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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 16 10
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 962 282 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.63% 8.67% 12.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.42% 9.42% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 722 169 419
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,603 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +1.69%
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 8,421 2,993 5,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 92.01% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,145 1,972 3,144
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £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 £59,852 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.82% - -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 26 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 26 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 +6 495 £70,466 +16.47% 279
Worcestershire +24 120 £75,000 +3.45% 43
Warwickshire +4 92 £65,000 +18.18% 91
Staffordshire +49 80 £60,000 +14.29% 58
Shropshire +9 60 £50,000 -29.82% 35
Coventry 0 48 £60,358 -7.14% 22
Herefordshire 0 35 £75,000 +150.00% 12
Wolverhampton -3 8 £69,000 +2.22% 15
Solihull -1 6 £65,000 -5.45% 21
Dudley - 5 £65,000 - 5
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 - 2
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 26 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.

1 168 (17.46%) Azure
2 114 (11.85%) Mentoring
3 113 (11.75%) Software Engineering
4 100 (10.40%) AI
5 93 (9.67%) Agile
6 90 (9.36%) Security Cleared
7 89 (9.25%) AWS
8 88 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 85 (8.84%) Microsoft
10 71 (7.38%) CI/CD
11 70 (7.28%) DevOps
12 69 (7.17%) SC Cleared
13 67 (6.96%) Degree
14 64 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
14 64 (6.65%) Python
15 57 (5.93%) SQL
16 52 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
17 51 (5.30%) Coaching
18 47 (4.89%) Java
19 46 (4.78%) Decision-Making
20 44 (4.57%) Analytics
20 44 (4.57%) C#
21 42 (4.37%) Full-Stack Development
22 41 (4.26%) Firewall
22 41 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
23 39 (4.05%) Technical Leadership
24 38 (3.95%) Project Delivery
24 38 (3.95%) SDLC
25 36 (3.74%) Line Management
25 36 (3.74%) 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 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.73%) Confluence
3 7 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.52%) Apache
4 5 (0.52%) IIS
4 5 (0.52%) nginx
5 4 (0.42%) CMS
5 4 (0.42%) WordPress
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.21%) 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 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.21%) 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 (1.25%) Cloudability
1 12 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.42%) 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 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 168 (17.46%) Azure
2 89 (9.25%) AWS
3 41 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (3.43%) SaaS
5 28 (2.91%) Power Platform
6 27 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (2.70%) GCP
8 18 (1.87%) Entra ID
9 16 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (1.66%) Serverless
10 10 (1.04%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (1.04%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.94%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.73%) Azure Stack
13 6 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.52%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.26%) Firewall
2 26 (2.70%) VPN
3 18 (1.87%) BGP
3 18 (1.87%) EIGRP
3 18 (1.87%) OSPF
4 15 (1.56%) DNS
4 15 (1.56%) WAN
5 14 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (1.35%) LAN
7 9 (0.94%) DHCP
7 9 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.52%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.52%) VLAN
10 4 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (0.42%) HSRP
10 4 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.42%) VRRP
10 4 (0.42%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.29%) Power BI
3 17 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.04%) Metadata
6 9 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.62%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.52%) MySQL
9 5 (0.52%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.42%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.42%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.42%) 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 (3.12%) Git
2 17 (1.77%) JIRA
3 13 (1.35%) GitLab
3 13 (1.35%) JUnit
4 11 (1.14%) Selenium
5 10 (1.04%) Cucumber
5 10 (1.04%) Snyk
6 9 (0.94%) Postman
7 7 (0.73%) Gatling
7 7 (0.73%) Maven
7 7 (0.73%) Mockito
8 5 (0.52%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.42%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.42%) JMeter
9 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.21%) HP UFT
