Senior Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 838 645 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.98% 12.71% 13.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.70% 14.11% 14.72%
Number of salaries quoted 592 438 706
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,617
Median % change year-on-year - +4.14% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,473 £81,400 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,598 4,571 8,205
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 90.05% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,468 3,109 5,288
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Birmingham +7 433 £60,000 -1.32% 42
Warwickshire -8 110 £60,000 +4.35% 13
Staffordshire +3 76 £52,500 +5.00% 10
Worcestershire 0 60 £56,250 -6.25% 7
Solihull +11 24 £62,500 +11.11% 1
Shropshire +7 16 £52,500 -4.55% 5
Halesowen - 16 £60,000 -
Coventry -18 13 £60,000 +9.09% 12
Wolverhampton -9 10 £130,446 +126.86%
Herefordshire +1 4 £61,500 +29.47%
West Bromwich +1 2 £32,000 -37.95% 2
Brierley Hill -5 1 £55,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 West Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 152 (18.14%) Azure
2 132 (15.75%) Microsoft
3 130 (15.51%) Agile
4 126 (15.04%) Social Skills
5 107 (12.77%) SQL
6 106 (12.65%) C#
6 106 (12.65%) Mentoring
7 92 (10.98%) .NET
8 89 (10.62%) Finance
9 87 (10.38%) Software Engineering
10 86 (10.26%) Degree
11 83 (9.90%) DevOps
12 78 (9.31%) Coaching
13 72 (8.59%) AWS
14 68 (8.11%) Python
15 66 (7.88%) JavaScript
16 65 (7.76%) Security Cleared
17 62 (7.40%) Windows
17 62 (7.40%) Problem-Solving
18 61 (7.28%) Analytics
19 57 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
19 57 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
20 53 (6.32%) Active Directory
20 53 (6.32%) Cisco
21 50 (5.97%) WAN
22 46 (5.49%) Project Delivery
23 45 (5.37%) Firewall
23 45 (5.37%) SC Cleared
24 44 (5.25%) VMware
24 44 (5.25%) ITIL

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (1.91%) SAS
1 16 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.84%) Tuxedo
4 5 (0.60%) Confluence
4 5 (0.60%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.36%) Apache
5 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.24%) IIS
6 2 (0.24%) ThingWorx
6 2 (0.24%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.19%) Simulink
3 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.24%) Sketch
6 1 (0.12%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Maya
6 1 (0.12%) NUKE
6 1 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.12%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.12%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.48%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 4 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 152 (18.14%) Azure
2 72 (8.59%) AWS
3 43 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (4.06%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.82%) Power Platform
6 28 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (3.10%) SaaS
8 15 (1.79%) GitHub
9 14 (1.67%) OneDrive
10 11 (1.31%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.31%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.07%) Serverless
12 8 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.84%) Azure Stack
13 7 (0.84%) GCP
13 7 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.97%) WAN
2 45 (5.37%) Firewall
3 36 (4.30%) SD-WAN
4 26 (3.10%) Wireless
5 23 (2.74%) VLAN
6 22 (2.63%) LAN
7 19 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
8 16 (1.91%) Network Security
9 15 (1.79%) VPN
10 14 (1.67%) DHCP
10 14 (1.67%) DNS
10 14 (1.67%) VoIP
11 13 (1.55%) SAN
11 13 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (1.43%) OSPF
12 12 (1.43%) TCP/IP
13 10 (1.19%) WLAN
14 9 (1.07%) MPLS
15 7 (0.84%) BGP
15 7 (0.84%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.10%) Power BI
3 23 (2.74%) MySQL
4 19 (2.27%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.84%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.72%) SQLite
10 5 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.60%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.48%) Big Data
11 4 (0.48%) Tableau
12 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.36%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.24%) Metadata
13 2 (0.24%) Power Query
13 2 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (3.10%) Git
2 14 (1.67%) GitLab
3 11 (1.31%) Postman
4 6 (0.72%) JIRA
5 5 (0.60%) MSTest
5 5 (0.60%) SoapUI
6 4 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.24%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.24%) Gatling
8 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.24%) JMeter
8 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.24%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) NUnit
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.12%) Vite
General
1 126 (15.04%) Social Skills
2 89 (10.62%) Finance
3 57 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (3.70%) Retail
5 30 (3.58%) Legal
6 28 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (3.22%) Automotive
8 26 (3.10%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.98%) Banking
10 21 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.51%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.91%) Law
12 15 (1.79%) Electronics
13 13 (1.55%) Marketing
