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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -12 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 789 265 893
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 9.27% 8.38% 11.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.07% 9.29% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 551 150 677
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
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 £78,750 £78,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,250 £75,772
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 7,835 2,852 7,049
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 90.20% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,108 1,749 5,269
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,887 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +3.77% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 19 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 19 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 - 67
Warwickshire +4 117 £65,000 +20.37% 39
Worcestershire +5 71 £62,500 -3.85% 16
Coventry +2 56 £70,000 +37.06% 5
Staffordshire +22 51 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Shropshire +3 47 £50,000 -28.57% 10
Wolverhampton -13 16 £75,000 -9.09% 3
Herefordshire -12 11 £70,000 - 1
Solihull +14 10 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Dudley - 5 £65,000 -
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Willenhall - 5 - -
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 19 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 90 (11.41%) Agile
2 88 (11.15%) Azure
3 82 (10.39%) Mentoring
4 65 (8.24%) Software Engineering
5 56 (7.10%) Cybersecurity
5 56 (7.10%) Security Cleared
6 54 (6.84%) AWS
6 54 (6.84%) Microsoft
7 52 (6.59%) Coaching
8 50 (6.34%) SQL
9 49 (6.21%) AI
9 49 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
9 49 (6.21%) Degree
10 47 (5.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (5.45%) Analytics
11 43 (5.45%) Python
12 41 (5.20%) CI/CD
12 41 (5.20%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (5.20%) SC Cleared
13 36 (4.56%) DevOps
14 34 (4.31%) Power Platform
15 32 (4.06%) Business Development
16 31 (3.93%) SQL Server
17 30 (3.80%) C#
18 29 (3.68%) Full-Stack Development
18 29 (3.68%) Project Delivery
18 29 (3.68%) SaaS
18 29 (3.68%) Stakeholder Management
19 27 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 27 (3.42%) 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 (1.01%) Confluence
1 8 (1.01%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.25%) CMS
4 2 (0.25%) WordPress
5 1 (0.13%) Appian
5 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
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 (1.52%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.51%) 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 88 (11.15%) Azure
2 54 (6.84%) AWS
3 34 (4.31%) Power Platform
4 29 (3.68%) SaaS
5 21 (2.66%) GCP
6 16 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.39%) Serverless
8 9 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (0.76%) Azure Stack
9 6 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.76%) Snowflake
10 5 (0.63%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.63%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.63%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.51%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.51%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.51%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.15%) Firewall
1 17 (2.15%) WAN
2 14 (1.77%) LAN
2 14 (1.77%) VPN
3 12 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.27%) BGP
4 10 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (1.27%) EIGRP
4 10 (1.27%) OSPF
5 7 (0.89%) Wireless
6 6 (0.76%) Bluetooth
6 6 (0.76%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.63%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.51%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.38%) DHCP
9 3 (0.38%) DNS
9 3 (0.38%) Modbus
9 3 (0.38%) VLAN
10 2 (0.25%) Broadband
10 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.42%) Power BI
3 6 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.63%) Metadata
4 5 (0.63%) Tableau
5 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.38%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.25%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.25%) Looker
6 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.13%) Parquet
7 1 (0.13%) Redis
7 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.13%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 13 (1.65%) JIRA
2 12 (1.52%) Git
3 10 (1.27%) Snyk
4 6 (0.76%) Maven
5 5 (0.63%) JUnit
5 5 (0.63%) Mockito
6 4 (0.51%) Selenium
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) GitLab
7 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.25%) Postman
7 2 (0.25%) TestRail
7 2 (0.25%) Toad
7 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Gatling
8 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 91 (11.53%) Finance
2 58 (7.35%) Social Skills
3 53 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.69%) Games
7 31 (3.93%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.04%) Electronics
