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 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 697 312 869
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 8.86% 9.34% 12.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.64% 10.69% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 481 184 667
10th Percentile £47,750 £43,500 £40,658
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 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,250 £76,100
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +3.70% +7.51% -10.31%

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 7,227 2,919 6,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 87.42% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,573 1,792 5,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,050 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.04%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +6 348 £66,720 -1.34% 54
Warwickshire +1 102 £65,000 - 40
Coventry -1 52 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Worcestershire 0 50 £62,500 -3.85% 16
Staffordshire +1 34 £62,500 +19.40% 13
Shropshire -8 31 £50,000 -28.57% 16
Wolverhampton -7 17 £77,500 -18.42%
Solihull +13 15 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Herefordshire -17 12 £85,000 - 4
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Willenhall - 4 - - 1
Dudley - 1 £65,000 - 2
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 -
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 87 (12.48%) Agile
2 76 (10.90%) Azure
3 75 (10.76%) Mentoring
4 54 (7.75%) Degree
4 54 (7.75%) Security Cleared
5 52 (7.46%) Microsoft
6 50 (7.17%) Coaching
6 50 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
7 49 (7.03%) Software Engineering
7 49 (7.03%) SQL
8 48 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
10 43 (6.17%) Analytics
10 43 (6.17%) SC Cleared
11 42 (6.03%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (5.88%) DevOps
13 40 (5.74%) SaaS
14 36 (5.16%) AWS
14 36 (5.16%) Python
15 35 (5.02%) Business Development
16 32 (4.59%) CI/CD
17 31 (4.45%) AI
18 30 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
19 29 (4.16%) Power Platform
19 29 (4.16%) Project Delivery
20 28 (4.02%) Migration
20 28 (4.02%) SQL Server
20 28 (4.02%) Stakeholder Management
21 27 (3.87%) Roadmaps
22 26 (3.73%) C#

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 9 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.15%) Confluence
2 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Appian
4 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.57%) Cloudability
1 4 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.57%) SAP Payroll
1 4 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
2 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (0.43%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.14%) Maximo
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 76 (10.90%) Azure
2 40 (5.74%) SaaS
3 36 (5.16%) AWS
4 29 (4.16%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.87%) GCP
8 12 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.15%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.86%) Serverless
13 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.72%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.72%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.57%) GitHub
15 3 (0.43%) Amazon SageMaker
15 3 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.73%) WAN
2 17 (2.44%) Firewall
3 16 (2.30%) LAN
4 12 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (1.58%) VPN
6 8 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.00%) BGP
7 7 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (1.00%) EIGRP
7 7 (1.00%) OSPF
7 7 (1.00%) Wireless
8 5 (0.72%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.72%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.57%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.57%) Modbus
10 3 (0.43%) DHCP
10 3 (0.43%) DNS
10 3 (0.43%) VLAN
11 2 (0.29%) MPLS
11 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.16%) Power BI
3 5 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.72%) Metadata
3 5 (0.72%) Tableau
4 4 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.43%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.29%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.29%) Looker
6 2 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.14%) DB2
7 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.14%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 14 (2.01%) JIRA
2 10 (1.43%) Git
3 6 (0.86%) JUnit
3 6 (0.86%) Maven
3 6 (0.86%) Selenium
3 6 (0.86%) Snyk
4 5 (0.72%) Mockito
5 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.43%) GitLab
5 3 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.29%) Postman
6 2 (0.29%) TestRail
6 2 (0.29%) Toad
6 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.14%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 88 (12.63%) Finance
2 60 (8.61%) Social Skills
3 50 (7.17%) Public Sector
4 45 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (4.02%) Legal
6 28 (4.02%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.30%) Games
8 22 (3.16%) Electronics
9 20 (2.87%) Law
10 14 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.72%) Retail
12 9 (1.29%) Automotive
13 8 (1.15%) Marketing
14 7 (1.00%) Banking
15 6 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.57%) Aerospace
18 3 (0.43%) iGaming
19 2 (0.29%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.30%) React
2 14 (2.01%) .NET
3 11 (1.58%) Node.js
4 10 (1.43%) REST
5 9 (1.29%) .NET Core
5 9 (1.29%) Blazor
6 7 (1.00%) PySpark
6 7 (1.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 4 (0.57%) RESTful
7 4 (0.57%) Spring
8 3 (0.43%) Flask
8 3 (0.43%) Playwright
8 3 (0.43%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.29%) OAuth
9 2 (0.29%) SOAP
9 2 (0.29%) Visualforce
10 1 (0.14%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.14%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (1.72%) Virtual Reality
3 11 (1.58%) Data Centre
3 11 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (1.58%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (1.29%) Operational Technology
6 8 (1.15%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.00%) FMCG
7 7 (1.00%) Low-Code
8 6 (0.86%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.57%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.57%) Mobile Games
10 4 (0.57%) Robotics
10 4 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.57%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.01%) Windows
2 13 (1.87%) Linux
3 8 (1.15%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (12.48%) Agile
2 75 (10.76%) Mentoring
3 50 (7.17%) Coaching
3 50 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (7.03%) Software Engineering
5 48 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
7 43 (6.17%) Analytics
8 42 (6.03%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (5.88%) DevOps
10 35 (5.02%) Business Development
11 32 (4.59%) CI/CD
12 31 (4.45%) AI
13 29 (4.16%) Project Delivery
14 28 (4.02%) Migration
14 28 (4.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (3.87%) Roadmaps
16 26 (3.73%) Customer Service
16 26 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 25 (3.59%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.03%) SQL
2 36 (5.16%) Python
3 26 (3.73%) C#
4 15 (2.15%) C
5 14 (2.01%) Java
6 10 (1.43%) Scala
7 7 (1.00%) Bash
7 7 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.00%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.00%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.00%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.86%) R
8 6 (0.86%) VBA
9 5 (0.72%) PHP
9 5 (0.72%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.57%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.29%) Bicep
11 2 (0.29%) C++
11 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 54 (7.75%) Degree
1 54 (7.75%) Security Cleared
2 43 (6.17%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (1.43%) CCNP
5 10 (1.43%) CISSP
5 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.15%) CISA
6 8 (1.15%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
6 8 (1.15%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.00%) SSCP
8 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.86%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.86%) PMP
9 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.58%) QA
2 13 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.58%) GDPR
4 11 (1.58%) NIST
5 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.00%) ITGC
5 7 (1.00%) PMO
6 6 (0.86%) GRC
7 5 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.72%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.72%) MISRA
7 5 (0.72%) MISRA C
8 4 (0.57%) SLA
9 3 (0.43%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.29%) P3O
10 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (1.58%) Docker
1 11 (1.58%) Firmware
2 9 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.29%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.29%) XenApp
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.15%) Terraform
4 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.43%) FlexNet
6 2 (0.29%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.29%) Grafana
6 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.14%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) Control-M
7 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (7.46%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.44%) Databricks
3 13 (1.87%) Cisco
3 13 (1.87%) SAP
4 10 (1.43%) Oracle
5 8 (1.15%) Google
6 7 (1.00%) Meraki
6 7 (1.00%) Palo Alto
7 6 (0.86%) Adobe
7 6 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (0.86%) HP
7 6 (0.86%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.86%) Tenable
8 4 (0.57%) Apple
8 4 (0.57%) Aruba
8 4 (0.57%) IBM
9 3 (0.43%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.43%) VMware
10 2 (0.29%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.29%) Kaseya