Senior Jobs in the South East

Senior
England > South East

The median Senior salary in the South East is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 June 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,365 1,973 2,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.79% 14.74% 13.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.56% 16.44% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,565 1,207 1,866
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,438 12,004 20,367
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.70% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,320 7,828 12,341
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the South East over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the South East

Senior
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Thames Valley +2 1,151 £62,000 -11.43% 210
Berkshire +3 561 £67,500 -3.57% 99
Hampshire -5 446 £60,250 -10.74% 103
Surrey -1 360 £60,000 -7.69% 70
Oxfordshire +1 324 £60,000 -14.29% 61
Buckinghamshire +4 267 £55,000 -10.86% 51
Kent +2 175 £60,000 - 43
East Sussex -1 95 £55,000 -15.38% 28
West Sussex -11 59 £57,500 -8.00% 18
Middlesex +13 50 £61,339 -20.85% 2
Sussex - 28 £58,000 - 5
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 South East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 533 (22.54%) Agile
2 512 (21.65%) Social Skills
3 451 (19.07%) Degree
4 450 (19.03%) Microsoft
5 409 (17.29%) Finance
6 407 (17.21%) Software Engineering
7 364 (15.39%) Azure
8 362 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
9 305 (12.90%) Security Cleared
10 302 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
11 291 (12.30%) C#
12 267 (11.29%) JavaScript
12 267 (11.29%) .NET
12 267 (11.29%) Mentoring
13 261 (11.04%) Python
14 234 (9.89%) SQL
15 216 (9.13%) Linux
16 213 (9.01%) Decision-Making
17 211 (8.92%) Actionable Insight
18 205 (8.67%) AWS
19 202 (8.54%) React
20 201 (8.50%) DevOps
21 196 (8.29%) SC Cleared
22 187 (7.91%) Computer Science
23 185 (7.82%) Windows
24 177 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
25 174 (7.36%) Java
26 157 (6.64%) Git
27 153 (6.47%) Docker
28 146 (6.17%) Broadband

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 33 (1.40%) CMS
2 23 (0.97%) Headless CMS
2 23 (0.97%) Kentico
3 22 (0.93%) IIS
3 22 (0.93%) SharePoint
4 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (0.85%) WebLogic
6 19 (0.80%) Sitecore CMS
7 18 (0.76%) Umbraco
8 17 (0.72%) ArcGIS
8 17 (0.72%) GeoServer
9 16 (0.68%) Confluence
10 9 (0.38%) SAS
11 8 (0.34%) nginx
11 8 (0.34%) OpenStack
11 8 (0.34%) WordPress
12 6 (0.25%) JBoss
12 6 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
12 6 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
13 4 (0.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 177 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 32 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
4 30 (1.27%) Simulink
5 25 (1.06%) Stateflow
6 14 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
8 11 (0.47%) OrCAD
9 9 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
10 7 (0.30%) AutoCAD
10 7 (0.30%) CANalyzer
11 5 (0.21%) Windchill
12 4 (0.17%) InDesign
12 4 (0.17%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.17%) Sketch
12 4 (0.17%) Solid Edge
12 4 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
13 3 (0.13%) FrameMaker
13 3 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 36 (1.52%) Siebel CRM
2 8 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.25%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.085%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.085%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.042%) Primavera
7 1 (0.042%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.042%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 364 (15.39%) Azure
2 205 (8.67%) AWS
3 99 (4.19%) SaaS
4 89 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (2.45%) Entra ID
6 53 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (1.69%) Power Platform
8 36 (1.52%) OneDrive
9 28 (1.18%) Serverless
