Senior Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 503 962 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.03% 12.19% 11.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.28% 12.90% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 142 719 415
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,268 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,672 £47,500 £49,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,188 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £75,772 £84,200
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% -10.31% -

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 3,788 7,459 5,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.50% 89.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 5,519 3,228
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
Warwickshire +3 200 £53,500 -1.83% 77
Birmingham -3 182 £70,000 +16.67% 123
Coventry +7 54 £42,143 -35.16% 32
Shropshire +5 15 £70,000 +27.27% 20
Solihull -18 11 £55,000 -12.00% 6
Staffordshire -31 11 £52,344 +4.69% 95
Worcestershire -12 10 £65,000 +18.18% 15
Wolverhampton +17 4 £82,500 +26.92% 3
Herefordshire +7 4 - - 4
Walsall - 1 £60,000 - 2
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 West Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 225 (44.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 201 (39.96%) Degree
3 173 (34.39%) Systems Engineering
4 114 (22.66%) Agile
5 110 (21.87%) Mathematics
6 109 (21.67%) Social Skills
7 76 (15.11%) Telecoms
8 74 (14.71%) Manufacturing
9 69 (13.72%) Azure
10 68 (13.52%) Automotive
11 67 (13.32%) Legal
11 67 (13.32%) Documentation Skills
12 60 (11.93%) Physics
12 60 (11.93%) Ergonomics
12 60 (11.93%) Human Factors
13 57 (11.33%) Finance
14 52 (10.34%) Mentoring
15 49 (9.74%) Cybersecurity
15 49 (9.74%) C#
15 49 (9.74%) SQL
16 48 (9.54%) Numerate Degree
17 44 (8.75%) .NET
18 43 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
19 38 (7.55%) JIRA
20 37 (7.36%) Analytics
20 37 (7.36%) Risk Management
20 37 (7.36%) Microsoft
21 36 (7.16%) Requirements Management
21 36 (7.16%) Project Planning
22 34 (6.76%) Coaching

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 11 (2.19%) Confluence
2 4 (0.80%) CMS
3 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.40%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.40%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (4.97%) Simulink
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) ProjectWise
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Revit
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (4.37%) Dynamics AX
2 11 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle SCM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.72%) Azure
2 19 (3.78%) AWS
2 19 (3.78%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (1.99%) SaaS
6 8 (1.59%) GitHub
7 7 (1.39%) GCP
7 7 (1.39%) Serverless
8 6 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.60%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.60%) Supabase
11 3 (0.60%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.39%) Network Security
1 12 (2.39%) SD-WAN
1 12 (2.39%) WAN
2 11 (2.19%) Firewall
3 9 (1.79%) 3GPP
3 9 (1.79%) 5G
4 8 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.39%) VLAN
6 5 (0.99%) Broadband
7 3 (0.60%) Wireless
8 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.40%) HTTP
8 2 (0.40%) LAN
8 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.40%) VPN
9 1 (0.20%) ADSL2
9 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.20%) DHCP
9 1 (0.20%) DNS
9 1 (0.20%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.77%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.18%) Power BI
3 14 (2.78%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.19%) MySQL
5 8 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.99%) Metadata
9 4 (0.80%) Big Data
9 4 (0.80%) GIS
9 4 (0.80%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.80%) Redis
9 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.40%) Data Hub
11 2 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.40%) MS Access
11 2 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 38 (7.55%) JIRA
2 20 (3.98%) Git
3 16 (3.18%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (1.79%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.80%) JUnit
6 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.40%) Mockito
7 2 (0.40%) NUnit
7 2 (0.40%) Selenium
8 1 (0.20%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.20%) GitLab
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 109 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 76 (15.11%) Telecoms
3 74 (14.71%) Manufacturing
4 68 (13.52%) Automotive
5 67 (13.32%) Documentation Skills
5 67 (13.32%) Legal
