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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 14 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 849 308 796
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 9.93% 8.94% 12.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.58% 9.95% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 629 193 548
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,000 £79,030
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

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 8,026 3,095 6,106
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 89.81% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,947 2,097 4,010
10th Percentile £31,711 £27,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,656 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 August 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 August 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 +3 410 £70,000 +7.69% 69
Worcestershire +23 102 £75,000 +3.45% 14
Warwickshire +7 93 £55,250 +0.45% 12
Staffordshire +41 64 £60,000 +14.29% 10
Shropshire +3 61 £50,000 -28.57% 8
Coventry -4 40 £60,000 -4.00% 10
Herefordshire -2 31 £72,575 +141.92%
Wolverhampton -11 12 £69,000 -1.43%
Solihull +6 5 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 -
Willenhall - 5 - - 1
Dudley - 5 £65,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 3 £50,000 -
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 18 August 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.

1 146 (17.20%) Azure
2 96 (11.31%) Mentoring
3 92 (10.84%) Software Engineering
4 89 (10.48%) Agile
5 86 (10.13%) AI
6 83 (9.78%) AWS
6 83 (9.78%) Security Cleared
7 69 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (7.66%) Microsoft
9 63 (7.42%) CI/CD
10 60 (7.07%) DevOps
11 59 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
11 59 (6.95%) SC Cleared
12 52 (6.12%) Python
13 51 (6.01%) Degree
13 51 (6.01%) SQL
14 50 (5.89%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (5.77%) Coaching
16 47 (5.54%) C#
17 38 (4.48%) Full-Stack Development
18 37 (4.36%) Analytics
19 36 (4.24%) SDLC
20 32 (3.77%) Decision-Making
20 32 (3.77%) Scrum
21 30 (3.53%) Stakeholder Management
22 29 (3.42%) React
23 28 (3.30%) Business Intelligence
23 28 (3.30%) Project Delivery
23 28 (3.30%) SaaS
23 28 (3.30%) SQL Server