10 27 (1.14%) GCP
11 22 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
12 21 (0.89%) Dropbox
13 20 (0.85%) Google Drive
13 20 (0.85%) IaaS
14 18 (0.76%) Kontent
14 18 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (0.68%) Amazon S3
16 16 (0.68%) Nutanix
17 15 (0.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 146 (6.17%) Broadband
2 103 (4.36%) Firewall
3 47 (1.99%) 5G
3 47 (1.99%) Wireless
4 42 (1.78%) WAN
5 40 (1.69%) VPN
6 32 (1.35%) DNS
7 29 (1.23%) Network Security
8 26 (1.10%) LAN
9 25 (1.06%) TCP/IP
10 23 (0.97%) SD-WAN
11 21 (0.89%) J1939
12 17 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (0.59%) MPLS
13 14 (0.59%) SAN
14 13 (0.55%) SNMP
14 13 (0.55%) SSH
15 11 (0.47%) DHCP
15 11 (0.47%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 66 (2.79%) MySQL
3 62 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
4 47 (1.99%) Relational Database
5 40 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 36 (1.52%) Oracle BI EE
6 36 (1.52%) Siebel EIM
7 32 (1.35%) Power BI
8 31 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (0.97%) Tableau
11 21 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (0.80%) GIS
13 17 (0.72%) QGIS
14 14 (0.59%) OLTP
14 14 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.55%) Data Lake
16 12 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (0.51%) BigQuery
16 12 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 157 (6.64%) Git
2 63 (2.66%) JIRA
3 43 (1.82%) Visual Studio
4 41 (1.73%) Selenium
5 25 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.97%) JUnit
7 18 (0.76%) Subversion
8 17 (0.72%) Cypress.io
9 16 (0.68%) Eclipse
9 16 (0.68%) NUnit
9 16 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.59%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.59%) CMake
10 14 (0.59%) Plastic SCM
11 10 (0.42%) GitLab
12 9 (0.38%) Maven
13 7 (0.30%) ClearQuest
13 7 (0.30%) Jasmine
13 7 (0.30%) PHPUnit
13 7 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 512 (21.65%) Social Skills
2 409 (17.29%) Finance
3 302 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
5 94 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 84 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 78 (3.30%) Marketing
8 75 (3.17%) Aerospace
9 66 (2.79%) Public Sector
10 64 (2.71%) Electronics
11 56 (2.37%) Automotive
12 50 (2.11%) Military
12 50 (2.11%) Retail
13 43 (1.82%) Legal
14 35 (1.48%) Telecoms
15 34 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
17 23 (0.97%) Law
18 22 (0.93%) Police
19 21 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (11.29%) .NET
2 202 (8.54%) React
3 142 (6.00%) CSS
4 139 (5.88%) HTML
5 96 (4.06%) .NET Core
6 93 (3.93%) ASP.NET
7 77 (3.26%) AngularJS
8 67 (2.83%) RESTful
9 64 (2.71%) .NET Framework
10 61 (2.58%) REST
11 60 (2.54%) Spring
12 56 (2.37%) Web Services
12 56 (2.37%) XML
13 45 (1.90%) SOAP
14 37 (1.56%) Kafka
14 37 (1.56%) Node.js
14 37 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
15 35 (1.48%) Vue
16 33 (1.40%) HTML5
17 30 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 102 (4.31%) Algorithms
2 73 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
3 72 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (2.28%) Data Centre
4 54 (2.28%) Management Information System
5 52 (2.20%) Social Media
6 46 (1.95%) IoT
7 42 (1.78%) Embedded Systems
8 37 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 27 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
10 25 (1.06%) Life Science
10 25 (1.06%) Onboarding
11 23 (0.97%) Biopharmaceutical
11 23 (0.97%) Driving Licence
12 20 (0.85%) iPad
13 19 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (0.80%) PMI
14 17 (0.72%) FPGA
14 17 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 216 (9.13%) Linux
2 185 (7.82%) Windows
3 56 (2.37%) Unix
4 50 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 47 (1.99%) Ubuntu
6 40 (1.69%) Embedded Linux
7 28 (1.18%) Windows 10
8 26 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (0.89%) Windows 7
9 21 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (0.68%) Android
