Senior Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior salary in the Thames Valley is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,002 838 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.90% 13.62% 15.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.73% 15.15% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 637 508 701
10th Percentile £42,943 £45,775 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,099 £53,750 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,369 5,531 6,601
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.91% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,545 3,215 4,181
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,356 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +8 513 £67,500 -3.57% 116
Oxfordshire +3 276 £60,000 -14.29% 76
Buckinghamshire 0 213 £55,000 -12.00% 57
Senior
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 221 (22.06%) Degree
2 202 (20.16%) Agile
3 181 (18.06%) Social Skills
4 170 (16.97%) Microsoft
5 165 (16.47%) Security Cleared
6 161 (16.07%) JavaScript
7 160 (15.97%) Software Engineering
8 155 (15.47%) C#
9 153 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
10 149 (14.87%) Azure
11 137 (13.67%) React
12 136 (13.57%) .NET
13 119 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
14 110 (10.98%) Actionable Insight
15 109 (10.88%) Python
16 108 (10.78%) Computer Science
17 103 (10.28%) Finance
18 102 (10.18%) SQL
19 100 (9.98%) SC Cleared
20 92 (9.18%) Decision-Making
21 89 (8.88%) TypeScript
22 87 (8.68%) AWS
23 85 (8.48%) DevOps
24 80 (7.98%) Java
25 79 (7.88%) CSS
25 79 (7.88%) HTML
25 79 (7.88%) Linux
26 78 (7.78%) Git
27 76 (7.58%) Docker
28 71 (7.09%) Mentoring

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 30 (2.99%) CMS
2 23 (2.30%) Headless CMS
2 23 (2.30%) Kentico
3 22 (2.20%) WebLogic
4 19 (1.90%) ArcGIS
4 19 (1.90%) GeoServer
5 18 (1.80%) IIS
5 18 (1.80%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (1.80%) Umbraco
6 10 (1.00%) JBoss
6 10 (1.00%) OpenStack
6 10 (1.00%) Red Hat Fuse
7 9 (0.90%) Confluence
7 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.80%) SharePoint
9 7 (0.70%) SAS
10 6 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.50%) nginx
12 1 (0.100%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.100%) Kinematics
Applications
1 54 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.70%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.70%) OrCAD
6 6 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.40%) Sketch
7 4 (0.40%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.30%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.30%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.100%) Primavera
5 1 (0.100%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.100%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (14.87%) Azure
2 87 (8.68%) AWS
3 35 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (2.59%) SaaS
5 23 (2.30%) Power Platform
6 18 (1.80%) Kontent
7 12 (1.20%) OneDrive
7 12 (1.20%) Serverless
8 10 (1.00%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (1.00%) Dropbox
8 10 (1.00%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.00%) Google Drive
8 10 (1.00%) PaaS
9 8 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (0.80%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.70%) GitHub
11 6 (0.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.89%) Broadband
2 25 (2.50%) WAN
3 22 (2.20%) Firewall
4 18 (1.80%) Wireless
5 14 (1.40%) LAN
5 14 (1.40%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.30%) DHCP
6 13 (1.30%) DNS
7 11 (1.10%) VPN
8 10 (1.00%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.90%) MPLS
10 8 (0.80%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.60%) Microwave Backhaul
12 6 (0.60%) Mobile Backhaul
12 6 (0.60%) Modbus
13 5 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.50%) MQTT
13 5 (0.50%) Network Security
13 5 (0.50%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (3.69%) SQL Server
3 31 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
4 28 (2.79%) NoSQL
5 26 (2.59%) MySQL
6 22 (2.20%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.90%) GIS
7 19 (1.90%) QGIS
8 15 (1.50%) Power BI
9 13 (1.30%) OLTP
10 12 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (1.10%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.80%) Oracle Database 11g
14 7 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.60%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.60%) MS Access
15 6 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
16 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 78 (7.78%) Git
2 21 (2.10%) Visual Studio
3 19 (1.90%) Cypress.io
3 19 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.90%) JIRA
4 18 (1.80%) Selenium
5 9 (0.90%) JUnit
5 9 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.70%) NUnit
7 6 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.50%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.50%) Vite
9 4 (0.40%) gulp
9 4 (0.40%) PostCSS
9 4 (0.40%) rollup.js
9 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio Team System
10 3 (0.30%) Gradle
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 181 (18.06%) Social Skills
2 119 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (10.28%) Finance
4 34 (3.39%) Public Sector
5 33 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
5 33 (3.29%) Marketing
6 26 (2.59%) Electronics
6 26 (2.59%) Legal
6 26 (2.59%) Manufacturing
6 26 (2.59%) Retail
7 23 (2.30%) Police
8 20 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (1.90%) Telecoms
10 16 (1.60%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.50%) Automotive