14 9 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.72%) Games
15 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.60%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (10.98%) .NET
2 43 (5.13%) HTML
3 34 (4.06%) .NET Framework
4 32 (3.82%) AngularJS
4 32 (3.82%) CSS
5 28 (3.34%) Entity Framework
6 26 (3.10%) .NET Core
6 26 (3.10%) ASP.NET
7 23 (2.74%) RESTful
8 22 (2.63%) React
9 21 (2.51%) REST
9 21 (2.51%) Vue
10 12 (1.43%) ASP.NET MVC
10 12 (1.43%) Web Services
11 11 (1.31%) Laravel
12 10 (1.19%) JSON
13 9 (1.07%) Blazor
13 9 (1.07%) jQuery
14 7 (0.84%) WPF
14 7 (0.84%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.30%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.58%) Data Centre
3 22 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.03%) Driving Licence
5 13 (1.55%) IoT
6 11 (1.31%) FMCG
7 9 (1.07%) Algorithms
8 8 (0.95%) PMI
8 8 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.84%) Mobile App
9 7 (0.84%) Operational Technology
9 7 (0.84%) PKI
9 7 (0.84%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.72%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.72%) Credit Risk
10 6 (0.72%) EPoS
10 6 (0.72%) Housing Association
10 6 (0.72%) iPad
10 6 (0.72%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.40%) Windows
2 38 (4.53%) Linux
3 37 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (0.72%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.60%) SUSE
6 5 (0.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.24%) VME
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.12%) HPUX
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (15.51%) Agile
2 106 (12.65%) Mentoring
3 87 (10.38%) Software Engineering
4 83 (9.90%) DevOps
5 78 (9.31%) Coaching
6 62 (7.40%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (7.28%) Analytics
8 57 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
9 46 (5.49%) Project Delivery
10 44 (5.25%) ITIL
11 40 (4.77%) Roadmaps
12 39 (4.65%) Project Management
13 36 (4.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 36 (4.30%) Machine Learning
13 36 (4.30%) Time Management
14 35 (4.18%) User Experience
15 33 (3.94%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (3.94%) CI/CD
16 30 (3.58%) Scrum
17 29 (3.46%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 107 (12.77%) SQL
2 106 (12.65%) C#
3 68 (8.11%) Python
4 66 (7.88%) JavaScript
5 38 (4.53%) C++
6 37 (4.42%) TypeScript
7 26 (3.10%) C
8 19 (2.27%) Java
9 17 (2.03%) PHP
9 17 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.43%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.19%) MATLAB
12 9 (1.07%) COBOL
12 9 (1.07%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 9 (1.07%) R
13 8 (0.95%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.84%) Bicep
15 6 (0.72%) XAML
16 5 (0.60%) Bash
17 3 (0.36%) Go
Qualifications
1 86 (10.26%) Degree
2 65 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 45 (5.37%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (4.06%) CCNP
6 26 (3.10%) CCNA
7 18 (2.15%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.31%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.31%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.07%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.95%) CCIE
12 6 (0.72%) CCDP
12 6 (0.72%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 6 (0.72%) CISSP
12 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.60%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.60%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.63%) QA
2 16 (1.91%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.67%) SLA
4 10 (1.19%) GMP
5 9 (1.07%) GDPR
6 8 (0.95%) AUTOSAR
6 8 (0.95%) ISO 26262
7 7 (0.84%) Automotive SPICE
8 6 (0.72%) WCAG
9 5 (0.60%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.48%) IFRS
10 4 (0.48%) IFRS 9
10 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.48%) MISRA
10 4 (0.48%) MISRA C
10 4 (0.48%) PMO
10 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 53 (6.32%) Active Directory
2 31 (3.70%) Docker
3 28 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (2.51%) Firmware
5 20 (2.39%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.55%) vSphere
7 8 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.60%) RACF
9 4 (0.48%) NFS
10 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.24%) XenApp
11 2 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (3.70%) Terraform
2 29 (3.46%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.43%) Ansible
3 12 (1.43%) Stealthwatch
4 8 (0.95%) SCCM
5 7 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.60%) CASB
6 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.60%) Rancher
6 5 (0.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (0.60%) VxRail
7 3 (0.36%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.24%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.24%) Nagios
9 1 (0.12%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 132 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.32%) Cisco
3 44 (5.25%) VMware
4 32 (3.82%) Meraki
5 27 (3.22%) CheckPoint
6 21 (2.51%) Adobe
7 17 (2.03%) Apple
8 16 (1.91%) Oracle
9 14 (1.67%) Google
10 13 (1.55%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.43%) HP
11 12 (1.43%) Xamarin
12 11 (1.31%) ServiceNow
13 10 (1.19%) Aruba
13 10 (1.19%) Dell
13 10 (1.19%) IBM
14 9 (1.07%) Citrix
14 9 (1.07%) Micro Focus
14 9 (1.07%) SAP
15 8 (0.95%) Salesforce