Senior Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 342 690 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 9.74% 12.70% 12.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.58% 13.63% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 221 375 368
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,320 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,231 5,062 3,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 93.17% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,159 2,624 2,601
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +4.80% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -2 179 £60,000 - 83
Warwickshire +25 48 £55,000 -16.35% 33
Solihull +10 24 £60,000 +14.29% 7
Coventry -6 21 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Herefordshire +10 14 £30,000 - 4
Worcestershire -15 14 £48,750 -25.00% 10
Staffordshire -33 14 £53,688 +2.26% 14
Shropshire -8 12 £75,000 +22.45% 5
Wolverhampton 0 4 £75,000 -42.50%
Walsall - 1 £72,500 -
Wednesbury - 1 £55,000 - 1
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, 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 70 (20.47%) Azure
2 59 (17.25%) SQL
3 54 (15.79%) Agile
4 45 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 45 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (12.87%) Degree
6 39 (11.40%) DevOps
6 39 (11.40%) Mentoring
6 39 (11.40%) Security Cleared
7 38 (11.11%) C#
8 36 (10.53%) CI/CD
9 34 (9.94%) .NET
10 29 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (8.19%) Firewall
12 26 (7.60%) Power Platform
12 26 (7.60%) SaaS
13 25 (7.31%) AWS
13 25 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (7.31%) SC Cleared
14 24 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (7.02%) Decision-Making
14 24 (7.02%) QA
14 24 (7.02%) SQL Server
14 24 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (6.73%) Python
16 22 (6.43%) Analytics
16 22 (6.43%) ITIL
17 21 (6.14%) BPSS Clearance
17 21 (6.14%) JavaScript
18 19 (5.56%) 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 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.58%) Confluence
2 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.58%) WinCC
2 2 (0.58%) WordPress
3 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.29%) Appian
3 1 (0.29%) IIS
3 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.58%) Trello
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.29%) Maya
4 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.88%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.88%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.88%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.58%) Shopify
5 1 (0.29%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.29%) Maximo
5 1 (0.29%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.29%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.47%) Azure
2 26 (7.60%) Power Platform
2 26 (7.60%) SaaS
3 25 (7.31%) AWS
4 16 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (3.80%) Serverless
7 11 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.75%) GCP
10 6 (1.75%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.46%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.46%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.46%) GitHub
12 4 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.88%) dbt
13 3 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.19%) Firewall
2 14 (4.09%) LAN
2 14 (4.09%) WAN
3 13 (3.80%) SD-WAN
4 10 (2.92%) Network Security
5 4 (1.17%) Modbus
5 4 (1.17%) MPLS
6 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.58%) DHCP
7 2 (0.58%) DNS
7 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.58%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.58%) VPN
8 1 (0.29%) ADSL2
8 1 (0.29%) PSTN
8 1 (0.29%) SMS
8 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.29%) VLAN
8 1 (0.29%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.56%) Power BI
3 16 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.46%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.88%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.88%) Tableau
9 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.58%) Metadata
9 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.58%) Redis
9 2 (0.58%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (2.34%) JIRA
2 4 (1.17%) MSTest
2 4 (1.17%) NUnit
2 4 (1.17%) Selenium
3 3 (0.88%) Git
3 3 (0.88%) JUnit
4 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.58%) GitLab
4 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.58%) Maven
4 2 (0.58%) Mockito
4 2 (0.58%) Moq
4 2 (0.58%) NSubstitute
4 2 (0.58%) Postman
4 2 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.29%) Gatling
General
1 59 (17.25%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.96%) Finance
3 31 (9.06%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.48%) Law
5 28 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (7.31%) Legal
7 20 (5.85%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (4.39%) Telecoms
10 13 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.22%) Retail
12 8 (2.34%) Banking
12 8 (2.34%) Marketing
13 4 (1.17%) Billing
14 3 (0.88%) Automotive
14 3 (0.88%) Games
14 3 (0.88%) Local Government
15 2 (0.58%) Electronics
15 2 (0.58%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.29%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.94%) .NET
2 11 (3.22%) React
3 10 (2.92%) HTML
4 8 (2.34%) Spring
5 7 (2.05%) .NET Framework
5 7 (2.05%) ASP.NET
5 7 (2.05%) CSS
5 7 (2.05%) Entity Framework
6 6 (1.75%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.75%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.75%) Blazor
6 6 (1.75%) REST
6 6 (1.75%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.46%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (1.46%) RESTful
8 4 (1.17%) ARM Templates
8 4 (1.17%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (1.17%) YAML
9 3 (0.88%) Django
9 3 (0.88%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.51%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (2.34%) Security Posture
4 7 (2.05%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.05%) Operational Technology
5 5 (1.46%) NHS
5 5 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.17%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.17%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.17%) SCADA
7 3 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.88%) Life Science
7 3 (0.88%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.58%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.29%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.29%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.22%) Linux
1 11 (3.22%) Windows
2 8 (2.34%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.17%) Unix
5 2 (0.58%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (15.79%) Agile
2 45 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (11.40%) DevOps
3 39 (11.40%) Mentoring
4 36 (10.53%) CI/CD
5 29 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (7.02%) Decision-Making
7 24 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (6.43%) Analytics
8 22 (6.43%) ITIL
9 19 (5.56%) Software Engineering
10 17 (4.97%) Data Analysis
10 17 (4.97%) Project Delivery
10 17 (4.97%) Roadmaps
10 17 (4.97%) TDD
11 16 (4.68%) Project Management
11 16 (4.68%) SDLC
12 14 (4.09%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.25%) SQL
2 38 (11.11%) C#
3 23 (6.73%) Python
4 21 (6.14%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.09%) T-SQL
6 11 (3.22%) Java
7 10 (2.92%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.75%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.17%) Scala
11 3 (0.88%) Bash
11 3 (0.88%) Bicep
11 3 (0.88%) Go
12 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.58%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.58%) VBA
13 1 (0.29%) C
13 1 (0.29%) Delphi
13 1 (0.29%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (12.87%) Degree
2 39 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.31%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.92%) Numerate Degree
6 9 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.34%) ACCA
7 8 (2.34%) CCNP
7 8 (2.34%) CIMA
7 8 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.05%) AAT
8 7 (2.05%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.88%) PMP
11 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.02%) QA
2 6 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.75%) PMO
3 5 (1.46%) GDPR
4 4 (1.17%) NIST
5 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.58%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.58%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 19650
6 2 (0.58%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.29%) GRC
7 1 (0.29%) SLA
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (3.80%) Docker
2 8 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.17%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.17%) XenApp
4 1 (0.29%) Firmware
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (4.09%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.92%) Terraform
3 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.17%) Ansible
5 2 (0.58%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.68%) Cisco
3 9 (2.63%) Databricks
4 8 (2.34%) VMware
5 6 (1.75%) SAP
6 5 (1.46%) Citrix
6 5 (1.46%) IBM
6 5 (1.46%) Meraki
6 5 (1.46%) Veeam
7 4 (1.17%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.17%) Google
7 4 (1.17%) Oracle
7 4 (1.17%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.88%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.58%) Avaya
9 2 (0.58%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.58%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.58%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.58%) Screaming Frog