Senior Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 10 13 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 433 1,126 839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.17% 13.75% 11.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.92% 14.64% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 364 618 656
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,925 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +0.84% +13.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +8.00%

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 3,111 7,691 6,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 93.94% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,524 4,453 5,327
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,300 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,950 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +1.90% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £81,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +2 169 £57,500 -10.85% 121
Warwickshire +19 84 £55,000 +5.77% 37
Coventry -1 51 £56,750 +6.57% 22
Worcestershire +11 26 £57,500 +2.22% 10
Staffordshire +8 22 £27,659 -44.68% 10
Solihull +6 19 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Wolverhampton +18 15 £63,500 +1.60% 3
Shropshire +16 8 £51,250 -2.38% 5
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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.

1 131 (30.25%) Azure
2 130 (30.02%) Finance
3 111 (25.64%) Agile
4 105 (24.25%) Microsoft
5 99 (22.86%) Social Skills
6 91 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (17.09%) SQL
8 68 (15.70%) AWS
9 65 (15.01%) DevOps
10 64 (14.78%) Software Engineering
11 62 (14.32%) Windows
12 59 (13.63%) VMware
13 53 (12.24%) SQL Server
14 52 (12.01%) Degree
15 49 (11.32%) Mentoring
15 49 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
16 47 (10.85%) Project Delivery
16 47 (10.85%) C#
16 47 (10.85%) Automotive
17 46 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
18 44 (10.16%) JavaScript
18 44 (10.16%) Active Directory
19 43 (9.93%) Python
19 43 (9.93%) Migration
19 43 (9.93%) Firewall
19 43 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 43 (9.93%) Windows Server
20 41 (9.47%) Project Management
21 39 (9.01%) .NET
22 38 (8.78%) Security Cleared

