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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 20 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -11 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 791 260 896
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 9.30% 8.29% 11.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.10% 9.19% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 554 147 680
10th Percentile £49,125 £45,000 £39,268
25th Percentile £55,600 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £79,375 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £101,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,373 £62,783
% change year-on-year +0.90% +10.50% -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 7,829 2,829 7,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 90.18% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,101 1,740 5,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,115 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.54% +4.23% -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 21 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 21 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 +8 365 £70,000 - 74
Warwickshire +5 118 £65,000 +21.50% 32
Worcestershire +5 75 £65,000 - 16
Coventry +4 56 £70,000 +66.10% 6
Staffordshire +27 52 £60,000 +20.00% 8
Shropshire +2 47 £50,000 -28.57% 10
Wolverhampton -13 16 £75,000 -9.09% 5
Herefordshire -13 11 £70,000 - 1
Solihull +11 10 £60,000 +20.00% 2
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 21 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 (11.25%) Azure
2 88 (11.13%) Agile
3 85 (10.75%) Mentoring
4 69 (8.72%) Software Engineering
5 57 (7.21%) Security Cleared
6 56 (7.08%) AWS
6 56 (7.08%) Microsoft
7 54 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
8 52 (6.57%) Coaching
9 51 (6.45%) AI
9 51 (6.45%) Degree
9 51 (6.45%) SQL
10 49 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
11 48 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (5.56%) Python
13 42 (5.31%) Analytics
13 42 (5.31%) CI/CD
13 42 (5.31%) Problem-Solving
13 42 (5.31%) SC Cleared
14 37 (4.68%) DevOps
15 35 (4.42%) Power Platform
16 32 (4.05%) Business Development
17 31 (3.92%) Project Delivery
18 30 (3.79%) C#
18 30 (3.79%) Full-Stack Development
19 29 (3.67%) SQL Server
19 29 (3.67%) Stakeholder Management
20 28 (3.54%) SaaS
21 27 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
21 27 (3.41%) 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
2 6 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.25%) CMS
3 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (0.25%) WordPress
4 1 (0.13%) Appian
4 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
4 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 89 (11.25%) Azure
2 56 (7.08%) AWS
3 35 (4.42%) Power Platform
4 28 (3.54%) SaaS
5 21 (2.65%) GCP
6 17 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.39%) Serverless
9 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Stack
10 7 (0.88%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.63%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.63%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.63%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.51%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.51%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.51%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.28%) Firewall
2 17 (2.15%) WAN
3 15 (1.90%) VPN
4 14 (1.77%) LAN
5 12 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.26%) BGP
6 10 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (1.26%) EIGRP
6 10 (1.26%) OSPF
7 7 (0.88%) Wireless
8 6 (0.76%) Bluetooth
8 6 (0.76%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.63%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.51%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.38%) DHCP
11 3 (0.38%) DNS
11 3 (0.38%) Modbus
11 3 (0.38%) VLAN
12 2 (0.25%) PBX
12 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.41%) Power BI
3 6 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (0.76%) 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%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
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 (1.64%) JIRA
2 12 (1.52%) Git
3 10 (1.26%) Snyk
4 7 (0.88%) Maven
5 6 (0.76%) JUnit
5 6 (0.76%) 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 92 (11.63%) Finance
2 57 (7.21%) Social Skills
3 54 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 48 (6.07%) Public Sector
5 42 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.68%) Games
7 31 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.03%) Electronics
9 22 (2.78%) Law
10 21 (2.65%) Legal
11 12 (1.52%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.39%) Retail
13 9 (1.14%) Marketing
14 8 (1.01%) Automotive
14 8 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.51%) Banking
17 4 (0.51%) Local Government
18 3 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.65%) React
2 16 (2.02%) .NET
3 14 (1.77%) REST
3 14 (1.77%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 11 (1.39%) .NET Core
4 11 (1.39%) Blazor
5 10 (1.26%) Node.js
6 7 (0.88%) PySpark
7 6 (0.76%) RESTful
8 5 (0.63%) Playwright
9 4 (0.51%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.38%) Flask
10 3 (0.38%) Spring
11 2 (0.25%) OAuth
11 2 (0.25%) Visualforce
12 1 (0.13%) Entity Framework
12 1 (0.13%) NumPy
12 1 (0.13%) SAP CAF
12 1 (0.13%) SQLAlchemy
12 1 (0.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.29%) Virtual Reality
3 17 (2.15%) Data Centre
4 12 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.39%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.01%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.01%) FMCG
7 8 (1.01%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.88%) Low-Code
8 7 (0.88%) Mobile Games
9 6 (0.76%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.76%) Robotics
10 5 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.63%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.51%) CAN bus
11 4 (0.51%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.77%) 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 88 (11.13%) Agile
2 85 (10.75%) Mentoring
3 69 (8.72%) Software Engineering
4 54 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (6.57%) Coaching
6 51 (6.45%) AI
7 49 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
8 48 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (5.31%) Analytics
9 42 (5.31%) CI/CD
9 42 (5.31%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (4.68%) DevOps
11 32 (4.05%) Business Development
12 31 (3.92%) Project Delivery
13 30 (3.79%) Full-Stack Development
14 29 (3.67%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (3.29%) Customer Service
15 26 (3.29%) Decision-Making
15 26 (3.29%) Migration
15 26 (3.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.45%) SQL
2 44 (5.56%) Python
3 30 (3.79%) C#
4 19 (2.40%) C
5 16 (2.02%) Java
6 13 (1.64%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.52%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.14%) Scala
9 8 (1.01%) Bash
10 6 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.76%) R
11 5 (0.63%) PHP
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 57 (7.21%) Security Cleared
2 51 (6.45%) Degree
3 42 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (1.64%) 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 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.88%) 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 20 (2.53%) QA
2 11 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 10 (1.26%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.26%) GDPR
3 10 (1.26%) GRC
4 9 (1.14%) NIST
5 8 (1.01%) PMO
6 7 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.88%) ITGC
7 5 (0.63%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 (1.52%) Docker
1 12 (1.52%) Firmware
2 10 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.76%) 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 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.14%) Terraform
3 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.51%) 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 (7.08%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.28%) Databricks
3 16 (2.02%) Adobe
3 16 (2.02%) ServiceNow
4 14 (1.77%) Cisco
5 13 (1.64%) Apple
5 13 (1.64%) Oracle
5 13 (1.64%) SAP
6 11 (1.39%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (1.26%) Tenable
8 8 (1.01%) Google
9 7 (0.88%) HP
10 5 (0.63%) Aruba
10 5 (0.63%) Meraki
11 4 (0.51%) Siemens
12 3 (0.38%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.25%) IBM
13 2 (0.25%) Kaseya
13 2 (0.25%) VMware