Senior Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 375 612 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 8.63% 12.10% 13.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.55% 13.14% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 249 334 359
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +10.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,375 £77,750
England median annual salary £67,250 £65,465 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.73% -3.02% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,928 4,657 3,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 92.11% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,486 2,349 2,509
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,200 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 0 209 £65,000 +7.25% 60
Warwickshire +3 49 £55,500 -20.71% 29
Solihull +9 22 £53,750 +2.38% 1
Coventry -8 20 £63,750 +6.25% 19
Worcestershire -18 18 £55,000 -15.38% 15
Staffordshire -26 16 £65,500 +25.13% 12
Herefordshire +8 15 £50,000 - 1
Shropshire -14 9 £75,000 +15.38% 17
Wolverhampton +6 3 £80,000 -38.67% 5
Walsall - 1 £72,500 -
Wednesbury - 1 £55,000 -
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, 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 69 (18.40%) Azure
2 55 (14.67%) SQL
3 51 (13.60%) Degree
4 50 (13.33%) Agile
5 45 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (11.20%) Microsoft
7 40 (10.67%) Mentoring
8 38 (10.13%) Security Cleared
9 37 (9.87%) CI/CD
10 34 (9.07%) DevOps
11 32 (8.53%) C#
12 31 (8.27%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (7.20%) .NET
14 27 (7.20%) Analytics
14 27 (7.20%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (7.20%) Power Platform
14 27 (7.20%) SaaS
15 26 (6.93%) SC Cleared
16 25 (6.67%) Decision-Making
16 25 (6.67%) Python
17 24 (6.40%) Firewall
17 24 (6.40%) QA
17 24 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
18 22 (5.87%) SQL Server
19 21 (5.60%) AWS
19 21 (5.60%) BPSS Clearance
20 20 (5.33%) Data Analysis
20 20 (5.33%) Power BI
21 18 (4.80%) Roadmaps

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 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.53%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.53%) WinCC
2 2 (0.53%) WordPress
3 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.27%) Appian
3 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.27%) IIS
3 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.53%) Trello
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) Maya
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.53%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.53%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.53%) Shopify
4 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.27%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 69 (18.40%) Azure
2 27 (7.20%) Power Platform
2 27 (7.20%) SaaS
3 21 (5.60%) AWS
4 12 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.20%) Serverless
5 11 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (1.60%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (1.33%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.33%) GCP
8 5 (1.33%) GitHub
9 4 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.07%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.80%) dbt
10 3 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.40%) Firewall
2 16 (4.27%) WAN
3 15 (4.00%) LAN
4 14 (3.73%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.60%) Network Security
6 4 (1.07%) Modbus
6 4 (1.07%) MPLS
7 3 (0.80%) VPN
7 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.53%) DHCP
8 2 (0.53%) DNS
8 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.53%) VLAN
9 1 (0.27%) PSTN
9 1 (0.27%) PuTTY
9 1 (0.27%) SMS
9 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.33%) Power BI
3 17 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.13%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.33%) Tableau
7 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.80%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.53%) Metadata
9 2 (0.53%) Redis
9 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.53%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.27%) MySQL
10 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.87%) JIRA
2 4 (1.07%) Git
2 4 (1.07%) MSTest
2 4 (1.07%) NUnit
2 4 (1.07%) Selenium
3 3 (0.80%) JUnit
3 3 (0.80%) Maven
4 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.53%) GitLab
4 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.53%) Mockito
4 2 (0.53%) Moq
4 2 (0.53%) NSubstitute
4 2 (0.53%) Postman
4 2 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.27%) Gatling
5 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (15.47%) Finance
1 58 (15.47%) Social Skills
2 33 (8.80%) Public Sector
3 28 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.87%) Law
4 22 (5.87%) Legal
4 22 (5.87%) Manufacturing
5 15 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.47%) Retail
7 12 (3.20%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.40%) Banking
8 9 (2.40%) Marketing
9 4 (1.07%) Automotive
10 3 (0.80%) Billing
10 3 (0.80%) Games
11 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.53%) Local Government
11 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.20%) .NET
2 8 (2.13%) React
2 8 (2.13%) Spring
3 7 (1.87%) .NET Framework
3 7 (1.87%) REST
4 6 (1.60%) .NET Core
4 6 (1.60%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.60%) Blazor
4 6 (1.60%) Entity Framework
4 6 (1.60%) HTML
4 6 (1.60%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.33%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.07%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.07%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (1.07%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (1.07%) CSS
6 4 (1.07%) RESTful
6 4 (1.07%) YAML
7 3 (0.80%) Django
7 3 (0.80%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.27%) Driving Licence
2 11 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (1.60%) Cloud Native
3 6 (1.60%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.33%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.07%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.07%) NHS
5 4 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (1.07%) SCADA
5 4 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (1.07%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.80%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.80%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.80%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.53%) Life Science
8 1 (0.27%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.27%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.93%) Linux
1 11 (2.93%) Windows
2 9 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.53%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (13.33%) Agile
2 45 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (10.67%) Mentoring
4 37 (9.87%) CI/CD
5 34 (9.07%) DevOps
6 31 (8.27%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (7.20%) Analytics
8 27 (7.20%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (6.67%) Decision-Making
10 24 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (5.33%) Data Analysis
12 18 (4.80%) Roadmaps
13 17 (4.53%) Migration
13 17 (4.53%) Project Delivery
13 17 (4.53%) Software Engineering
13 17 (4.53%) TDD
14 16 (4.27%) Project Management
14 16 (4.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.67%) SQL
2 32 (8.53%) C#
3 25 (6.67%) Python
4 14 (3.73%) T-SQL
5 12 (3.20%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.93%) Java
7 10 (2.67%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.60%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.33%) Scala
10 4 (1.07%) Bicep
10 4 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.80%) Bash
11 3 (0.80%) Go
12 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.53%) VBA
13 1 (0.27%) C
13 1 (0.27%) Delphi
13 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (13.60%) Degree
2 38 (10.13%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.67%) Numerate Degree
6 9 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.13%) ACCA
7 8 (2.13%) CCNP
7 8 (2.13%) CIMA
7 8 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.87%) AAT
8 7 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.87%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.07%) PMP
10 3 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.40%) QA
2 6 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.60%) PMO
3 5 (1.33%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.33%) GDPR
4 4 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (0.80%) NIST
6 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.53%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.53%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
7 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (3.20%) Docker
2 8 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.87%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.07%) XenApp
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.93%) Terraform
3 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.80%) Ansible
4 3 (0.80%) FlexNet
5 2 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.27%) Cisco
2 16 (4.27%) Databricks
3 8 (2.13%) VMware
4 7 (1.87%) SAP
5 5 (1.33%) Citrix
5 5 (1.33%) IBM
5 5 (1.33%) Meraki
5 5 (1.33%) Veeam
6 4 (1.07%) CheckPoint
6 4 (1.07%) Google
6 4 (1.07%) Oracle
6 4 (1.07%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.07%) SonicWALL
7 3 (0.80%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.53%) Genesys
8 2 (0.53%) Pega
8 2 (0.53%) Siemens
8 2 (0.53%) Veritas