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 21 (4.85%) MS Exchange
2 13 (3.00%) IIS
3 10 (2.31%) Confluence
3 10 (2.31%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.69%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.46%) JBoss
5 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.46%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (4.39%) Simulink
2 17 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.92%) CATIA
5 3 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.46%) TargetLink
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.23%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (6.00%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.92%) ENOVIA
2 4 (0.92%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.46%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.46%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.23%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 131 (30.25%) Azure
2 68 (15.70%) AWS
3 49 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (5.08%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.85%) SaaS
6 20 (4.62%) Entra ID
7 19 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.23%) GCP
9 9 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.85%) GitHub
11 7 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.62%) Serverless
12 6 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (0.92%) PaaS
14 4 (0.92%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.92%) Snowflake
15 3 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (0.69%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.93%) Firewall
2 35 (8.08%) DHCP
3 33 (7.62%) DNS
4 21 (4.85%) WAN
5 19 (4.39%) HTTP
5 19 (4.39%) TCP/IP
6 17 (3.93%) SSL
7 16 (3.70%) FTP
7 16 (3.70%) SMTP
7 16 (3.70%) SNMP
7 16 (3.70%) SSH
7 16 (3.70%) Telnet
8 10 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (1.85%) Wireless
10 7 (1.62%) LAN
10 7 (1.62%) SAN
10 7 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.39%) iSCSI
11 6 (1.39%) Network Security
11 6 (1.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.16%) Power BI
3 17 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.54%) NoSQL
4 11 (2.54%) Tableau
5 9 (2.08%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.39%) Big Data
7 6 (1.39%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.39%) Metadata
8 5 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.15%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.69%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.69%) CouchDB
10 3 (0.69%) Event Store
10 3 (0.69%) RavenDB
10 3 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.85%) Git
2 16 (3.70%) JIRA
3 7 (1.62%) Maven
4 6 (1.39%) GitLab
5 5 (1.15%) Artifactory
5 5 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.15%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.92%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.92%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.69%) Mercurial
7 3 (0.69%) Moq
7 3 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.46%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.46%) LSMW
9 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.23%) JMeter
9 1 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.23%) Xcode
General
1 130 (30.02%) Finance
2 99 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 47 (10.85%) Automotive
4 46 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (7.85%) Electronics
6 33 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.39%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.00%) Banking
8 13 (3.00%) Retail
9 11 (2.54%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.54%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.31%) Law
11 9 (2.08%) Legal
11 9 (2.08%) Marketing
11 9 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.39%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.15%) Games
14 5 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.01%) .NET
2 28 (6.47%) React
3 24 (5.54%) HTML
4 22 (5.08%) CSS
5 20 (4.62%) REST
6 19 (4.39%) AngularJS
7 16 (3.70%) .NET Core
8 15 (3.46%) ASP.NET
8 15 (3.46%) RESTful
9 13 (3.00%) .NET Framework
9 13 (3.00%) Node.js
9 13 (3.00%) WebRTC
10 11 (2.54%) Spring Boot
11 9 (2.08%) Blazor
11 9 (2.08%) GraphQL
11 9 (2.08%) Spring
11 9 (2.08%) Web Services
12 8 (1.85%) CSS3
12 8 (1.85%) HTML5
13 7 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.85%) Management Information System
2 32 (7.39%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.70%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.70%) EFT
6 14 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.00%) Clustering
8 11 (2.54%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.31%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.08%) Algorithms
10 9 (2.08%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.39%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.15%) IoT
13 4 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.92%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.92%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.69%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 62 (14.32%) Windows
2 43 (9.93%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.31%) Linux
4 21 (4.85%) Unix
5 9 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.85%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.62%) Android
7 7 (1.62%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.92%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (25.64%) Agile
2 91 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (15.01%) DevOps
4 64 (14.78%) Software Engineering
5 49 (11.32%) Mentoring
6 47 (10.85%) Project Delivery
7 43 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 43 (9.93%) Migration
8 41 (9.47%) Project Management
9 37 (8.55%) Process Improvement
10 36 (8.31%) ITIL
11 32 (7.39%) Coaching
12 31 (7.16%) Microservices
13 30 (6.93%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (6.70%) Data Migration
14 29 (6.70%) Scrum
14 29 (6.70%) User Acceptance Testing
15 28 (6.47%) Analytics
15 28 (6.47%) CI/CD
15 28 (6.47%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 74 (17.09%) SQL
2 47 (10.85%) C#
3 44 (10.16%) JavaScript
4 43 (9.93%) Python
5 31 (7.16%) PowerShell
6 28 (6.47%) C
7 24 (5.54%) Java
8 22 (5.08%) TypeScript
9 19 (4.39%) MATLAB
10 17 (3.93%) C++
11 9 (2.08%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.62%) Bash
13 5 (1.15%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (1.15%) R
13 5 (1.15%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.69%) PHP
14 3 (0.69%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.46%) Go
16 1 (0.23%) Dart
Qualifications
1 52 (12.01%) Degree
2 38 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.62%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.54%) Postgraduate
5 10 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.31%) NVQ Level 3
6 9 (2.08%) CISM
7 8 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.85%) CISSP
8 7 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.92%) CCNA
10 4 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.69%) CCIE
11 3 (0.69%) CISA
11 3 (0.69%) IIBA
11 3 (0.69%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.69%) JNCIE
11 3 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.93%) Automotive SPICE
2 16 (3.70%) ISO 26262
3 13 (3.00%) QA
4 12 (2.77%) AUTOSAR
5 9 (2.08%) NIST
6 8 (1.85%) MISRA
7 7 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.62%) SLA
8 6 (1.39%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.39%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.15%) PMO
10 4 (0.92%) GDPR
10 4 (0.92%) GRC
11 3 (0.69%) COBIT
11 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.69%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.69%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.46%) COSHH
12 2 (0.46%) IFRS
12 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 44 (10.16%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.62%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (3.46%) Docker
5 11 (2.54%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.31%) Firmware
7 4 (0.92%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.46%) NFS
8 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.46%) vSphere
9 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.23%) Squid
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (5.77%) SCCM
2 22 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.70%) vCenter Server
4 14 (3.23%) Terraform
5 12 (2.77%) Ansible
6 9 (2.08%) Puppet
7 8 (1.85%) Functional Safety
8 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.15%) WSUS
10 4 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.46%) Nagios
12 1 (0.23%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.23%) Icinga
12 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 105 (24.25%) Microsoft
2 59 (13.63%) VMware
3 21 (4.85%) CheckPoint
4 20 (4.62%) Cisco
4 20 (4.62%) Citrix
5 17 (3.93%) Databricks
6 16 (3.70%) Globalscape
7 15 (3.46%) NEC
8 13 (3.00%) Apple
9 12 (2.77%) SAP
9 12 (2.77%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.31%) Aruba
11 9 (2.08%) Alteryx
12 8 (1.85%) Google
12 8 (1.85%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.62%) EMC
14 6 (1.39%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.39%) Juniper
14 6 (1.39%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.39%) Xamarin