Senior Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £57,965 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 9 18 13
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 875 751 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.11% 11.17% 12.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.87% 12.40% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 670 409 595
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,920 £38,525
25th Percentile £48,028 £49,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,025 £85,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,797 6,058 6,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 90.07% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,139 3,388 4,754
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +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 27 April 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 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
Birmingham +8 447 £60,000 -3.23% 87
Warwickshire +9 125 £52,500 -4.55% 25
Worcestershire +8 54 £52,500 -12.50% 12
Staffordshire -9 48 £50,000 +8.70% 27
Solihull +20 40 £62,500 +3.31% 6
Coventry +15 37 £65,000 +18.18% 20
Shropshire +22 25 £55,000 -16.98% 5
Halesowen - 15 £60,000 -
Wolverhampton +8 5 £63,500 +15.45% 5
Herefordshire -4 5 £61,500 +44.71% 2
West Bromwich +1 3 £78,500 +52.21% 1
Brierley Hill -7 1 £55,000 -
Senior
England

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

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 West Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 186 (21.26%) Azure
2 161 (18.40%) Social Skills
3 154 (17.60%) Microsoft
4 146 (16.69%) Agile
5 144 (16.46%) Finance
6 135 (15.43%) SQL
7 114 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (12.11%) Software Engineering
9 104 (11.89%) Degree
10 100 (11.43%) Mentoring
11 96 (10.97%) C#
12 94 (10.74%) Analytics
13 88 (10.06%) AWS
14 85 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
15 84 (9.60%) .NET
16 81 (9.26%) DevOps
17 71 (8.11%) Python
18 70 (8.00%) VMware
19 67 (7.66%) Firewall
20 66 (7.54%) Windows
21 64 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
22 61 (6.97%) Power Platform
22 61 (6.97%) Project Delivery
23 60 (6.86%) WAN
23 60 (6.86%) Coaching
24 58 (6.63%) Project Management
25 56 (6.40%) JavaScript
25 56 (6.40%) Cisco
26 55 (6.29%) Power BI
26 55 (6.29%) Actionable Insight

