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 25 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -10 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 798 249 930
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 9.32% 8.38% 12.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.12% 9.34% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 560 135 699
10th Percentile £47,975 £45,000 £39,268
25th Percentile £55,600 £51,672 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,125 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,225 £101,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +11.50% -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 7,885 2,665 7,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 89.70% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 1,619 5,392
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -12.83%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 +8 367 £70,000 - 74
Warwickshire +4 120 £65,000 +23.81% 31
Worcestershire +4 76 £65,000 - 14
Coventry +3 57 £70,000 +66.10% 3
Staffordshire +26 54 £60,000 +23.27% 6
Shropshire +2 47 £50,000 -28.57% 9
Wolverhampton -11 16 £75,000 -9.09% 5
Herefordshire -15 11 £70,000 - 2
Solihull +9 9 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Dudley - 5 £65,000 -
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Willenhall - 5 - -
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 25 May 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 89 (11.15%) Azure
2 88 (11.03%) Agile
3 87 (10.90%) Mentoring
4 71 (8.90%) Software Engineering
5 59 (7.39%) Security Cleared
6 56 (7.02%) AWS
6 56 (7.02%) Microsoft
7 55 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (6.64%) Coaching
9 52 (6.52%) Degree
10 51 (6.39%) AI
11 50 (6.27%) SQL
12 49 (6.14%) Business Intelligence
12 49 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (5.64%) Problem-Solving
14 44 (5.51%) Python
15 43 (5.39%) SC Cleared
16 42 (5.26%) Analytics
16 42 (5.26%) CI/CD
17 38 (4.76%) DevOps
18 35 (4.39%) Power Platform
19 32 (4.01%) Business Development
19 32 (4.01%) C#
19 32 (4.01%) Project Delivery
20 30 (3.76%) Full-Stack Development
20 30 (3.76%) SQL Server
20 30 (3.76%) Stakeholder Management
21 29 (3.63%) SaaS
22 28 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
23 27 (3.38%) Power BI

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 8 (1.00%) Confluence
1 8 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.38%) CMS
3 3 (0.38%) WordPress
4 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.13%) Appian
5 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.50%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.38%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 89 (11.15%) Azure
2 56 (7.02%) AWS
3 35 (4.39%) Power Platform
4 29 (3.63%) SaaS
5 21 (2.63%) GCP
6 17 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.38%) Serverless
9 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Stack
10 7 (0.88%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.63%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.63%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.63%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.50%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.50%) MailChimp
13 4 (0.50%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.26%) Firewall
2 16 (2.01%) VPN
2 16 (2.01%) WAN
3 13 (1.63%) LAN
4 12 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (1.38%) BGP
5 11 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (1.38%) EIGRP
5 11 (1.38%) OSPF
6 7 (0.88%) Wireless
7 6 (0.75%) Bluetooth
7 6 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.63%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.50%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.38%) DHCP
10 3 (0.38%) DNS
10 3 (0.38%) Modbus
10 3 (0.38%) VLAN
11 2 (0.25%) RFID
11 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.76%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.38%) Power BI
3 6 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.63%) Metadata
4 5 (0.63%) Tableau
5 3 (0.38%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.38%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.25%) Looker
6 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.13%) DB2
7 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (1.63%) Git
1 13 (1.63%) JIRA
2 10 (1.25%) Snyk
3 7 (0.88%) JUnit
3 7 (0.88%) Maven
4 6 (0.75%) Mockito
5 4 (0.50%) Selenium
6 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.25%) Postman
6 2 (0.25%) TestRail
6 2 (0.25%) Toad
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.13%) Appium
7 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 92 (11.53%) Finance
2 61 (7.64%) Social Skills
3 54 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 49 (6.14%) Public Sector
5 43 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.64%) Games
7 32 (4.01%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.01%) Electronics