10 2 (0.21%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.21%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.21%) Toad
General
1 110 (11.43%) Social Skills
2 106 (11.02%) Finance
3 65 (6.76%) Public Sector
4 45 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (4.16%) Games
6 33 (3.43%) Manufacturing
7 30 (3.12%) Aerospace
8 27 (2.81%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (2.81%) Legal
9 25 (2.60%) Electronics
10 18 (1.87%) Marketing
10 18 (1.87%) Retail
11 16 (1.66%) Banking
12 15 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.35%) Law
14 10 (1.04%) Military
14 10 (1.04%) Social Housing
15 9 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.70%) React
2 24 (2.49%) REST
3 19 (1.98%) .NET
3 19 (1.98%) Kafka
3 19 (1.98%) Playwright
3 19 (1.98%) Terraform
4 14 (1.46%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 12 (1.25%) Keycloak
6 11 (1.14%) .NET Core
6 11 (1.14%) Node.js
6 11 (1.14%) Spring
7 10 (1.04%) Blazor
7 10 (1.04%) RESTful
8 9 (0.94%) XML
9 6 (0.62%) JSON
10 4 (0.42%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.42%) CSS
10 4 (0.42%) HTML
10 4 (0.42%) XSLT
10 4 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (2.70%) Virtual Reality
3 23 (2.39%) Onboarding
4 19 (1.98%) Operational Technology
5 18 (1.87%) Robotics
5 18 (1.87%) SCADA
6 16 (1.66%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.25%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.04%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.83%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.83%) Driving Licence
12 8 (0.83%) Smartphone
12 8 (0.83%) Taxonomies
13 7 (0.73%) Mobile Games
14 6 (0.62%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.60%) Linux
2 22 (2.29%) Windows
3 16 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.73%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (0.73%) Unix
5 5 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.31%) Android
6 3 (0.31%) VMS
7 2 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (11.85%) Mentoring
2 113 (11.75%) Software Engineering
3 100 (10.40%) AI
4 93 (9.67%) Agile
5 88 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (7.38%) CI/CD
7 70 (7.28%) DevOps
8 64 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
9 52 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (5.30%) Coaching
11 46 (4.78%) Decision-Making
12 44 (4.57%) Analytics
13 42 (4.37%) Full-Stack Development
14 39 (4.05%) Technical Leadership
15 38 (3.95%) Project Delivery
15 38 (3.95%) SDLC
16 36 (3.74%) Line Management
16 36 (3.74%) Stakeholder Management
17 34 (3.53%) Scrum
18 32 (3.33%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 64 (6.65%) Python
2 57 (5.93%) SQL
3 47 (4.89%) Java
4 44 (4.57%) C#
5 25 (2.60%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.60%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.56%) Go
7 14 (1.46%) C
8 12 (1.25%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.04%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.83%) Bash
11 5 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.42%) C++
12 4 (0.42%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.21%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.21%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.10%) R
14 1 (0.10%) Rust
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 90 (9.36%) Security Cleared
2 69 (7.17%) SC Cleared
3 67 (6.96%) Degree
4 27 (2.81%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 18 (1.87%) AWS Certification
6 18 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.46%) CCNP
7 14 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.35%) NVQ Level 3
9 12 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.83%) City & Guilds
11 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.62%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.42%) AAT
12 4 (0.42%) CBAP
12 4 (0.42%) CIPD
12 4 (0.42%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 24 (2.49%) QA
3 22 (2.29%) GDPR
4 16 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.46%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.25%) GRC
6 12 (1.25%) WCAG
7 9 (0.94%) NIST
8 7 (0.73%) SLA
9 4 (0.42%) PMO
10 3 (0.31%) IEC 61508
10 3 (0.31%) MISRA
10 3 (0.31%) MISRA C
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.21%) NCSC
11 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.10%) IEC 61131
12 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (2.18%) Docker
2 19 (1.98%) Firmware
3 11 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.62%) Ansible
4 3 (0.31%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.21%) Argo
5 2 (0.21%) Grafana
5 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.21%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 85 (8.84%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.12%) Oracle
3 18 (1.87%) Cisco
3 18 (1.87%) ServiceNow
4 17 (1.77%) Adobe
4 17 (1.77%) Google
5 14 (1.46%) Apple
6 11 (1.14%) Palo Alto
6 11 (1.14%) VMware
7 10 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (1.04%) HP
7 10 (1.04%) Pega
7 10 (1.04%) Tenable
8 8 (0.83%) Aruba
8 8 (0.83%) Foundry
8 8 (0.83%) HubSpot
8 8 (0.83%) NEC
8 8 (0.83%) YouTube
9 7 (0.73%) Databricks
9 7 (0.73%) Siemens