Senior Job Trends in Yorkshire

Senior
England > Yorkshire

The median Senior salary in Yorkshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 24 7
Rank change year-on-year +19 -17 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 777 214 908
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 11.62% 7.84% 14.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.33% 8.77% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 655 146 636
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,500 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.58% -0.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £79,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +11.50% -10.31%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 6,300 2,440 6,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 89.41% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,316 1,291 4,676
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £48,742
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +0.53% -7.16%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £79,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -13.32%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 Yorkshire.

Senior job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Senior
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Yorkshire

Senior
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Yorkshire

Senior
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
West Yorkshire +13 488 £65,000 -2.26% 73
South Yorkshire +29 179 £65,000 +3.17% 29
North Yorkshire +26 42 £47,500 -20.83% 11
East Yorkshire -8 27 £65,000 +52.94% 3
Humberside -10 4 £50,000 - 2
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 Yorkshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 117 (15.06%) AWS
2 112 (14.41%) Agile
3 94 (12.10%) Mentoring
4 78 (10.04%) Azure
5 76 (9.78%) Software Engineering
6 74 (9.52%) Coaching
7 71 (9.14%) JavaScript
8 66 (8.49%) Full-Stack Development
9 64 (8.24%) CI/CD
10 59 (7.59%) Java
11 58 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (7.08%) DevOps
12 55 (7.08%) PHP
13 53 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
14 49 (6.31%) SQL
15 48 (6.18%) TypeScript
16 47 (6.05%) Microsoft
16 47 (6.05%) Python
17 43 (5.53%) React
18 38 (4.89%) Windows
19 35 (4.50%) Analytics
19 35 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 35 (4.50%) Node.js
20 32 (4.12%) AngularJS
20 32 (4.12%) Security Cleared
21 28 (3.60%) SAP
22 27 (3.47%) Data Modelling
22 27 (3.47%) Roadmaps
22 27 (3.47%) SC Cleared