9 22 (2.76%) Law
9 22 (2.76%) Legal
10 14 (1.75%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.38%) Retail
12 10 (1.25%) Marketing
13 8 (1.00%) Automotive
13 8 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.50%) Banking
16 4 (0.50%) Local Government
17 3 (0.38%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.76%) React
2 18 (2.26%) .NET
3 14 (1.75%) REST
3 14 (1.75%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 12 (1.50%) .NET Core
4 12 (1.50%) Blazor
5 10 (1.25%) Node.js
6 7 (0.88%) PySpark
7 6 (0.75%) RESTful
8 5 (0.63%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.63%) Playwright
9 3 (0.38%) Flask
9 3 (0.38%) Spring
10 2 (0.25%) OAuth
10 2 (0.25%) Visualforce
11 1 (0.13%) D3.js
11 1 (0.13%) Entity Framework
11 1 (0.13%) NumPy
11 1 (0.13%) SAP CAF
11 1 (0.13%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.26%) Virtual Reality
3 17 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 12 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.38%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.38%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.00%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.00%) FMCG
7 8 (1.00%) Operational Technology
8 7 (0.88%) Low-Code
8 7 (0.88%) Mobile Games
9 6 (0.75%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.75%) Robotics
10 5 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.63%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.50%) CAN bus
11 4 (0.50%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.75%) Linux
2 10 (1.25%) Windows
3 9 (1.13%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (11.03%) Agile
2 87 (10.90%) Mentoring
3 71 (8.90%) Software Engineering
4 55 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
5 53 (6.64%) Coaching
6 51 (6.39%) AI
7 49 (6.14%) Business Intelligence
7 49 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (5.64%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (5.26%) Analytics
9 42 (5.26%) CI/CD
10 38 (4.76%) DevOps
11 32 (4.01%) Business Development
11 32 (4.01%) Project Delivery
12 30 (3.76%) Full-Stack Development
12 30 (3.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 26 (3.26%) Migration
13 26 (3.26%) SDLC
13 26 (3.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.27%) SQL
2 44 (5.51%) Python
3 32 (4.01%) C#
4 19 (2.38%) C
5 18 (2.26%) Java
6 14 (1.75%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.63%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.25%) Scala
9 8 (1.00%) Bash
10 6 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.75%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.75%) R
11 5 (0.63%) PHP
12 4 (0.50%) C++
12 4 (0.50%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.50%) VBA
13 3 (0.38%) Go
14 2 (0.25%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.25%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (7.39%) Security Cleared
2 52 (6.52%) Degree
3 43 (5.39%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (1.75%) CCNP
7 12 (1.50%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.13%) CISSP
8 9 (1.13%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
9 8 (1.00%) CISA
9 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.88%) SSCP
11 6 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.75%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.50%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.63%) QA
2 11 (1.38%) GRC
2 11 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 10 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.25%) GDPR
3 10 (1.25%) NIST
4 8 (1.00%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.00%) PMO
5 7 (0.88%) ITGC
6 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.63%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.63%) MISRA
7 5 (0.63%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.63%) SLA
8 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.38%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.25%) P3O
9 2 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 12 (1.50%) Docker
1 12 (1.50%) Firmware
2 10 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.75%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.25%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.13%) Terraform
3 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.25%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Ansible
6 1 (0.13%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) Control-M
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 56 (7.02%) Microsoft
2 17 (2.13%) Adobe
2 17 (2.13%) Databricks
3 16 (2.01%) ServiceNow
4 15 (1.88%) Cisco
5 13 (1.63%) Apple
5 13 (1.63%) Oracle
5 13 (1.63%) SAP
6 11 (1.38%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (1.25%) Tenable
8 8 (1.00%) Google
9 7 (0.88%) HP
10 5 (0.63%) Aruba
10 5 (0.63%) Meraki
10 5 (0.63%) Siemens
11 3 (0.38%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.25%) IBM
12 2 (0.25%) Rockwell
12 2 (0.25%) VMware