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 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 591 348 820
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 8.42% 10.27% 12.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.26% 11.60% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 411 204 642
10th Percentile £47,750 £43,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +12.14% +0.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £64,080
% change year-on-year +3.70% +5.34% -8.46%

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 6,383 3,001 6,226
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 88.58% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,987 1,819 4,869
10th Percentile £29,900 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.60%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 +2 301 £65,000 -3.70% 67
Warwickshire +1 82 £65,000 -7.14% 17
Coventry +3 49 £85,000 +41.67% 12
Worcestershire 0 46 £60,000 -7.69% 6
Shropshire -14 22 £50,000 -28.57% 14
Solihull +10 17 £57,500 +15.00% 7
Staffordshire -16 16 £65,000 +25.79% 12
Wolverhampton -6 14 £80,000 -15.79% 1
Herefordshire -10 13 £90,000 - 3
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 -
Willenhall - 1 - - 2
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 March 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 85 (14.38%) Agile
2 71 (12.01%) Azure
3 63 (10.66%) Mentoring
4 50 (8.46%) SQL
5 49 (8.29%) Microsoft
6 47 (7.95%) Degree
6 47 (7.95%) Security Cleared
7 46 (7.78%) SaaS
8 45 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
10 43 (7.28%) Analytics
10 43 (7.28%) Coaching
10 43 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (6.43%) SC Cleared
12 37 (6.26%) DevOps
13 36 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
14 35 (5.92%) Business Development
15 33 (5.58%) Python
15 33 (5.58%) Software Engineering
16 32 (5.41%) CI/CD
17 31 (5.25%) BPSS Clearance
18 29 (4.91%) AWS
18 29 (4.91%) Power Platform
18 29 (4.91%) Project Delivery
18 29 (4.91%) Stakeholder Management
19 27 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 27 (4.57%) Roadmaps
20 26 (4.40%) Databricks
21 25 (4.23%) Migration
21 25 (4.23%) Systems Engineering

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 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.85%) Confluence
4 4 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.34%) WordPress
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.51%) SAP CO
2 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (0.51%) SAP FSCM
2 3 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.34%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.34%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
4 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.01%) Azure
2 46 (7.78%) SaaS
3 29 (4.91%) AWS
3 29 (4.91%) Power Platform
4 22 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.69%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.52%) GCP
9 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.85%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.68%) GitHub
12 3 (0.51%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
12 3 (0.51%) dbt
12 3 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.55%) WAN
2 18 (3.05%) LAN
3 17 (2.88%) Firewall
4 12 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (1.86%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.86%) VPN
6 6 (1.02%) BGP
6 6 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.02%) EIGRP
6 6 (1.02%) OSPF
6 6 (1.02%) Wireless
7 4 (0.68%) MPLS
7 4 (0.68%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.51%) DHCP
8 3 (0.51%) DNS
8 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.51%) VLAN
9 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.34%) PBX
9 2 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.72%) Power BI
1 22 (3.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.02%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (0.85%) Metadata
3 5 (0.85%) Tableau
4 4 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.51%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.51%) Redis
5 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.34%) Looker
6 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (1.86%) JIRA
2 7 (1.18%) Git
2 7 (1.18%) JUnit
2 7 (1.18%) Maven
3 6 (1.02%) Mockito
4 5 (0.85%) Selenium
5 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.51%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.51%) GitLab
5 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.51%) Postman
6 2 (0.34%) Gatling
6 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
7 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (14.21%) Finance
2 59 (9.98%) Social Skills
3 47 (7.95%) Public Sector
4 41 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (4.40%) Legal
6 24 (4.06%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.05%) Law
8 15 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.37%) Electronics
10 9 (1.52%) Retail
11 8 (1.35%) Marketing
12 7 (1.18%) Automotive
12 7 (1.18%) Banking
13 5 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.68%) Games
14 4 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.34%) iGaming
15 2 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.34%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.37%) React
2 13 (2.20%) .NET
3 9 (1.52%) REST
4 7 (1.18%) .NET Core
4 7 (1.18%) Blazor
4 7 (1.18%) PySpark
5 6 (1.02%) Node.js
6 5 (0.85%) Spring
7 4 (0.68%) Playwright
8 3 (0.51%) Django
8 3 (0.51%) Flask
8 3 (0.51%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.34%) RESTful
9 2 (0.34%) SOAP
10 1 (0.17%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.17%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.17%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.17%) Web Services
10 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (1.69%) Driving Licence
3 9 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
3 9 (1.52%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.35%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.02%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.02%) Public Cloud
7 5 (0.85%) Data Centre
7 5 (0.85%) FMCG
7 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (0.68%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.51%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.51%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.71%) Linux
2 15 (2.54%) Windows
3 9 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (14.38%) Agile
2 63 (10.66%) Mentoring
3 45 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
5 43 (7.28%) Analytics
5 43 (7.28%) Coaching
5 43 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (6.26%) DevOps
7 36 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
8 35 (5.92%) Business Development
9 33 (5.58%) Software Engineering
10 32 (5.41%) CI/CD
11 29 (4.91%) Project Delivery
11 29 (4.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 27 (4.57%) Roadmaps
13 25 (4.23%) Migration
13 25 (4.23%) Systems Engineering
14 23 (3.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (3.72%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 50 (8.46%) SQL
2 33 (5.58%) Python
3 23 (3.89%) C#
4 14 (2.37%) Java
5 10 (1.69%) Scala
6 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.52%) T-SQL
7 8 (1.35%) Bash
7 8 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.18%) C
9 6 (1.02%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.02%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.85%) PHP
10 5 (0.85%) R
10 5 (0.85%) VBA
11 2 (0.34%) Bicep
12 1 (0.17%) Delphi
12 1 (0.17%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 47 (7.95%) Degree
1 47 (7.95%) Security Cleared
2 38 (6.43%) SC Cleared
3 31 (5.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.86%) CCNP
7 10 (1.69%) CISSP
8 8 (1.35%) CISA
9 7 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
9 7 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.18%) SSCP
10 6 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.85%) PMP
12 4 (0.68%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.51%) CISM
13 3 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.88%) QA
2 14 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (2.03%) GDPR
4 11 (1.86%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.86%) NIST
5 9 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.18%) ITGC
7 5 (0.85%) PMO
8 4 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.51%) SLA
10 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.34%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.34%) MISRA
10 2 (0.34%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.34%) P3O
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (2.71%) Docker
2 11 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.85%) Firmware
3 5 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.68%) XenApp
5 2 (0.34%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.20%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.69%) Terraform
4 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.51%) FlexNet
6 2 (0.34%) Ansible
6 2 (0.34%) Grafana
7 1 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 49 (8.29%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.40%) Databricks
3 16 (2.71%) Cisco
4 12 (2.03%) SAP
5 9 (1.52%) Meraki
5 9 (1.52%) Oracle
6 8 (1.35%) Google
7 6 (1.02%) IBM
8 5 (0.85%) VMware
9 4 (0.68%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.68%) Citrix
9 4 (0.68%) SonicWALL
9 4 (0.68%) Veeam
10 2 (0.34%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.34%) Kaseya
10 2 (0.34%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.34%) Pega
10 2 (0.34%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.34%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.34%) Zscaler