Senior Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior salary in the Thames Valley is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2024.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 7 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 793 618 919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.75% 15.95% 13.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.51% 16.89% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 437 401 559
10th Percentile £44,106 £48,825 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.47%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

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 4,529 3,659 6,617
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.67% 94.43% 94.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,307 2,390 3,920
10th Percentile £30,900 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,023 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +6.80%

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 5 October 2024.

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 5 October 2024. 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 +5 402 £70,000 +3.70% 45
Oxfordshire +1 200 £60,000 -14.29% 36
Buckinghamshire +3 192 £62,500 -5.66% 35
Senior
South East

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 2024, 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.

1 194 (24.46%) Degree
2 177 (22.32%) Software Engineering
3 148 (18.66%) Agile
4 142 (17.91%) Social Skills
5 122 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 121 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
7 115 (14.50%) Computer Science
8 107 (13.49%) C#
9 97 (12.23%) Azure
10 94 (11.85%) Finance
11 92 (11.60%) JavaScript
12 87 (10.97%) Python
13 79 (9.96%) SQL
13 79 (9.96%) .NET
13 79 (9.96%) Security Cleared
14 77 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
15 75 (9.46%) Mentoring
16 72 (9.08%) C++
17 70 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
18 69 (8.70%) TypeScript
19 65 (8.20%) HTML
20 64 (8.07%) C
20 64 (8.07%) AWS
21 62 (7.82%) React
22 61 (7.69%) Mathematics
23 59 (7.44%) Kubernetes
24 58 (7.31%) Algorithms
24 58 (7.31%) Docker
24 58 (7.31%) Linux
24 58 (7.31%) Project Management

