Senior Jobs in the North of England

Senior
England > North of England

The median Senior salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,578 2,611 2,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.74% 15.25% 12.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.52% 17.03% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 1,190 1,454
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,990 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,236 £51,833 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,612 15,336 17,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 89.55% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 8,134 11,009
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,544 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the North of England.

Salary trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
North West +9 1,454 £60,000 - 368
Yorkshire +1 847 £57,965 -3.39% 180
North East +15 282 £58,232 +4.45% 69
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 708 (27.46%) Agile
2 569 (22.07%) Mentoring
3 513 (19.90%) AWS
4 481 (18.66%) Coaching
5 477 (18.50%) Azure
6 456 (17.69%) Software Engineering
7 432 (16.76%) Social Skills
8 385 (14.93%) Finance
9 320 (12.41%) SQL
10 312 (12.10%) DevOps
11 308 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
12 285 (11.06%) Degree
13 275 (10.67%) Public Sector
14 260 (10.09%) Microsoft
15 259 (10.05%) JavaScript
16 243 (9.43%) Python
17 240 (9.31%) .NET
18 213 (8.26%) C#
19 186 (7.21%) Project Management
19 186 (7.21%) Terraform
20 180 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
21 177 (6.87%) React
21 177 (6.87%) Linux
22 175 (6.79%) Roadmaps
23 167 (6.48%) Java
24 159 (6.17%) Analytics
24 159 (6.17%) Security Cleared
24 159 (6.17%) Actionable Insight
25 150 (5.82%) Windows
26 148 (5.74%) CI/CD