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 9 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.90%) IIS
2 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.26%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) Confluence
6 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 117 (15.06%) AWS
2 78 (10.04%) Azure
3 27 (3.47%) Serverless
4 24 (3.09%) Amazon S3
5 23 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (2.83%) Amazon ECS
6 22 (2.83%) SaaS
7 21 (2.70%) GCP
8 20 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (2.57%) GitHub
9 18 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (2.32%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.67%) AWS Step Functions
11 12 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.42%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.03%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.83%) LAN
2 21 (2.70%) WAN
3 17 (2.19%) Firewall
4 15 (1.93%) DNS
5 13 (1.67%) DHCP
5 13 (1.67%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.54%) VPN
7 11 (1.42%) VLAN
8 9 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.16%) Wireless
9 7 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.77%) NAS
10 6 (0.77%) Network Security
10 6 (0.77%) SAN
11 5 (0.64%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.51%) Broadband
12 4 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.39%) BGP
13 3 (0.39%) OSPF
13 3 (0.39%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.96%) MySQL
2 22 (2.83%) DynamoDB
3 15 (1.93%) NoSQL
4 13 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.54%) Power BI
6 11 (1.42%) MongoDB
6 11 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.29%) MariaDB
7 10 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.03%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.77%) Metadata
11 6 (0.77%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.64%) Big Data
12 5 (0.64%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (2.32%) Jenkins
2 15 (1.93%) Git
2 15 (1.93%) GitLab
3 11 (1.42%) JIRA
4 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
4 5 (0.64%) PHPUnit
5 3 (0.39%) Maven
6 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Gatling
7 1 (0.13%) JMeter
7 1 (0.13%) MLflow
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 83 (10.68%) Public Sector
2 61 (7.85%) Social Skills
3 50 (6.44%) Finance
4 32 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (2.70%) Retail
6 16 (2.06%) Telecoms
7 12 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.42%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (0.90%) Agriculture
10 7 (0.90%) Automotive
11 6 (0.77%) Advertising
11 6 (0.77%) Games
11 6 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.51%) Banking
12 4 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.51%) Law
12 4 (0.51%) Local Government
12 4 (0.51%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.53%) React
2 35 (4.50%) Node.js
3 32 (4.12%) AngularJS
4 26 (3.35%) .NET
4 26 (3.35%) Laravel
5 17 (2.19%) Spring Boot
6 16 (2.06%) Spring
7 14 (1.80%) Vue
8 11 (1.42%) REST
9 8 (1.03%) Flask
10 7 (0.90%) Classic ASP
10 7 (0.90%) RESTful
11 5 (0.64%) CSS
11 5 (0.64%) Flutter
11 5 (0.64%) Kafka
12 4 (0.51%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.51%) HTML
12 4 (0.51%) React Native
12 4 (0.51%) Web Services
13 3 (0.39%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.73%) Cyberattack
2 28 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (2.45%) Cloud Native
3 19 (2.45%) Driving Licence
4 13 (1.67%) Data Centre
5 9 (1.16%) CCTV
5 9 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (0.90%) Educational Technology
7 7 (0.90%) Product Ownership
7 7 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.77%) Legacy Code
8 6 (0.77%) Low-Code
8 6 (0.77%) NHS
9 5 (0.64%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.64%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.51%) Life Science
10 4 (0.51%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.51%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.89%) Windows
2 27 (3.47%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.06%) Linux
4 7 (0.90%) Unix
5 6 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.64%) Android
7 4 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (14.41%) Agile
2 94 (12.10%) Mentoring
3 76 (9.78%) Software Engineering
4 74 (9.52%) Coaching
5 66 (8.49%) Full-Stack Development
6 64 (8.24%) CI/CD
7 58 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (7.08%) DevOps
9 53 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (4.50%) Analytics
10 35 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (3.47%) Data Modelling
11 27 (3.47%) Roadmaps
12 25 (3.22%) Microservices
13 23 (2.96%) Decision-Making
13 23 (2.96%) SDLC
14 22 (2.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (2.83%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (2.70%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 71 (9.14%) JavaScript
2 59 (7.59%) Java
3 55 (7.08%) PHP
4 49 (6.31%) SQL
5 48 (6.18%) TypeScript
6 47 (6.05%) Python
7 26 (3.35%) C#
8 13 (1.67%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.16%) Kotlin
10 6 (0.77%) VBA
11 5 (0.64%) Bash
11 5 (0.64%) Groovy
12 3 (0.39%) R
13 2 (0.26%) Bicep
13 2 (0.26%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Go
13 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.26%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.26%) Ruby
13 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (4.12%) Security Cleared
2 27 (3.47%) SC Cleared
3 20 (2.57%) Degree
4 7 (0.90%) CISM
4 7 (0.90%) CISSP
5 6 (0.77%) DBS Check
6 5 (0.64%) ACCA
6 5 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (0.64%) CIMA
7 4 (0.51%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.26%) IIBA
9 2 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.13%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.13%) CBAP
10 1 (0.13%) CCNA
10 1 (0.13%) CCNP
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.57%) Data Quality
2 15 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.80%) GDPR
4 7 (0.90%) QA
5 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.51%) P3O
7 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.51%) SLA
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) GRC
8 1 (0.13%) HL7
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.45%) Docker
3 16 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (2.96%) Terraform
2 10 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.03%) Argo
3 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.77%) VxRail
4 6 (0.77%) WSUS
5 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.13%) Ansible
6 1 (0.13%) Istio
6 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (6.05%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.60%) SAP
3 25 (3.22%) Cisco
4 19 (2.45%) VMware
5 11 (1.42%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.03%) Meraki
6 8 (1.03%) Veeam
7 7 (0.90%) Databricks
7 7 (0.90%) Dell
8 6 (0.77%) Commvault
8 6 (0.77%) Google
8 6 (0.77%) HP
8 6 (0.77%) Oracle
8 6 (0.77%) Tenable
8 6 (0.77%) Zerto
9 5 (0.64%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.39%) Apple
10 3 (0.39%) F5
10 3 (0.39%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.39%) TOWER Software