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 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 14 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 867 308 805
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.09% 8.91% 12.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.75% 9.93% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 645 189 543
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,000 £78,500
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 8,064 3,102 6,170
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 89.76% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5,962 2,081 3,977
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,656 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +5 423 £70,000 +7.69% 69
Worcestershire +23 103 £75,000 +3.45% 12
Warwickshire +6 92 £55,500 +0.91% 10
Staffordshire +47 67 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Shropshire +4 63 £50,000 -28.57% 10
Coventry 0 43 £60,000 -4.00% 8
Herefordshire -2 32 £75,000 +150.00% 2
Wolverhampton -9 11 £69,000 -1.43%
Solihull +5 5 £60,000 -12.73% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 -
Willenhall - 5 - - 1
Dudley - 5 £65,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 - 1
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 - 1
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 August 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.

1 149 (17.19%) Azure
2 101 (11.65%) Mentoring
3 97 (11.19%) Software Engineering
4 90 (10.38%) AI
5 86 (9.92%) Agile
6 83 (9.57%) AWS
6 83 (9.57%) Security Cleared
7 73 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (8.07%) Microsoft
9 64 (7.38%) CI/CD
9 64 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
10 61 (7.04%) DevOps
11 60 (6.92%) SC Cleared
12 54 (6.23%) Degree
13 53 (6.11%) Python
14 51 (5.88%) SQL
15 50 (5.77%) Coaching
15 50 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
16 46 (5.31%) C#
17 39 (4.50%) Full-Stack Development
18 36 (4.15%) Analytics
18 36 (4.15%) SDLC
19 35 (4.04%) Decision-Making
20 33 (3.81%) Scrum
21 32 (3.69%) Line Management
21 32 (3.69%) SaaS
21 32 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
22 31 (3.58%) Project Delivery
23 30 (3.46%) Firewall
24 29 (3.34%) Java

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 17 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.04%) Confluence
2 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.58%) Apache
4 5 (0.58%) IIS
4 5 (0.58%) nginx
5 4 (0.46%) CMS
5 4 (0.46%) WordPress
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.12%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.38%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.35%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (17.19%) Azure
2 83 (9.57%) AWS
3 32 (3.69%) SaaS
4 29 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (3.23%) Power Platform
6 25 (2.88%) GCP
7 22 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (1.61%) Entra ID
9 12 (1.38%) Serverless
10 10 (1.15%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (0.92%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.81%) Azure Stack
13 6 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (0.69%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.58%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.46%) Google Data Studio
15 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Advertising
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.46%) Firewall
2 17 (1.96%) VPN
3 12 (1.38%) BGP
3 12 (1.38%) EIGRP
3 12 (1.38%) OSPF
3 12 (1.38%) WAN
4 11 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (1.27%) LAN
5 10 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.04%) DNS
7 5 (0.58%) Bluetooth
8 4 (0.46%) DHCP
9 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.35%) Modbus
9 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.35%) VLAN
9 3 (0.35%) Wireless
10 2 (0.23%) Internet
10 2 (0.23%) Network Security
11 1 (0.12%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.00%) Power BI
3 12 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.58%) MySQL
9 4 (0.46%) Metadata
10 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.23%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.23%) Redis
11 2 (0.23%) Spark SQL
12 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 24 (2.77%) Git
2 20 (2.31%) JIRA
3 13 (1.50%) JUnit
4 12 (1.38%) Selenium
5 10 (1.15%) Cucumber
5 10 (1.15%) GitLab
5 10 (1.15%) Postman
5 10 (1.15%) Snyk
6 7 (0.81%) Gatling
6 7 (0.81%) Maven
6 7 (0.81%) Mockito
7 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.46%) JMeter
7 4 (0.46%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.35%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.23%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.23%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.23%) TestRail
9 2 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 103 (11.88%) Finance
2 89 (10.27%) Social Skills