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 59 (2.29%) ArcGIS
2 55 (2.13%) GeoServer
3 47 (1.82%) SAS
4 41 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 39 (1.51%) SharePoint
6 31 (1.20%) Tuxedo
7 27 (1.05%) CMS
8 17 (0.66%) Apache Spark
9 14 (0.54%) Confluence
10 12 (0.47%) Apache
11 6 (0.23%) WordPress
12 4 (0.16%) IIS
13 3 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.12%) JBoss
13 3 (0.12%) nginx
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
13 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.078%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.078%) OpenStack
Applications
1 44 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.47%) Sketch
5 11 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.19%) Solid Edge
7 5 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.16%) Maya
8 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.078%) Revit
10 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.039%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (0.74%) Shopify
2 16 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.50%) Magento
4 8 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.078%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.039%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.039%) SAP APO
9 1 (0.039%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.039%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.039%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.039%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.039%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.039%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 513 (19.90%) AWS
2 477 (18.50%) Azure
3 93 (3.61%) GCP
4 89 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 86 (3.34%) SaaS
6 74 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (2.09%) GitHub
9 50 (1.94%) Amazon S3
10 47 (1.82%) Serverless
11 44 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (1.51%) Entra ID
13 37 (1.44%) IBM Cloud
13 37 (1.44%) OCI
14 36 (1.40%) Amazon ECR
14 36 (1.40%) Route 53
15 34 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
15 34 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
16 31 (1.20%) OneDrive
17 25 (0.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 52 (2.02%) Firewall
2 50 (1.94%) DNS
3 46 (1.78%) WAN
4 39 (1.51%) Network Security
5 33 (1.28%) LAN
6 28 (1.09%) DHCP
7 27 (1.05%) Internet
8 24 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 23 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (0.85%) PPP
11 21 (0.81%) SD-WAN
12 16 (0.62%) Wireless
13 15 (0.58%) Broadband
14 12 (0.47%) SAN
14 12 (0.47%) VLAN
14 12 (0.47%) VoIP
14 12 (0.47%) VPN
15 11 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (0.43%) HTTP
16 10 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (4.89%) MySQL
2 120 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 90 (3.49%) SQL Server
4 72 (2.79%) NoSQL
5 63 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
6 61 (2.37%) Power BI
7 56 (2.17%) GIS
8 55 (2.13%) QGIS
9 50 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
10 38 (1.47%) MongoDB
11 30 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 27 (1.05%) Oracle Database
12 27 (1.05%) Relational Database
13 24 (0.93%) Data Lake
14 22 (0.85%) DynamoDB
15 20 (0.78%) Oracle Database 11g
16 18 (0.70%) Big Data
17 14 (0.54%) Metadata
18 13 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
19 12 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (4.46%) Git
2 42 (1.63%) GitLab
2 42 (1.63%) JIRA
3 35 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 21 (0.81%) Artifactory
5 19 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 16 (0.62%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.50%) PHPUnit
8 12 (0.47%) Appium
9 11 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
10 8 (0.31%) LabVIEW
10 8 (0.31%) Maven
11 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.27%) Gradle
12 6 (0.23%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.19%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.19%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.19%) JetBrains Rider
13 5 (0.19%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 432 (16.76%) Social Skills
2 385 (14.93%) Finance
3 275 (10.67%) Public Sector
4 180 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 147 (5.70%) Banking
6 117 (4.54%) Legal
6 117 (4.54%) Retail
7 96 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 72 (2.79%) Manufacturing
9 65 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
10 47 (1.82%) Law
11 46 (1.78%) Marketing
12 36 (1.40%) Games
12 36 (1.40%) Publishing
13 30 (1.16%) Health Technology
14 29 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
15 27 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 23 (0.89%) Electronics
17 22 (0.85%) Automotive
17 22 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (9.31%) .NET
2 177 (6.87%) React
3 135 (5.24%) CSS
4 114 (4.42%) RESTful
5 108 (4.19%) Node.js
6 97 (3.76%) .NET Core
6 97 (3.76%) HTML
7 79 (3.06%) Vue
8 76 (2.95%) AngularJS
9 75 (2.91%) Laravel
10 55 (2.13%) ASP.NET
10 55 (2.13%) Leaflet
10 55 (2.13%) OpenLayers
10 55 (2.13%) PostGIS
11 43 (1.67%) .NET Framework
11 43 (1.67%) Spring
12 41 (1.59%) REST
13 38 (1.47%) JSON
13 38 (1.47%) Kafka
14 34 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.00%) Public Cloud
2 82 (3.18%) Product Ownership
3 79 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
5 54 (2.09%) Driving Licence
6 51 (1.98%) Data Centre
6 51 (1.98%) Management Information System
7 46 (1.78%) Blockchain
8 43 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (1.44%) e-Learning
10 36 (1.40%) Credit Risk
10 36 (1.40%) Onboarding
11 28 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (1.05%) IoT
12 27 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 27 (1.05%) PMI
13 25 (0.97%) Data Structures
14 23 (0.89%) NHS
14 23 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
15 22 (0.85%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 177 (6.87%) Linux
2 150 (5.82%) Windows
3 48 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.85%) Android
5 19 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 18 (0.70%) Unix
7 13 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
7 13 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.23%) VME
9 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.19%) VMS
11 3 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.039%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 708 (27.46%) Agile
2 569 (22.07%) Mentoring
3 481 (18.66%) Coaching
4 456 (17.69%) Software Engineering
5 312 (12.10%) DevOps
6 308 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
7 186 (7.21%) Project Management
8 175 (6.79%) Roadmaps
9 159 (6.17%) Actionable Insight
9 159 (6.17%) Analytics
10 148 (5.74%) CI/CD
11 125 (4.85%) Design Patterns
12 124 (4.81%) ITIL
13 122 (4.73%) Microservices
14 121 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 120 (4.65%) TDD
16 116 (4.50%) Full Stack Development
17 111 (4.31%) Artificial Intelligence
18 110 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
19 109 (4.23%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 320 (12.41%) SQL
2 259 (10.05%) JavaScript
3 243 (9.43%) Python
4 213 (8.26%) C#
5 167 (6.48%) Java
6 123 (4.77%) TypeScript
7 112 (4.34%) PHP
8 44 (1.71%) C
9 42 (1.63%) COBOL
9 42 (1.63%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 35 (1.36%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.32%) PowerShell
12 33 (1.28%) C++
13 27 (1.05%) PL/SQL
14 21 (0.81%) R
15 18 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 14 (0.54%) Go
17 11 (0.43%) Groovy
18 10 (0.39%) Kotlin
19 9 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 285 (11.06%) Degree
2 159 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 145 (5.62%) SC Cleared
4 56 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (1.44%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.12%) Azure Certification
7 29 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 28 (1.09%) CCNP
9 26 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 24 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (0.70%) APMP
11 18 (0.70%) JNCIA
12 17 (0.66%) CCNA
12 17 (0.66%) JNCIP
13 16 (0.62%) HND
14 14 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 13 (0.50%) CCIE
15 13 (0.50%) CISSP
16 11 (0.43%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 64 (2.48%) QA
3 60 (2.33%) GDPR
4 52 (2.02%) WCAG
5 45 (1.75%) Data Quality
6 29 (1.12%) IFRS
6 29 (1.12%) IFRS 9
7 24 (0.93%) GMP
8 22 (0.85%) NIST
9 20 (0.78%) SLA
10 17 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 15 (0.58%) PMO
12 12 (0.47%) NCSC
13 10 (0.39%) CRD IV
14 8 (0.31%) ISO 9000
15 5 (0.19%) GRC
15 5 (0.19%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
17 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
18 2 (0.078%) GLP
System Software
1 116 (4.50%) Docker
2 79 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.75%) Firmware
4 21 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
4 21 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.27%) IAG
8 6 (0.23%) vSphere
9 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.039%) KVM
11 1 (0.039%) Lustre
11 1 (0.039%) RACF
11 1 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.039%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.039%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 186 (7.21%) Terraform
2 132 (5.12%) Kubernetes
3 52 (2.02%) Ansible
4 42 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 29 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.70%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.27%) Stealthwatch
10 6 (0.23%) Grafana
10 6 (0.23%) WSUS
11 5 (0.19%) CASB
11 5 (0.19%) Puppet
12 4 (0.16%) Cacti
12 4 (0.16%) SCCM
13 3 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.12%) Kibana
14 2 (0.078%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.078%) Icinga
Vendors
1 260 (10.09%) Microsoft
2 102 (3.96%) Oracle
3 87 (3.37%) Google
4 61 (2.37%) Cisco
5 57 (2.21%) IBM
6 55 (2.13%) ESRI
7 42 (1.63%) Micro Focus
7 42 (1.63%) VMware
8 39 (1.51%) Red Hat
8 39 (1.51%) ServiceNow
9 36 (1.40%) Dynatrace
10 26 (1.01%) Juniper
10 26 (1.01%) SAP
11 25 (0.97%) Splunk
12 23 (0.89%) CA
12 23 (0.89%) Fortinet
13 22 (0.85%) Databricks
13 22 (0.85%) Palo Alto
14 20 (0.78%) Informatica
15 19 (0.74%) Salesforce