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 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 970 279 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.86% 8.71% 12.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.74% 9.41% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 727 174 404
10th Percentile £45,600 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,500 £49,288 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,764 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -0.39% +4.35%
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% -3.74%

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 8,263 2,965 5,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.54% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,981 1,918 2,867
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,591 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,974
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +9 517 £70,000 +16.67% 238
Worcestershire +21 127 £75,000 +15.38% 30
Warwickshire +1 81 £65,000 +18.18% 98
Staffordshire +44 74 £60,000 +14.29% 51
Shropshire +11 53 £50,000 -32.20% 25
Coventry +3 48 £60,715 -6.59% 40
Herefordshire +5 41 £70,150 +133.83% 10
Solihull -5 6 £65,000 - 29
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 - 1
Wolverhampton -4 4 £85,000 +21.43% 9
Dudley - 4 £65,000 - 4
Stourbridge - 4 £85,000 - 1
Willenhall - 1 - -
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 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.

1 163 (16.80%) Azure
2 114 (11.75%) Software Engineering
3 113 (11.65%) Mentoring
4 94 (9.69%) Agile
5 93 (9.59%) AI
6 90 (9.28%) Security Cleared
7 89 (9.18%) Microsoft
8 87 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 86 (8.87%) AWS
10 73 (7.53%) SC Cleared
11 71 (7.32%) CI/CD
12 70 (7.22%) DevOps
13 69 (7.11%) Degree
14 60 (6.19%) SQL
15 57 (5.88%) Java
15 57 (5.88%) Python
16 56 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
17 53 (5.46%) Problem-Solving
18 51 (5.26%) Analytics
19 50 (5.15%) Coaching
20 48 (4.95%) Technical Leadership
21 46 (4.74%) Decision-Making
22 43 (4.43%) C#
22 43 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
23 42 (4.33%) Business Development
23 42 (4.33%) Project Delivery
24 40 (4.12%) Firewall
24 40 (4.12%) Stakeholder Management
25 39 (4.02%) Line Management
26 38 (3.92%) Scrum

