Senior Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £60,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 360 694 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 9.76% 12.53% 13.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.56% 13.52% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 235 381 374
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +10.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,375 £71,991 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,375
England median annual salary £65,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.77% -3.70% -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 3,409 5,134 3,214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.67% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,340 2,691 2,601
10th Percentile £28,928 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,967 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -

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 22 November 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 22 November 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 0 194 £65,000 +8.33% 83
Warwickshire +22 50 £55,000 -17.29% 26
Solihull +8 23 £56,250 +7.14% 4
Coventry -5 22 £63,750 +6.25% 16
Herefordshire +10 14 £30,000 - 3
Worcestershire -18 14 £48,750 -25.00% 15
Staffordshire -25 14 £62,500 +19.05% 21
Shropshire -6 11 £75,000 +15.38% 15
Wolverhampton +3 3 £80,000 -38.67%
Walsall - 1 £72,500 - 1
Wednesbury - 1 £55,000 - 1
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 November 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 72 (20.00%) Azure
2 63 (17.50%) SQL
3 54 (15.00%) Agile
4 44 (12.22%) Degree
4 44 (12.22%) Microsoft
4 44 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (11.39%) Mentoring
6 40 (11.11%) C#
6 40 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 38 (10.56%) CI/CD
7 38 (10.56%) DevOps
8 35 (9.72%) .NET
9 29 (8.06%) SaaS
10 27 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (7.50%) SC Cleared
11 26 (7.22%) SQL Server
12 25 (6.94%) Python
12 25 (6.94%) QA
13 24 (6.67%) Analytics
13 24 (6.67%) Power Platform
14 23 (6.39%) AWS
14 23 (6.39%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (6.39%) Decision-Making
14 23 (6.39%) Firewall
15 22 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (5.83%) JavaScript
17 20 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
17 20 (5.56%) Software Engineering
18 17 (4.72%) Data Warehouse

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 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.56%) Confluence
2 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.56%) WinCC
2 2 (0.56%) WordPress
3 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.28%) Appian
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
3 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.56%) Trello
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.28%) Maya
4 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.56%) Shopify
4 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.28%) Maximo
4 1 (0.28%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.28%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.00%) Azure
2 29 (8.06%) SaaS
3 24 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.39%) AWS
5 17 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (3.61%) Serverless
8 11 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.67%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.39%) Azure Functions
12 5 (1.39%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.39%) GCP
12 5 (1.39%) GitHub
13 4 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (0.83%) dbt
14 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.39%) Firewall
2 14 (3.89%) LAN
2 14 (3.89%) WAN
3 13 (3.61%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.67%) Network Security
5 4 (1.11%) Modbus
5 4 (1.11%) MPLS
6 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.56%) DHCP
7 2 (0.56%) DNS
7 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.56%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.56%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) PSTN
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
8 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.28%) VLAN
8 1 (0.28%) VoIP
8 1 (0.28%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.22%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (4.72%) Power BI
3 12 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (2.22%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.83%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.83%) Tableau
8 2 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.56%) Metadata
8 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.56%) Redis
8 2 (0.56%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.28%) GIS
9 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.22%) JIRA
2 4 (1.11%) MSTest
2 4 (1.11%) NUnit
2 4 (1.11%) Selenium
3 3 (0.83%) Git
3 3 (0.83%) JUnit
4 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Maven
4 2 (0.56%) Mockito
4 2 (0.56%) Moq
4 2 (0.56%) NSubstitute
4 2 (0.56%) Postman
4 2 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.28%) Gatling
5 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 59 (16.39%) Finance
3 32 (8.89%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.06%) Law
5 28 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (6.67%) Legal
7 20 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 18 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.06%) Retail
11 8 (2.22%) Banking
11 8 (2.22%) Marketing
12 4 (1.11%) Automotive
12 4 (1.11%) Billing
13 3 (0.83%) Games
14 2 (0.56%) Electronics
14 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.56%) Local Government
15 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.72%) .NET
2 11 (3.06%) React
3 10 (2.78%) HTML
4 8 (2.22%) Spring
5 7 (1.94%) .NET Framework
5 7 (1.94%) ASP.NET
5 7 (1.94%) CSS
5 7 (1.94%) Entity Framework
6 6 (1.67%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.67%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.67%) Blazor
6 6 (1.67%) REST
6 6 (1.67%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.39%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (1.39%) RESTful
8 4 (1.11%) ARM Templates
8 4 (1.11%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (1.11%) YAML
9 3 (0.83%) Django
9 3 (0.83%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.33%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (1.94%) Cloud Native
3 7 (1.94%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (1.11%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.11%) NHS
5 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.11%) SCADA
5 4 (1.11%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.83%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.83%) Life Science
6 3 (0.83%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.56%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.78%) Linux
1 10 (2.78%) Windows
2 8 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.83%) Unix
6 2 (0.56%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (15.00%) Agile
2 44 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (11.39%) Mentoring
4 38 (10.56%) CI/CD
4 38 (10.56%) DevOps
5 27 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (6.67%) Analytics
7 23 (6.39%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (6.39%) Decision-Making
8 22 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (5.56%) Software Engineering
10 17 (4.72%) Project Delivery
10 17 (4.72%) Roadmaps
10 17 (4.72%) SDLC
10 17 (4.72%) TDD
11 16 (4.44%) Data Analysis
11 16 (4.44%) Data Modelling
11 16 (4.44%) ITIL
12 15 (4.17%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 63 (17.50%) SQL
2 40 (11.11%) C#
3 25 (6.94%) Python
4 21 (5.83%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.17%) T-SQL
6 10 (2.78%) Java
6 10 (2.78%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.67%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.39%) Scala
9 4 (1.11%) Bicep
10 3 (0.83%) Bash
10 3 (0.83%) Go
11 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.56%) VBA
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) Delphi
12 1 (0.28%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.28%) Rust
Qualifications
1 44 (12.22%) Degree
2 40 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.78%) Numerate Degree
6 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.22%) ACCA
7 8 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.22%) CCNP
7 8 (2.22%) CIMA
7 8 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.94%) AAT
8 7 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.83%) PMP
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.94%) QA
2 6 (1.67%) GDPR
2 6 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.67%) PMO
3 4 (1.11%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (0.83%) NIST
5 2 (0.56%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.56%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.56%) ISO 19650
5 2 (0.56%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (3.33%) Docker
2 8 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.94%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.11%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.11%) XenApp
5 1 (0.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.78%) Terraform
3 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.83%) Ansible
4 3 (0.83%) FlexNet
5 2 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.44%) Cisco
3 15 (4.17%) Databricks
4 8 (2.22%) VMware
5 6 (1.67%) SAP
6 5 (1.39%) Citrix
6 5 (1.39%) IBM
6 5 (1.39%) Meraki
6 5 (1.39%) Veeam
7 4 (1.11%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.11%) Google
7 4 (1.11%) Oracle
7 4 (1.11%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.83%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.56%) Avaya
9 2 (0.56%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.56%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.56%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.56%) Siemens