12 14 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.00%) Banking
14 10 (1.00%) Health Technology
14 10 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (13.67%) React
2 136 (13.57%) .NET
3 79 (7.88%) CSS
3 79 (7.88%) HTML
4 55 (5.49%) .NET Core
5 49 (4.89%) ASP.NET
6 41 (4.09%) RESTful
7 39 (3.89%) Spring
8 37 (3.69%) AngularJS
9 32 (3.19%) Node.js
10 30 (2.99%) J2EE
11 27 (2.69%) HTML5
11 27 (2.69%) SOAP
11 27 (2.69%) XML
12 25 (2.50%) .NET Framework
13 24 (2.40%) Java EE
13 24 (2.40%) Next.js
14 23 (2.30%) CSS3
15 22 (2.20%) ASP.NET MVC
16 19 (1.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (3.49%) Management Information System
3 31 (3.09%) Algorithms
4 22 (2.20%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.00%) IoT
6 18 (1.80%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.70%) Biopharmaceutical
7 17 (1.70%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (1.10%) FPGA
9 10 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.00%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.00%) iPad
9 10 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.00%) Life Science
9 10 (1.00%) Social Media
10 9 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
11 8 (0.80%) Product Ownership
11 8 (0.80%) Solar Energy
12 7 (0.70%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 79 (7.88%) Linux
2 57 (5.69%) Windows
3 34 (3.39%) Unix
4 25 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (2.10%) Embedded Linux
5 21 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (1.80%) Windows 10
8 17 (1.70%) Windows 7
8 17 (1.70%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.60%) Android
9 6 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.60%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.30%) CentOS
10 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.30%) Rocky
11 1 (0.100%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.100%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.100%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (20.16%) Agile
2 160 (15.97%) Software Engineering
3 153 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (10.98%) Actionable Insight
5 108 (10.78%) Computer Science
6 92 (9.18%) Decision-Making
7 85 (8.48%) DevOps
8 71 (7.09%) Mentoring
9 63 (6.29%) Artificial Intelligence
10 58 (5.79%) Mathematics
11 54 (5.39%) Cybersecurity
12 50 (4.99%) Project Management
13 49 (4.89%) Front End Development
13 49 (4.89%) ITIL
14 48 (4.79%) Propensity Modelling
15 44 (4.39%) Web Development
16 42 (4.19%) Full Stack Development
16 42 (4.19%) Project Delivery
17 40 (3.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 40 (3.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 161 (16.07%) JavaScript
2 155 (15.47%) C#
3 109 (10.88%) Python
4 102 (10.18%) SQL
5 89 (8.88%) TypeScript
6 80 (7.98%) Java
7 64 (6.39%) C
8 46 (4.59%) C++
9 37 (3.69%) PHP
10 24 (2.40%) Fortran
10 24 (2.40%) PL/SQL
10 24 (2.40%) PowerShell
10 24 (2.40%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.70%) Bash
12 12 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.90%) R
14 8 (0.80%) XAML
15 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.50%) Ladder Logic
15 5 (0.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 221 (22.06%) Degree
2 165 (16.47%) Security Cleared
3 100 (9.98%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.69%) Master's Degree
5 36 (3.59%) PhD
6 35 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (3.09%) HNC
8 24 (2.40%) ACCA
8 24 (2.40%) CIMA
9 17 (1.70%) HND
10 15 (1.50%) CCNP
10 15 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.20%) CCNA
12 8 (0.80%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.70%) CISSP
13 7 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (0.70%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.59%) SLA
2 22 (2.20%) WCAG
3 18 (1.80%) QA
4 13 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.90%) GDPR
6 7 (0.70%) CDISC
6 7 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.40%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.30%) GMP
9 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.30%) NIST
9 3 (0.30%) PMO
10 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.100%) COBIT
11 1 (0.100%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.100%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 76 (7.58%) Docker
2 40 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.60%) Firmware
5 4 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.30%) vSphere
6 3 (0.30%) XenApp
6 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.100%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.100%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 69 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.20%) OpenSSO
2 22 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
3 19 (1.90%) Ansible
4 18 (1.80%) SCCM
5 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.70%) Terraform
7 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.50%) CASB
8 5 (0.50%) Stealthwatch
9 3 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.20%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.20%) Nagios
11 1 (0.100%) Grafana
11 1 (0.100%) Istio
11 1 (0.100%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 170 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.59%) Oracle
3 31 (3.09%) VMware
4 24 (2.40%) SAP
5 22 (2.20%) Remedy
6 19 (1.90%) ESRI
7 18 (1.80%) Optimizely
7 18 (1.80%) Sitecore
8 16 (1.60%) Cisco
9 14 (1.40%) Adobe
9 14 (1.40%) Apple
9 14 (1.40%) EMC
9 14 (1.40%) Google
9 14 (1.40%) Meraki
10 10 (1.00%) Juniper
10 10 (1.00%) WSO2
11 9 (0.90%) Nokia
12 8 (0.80%) Dell
12 8 (0.80%) Virgin Media
13 6 (0.60%) Databricks