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 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.52%) Apache
4 5 (0.52%) IIS
4 5 (0.52%) nginx
5 4 (0.41%) CMS
5 4 (0.41%) WordPress
6 3 (0.31%) Confluence
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%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.10%) SAS
8 1 (0.10%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.10%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.24%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.03%) Cloudability
3 4 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.31%) Misys Midas
4 3 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 163 (16.80%) Azure
2 86 (8.87%) AWS
3 43 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.51%) SaaS
5 29 (2.99%) Power Platform
6 24 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (2.37%) GCP
8 20 (2.06%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.24%) Serverless
11 11 (1.13%) Snowflake
12 10 (1.03%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (1.03%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (0.72%) Azure Stack
14 6 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (0.52%) Azure Databricks
15 5 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.12%) Firewall
2 30 (3.09%) VPN
3 20 (2.06%) BGP
3 20 (2.06%) EIGRP
3 20 (2.06%) OSPF
4 17 (1.75%) DNS
4 17 (1.75%) WAN
5 16 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
6 15 (1.55%) LAN
7 11 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.93%) DHCP
9 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.52%) 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
12 3 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.37%) Power BI
3 18 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (1.24%) Metadata
6 10 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
7 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.62%) Star Schema
9 5 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.52%) MySQL
9 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.31%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 26 (2.68%) Git
2 13 (1.34%) JIRA
2 13 (1.34%) JUnit
3 12 (1.24%) GitLab
4 10 (1.03%) Selenium
5 9 (0.93%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.82%) Postman
7 7 (0.72%) Maven
7 7 (0.72%) Mockito
8 6 (0.62%) Gatling
8 6 (0.62%) Snyk
9 4 (0.41%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.31%) JMeter
11 2 (0.21%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.21%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.10%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (11.75%) Social Skills
2 105 (10.82%) Finance
3 75 (7.73%) Public Sector
4 40 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (3.09%) Manufacturing
6 29 (2.99%) Aerospace
6 29 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (2.78%) Legal
8 26 (2.68%) Games
9 19 (1.96%) Marketing
10 18 (1.86%) Retail
11 17 (1.75%) Banking
11 17 (1.75%) Electronics
11 17 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.44%) Law
13 11 (1.13%) Social Housing
14 10 (1.03%) Military
14 10 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.37%) React
1 23 (2.37%) REST
2 20 (2.06%) .NET
2 20 (2.06%) Kafka
2 20 (2.06%) Terraform
3 18 (1.86%) Playwright
4 13 (1.34%) Keycloak
5 11 (1.13%) .NET Core
5 11 (1.13%) Spring
6 10 (1.03%) Blazor
6 10 (1.03%) XML
7 9 (0.93%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 8 (0.82%) Node.js
8 8 (0.82%) RESTful
9 7 (0.72%) JSON
10 4 (0.41%) CSS
10 4 (0.41%) Next.js
10 4 (0.41%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.41%) XSLT
10 4 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (2.99%) Onboarding
2 24 (2.47%) SCADA
3 23 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (2.27%) Robotics
5 16 (1.65%) Operational Technology
5 16 (1.65%) Virtual Reality
6 15 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.34%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.24%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.24%) Management Information System
9 9 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (0.93%) Product Ownership
9 9 (0.93%) Taxonomies
10 8 (0.82%) Data Structures
10 8 (0.82%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.62%) Credit Risk
11 6 (0.62%) Online Gambling
12 5 (0.52%) IoT
12 5 (0.52%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.47%) Linux
1 24 (2.47%) Windows
2 18 (1.86%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.72%) Unix
4 5 (0.52%) Android
4 5 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.31%) VMS
6 2 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (11.75%) Software Engineering
2 113 (11.65%) Mentoring
3 94 (9.69%) Agile
4 93 (9.59%) AI
5 87 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (7.32%) CI/CD
7 70 (7.22%) DevOps
8 56 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
9 53 (5.46%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (5.26%) Analytics
11 50 (5.15%) Coaching
12 48 (4.95%) Technical Leadership
13 46 (4.74%) Decision-Making
14 42 (4.33%) Business Development
14 42 (4.33%) Project Delivery
15 40 (4.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 39 (4.02%) Line Management
17 38 (3.92%) Scrum
18 36 (3.71%) Full-Stack Development
19 34 (3.51%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 60 (6.19%) SQL
2 57 (5.88%) Java
2 57 (5.88%) Python
3 43 (4.43%) C#
4 26 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.27%) TypeScript
6 16 (1.65%) Go
7 12 (1.24%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.03%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.93%) C
10 8 (0.82%) Bash
11 5 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.41%) C++
13 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.21%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.10%) Ruby
14 1 (0.10%) Rust
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
14 1 (0.10%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (9.28%) Security Cleared
2 73 (7.53%) SC Cleared
3 69 (7.11%) Degree
4 24 (2.47%) Azure Certification
4 24 (2.47%) DV Cleared
5 19 (1.96%) NVQ Level 3
6 16 (1.65%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (1.65%) CCNP
6 16 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (0.82%) City & Guilds
9 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.62%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.41%) AAT
11 4 (0.41%) CBAP
11 4 (0.41%) CIPD
11 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.89%) Accessibility
2 27 (2.78%) QA
3 20 (2.06%) GDPR
4 16 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.24%) WCAG
7 9 (0.93%) NIST
8 8 (0.82%) GRC
9 7 (0.72%) SLA
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.21%) NCSC
10 2 (0.21%) PMO
11 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.10%) GxP
11 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.10%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.10%) JTAG
11 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (2.27%) Docker
2 14 (1.44%) Firmware
3 13 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.62%) Ansible
4 2 (0.21%) Argo
4 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.10%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 89 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.20%) Oracle
3 20 (2.06%) Cisco
4 17 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 16 (1.65%) Adobe
5 16 (1.65%) Google
6 13 (1.34%) Apple
6 13 (1.34%) VMware
7 10 (1.03%) Pega
8 9 (0.93%) Citrix
8 9 (0.93%) YouTube
9 8 (0.82%) Databricks
9 8 (0.82%) Foundry
9 8 (0.82%) HubSpot
9 8 (0.82%) NEC
10 7 (0.72%) Palo Alto
10 7 (0.72%) Siemens
11 6 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (0.62%) Tenable
12 5 (0.52%) SonicWALL