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 4 (0.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.38%) Confluence
2 3 (0.38%) Mendix
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.13%) Apache
4 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 55 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.01%) Windchill
4 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.76%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.38%) OrCAD
6 3 (0.38%) Simulink
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.51%) Unit4 Business World
2 6 (0.76%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Manufacturing
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.13%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (12.23%) Azure
2 64 (8.07%) AWS
3 27 (3.40%) SaaS
4 22 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 13 (1.64%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.39%) Serverless
8 10 (1.26%) GCP
9 8 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Functions
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (0.88%) GitHub
11 6 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (0.76%) Dropbox
11 6 (0.76%) Google Drive
11 6 (0.76%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.63%) PaaS
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.91%) WAN
2 30 (3.78%) Firewall
3 27 (3.40%) Broadband
4 17 (2.14%) SD-WAN
5 15 (1.89%) LAN
6 14 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.51%) Network Security
8 10 (1.26%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (1.13%) DNS
10 8 (1.01%) MPLS
10 8 (1.01%) VoIP
11 7 (0.88%) DHCP
12 6 (0.76%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.76%) Wireless
13 4 (0.50%) VPN
14 3 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
14 3 (0.38%) HTTP
14 3 (0.38%) iSCSI
14 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
15 2 (0.25%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 14 (1.77%) OLTP
5 12 (1.51%) MySQL
6 11 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.26%) Power BI
8 8 (1.01%) Big Data
8 8 (1.01%) Data Mining
9 7 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.63%) Looker
12 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.50%) GIS
12 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (5.80%) Git
2 27 (3.40%) Selenium
3 21 (2.65%) Cypress.io
4 20 (2.52%) JIRA
5 7 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.63%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.63%) Postman
7 5 (0.63%) SoapUI
7 5 (0.63%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.38%) GitLab
9 3 (0.38%) Vite
10 2 (0.25%) gulp
10 2 (0.25%) Mocha
10 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.25%) PostCSS
10 2 (0.25%) rollup.js
10 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 142 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 94 (11.85%) Finance
3 70 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.16%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
6 24 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (2.90%) Automotive
8 19 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 19 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 18 (2.27%) Aerospace
10 15 (1.89%) Games
10 15 (1.89%) Legal
11 11 (1.39%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.13%) Electronics
13 6 (0.76%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.38%) Marketing
15 3 (0.38%) Publishing
16 2 (0.25%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (9.96%) .NET
2 65 (8.20%) HTML
3 62 (7.82%) React
4 52 (6.56%) CSS
5 32 (4.04%) HTML5
6 29 (3.66%) AngularJS
7 26 (3.28%) CSS3
8 25 (3.15%) SOAP
9 22 (2.77%) Jest
10 20 (2.52%) RESTful
11 18 (2.27%) Spring
12 17 (2.14%) XML
13 16 (2.02%) ASP.NET
14 15 (1.89%) .NET Framework
15 12 (1.51%) .NET Core
15 12 (1.51%) Vue
15 12 (1.51%) Web Services
16 11 (1.39%) REST
16 11 (1.39%) Sass
17 10 (1.26%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.31%) Algorithms
2 26 (3.28%) Data Centre
3 25 (3.15%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.14%) Renewable Energy
4 17 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.02%) Mobile App
6 15 (1.89%) Life Science
7 14 (1.77%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.39%) Biopharmaceutical
8 11 (1.39%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.01%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.88%) IoT
11 7 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.76%) iPad
13 5 (0.63%) CESG
13 5 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.63%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.31%) Linux
2 35 (4.41%) Windows
3 18 (2.27%) Unix
4 12 (1.51%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.39%) Android
5 11 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.38%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.13%) Rocky
12 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (22.32%) Software Engineering
2 148 (18.66%) Agile
3 121 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (14.50%) Computer Science
5 77 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 75 (9.46%) Mentoring
7 61 (7.69%) Mathematics
8 58 (7.31%) Project Management
9 52 (6.56%) Decision-Making
10 49 (6.18%) Roadmaps
11 45 (5.67%) Customer Service
11 45 (5.67%) Software Testing
12 43 (5.42%) SDLC
13 42 (5.30%) Front End Development
14 39 (4.92%) DevOps
14 39 (4.92%) Physics
15 38 (4.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (4.79%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (4.67%) Project Delivery
17 35 (4.41%) Propensity Modelling
Programming Languages
1 107 (13.49%) C#
2 92 (11.60%) JavaScript
3 87 (10.97%) Python
4 79 (9.96%) SQL
5 72 (9.08%) C++
6 69 (8.70%) TypeScript
7 64 (8.07%) C
8 55 (6.94%) Java
9 32 (4.04%) PHP
10 24 (3.03%) Bash
11 16 (2.02%) Fortran
12 14 (1.77%) PL/SQL
13 13 (1.64%) Embedded C++
13 13 (1.64%) Go
14 12 (1.51%) MATLAB
15 10 (1.26%) Rust
16 9 (1.13%) Perl
16 9 (1.13%) Ruby
17 8 (1.01%) PowerShell
18 7 (0.88%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 194 (24.46%) Degree
2 79 (9.96%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.18%) Master's Degree
4 32 (4.04%) PhD
5 31 (3.91%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.03%) ACCA
6 24 (3.03%) CIMA
7 22 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.52%) DBS Check
9 19 (2.40%) CCNP
9 19 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.02%) CCNA
11 14 (1.77%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.51%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.51%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (0.88%) CISSP
13 7 (0.88%) CTC Cleared
14 5 (0.63%) HNC
14 5 (0.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.63%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.52%) WCAG
2 15 (1.89%) Good Clinical Practice
3 10 (1.26%) QA
4 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.50%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.50%) GDPR
6 3 (0.38%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.38%) AUTOSAR
6 3 (0.38%) HL7
6 3 (0.38%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.38%) MISRA
6 3 (0.38%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.25%) GxP
8 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 15765
System Software
1 58 (7.31%) Docker
2 16 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.13%) Firmware
4 7 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (7.44%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.28%) Terraform
3 10 (1.26%) Ansible
3 10 (1.26%) Stealthwatch
4 8 (1.01%) SCCM
5 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.50%) Nagios
7 4 (0.50%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.38%) CASB
9 2 (0.25%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.25%) Grafana
9 2 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 122 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.40%) Cisco
3 21 (2.65%) Oracle
4 18 (2.27%) Apple
5 16 (2.02%) Meraki
6 14 (1.77%) Adobe
7 13 (1.64%) Juniper
8 12 (1.51%) VMware
9 10 (1.26%) Google
10 9 (1.13%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.01%) EMC
11 8 (1.01%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.01%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.88%) Infoblox
12 7 (0.88%) Nokia
12 7 (0.88%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.76%) Siemens
14 5 (0.63%) Arista
15 4 (0.50%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.50%) Xamarin