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 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 982 277 718
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.85% 8.59% 12.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.66% 9.31% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 731 167 408
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,452 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £49,525 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +2.13%
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 8,420 2,974 5,520
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 92.22% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 6,109 1,937 3,043
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £29,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +6 509 £70,000 +16.18% 271
Worcestershire +21 121 £75,000 +9.09% 43
Warwickshire +6 94 £65,000 +18.18% 96
Staffordshire +48 81 £60,000 +14.29% 60
Shropshire +11 58 £50,000 -31.03% 29
Coventry +1 51 £60,000 -7.69% 27
Herefordshire 0 36 £75,000 +150.00% 10
Wolverhampton -4 8 £69,000 +2.22% 14
Solihull -4 6 £65,000 -5.45% 22
Dudley - 5 £65,000 - 7
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 - 3
Willenhall - 4 - -
Stourbridge - 3 £85,000 - 2
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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 (17.01%) Azure
2 117 (11.91%) Software Engineering
3 113 (11.51%) Mentoring
4 98 (9.98%) AI
5 92 (9.37%) Agile
6 91 (9.27%) Security Cleared
7 90 (9.16%) AWS
8 88 (8.96%) Microsoft
9 87 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 71 (7.23%) SC Cleared
11 70 (7.13%) CI/CD
11 70 (7.13%) DevOps
12 69 (7.03%) Degree
13 66 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
14 62 (6.31%) Python
15 56 (5.70%) SQL
16 53 (5.40%) Problem-Solving
17 51 (5.19%) Coaching
18 49 (4.99%) Java
19 46 (4.68%) Decision-Making
20 44 (4.48%) Analytics
20 44 (4.48%) C#
21 42 (4.28%) Full-Stack Development
21 42 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
21 42 (4.28%) Technical Leadership
22 41 (4.18%) Firewall
23 39 (3.97%) Line Management
23 39 (3.97%) Project Delivery
24 37 (3.77%) SDLC
25 36 (3.67%) Stakeholder Management

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%) Confluence
3 7 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.51%) Apache
4 5 (0.51%) IIS
4 5 (0.51%) nginx
5 4 (0.41%) CMS
5 4 (0.41%) WordPress
6 3 (0.31%) 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%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.22%) Cloudability
1 12 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.31%) Misys Midas
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 167 (17.01%) Azure
2 90 (9.16%) AWS
3 42 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (3.36%) SaaS
5 28 (2.85%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (2.65%) GCP
7 19 (1.93%) Entra ID
8 16 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (1.63%) Serverless
9 10 (1.02%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 9 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 7 (0.71%) Azure Stack
12 6 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.51%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.51%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (0.51%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.18%) Firewall
2 27 (2.75%) VPN
3 18 (1.83%) BGP
3 18 (1.83%) EIGRP
3 18 (1.83%) OSPF
4 16 (1.63%) DNS
5 15 (1.53%) WAN
6 14 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.32%) LAN
8 9 (0.92%) DHCP
8 9 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
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 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.24%) Power BI
3 17 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.02%) Metadata
6 9 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.61%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.51%) MySQL
9 5 (0.51%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.41%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.41%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.41%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.05%) Git
2 17 (1.73%) JIRA
3 13 (1.32%) JUnit
4 12 (1.22%) GitLab
5 10 (1.02%) Selenium
5 10 (1.02%) Snyk
6 9 (0.92%) 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 (0.31%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.31%) JMeter
12 2 (0.20%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.20%) TestRail
12 2 (0.20%) Toad
13 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 111 (11.30%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.00%) Finance
3 67 (6.82%) Public Sector
4 45 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (4.07%) Games
6 32 (3.26%) Manufacturing
7 30 (3.05%) Aerospace
8 27 (2.75%) Legal
9 26 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