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 14 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.06%) Confluence
2 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.47%) Apache
4 4 (0.47%) CMS
4 4 (0.47%) IIS
4 4 (0.47%) nginx
4 4 (0.47%) WordPress
5 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.12%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.41%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
3 4 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 146 (17.20%) Azure
2 83 (9.78%) AWS
3 28 (3.30%) SaaS
4 27 (3.18%) Power Platform
5 25 (2.94%) GCP
6 24 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (1.41%) Serverless
10 11 (1.30%) Entra ID
11 10 (1.18%) Azure AI
12 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (0.94%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.82%) Azure Stack
15 6 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.59%) Amazon S3
16 5 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
17 4 (0.47%) Google Data Studio
17 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Advertising
17 4 (0.47%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.94%) Firewall
2 15 (1.77%) VPN
3 13 (1.53%) WAN
3 13 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (1.41%) BGP
4 12 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (1.41%) EIGRP
4 12 (1.41%) LAN
4 12 (1.41%) OSPF
5 7 (0.82%) DNS
6 6 (0.71%) Bluetooth
7 5 (0.59%) Wireless
8 3 (0.35%) DHCP
8 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.35%) Modbus
8 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.24%) Internet
9 2 (0.24%) VLAN
9 2 (0.24%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.12%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.94%) Power BI
3 11 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.59%) MySQL
9 4 (0.47%) Metadata
10 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.24%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.24%) Redis
11 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (2.71%) Git
2 20 (2.36%) JIRA
3 13 (1.53%) JUnit
4 12 (1.41%) Selenium
5 10 (1.18%) Cucumber
5 10 (1.18%) GitLab
5 10 (1.18%) Postman
5 10 (1.18%) Snyk
6 7 (0.82%) Gatling
6 7 (0.82%) Maven
6 7 (0.82%) Mockito
7 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.47%) JMeter
7 4 (0.47%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.35%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.24%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.24%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 106 (12.49%) Finance
2 86 (10.13%) Social Skills
3 43 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 43 (5.06%) Public Sector
4 37 (4.36%) Games
5 35 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (4.12%) Manufacturing
6 26 (3.06%) Aerospace
7 25 (2.94%) Electronics
8 19 (2.24%) Legal
9 15 (1.77%) Law
10 13 (1.53%) Marketing
11 12 (1.41%) Retail
12 10 (1.18%) Military
13 8 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.82%) Banking
14 7 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.71%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.59%) Automotive
16 5 (0.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.42%) React
2 22 (2.59%) .NET
3 21 (2.47%) REST
4 18 (2.12%) Playwright
5 14 (1.65%) .NET Core
5 14 (1.65%) Blazor
5 14 (1.65%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 11 (1.30%) Node.js
7 9 (1.06%) RESTful
8 8 (0.94%) Kafka
8 8 (0.94%) Spring
9 7 (0.82%) Keycloak
10 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.47%) PySpark
12 3 (0.35%) EDI
13 2 (0.24%) ADO
13 2 (0.24%) JSON
13 2 (0.24%) SOAP
13 2 (0.24%) Visualforce
13 2 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
1 26 (3.06%) Virtual Reality
2 16 (1.88%) Onboarding
3 15 (1.77%) Robotics
4 14 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (1.53%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.41%) Operational Technology
6 12 (1.41%) SCADA
7 10 (1.18%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (0.94%) Smartphone
10 7 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.82%) Driving Licence
10 7 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.82%) Mobile Games
11 5 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.59%) FMCG
11 5 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.83%) Linux
2 16 (1.88%) Windows
3 9 (1.06%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.71%) Unix
6 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.24%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (11.31%) Mentoring
2 92 (10.84%) Software Engineering
3 89 (10.48%) Agile
4 86 (10.13%) AI
5 69 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 63 (7.42%) CI/CD
7 60 (7.07%) DevOps
8 59 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
9 50 (5.89%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (5.77%) Coaching
11 38 (4.48%) Full-Stack Development
12 37 (4.36%) Analytics
13 36 (4.24%) SDLC
14 32 (3.77%) Decision-Making
14 32 (3.77%) Scrum
15 30 (3.53%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (3.30%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (3.30%) Project Delivery
17 27 (3.18%) ETL
17 27 (3.18%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (6.12%) Python
2 51 (6.01%) SQL
3 47 (5.54%) C#
4 27 (3.18%) Java
5 20 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.12%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.88%) C
8 10 (1.18%) Go
8 10 (1.18%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.06%) Bash
10 7 (0.82%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.47%) C++
11 4 (0.47%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.47%) Scala
12 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.24%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.24%) PHP
13 1 (0.12%) R
13 1 (0.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 83 (9.78%) Security Cleared
2 59 (6.95%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.01%) Degree
4 23 (2.71%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.65%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (1.41%) CCNP
8 11 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.30%) CISSP
9 9 (1.06%) NVQ Level 3
10 7 (0.82%) CISA
10 7 (0.82%) City & Guilds
10 7 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.82%) SSCP
11 6 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.59%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.18%) QA
2 18 (2.12%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.41%) GDPR
3 12 (1.41%) GRC
3 12 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.41%) NIST
4 8 (0.94%) SLA
5 7 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.59%) IEC 61508
6 5 (0.59%) MISRA
6 5 (0.59%) MISRA C
6 5 (0.59%) PMO
6 5 (0.59%) WCAG
7 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (0.24%) ITGC
7 2 (0.24%) NCSC
7 2 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.12%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 21 (2.47%) Docker
2 16 (1.88%) Firmware
3 11 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.94%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.30%) Terraform
3 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.24%) Argo
4 2 (0.24%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.24%) Grafana
4 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.24%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.12%) Ansible
5 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 65 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.12%) Adobe
2 18 (2.12%) ServiceNow
3 16 (1.88%) Google
4 14 (1.65%) Oracle
5 13 (1.53%) Apple
5 13 (1.53%) Cisco
5 13 (1.53%) SAP
6 11 (1.30%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (1.18%) HP
7 10 (1.18%) Tenable
8 8 (0.94%) Aruba
8 8 (0.94%) Foundry
8 8 (0.94%) Pega
9 7 (0.82%) NEC
9 7 (0.82%) Siemens
10 6 (0.71%) VMware
11 5 (0.59%) Citrix
12 4 (0.47%) Salesforce