Senior Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Senior
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Senior salary in West Yorkshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 255 221 344
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 13.49% 15.30% 16.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.46% 15.76% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 172 98 247
10th Percentile £46,775 £45,875 £45,875
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,063 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.40% -2.75% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £84,056
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,764 1,402 2,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 97.09% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 694 1,601
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,400 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,125 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Senior job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Senior
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Senior
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in West Yorkshire

Senior
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 January 2026. 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
Leeds -1 240 £65,924 +19.86% 68
Bradford -12 7 £65,000 - 14
Pontefract - 3 £59,000 -
Huddersfield - 1 - - 1
Knottingley - 1 £65,000 - 1
Senior
Yorkshire

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 59 (23.14%) Agile
2 50 (19.61%) AWS
3 38 (14.90%) CI/CD
4 37 (14.51%) Mentoring
5 35 (13.73%) Python
5 35 (13.73%) SQL
6 34 (13.33%) Software Engineering
7 31 (12.16%) Azure
8 30 (11.76%) Coaching
9 28 (10.98%) JavaScript
9 28 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.20%) DevOps
12 25 (9.80%) Java
13 22 (8.63%) Data Modelling
13 22 (8.63%) Docker
13 22 (8.63%) Microsoft
13 22 (8.63%) React
14 19 (7.45%) Analytics
15 18 (7.06%) Amazon S3
16 17 (6.67%) Serverless
16 17 (6.67%) Terraform
16 17 (6.67%) TypeScript
17 16 (6.27%) Node.js
17 16 (6.27%) SAP
17 16 (6.27%) SDLC
17 16 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
18 15 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
18 15 (5.88%) Full-Stack Development
19 14 (5.49%) Apache Spark

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (5.49%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.92%) Apache
3 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.18%) IIS
7 2 (0.78%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.78%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.61%) AWS
2 31 (12.16%) Azure
3 18 (7.06%) Amazon S3
4 17 (6.67%) Serverless
5 10 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (3.53%) GCP
6 9 (3.53%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (3.14%) GitHub
7 8 (3.14%) SaaS
8 7 (2.75%) dbt
9 6 (2.35%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.35%) AWS Step Functions
9 6 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.18%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.78%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.35%) Firewall
2 5 (1.96%) VLAN
3 3 (1.18%) LAN
3 3 (1.18%) SAN
3 3 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.18%) VoIP
3 3 (1.18%) WAN
3 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.39%) AMQP
4 1 (0.39%) Broadband
4 1 (0.39%) Network Security
4 1 (0.39%) SMS
4 1 (0.39%) SSL
4 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (5.10%) Data Lake
3 11 (4.31%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (3.92%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.75%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.35%) Power BI
8 4 (1.57%) Data Vault
8 4 (1.57%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.57%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.18%) Apache Iceberg
9 3 (1.18%) Metadata
9 3 (1.18%) MySQL
9 3 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.18%) Tableau
10 2 (0.78%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.14%) Git
2 5 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.18%) Selenium
4 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.78%) GitLab
4 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.39%) Appium
5 1 (0.39%) JIRA
5 1 (0.39%) Maven
5 1 (0.39%) Mockito
5 1 (0.39%) Postman
5 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
General
1 43 (16.86%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.20%) Public Sector
3 25 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.80%) Finance
4 11 (4.31%) Retail
5 10 (3.92%) Financial Institution
5 10 (3.92%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.14%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (2.75%) Games
8 5 (1.96%) Legal
8 5 (1.96%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.57%) Marketing
9 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Law
12 1 (0.39%) Advertising
12 1 (0.39%) Back Office
12 1 (0.39%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.63%) React
2 16 (6.27%) Node.js
3 13 (5.10%) Spring
3 13 (5.10%) Spring Boot
4 12 (4.71%) REST
5 10 (3.92%) .NET
6 9 (3.53%) CSS
6 9 (3.53%) HTML
7 6 (2.35%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.35%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.96%) FastAPI
8 5 (1.96%) Flask
8 5 (1.96%) Micronaut
9 4 (1.57%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.57%) Django
9 4 (1.57%) Kafka
10 3 (1.18%) Flutter
10 3 (1.18%) HTML5
10 3 (1.18%) Pandas
10 3 (1.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (1.96%) Data Centre
1 5 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (1.57%) NHS
2 4 (1.57%) Public Cloud
3 3 (1.18%) Cloud Native
3 3 (1.18%) Clustering
3 3 (1.18%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.18%) Replication
3 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
4 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
4 2 (0.78%) Mobile App
4 2 (0.78%) SCADA
4 2 (0.78%) Social Media
5 1 (0.39%) PKI
5 1 (0.39%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.10%) Windows
2 8 (3.14%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.75%) Linux
4 3 (1.18%) Android
4 3 (1.18%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.14%) Agile
2 38 (14.90%) CI/CD
3 37 (14.51%) Mentoring
4 34 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 30 (11.76%) Coaching
6 28 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (10.20%) DevOps
9 22 (8.63%) Data Modelling
10 19 (7.45%) Analytics
11 16 (6.27%) SDLC
11 16 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (5.88%) Full-Stack Development
13 14 (5.49%) ETL
13 14 (5.49%) Roadmaps
14 13 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
14 13 (5.10%) Collaborative Culture
14 13 (5.10%) Data Pipeline
14 13 (5.10%) Microservices
14 13 (5.10%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.73%) Python
1 35 (13.73%) SQL
2 28 (10.98%) JavaScript
3 25 (9.80%) Java
4 17 (6.67%) TypeScript
5 13 (5.10%) C#
6 9 (3.53%) Scala
7 6 (2.35%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.78%) Bash
9 2 (0.78%) C++
9 2 (0.78%) Go
9 2 (0.78%) R
9 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.78%) VBA
10 1 (0.39%) Groovy
10 1 (0.39%) PHP
10 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (3.92%) SC Cleared
1 10 (3.92%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.14%) ACCA
3 4 (1.57%) Degree
3 4 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (0.39%) CISM
5 1 (0.39%) CISSP
5 1 (0.39%) CRISC
5 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.53%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.14%) GAAP
2 8 (3.14%) IFRS
3 7 (2.75%) QA
4 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.57%) GRC
4 4 (1.57%) PMO
5 3 (1.18%) GDPR
5 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.39%) NCSC
6 1 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (8.63%) Docker
2 7 (2.75%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.18%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.67%) Terraform
2 12 (4.71%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.78%) Ansible
6 1 (0.39%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.27%) SAP
3 7 (2.75%) Oracle
3 7 (2.75%) VMware
4 6 (2.35%) Databricks
5 4 (1.57%) Google
6 3 (1.18%) Dell
6 3 (1.18%) HP
6 3 (1.18%) Openreach
6 3 (1.18%) Palantir
6 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.18%) SonicWALL
6 3 (1.18%) Supermicro
6 3 (1.18%) Veeam
7 2 (0.78%) Adobe
7 2 (0.78%) Lotus
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco
8 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.39%) Genesys
8 1 (0.39%) New Relic