Senior Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 985 281 725
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.90% 8.63% 12.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.74% 9.38% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 729 170 408
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,679 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 8,391 2,997 5,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 92.05% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,081 1,931 3,008
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,644 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Senior job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies 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 3 October 2026.

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 3 October 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
Birmingham +6 511 £70,466 +17.44% 293
Worcestershire +24 124 £75,000 +9.09% 44
Warwickshire +5 95 £65,000 +18.18% 97
Staffordshire +49 80 £60,000 +14.29% 65
Shropshire +11 57 £50,000 -32.20% 31
Coventry -1 51 £60,000 -7.69% 33
Herefordshire +1 38 £75,000 +150.00% 15
Solihull -3 6 £65,000 -5.45% 30
Wolverhampton -4 6 £85,000 +21.43% 14
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 - 4
Dudley - 5 £65,000 - 7
Stourbridge - 3 £85,000 - 2
Willenhall - 3 - - 1
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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 Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 167 (16.95%) Azure
2 114 (11.57%) Software Engineering
3 113 (11.47%) Mentoring
4 99 (10.05%) AI
5 92 (9.34%) Security Cleared
6 89 (9.04%) Agile
6 89 (9.04%) Microsoft
7 87 (8.83%) AWS
7 87 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 73 (7.41%) SC Cleared
9 70 (7.11%) CI/CD
10 69 (7.01%) Degree
10 69 (7.01%) DevOps
11 63 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
12 60 (6.09%) Python
13 55 (5.58%) SQL
14 53 (5.38%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (4.97%) Java
16 48 (4.87%) Coaching
17 47 (4.77%) Analytics
18 44 (4.47%) Decision-Making
19 43 (4.37%) Technical Leadership
20 42 (4.26%) C#
20 42 (4.26%) Firewall
20 42 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
21 40 (4.06%) Project Delivery
22 39 (3.96%) Full-Stack Development
23 38 (3.86%) Business Development
24 37 (3.76%) Line Management
24 37 (3.76%) SDLC

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 23 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.51%) Apache
4 5 (0.51%) Confluence
4 5 (0.51%) IIS
4 5 (0.51%) nginx
5 4 (0.41%) CMS
5 4 (0.41%) WordPress
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) Appian
8 1 (0.10%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.10%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.10%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.22%) Cloudability
1 12 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.30%) Misys Midas
3 3 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.10%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 167 (16.95%) Azure
2 87 (8.83%) AWS
3 42 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (3.35%) SaaS
5 28 (2.84%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (2.54%) GCP
8 19 (1.93%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (1.62%) Serverless
11 11 (1.12%) Snowflake
12 10 (1.02%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (1.02%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (0.71%) Azure Stack
14 6 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (0.51%) Amazon S3
15 5 (0.51%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.51%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 42 (4.26%) Firewall
2 28 (2.84%) VPN
3 19 (1.93%) BGP
3 19 (1.93%) EIGRP
3 19 (1.93%) OSPF
4 16 (1.62%) DNS
4 16 (1.62%) WAN
5 15 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
6 14 (1.42%) LAN
7 10 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.91%) DHCP
9 6 (0.61%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.51%) Bluetooth
10 5 (0.51%) VLAN
11 4 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (0.41%) HSRP
11 4 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.41%) VRRP
11 4 (0.41%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.23%) Power BI
3 18 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (1.12%) Metadata
6 10 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.71%) Metadata Repository
7 7 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.61%) Star Schema
9 5 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.51%) MySQL
9 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.30%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (2.94%) Git
2 15 (1.52%) JIRA
3 13 (1.32%) JUnit
4 12 (1.22%) GitLab
5 10 (1.02%) Selenium
5 10 (1.02%) Snyk
6 9 (0.91%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.81%) Postman
8 7 (0.71%) Maven
8 7 (0.71%) Mockito
9 6 (0.61%) Gatling
10 4 (0.41%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.30%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.30%) JMeter
12 2 (0.20%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.20%) TestRail