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 24 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.17%) IIS
4 8 (0.91%) Confluence
4 8 (0.91%) SAS
5 6 (0.69%) Tuxedo
6 5 (0.57%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.34%) Apache
7 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.23%) JBoss
8 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.23%) WinCC
9 1 (0.11%) CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 25 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.14%) Simulink
4 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.34%) Sketch
8 2 (0.23%) 3ds Max
8 2 (0.23%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.71%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 186 (21.26%) Azure
2 88 (10.06%) AWS
3 61 (6.97%) Power Platform
4 50 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
7 31 (3.54%) SaaS
8 29 (3.31%) Entra ID
9 23 (2.63%) GCP
10 22 (2.51%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.40%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.94%) OneDrive
13 12 (1.37%) GitHub
13 12 (1.37%) Serverless
14 11 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (0.80%) Azure API Management
16 7 (0.80%) Azure Event Grid
16 7 (0.80%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 67 (7.66%) Firewall
2 60 (6.86%) WAN
3 33 (3.77%) Wireless
4 30 (3.43%) VLAN
5 28 (3.20%) SD-WAN
6 27 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (2.86%) TCP/IP
8 23 (2.63%) DNS
9 22 (2.51%) DHCP
10 21 (2.40%) LAN
11 15 (1.71%) SAN
12 14 (1.60%) VPN
13 12 (1.37%) OSPF
13 12 (1.37%) VoIP
13 12 (1.37%) WLAN
14 11 (1.26%) J1939
14 11 (1.26%) MPLS
15 10 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (1.14%) iSCSI
16 8 (0.91%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (6.29%) Power BI
2 54 (6.17%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.97%) Tableau
4 21 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.94%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.83%) MySQL
9 11 (1.26%) SQLite
10 8 (0.91%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.91%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.69%) Looker
12 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.57%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.57%) Metadata
12 5 (0.57%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.46%) Big Data
13 4 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (2.97%) Git
2 11 (1.26%) JIRA
3 10 (1.14%) Postman
4 6 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.57%) MSTest
5 5 (0.57%) SoapUI
6 4 (0.46%) Maven
6 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.34%) Axure RP
7 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.23%) LSMW
9 1 (0.11%) GitLab
9 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.11%) NUnit
9 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 161 (18.40%) Social Skills
2 144 (16.46%) Finance
3 85 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
5 37 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.66%) Automotive
7 32 (3.66%) Retail
8 28 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 27 (3.09%) Legal
10 23 (2.63%) Electronics
11 22 (2.51%) Games
12 18 (2.06%) Marketing
13 17 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.94%) Law
14 14 (1.60%) Banking
15 11 (1.26%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.57%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (9.60%) .NET
2 38 (4.34%) HTML
3 36 (4.11%) AngularJS
4 35 (4.00%) REST
5 34 (3.89%) .NET Framework
6 32 (3.66%) .NET Core
7 31 (3.54%) Entity Framework
7 31 (3.54%) RESTful
8 28 (3.20%) ASP.NET
8 28 (3.20%) React
9 24 (2.74%) CSS
10 20 (2.29%) Blazor
11 19 (2.17%) WebRTC
12 18 (2.06%) Vue
13 15 (1.71%) ASP.NET MVC
13 15 (1.71%) Yocto
14 14 (1.60%) Web Services
15 12 (1.37%) WPF
16 11 (1.26%) Universal Windows Platform
16 11 (1.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.43%) Driving Licence
3 21 (2.40%) Clustering
3 21 (2.40%) IoT
3 21 (2.40%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.06%) Data Centre
5 16 (1.83%) Algorithms
6 14 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.60%) Mobile App
6 14 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.14%) PMI
8 9 (1.03%) CUDA
8 9 (1.03%) FMCG
8 9 (1.03%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (0.80%) NHS
10 7 (0.80%) PKI
11 6 (0.69%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (0.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.54%) Windows
2 47 (5.37%) Windows Server
3 38 (4.34%) Linux
4 15 (1.71%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.03%) Android
6 9 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (0.69%) Unix
9 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.57%) SUSE
10 5 (0.57%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.11%) HPUX
12 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (16.69%) Agile
2 114 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (12.11%) Software Engineering
4 100 (11.43%) Mentoring
5 94 (10.74%) Analytics
6 81 (9.26%) DevOps
7 64 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
8 61 (6.97%) Project Delivery
9 60 (6.86%) Coaching
10 58 (6.63%) Project Management
11 55 (6.29%) Actionable Insight
12 51 (5.83%) Data Modelling
12 51 (5.83%) Machine Learning
13 50 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
14 49 (5.60%) Migration
15 42 (4.80%) Artificial Intelligence
16 41 (4.69%) User Experience
17 40 (4.57%) Process Improvement
17 40 (4.57%) Visualisation
17 40 (4.57%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 135 (15.43%) SQL
2 96 (10.97%) C#
3 71 (8.11%) Python
4 56 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 36 (4.11%) C
5 36 (4.11%) TypeScript
6 29 (3.31%) Java
7 24 (2.74%) C++
8 20 (2.29%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.37%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.26%) XAML
11 9 (1.03%) MATLAB
12 8 (0.91%) PHP
13 7 (0.80%) R
14 6 (0.69%) Bash
14 6 (0.69%) Bicep
14 6 (0.69%) COBOL
14 6 (0.69%) Go
14 6 (0.69%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 104 (11.89%) Degree
2 46 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 40 (4.57%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (3.43%) CCNP
6 24 (2.74%) CCNA
7 18 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 15 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.26%) Postgraduate
11 10 (1.14%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.91%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.91%) CCSA
13 7 (0.80%) CCIE
13 7 (0.80%) PhD
13 7 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.69%) CCDP
14 6 (0.69%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 6 (0.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.83%) QA
2 14 (1.60%) Automotive SPICE
3 13 (1.49%) AUTOSAR
4 12 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.37%) SLA
5 8 (0.91%) ISO 26262
5 8 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.69%) GDPR
6 6 (0.69%) IFRS
7 5 (0.57%) GMP
7 5 (0.57%) GRC
7 5 (0.57%) PMO
8 4 (0.46%) COBIT
8 4 (0.46%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.46%) MISRA
8 4 (0.46%) MISRA C
8 4 (0.46%) WCAG
9 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 52 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (5.37%) Docker
3 39 (4.46%) Active Directory
4 30 (3.43%) Hyper-V
5 19 (2.17%) Firmware
6 8 (0.91%) NFS
7 7 (0.80%) vSphere
8 6 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.57%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.11%) Squid
Systems Management
1 35 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.74%) Terraform
3 11 (1.26%) SCCM
4 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.69%) Rancher
7 5 (0.57%) Ansible
7 5 (0.57%) CASB
7 5 (0.57%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (0.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.46%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.46%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.34%) Nagios
10 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.23%) MIIS
10 2 (0.23%) VxRail
10 2 (0.23%) WSUS
11 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.11%) Icinga
Vendors
1 154 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.00%) VMware
3 56 (6.40%) Cisco
4 48 (5.49%) CheckPoint
5 28 (3.20%) Meraki
6 20 (2.29%) Google
7 19 (2.17%) Palo Alto
8 18 (2.06%) Adobe
9 17 (1.94%) Databricks
10 13 (1.49%) Alteryx
11 12 (1.37%) Apple
11 12 (1.37%) Juniper
11 12 (1.37%) Xamarin
12 11 (1.26%) Oracle
13 10 (1.14%) HP
13 10 (1.14%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.14%) SAP
14 9 (1.03%) IBM
14 9 (1.03%) NVIDIA
14 9 (1.03%) ServiceNow