6 57 (11.33%) Finance
7 31 (6.16%) Retail
8 30 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (5.17%) Games
10 24 (4.77%) Aerospace
11 14 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
12 11 (2.19%) Law
13 9 (1.79%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.39%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.19%) Marketing
16 5 (0.99%) Banking
17 4 (0.80%) Advertising
17 4 (0.80%) Police
18 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.75%) .NET
2 21 (4.17%) HTML
3 17 (3.38%) React
4 15 (2.98%) ASP.NET
5 13 (2.58%) Blazor
6 12 (2.39%) ASP.NET MVC
7 11 (2.19%) RESTful
8 10 (1.99%) REST
9 9 (1.79%) .NET Core
9 9 (1.79%) CSS
10 8 (1.59%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.19%) FastAPI
11 6 (1.19%) GraphQL
12 5 (0.99%) Node.js
12 5 (0.99%) Vue
13 4 (0.80%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.80%) Django
13 4 (0.80%) Laravel
13 4 (0.80%) Next.js
14 3 (0.60%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.77%) Blockchain
1 24 (4.77%) Management Information System
1 24 (4.77%) Robotics
2 7 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (1.19%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.19%) NHS
4 5 (0.99%) Cloud Native
5 4 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (0.80%) Hackathon
5 4 (0.80%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.60%) Algorithms
6 3 (0.60%) Animation
6 3 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (0.60%) Lidar
6 3 (0.60%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.60%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.98%) Linux
2 11 (2.19%) Windows
3 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.80%) Unix
4 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (34.39%) Systems Engineering
2 114 (22.66%) Agile
3 110 (21.87%) Mathematics
4 60 (11.93%) Ergonomics
4 60 (11.93%) Human Factors
4 60 (11.93%) Physics
5 52 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 49 (9.74%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (7.36%) Analytics
8 37 (7.36%) Risk Management
9 36 (7.16%) Project Planning
9 36 (7.16%) Requirements Management
10 34 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence
10 34 (6.76%) Coaching
11 31 (6.16%) CI/CD
11 31 (6.16%) Computer Science
12 29 (5.77%) Change Management
13 28 (5.57%) Software Engineering
13 28 (5.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.74%) C#
1 49 (9.74%) SQL
2 25 (4.97%) MATLAB
3 23 (4.57%) JavaScript
4 22 (4.37%) Python
5 9 (1.79%) Java
5 9 (1.79%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.99%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.80%) Bash
7 4 (0.80%) PHP
8 3 (0.60%) Swift
9 2 (0.40%) ABAP
9 2 (0.40%) C
9 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.40%) HLSL
9 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.20%) Perl
10 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 225 (44.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 201 (39.96%) Degree
3 48 (9.54%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (4.37%) CISA
4 22 (4.37%) ISACA
5 21 (4.17%) Security Cleared
6 12 (2.39%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.59%) HND
8 5 (0.99%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.80%) CCNP
9 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.80%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.60%) HNC
10 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.60%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.60%) PMP
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.77%) ITGC
2 10 (1.99%) NCSC
3 9 (1.79%) QA
4 4 (0.80%) PMO
5 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.60%) GDPR
6 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.40%) COBIT
6 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 11 (2.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (2.39%) Ansible
2 11 (2.19%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.99%) Terraform
4 3 (0.60%) Grafana
4 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.20%) Puppet
6 1 (0.20%) SCOM
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (7.36%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.76%) Oracle
3 29 (5.77%) SAP
4 8 (1.59%) Atlassian
4 8 (1.59%) Cisco
5 7 (1.39%) Databricks
6 5 (0.99%) SolarWinds
7 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.60%) VMware
8 2 (0.40%) Google
8 2 (0.40%) Okta
8 2 (0.40%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.20%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.20%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.20%) ConnectWise
9 1 (0.20%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.20%) IBM
9 1 (0.20%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.20%) Splunk
9 1 (0.20%) Tagetik