12 2 (0.20%) Toad
13 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 111 (11.27%) Social Skills
2 106 (10.76%) Finance
3 67 (6.80%) Public Sector
4 43 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (4.06%) Games
6 32 (3.25%) Manufacturing
7 30 (3.05%) Aerospace
8 28 (2.84%) Legal
9 27 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
10 22 (2.23%) Electronics
11 19 (1.93%) Retail
12 18 (1.83%) Marketing
13 16 (1.62%) Banking
13 16 (1.62%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.32%) Law
15 11 (1.12%) Social Housing
16 10 (1.02%) Military
17 9 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.54%) REST
2 24 (2.44%) React
3 20 (2.03%) Kafka
4 19 (1.93%) .NET
4 19 (1.93%) Terraform
5 18 (1.83%) Playwright
6 14 (1.42%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 13 (1.32%) Keycloak
8 11 (1.12%) .NET Core
8 11 (1.12%) Spring
9 10 (1.02%) Blazor
9 10 (1.02%) XML
10 9 (0.91%) Node.js
10 9 (0.91%) RESTful
11 7 (0.71%) JSON
12 4 (0.41%) CSS
12 4 (0.41%) HTML
12 4 (0.41%) Spring Boot
12 4 (0.41%) XSLT
12 4 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (2.64%) Onboarding
2 26 (2.64%) Virtual Reality
3 21 (2.13%) SCADA
4 20 (2.03%) Robotics
5 19 (1.93%) Operational Technology
6 16 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.12%) Cloud Native
10 9 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.91%) Product Ownership
10 9 (0.91%) Taxonomies
11 8 (0.81%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.81%) Driving Licence
11 8 (0.81%) Smartphone
12 7 (0.71%) Mobile Games
13 6 (0.61%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.51%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.44%) Linux
2 23 (2.34%) Windows
3 17 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.71%) Unix
5 6 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.30%) Android
7 3 (0.30%) VMS
8 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (11.57%) Software Engineering
2 113 (11.47%) Mentoring
3 99 (10.05%) AI
4 89 (9.04%) Agile
5 87 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (7.11%) CI/CD
7 69 (7.01%) DevOps
8 63 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
9 53 (5.38%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (4.87%) Coaching
11 47 (4.77%) Analytics
12 44 (4.47%) Decision-Making
13 43 (4.37%) Technical Leadership
14 40 (4.06%) Project Delivery
15 39 (3.96%) Full-Stack Development
16 38 (3.86%) Business Development
17 37 (3.76%) Line Management
17 37 (3.76%) SDLC
17 37 (3.76%) Stakeholder Management
18 35 (3.55%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 60 (6.09%) Python
2 55 (5.58%) SQL
3 49 (4.97%) Java
4 42 (4.26%) C#
5 26 (2.64%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.34%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.62%) Go
8 13 (1.32%) C
9 12 (1.22%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.02%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.81%) Bash
12 5 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.41%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.30%) C++
15 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.10%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.10%) Ruby
16 1 (0.10%) Rust
16 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 92 (9.34%) Security Cleared
2 73 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 69 (7.01%) Degree
4 26 (2.64%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 18 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 18 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.62%) NVQ Level 3
8 15 (1.52%) CCNP
8 15 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.81%) City & Guilds
11 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.61%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.41%) AAT
12 4 (0.41%) CBAP
12 4 (0.41%) CIPD
12 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.41%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.64%) Accessibility
1 26 (2.64%) QA
2 21 (2.13%) GDPR
3 16 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.42%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.22%) GRC
5 12 (1.22%) WCAG
6 9 (0.91%) NIST
7 7 (0.71%) SLA
8 3 (0.30%) PMO
9 2 (0.20%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 2 (0.20%) MISRA
9 2 (0.20%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.20%) NCSC
9 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.10%) GxP
10 1 (0.10%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 21 (2.13%) Docker
2 18 (1.83%) Firmware
3 12 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.61%) Ansible
4 2 (0.20%) Argo
4 2 (0.20%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.10%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 89 (9.04%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.25%) Oracle
3 19 (1.93%) Cisco
3 19 (1.93%) ServiceNow
4 17 (1.73%) Adobe
5 16 (1.62%) Google
6 15 (1.52%) Apple
7 12 (1.22%) VMware
8 11 (1.12%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.02%) HP
9 10 (1.02%) Pega
9 10 (1.02%) Tenable
10 8 (0.81%) Aruba
10 8 (0.81%) Citrix
10 8 (0.81%) Databricks
10 8 (0.81%) Foundry
10 8 (0.81%) HubSpot
10 8 (0.81%) NEC
10 8 (0.81%) YouTube