10 24 (2.44%) Electronics
11 19 (1.93%) Retail
12 18 (1.83%) Marketing
13 17 (1.73%) Banking
14 16 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.32%) Law
16 10 (1.02%) Military
16 10 (1.02%) Social Housing
17 9 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.65%) React
2 24 (2.44%) REST
3 19 (1.93%) .NET
3 19 (1.93%) Kafka
3 19 (1.93%) Terraform
4 18 (1.83%) Playwright
5 14 (1.43%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 12 (1.22%) Keycloak
7 11 (1.12%) .NET Core
7 11 (1.12%) Node.js
7 11 (1.12%) Spring
8 10 (1.02%) Blazor
9 9 (0.92%) RESTful
9 9 (0.92%) XML
10 6 (0.61%) JSON
11 4 (0.41%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.41%) CSS
11 4 (0.41%) HTML
11 4 (0.41%) XSLT
11 4 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (2.65%) Onboarding
2 26 (2.65%) Virtual Reality
3 21 (2.14%) SCADA
4 20 (2.04%) Operational Technology
4 20 (2.04%) Robotics
5 16 (1.63%) Data Centre
6 15 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (1.43%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.12%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.12%) Product Ownership
9 9 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.81%) Data Structures
10 8 (0.81%) Driving Licence
10 8 (0.81%) Smartphone
10 8 (0.81%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.71%) Mobile Games
12 6 (0.61%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.51%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.44%) Linux
2 23 (2.34%) Windows
3 17 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (0.71%) Unix
5 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.31%) Android
6 3 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (11.91%) Software Engineering
2 113 (11.51%) Mentoring
3 98 (9.98%) AI
4 92 (9.37%) Agile
5 87 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (7.13%) CI/CD
6 70 (7.13%) DevOps
7 66 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (5.40%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (5.19%) Coaching
10 46 (4.68%) Decision-Making
11 44 (4.48%) Analytics
12 42 (4.28%) Full-Stack Development
12 42 (4.28%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (3.97%) Line Management
13 39 (3.97%) Project Delivery
14 37 (3.77%) SDLC
15 36 (3.67%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (3.56%) Business Development
16 35 (3.56%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 62 (6.31%) Python
2 56 (5.70%) SQL
3 49 (4.99%) Java
4 44 (4.48%) C#
5 25 (2.55%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.55%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.53%) Go
7 14 (1.43%) C
8 12 (1.22%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.02%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.81%) Bash
11 5 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.41%) C++
12 4 (0.41%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.20%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.10%) R
14 1 (0.10%) Ruby
14 1 (0.10%) Rust
Qualifications
1 91 (9.27%) Security Cleared
2 71 (7.23%) SC Cleared
3 69 (7.03%) Degree
4 26 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.34%) Azure Certification
6 18 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 18 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.63%) NVQ Level 3
8 14 (1.43%) CCNP
8 14 (1.43%) 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%) CBAP
12 4 (0.41%) CIPD
12 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.41%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.65%) Accessibility
2 25 (2.55%) QA
3 22 (2.24%) GDPR
4 16 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.22%) GRC
6 12 (1.22%) WCAG
7 9 (0.92%) NIST
8 7 (0.71%) SLA
9 4 (0.41%) PMO
10 3 (0.31%) IEC 61508
10 3 (0.31%) MISRA
10 3 (0.31%) MISRA C
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.20%) NCSC
11 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.10%) JTAG
12 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (2.14%) Docker
2 19 (1.93%) 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 6 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (2.14%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.61%) Ansible
4 3 (0.31%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.20%) Argo
5 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.10%) Grafana
6 1 (0.10%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 88 (8.96%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.16%) Oracle
3 18 (1.83%) Cisco
3 18 (1.83%) ServiceNow
4 17 (1.73%) Adobe
4 17 (1.73%) Google
5 14 (1.43%) Apple
6 12 (1.22%) VMware
7 11 (1.12%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (1.02%) HP
8 10 (1.02%) Pega
8 10 (1.02%) Tenable
9 8 (0.81%) Aruba
9 8 (0.81%) Citrix
9 8 (0.81%) Foundry
9 8 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 8 (0.81%) NEC
9 8 (0.81%) YouTube
10 7 (0.71%) Databricks