3 46 (5.31%) Public Sector
4 45 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (4.27%) Games
6 33 (3.81%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (3.00%) Aerospace
9 25 (2.88%) Electronics
10 20 (2.31%) Legal
11 15 (1.73%) Marketing
12 13 (1.50%) Law
12 13 (1.50%) Retail
13 10 (1.15%) Military
14 8 (0.92%) Banking
14 8 (0.92%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.81%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.34%) React
2 21 (2.42%) .NET
2 21 (2.42%) REST
3 18 (2.08%) Playwright
4 14 (1.61%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 13 (1.50%) .NET Core
5 13 (1.50%) Blazor
6 12 (1.38%) Terraform
7 11 (1.27%) Node.js
8 9 (1.04%) Kafka
8 9 (1.04%) RESTful
9 8 (0.92%) Keycloak
9 8 (0.92%) Spring
10 5 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.46%) PySpark
12 3 (0.35%) EDI
13 2 (0.23%) ADO
13 2 (0.23%) JSON
13 2 (0.23%) OAuth
13 2 (0.23%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
1 26 (3.00%) Virtual Reality
2 18 (2.08%) Onboarding
3 17 (1.96%) Operational Technology
3 17 (1.96%) Robotics
4 16 (1.85%) SCADA
5 14 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.50%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.50%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.15%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (0.92%) Cloud Native
9 8 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (0.92%) Smartphone
10 7 (0.81%) Mobile Games
11 6 (0.69%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.58%) FMCG
12 5 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.65%) Linux
2 16 (1.85%) Windows
3 9 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
4 8 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.69%) Unix
6 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.23%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (11.65%) Mentoring
2 97 (11.19%) Software Engineering
3 90 (10.38%) AI
4 86 (9.92%) Agile
5 73 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (7.38%) CI/CD
6 64 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
7 61 (7.04%) DevOps
8 50 (5.77%) Coaching
8 50 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (4.50%) Full-Stack Development
10 36 (4.15%) Analytics
10 36 (4.15%) SDLC
11 35 (4.04%) Decision-Making
12 33 (3.81%) Scrum
13 32 (3.69%) Line Management
13 32 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (3.58%) Project Delivery
15 28 (3.23%) ETL
15 28 (3.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 53 (6.11%) Python
2 51 (5.88%) SQL
3 46 (5.31%) C#
4 29 (3.34%) Java
5 21 (2.42%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.08%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.85%) C
8 11 (1.27%) Go
8 11 (1.27%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.92%) Bash
10 7 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.46%) C++
11 4 (0.46%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.35%) Scala
13 2 (0.23%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.23%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.23%) PHP
14 1 (0.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 83 (9.57%) Security Cleared
2 60 (6.92%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.23%) Degree
4 24 (2.77%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.73%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.27%) CCNP
9 11 (1.27%) CISSP
9 11 (1.27%) NVQ Level 3
10 8 (0.92%) City & Guilds
11 7 (0.81%) CISA
11 7 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.81%) SSCP
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.58%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.46%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.11%) QA
2 17 (1.96%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.61%) GDPR
3 14 (1.61%) NIST
4 13 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.38%) GRC
6 8 (0.92%) SLA
7 7 (0.81%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.58%) IEC 61508
8 5 (0.58%) MISRA
8 5 (0.58%) MISRA C
8 5 (0.58%) PMO
8 5 (0.58%) WCAG
9 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 2 (0.23%) NCSC
9 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) IEC 61131
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (2.42%) Docker
2 17 (1.96%) Firmware
3 11 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.04%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.23%) Ansible
3 2 (0.23%) Argo
3 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.23%) Grafana
3 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 70 (8.07%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.08%) Adobe
2 18 (2.08%) Oracle
2 18 (2.08%) ServiceNow
3 16 (1.85%) Google
4 13 (1.50%) Apple
4 13 (1.50%) Cisco
5 11 (1.27%) Palo Alto
5 11 (1.27%) SAP
6 10 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (1.15%) HP
6 10 (1.15%) Tenable
7 8 (0.92%) Aruba
7 8 (0.92%) Foundry
7 8 (0.92%) NEC
7 8 (0.92%) Pega
8 7 (0.81%) Siemens
8 7 (0.81%) VMware
9 6 (0.69%) Citrix
10 5 (0.58%) SonicWALL