11 8 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.34%) CentOS
12 6 (0.25%) VMS
13 5 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
13 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.13%) Rocky
16 2 (0.085%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (22.54%) Agile
2 407 (17.21%) Software Engineering
3 362 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
4 267 (11.29%) Mentoring
5 213 (9.01%) Decision-Making
6 211 (8.92%) Actionable Insight
7 201 (8.50%) DevOps
8 187 (7.91%) Computer Science
9 144 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
10 141 (5.96%) Project Management
11 139 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
12 132 (5.58%) Business Case
13 131 (5.54%) Full Stack Development
14 126 (5.33%) CI/CD
15 118 (4.99%) CRM
16 117 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 117 (4.95%) Mathematics
17 109 (4.61%) Budgeting
18 106 (4.48%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 106 (4.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 291 (12.30%) C#
2 267 (11.29%) JavaScript
3 261 (11.04%) Python
4 234 (9.89%) SQL
5 174 (7.36%) Java
6 139 (5.88%) C
7 134 (5.67%) C++
8 116 (4.90%) TypeScript
9 82 (3.47%) Bash
10 80 (3.38%) PHP
11 55 (2.33%) PowerShell
12 43 (1.82%) Perl
13 41 (1.73%) MATLAB
14 31 (1.31%) Go
15 30 (1.27%) Fortran
16 29 (1.23%) T-SQL
17 28 (1.18%) Embedded C
18 27 (1.14%) PL/SQL
19 22 (0.93%) Shell Script
20 19 (0.80%) R
Qualifications
1 451 (19.07%) Degree
2 305 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 196 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 102 (4.31%) ACCA
4 102 (4.31%) CIMA
5 81 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 63 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 51 (2.16%) PhD
8 39 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.44%) HNC
10 31 (1.31%) CCNP
10 31 (1.31%) HND
11 26 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 25 (1.06%) DBS Check
13 22 (0.93%) CCNA
14 21 (0.89%) DV Cleared
15 20 (0.85%) AWS Certification
15 20 (0.85%) PMI Certification
16 13 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.51%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (1.82%) QA
2 33 (1.40%) SLA
3 26 (1.10%) Data Quality
3 26 (1.10%) ISO 26262
4 25 (1.06%) Automotive SPICE
4 25 (1.06%) GDPR
5 20 (0.85%) WCAG
6 17 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 16 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
8 14 (0.59%) AUTOSAR
8 14 (0.59%) MISRA
9 11 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.34%) GMP
11 8 (0.34%) NIST
12 7 (0.30%) CDISC
13 5 (0.21%) GRC
14 4 (0.17%) COSHH
14 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 153 (6.47%) Docker
2 128 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 56 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.23%) Firmware
5 28 (1.18%) Hyper-V
6 19 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.47%) vSphere
8 8 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.17%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 127 (5.37%) Kubernetes
2 66 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (1.82%) Terraform
4 41 (1.73%) Ansible
5 39 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
6 26 (1.10%) SCCM
7 24 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (0.85%) OpenSSO
9 14 (0.59%) Functional Safety
10 13 (0.55%) WMI
11 12 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.47%) Stealthwatch
13 9 (0.38%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (0.25%) SmoothWall
15 5 (0.21%) CASB
15 5 (0.21%) Nagios
15 5 (0.21%) Puppet
15 5 (0.21%) SELinux
16 3 (0.13%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 450 (19.03%) Microsoft
2 132 (5.58%) Oracle
3 85 (3.59%) VMware
4 55 (2.33%) Cisco
5 38 (1.61%) CyberArk
5 38 (1.61%) Tanium
6 37 (1.56%) Google
7 36 (1.52%) Siebel
8 32 (1.35%) Adobe
9 31 (1.31%) SAP
10 29 (1.23%) Meraki
11 24 (1.01%) EMC
12 23 (0.97%) Juniper
13 21 (0.89%) Apple
13 21 (0.89%) IBM
14 20 (0.85%) Remedy
15 19 (0.80%) Sitecore
16 18 (0.76%) Optimizely
16 18 (0.76%) Splunk
17 17 (0.72%) ESRI