9 22 (2.79%) Law
10 21 (2.66%) Legal
11 11 (1.39%) Retail
12 10 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 10 (1.27%) Automotive
12 10 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.14%) Marketing
14 7 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.51%) Banking
16 4 (0.51%) Local Government
17 3 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.53%) React
2 16 (2.03%) .NET
3 14 (1.77%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 13 (1.65%) REST
5 11 (1.39%) .NET Core
5 11 (1.39%) Blazor
6 10 (1.27%) Node.js
7 8 (1.01%) PySpark
8 6 (0.76%) RESTful
9 5 (0.63%) Playwright
10 4 (0.51%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.38%) Flask
12 2 (0.25%) OAuth
12 2 (0.25%) Spring
12 2 (0.25%) Visualforce
13 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
13 1 (0.13%) Entity Framework
13 1 (0.13%) jQuery
13 1 (0.13%) SAP CAF
13 1 (0.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
2 24 (3.04%) Virtual Reality
3 17 (2.15%) Data Centre
4 11 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 11 (1.39%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (1.01%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.01%) FMCG
6 8 (1.01%) Operational Technology
7 7 (0.89%) Low-Code
7 7 (0.89%) Mobile Games
7 7 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 6 (0.76%) Robotics
9 5 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.63%) Smartphone
10 4 (0.51%) CAN bus
10 4 (0.51%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.65%) Linux
2 11 (1.39%) Windows
3 9 (1.14%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (0.63%) 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
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (11.41%) Agile
2 82 (10.39%) Mentoring
3 65 (8.24%) Software Engineering
4 56 (7.10%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (6.59%) Coaching
6 49 (6.21%) AI
6 49 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (5.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (5.45%) Analytics
9 41 (5.20%) CI/CD
9 41 (5.20%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (4.56%) DevOps
11 32 (4.06%) Business Development
12 29 (3.68%) Full-Stack Development
12 29 (3.68%) Project Delivery
12 29 (3.68%) Stakeholder Management
13 27 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 26 (3.30%) Decision-Making
14 26 (3.30%) Migration
14 26 (3.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.34%) SQL
2 43 (5.45%) Python
3 30 (3.80%) C#
4 19 (2.41%) C
5 15 (1.90%) Java
6 13 (1.65%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.39%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.14%) Scala
9 7 (0.89%) Bash
10 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.76%) R
11 5 (0.63%) PHP
11 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.51%) C++
12 4 (0.51%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.51%) VBA
13 2 (0.25%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.25%) Go
13 2 (0.25%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 56 (7.10%) Security Cleared
2 49 (6.21%) Degree
3 41 (5.20%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (1.65%) CCNP
7 12 (1.52%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.14%) CISSP
8 9 (1.14%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.01%) CISA
9 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.89%) SSCP
11 6 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.76%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.51%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.51%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.66%) QA
2 11 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 10 (1.27%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.27%) GDPR
3 10 (1.27%) GRC
4 9 (1.14%) NIST
5 8 (1.01%) PMO
6 7 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.89%) ITGC
7 5 (0.63%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.63%) MISRA
7 5 (0.63%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.63%) SLA
8 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.38%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.25%) P3O
10 2 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 12 (1.52%) Firmware
2 11 (1.39%) Docker
3 10 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.76%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.25%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.14%) Kubernetes
1 9 (1.14%) Terraform
2 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.25%) FlexNet
4 2 (0.25%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.13%) Ansible
5 1 (0.13%) Argo
5 1 (0.13%) Control-M
5 1 (0.13%) Grafana
5 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 54 (6.84%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.66%) Databricks
3 16 (2.03%) Adobe
4 14 (1.77%) Cisco
4 14 (1.77%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.65%) Apple
5 13 (1.65%) SAP
6 12 (1.52%) Oracle
7 11 (1.39%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (1.27%) Tenable
9 8 (1.01%) Google
10 7 (0.89%) HP
11 5 (0.63%) Aruba
11 5 (0.63%) Meraki
12 4 (0.51%) Siemens
13 3 (0.38%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.25%) IBM
14 2 (0.25%) Kaseya
14 2 (0.25%) Rockwell