (4.21%) CI/CD
20 34 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 34 (4.21%) Stakeholder Management
21 31 (3.84%) Microsoft 365

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 23 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.50%) CICS
3 4 (0.50%) WordPress
4 3 (0.37%) Artix
4 3 (0.37%) Moodle
4 3 (0.37%) SAS
5 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.73%) Lightworks
2 14 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.50%) Windchill
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.12%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 17 (2.11%) Primavera
2 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.37%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (10.90%) AWS
2 85 (10.53%) Azure
3 39 (4.83%) SaaS
4 31 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (2.97%) GCP
6 19 (2.35%) Power Platform
7 14 (1.73%) Entra ID
8 13 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.61%) GitHub
9 9 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 6 (0.74%) Asana
10 6 (0.74%) OneDrive
10 6 (0.74%) Power Automate
10 6 (0.74%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.74%) Sprout Social
11 5 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.50%) dbt
12 4 (0.50%) Fivetran
12 4 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.82%) Firewall
2 27 (3.35%) DNS
3 26 (3.22%) VPN
4 16 (1.98%) DHCP
5 13 (1.61%) WAN
6 12 (1.49%) LAN
7 11 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
7 11 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.24%) VLAN
9 9 (1.12%) SSL
9 9 (1.12%) VoIP
10 8 (0.99%) iSCSI
10 8 (0.99%) SAN
11 7 (0.87%) Network Security
12 6 (0.74%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.62%) NGFW
13 5 (0.62%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.25%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.85%) OLTP
3 15 (1.86%) MySQL
3 15 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.61%) Power BI
5 5 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.62%) Db2
6 4 (0.50%) Airbyte
6 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.37%) Metadata
8 2 (0.25%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.25%) Big Data
8 2 (0.25%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.25%) Redis
8 2 (0.25%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (2.23%) Git
2 8 (0.99%) LabVIEW
3 6 (0.74%) GitLab
4 5 (0.62%) JIRA
5 4 (0.50%) ChangeMan
5 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.37%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.37%) Eclipse RCP
6 3 (0.37%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
7 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.12%) JUnit
8 1 (0.12%) MLflow
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.12%) Storybook
8 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 117 (14.50%) Social Skills
2 52 (6.44%) Finance
3 40 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (4.34%) Marketing
5 31 (3.84%) Manufacturing
6 30 (3.72%) Electronics
6 30 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (1.73%) Law
9 14 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
10 13 (1.61%) Digital Health
11 12 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.36%) Retail
13 10 (1.24%) Health Technology
13 10 (1.24%) Legal
14 9 (1.12%) Local Government
14 9 (1.12%) Public Sector
15 8 (0.99%) Billing
15 8 (0.99%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.58%) .NET
2 27 (3.35%) React
3 22 (2.73%) Node.js
4 19 (2.35%) HTML
5 16 (1.98%) Laravel
5 16 (1.98%) XML
6 15 (1.86%) WPF
7 12 (1.49%) Ruby on Rails
8 11 (1.36%) RESTful
9 10 (1.24%) SOAP
10 9 (1.12%) CSS
11 7 (0.87%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.87%) Entity Framework
12 6 (0.74%) JSON
12 6 (0.74%) MFC
13 5 (0.62%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.62%) React Native
13 5 (0.62%) SAPUI5
13 5 (0.62%) SwiftUI
14 4 (0.50%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 32 (3.97%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.59%) Mobile App
3 22 (2.73%) Driving Licence
4 15 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.73%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.73%) Robotics
6 12 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.36%) Management Information System
8 8 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (0.99%) e-Learning
8 8 (0.99%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (0.99%) NHS
9 7 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.87%) Low-Code
9 7 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (0.87%) Social Media
10 6 (0.74%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.74%) IoT
10 6 (0.74%) Life Science
10 6 (0.74%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.32%) Windows
2 29 (3.59%) Linux
3 26 (3.22%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.12%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.87%) Android
9 4 (0.50%) zOS
10 2 (0.25%) CentOS
10 2 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.25%) Rocky
11 1 (0.12%) Unix
11 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (12.27%) Software Engineering
2 83 (10.29%) AI
3 74 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 70 (8.67%) Agile
5 64 (7.93%) Mentoring
5 64 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (6.07%) DevOps
7 46 (5.70%) Decision-Making
8 41 (5.08%) B2B
8 41 (5.08%) Business Development
9 39 (4.83%) Validation
10 36 (4.46%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (4.34%) Full-Stack Development
12 34 (4.21%) CI/CD
12 34 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 34 (4.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (3.84%) Migration
13 31 (3.84%) Technical Leadership
14 29 (3.59%) Analytics
14 29 (3.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 64 (7.93%) SQL
2 55 (6.82%) C#
2 55 (6.82%) Python
3 25 (3.10%) PL/SQL
4 21 (2.60%) Java
5 18 (2.23%) PHP
6 17 (2.11%) C++
7 14 (1.73%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.73%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.49%) Ruby
9 10 (1.24%) Bash
9 10 (1.24%) COBOL
9 10 (1.24%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.24%) Swift
10 9 (1.12%) ABAP
11 8 (0.99%) MATLAB
12 7 (0.87%) C
13 6 (0.74%) Korn
13 6 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (10.78%) Degree
2 46 (5.70%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.48%) Master's Degree
5 18 (2.23%) DBS Check
6 16 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
6 16 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.61%) PMP
8 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (1.12%) PhD
12 8 (0.99%) CCNP
12 8 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.99%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.62%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.50%) CISSP
15 4 (0.50%) SANS
16 3 (0.37%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.73%) Accessibility
1 22 (2.73%) QA
2 14 (1.73%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (0.99%) PMO
6 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.62%) NCSC
8 3 (0.37%) CDISC
8 3 (0.37%) GDPR
8 3 (0.37%) WCAG
9 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.25%) NIST
9 2 (0.25%) SLA
10 1 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.11%) Docker
3 16 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.12%) Firmware
6 8 (0.99%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.62%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.62%) vSphere
9 2 (0.25%) iptables
9 2 (0.25%) Lustre
9 2 (0.25%) Samba
9 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (2.48%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.61%) Terraform
3 11 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.50%) CA Endevor
5 4 (0.50%) Grafana
6 3 (0.37%) Ansible
6 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.25%) Argo
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Packer
8 1 (0.12%) WMI
Vendors
1 94 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.58%) Oracle
3 30 (3.72%) VMware
4 17 (2.11%) Cisco
5 13 (1.61%) Google
6 11 (1.36%) Red Hat
6 11 (1.36%) SAP
7 10 (1.24%) Apple
7 10 (1.24%) Dell
8 9 (1.12%) Adobe
8 9 (1.12%) Datto
8 9 (1.12%) SonicWALL
8 9 (1.12%) Veeam
9 7 (0.87%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.74%) Hootsuite
10 6 (0.74%) Instagram
10 6 (0.74%) Wrike
11 5 (0.62%) Databricks
11 5 (0.62%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.62%) ServiceNow