Senior Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £65,860 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 August 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 880 308 766
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.20% 8.91% 12.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.87% 9.94% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 660 187 509
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,860 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,250 £78,845
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 8,092 3,100 6,014
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 89.73% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5,974 2,079 3,799
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,656 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,520
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 30 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 30 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 +3 434 £70,000 +7.69% 113
Worcestershire +23 105 £75,000 +3.45% 19
Warwickshire +5 90 £55,500 +0.91% 27
Staffordshire +50 71 £60,000 +14.29% 10
Shropshire +3 63 £50,000 -28.57% 13
Coventry -1 45 £60,000 -7.69% 8
Herefordshire -3 31 £75,000 +150.00% 7
Wolverhampton -11 10 £69,000 -1.43% 3
Solihull +3 5 £60,000 -12.73% 11
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 -
Willenhall - 5 - -
Dudley - 5 £65,000 - 3
Brierley Hill - 1 £50,000 -
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 30 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.

1 153 (17.39%) Azure
2 105 (11.93%) Mentoring
3 101 (11.48%) Software Engineering
4 92 (10.45%) AI
5 89 (10.11%) Agile
6 85 (9.66%) AWS
7 81 (9.20%) Security Cleared
8 78 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (8.30%) Microsoft
10 67 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
11 66 (7.50%) CI/CD
12 63 (7.16%) DevOps
13 58 (6.59%) SC Cleared
14 55 (6.25%) Python
15 54 (6.14%) Degree
16 52 (5.91%) Coaching
17 51 (5.80%) SQL
18 50 (5.68%) Problem-Solving
19 46 (5.23%) C#
20 41 (4.66%) Full-Stack Development
21 37 (4.20%) Decision-Making
22 36 (4.09%) SDLC
23 35 (3.98%) Analytics
24 34 (3.86%) Project Delivery
24 34 (3.86%) Stakeholder Management
25 33 (3.75%) Line Management
25 33 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
25 33 (3.75%) SaaS
25 33 (3.75%) Scrum
26 32 (3.64%) Firewall

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 19 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.02%) Confluence
4 7 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.57%) Apache
5 5 (0.57%) IIS
5 5 (0.57%) nginx
6 4 (0.45%) CMS
6 4 (0.45%) WordPress
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Appian
8 1 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.11%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Cloudability
2 9 (1.02%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.34%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (17.39%) Azure
2 85 (9.66%) AWS
3 33 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (3.75%) SaaS
4 28 (3.18%) Power Platform
5 26 (2.95%) GCP
6 23 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.70%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (1.48%) Serverless
10 10 (1.14%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (0.91%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.80%) Azure Stack
12 7 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.57%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.57%) OCI
15 4 (0.45%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.64%) Firewall
2 18 (2.05%) VPN
3 13 (1.48%) BGP
3 13 (1.48%) EIGRP
3 13 (1.48%) OSPF
4 12 (1.36%) WAN
5 11 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (1.25%) DNS
5 11 (1.25%) LAN
6 9 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.68%) DHCP
8 5 (0.57%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.45%) VLAN
10 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.34%) Modbus
10 3 (0.34%) Wireless
11 2 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.23%) HSRP
11 2 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.84%) Power BI
3 12 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.57%) Metadata
7 5 (0.57%) MySQL
8 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.23%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.23%) Redis
9 2 (0.23%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.11%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 26 (2.95%) Git
2 19 (2.16%) JIRA
3 13 (1.48%) JUnit
4 12 (1.36%) Selenium
5 11 (1.25%) GitLab
6 10 (1.14%) Cucumber
6 10 (1.14%) Postman
6 10 (1.14%) Snyk
7 7 (0.80%) Gatling
7 7 (0.80%) Maven
7 7 (0.80%) Mockito
8 4 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.45%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.45%) JMeter
8 4 (0.45%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.34%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.23%) HP UFT
10 2 (0.23%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 106 (12.05%) Finance
2 92 (10.45%) Social Skills
3 50 (5.68%) Public Sector
4 44 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (4.55%) Games
6 31 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (3.52%) Manufacturing
7 26 (2.95%) Aerospace
8 24 (2.73%) Electronics
9 20 (2.27%) Legal
10 16 (1.82%) Marketing
11 14 (1.59%) Law
11 14 (1.59%) Retail
12 10 (1.14%) Banking
12 10 (1.14%) Military
12 10 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.91%) Social Housing
14 7 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.41%) React
2 22 (2.50%) REST
3 20 (2.27%) .NET
4 19 (2.16%) Playwright
5 14 (1.59%) Node.js
5 14 (1.59%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 13 (1.48%) Terraform
7 12 (1.36%) .NET Core
7 12 (1.36%) Blazor
8 11 (1.25%) Kafka
9 10 (1.14%) RESTful
10 8 (0.91%) Keycloak
10 8 (0.91%) Spring
11 5 (0.57%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.45%) PySpark
13 3 (0.34%) CSS
13 3 (0.34%) EDI
13 3 (0.34%) HTML
13 3 (0.34%) JSON
13 3 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (2.95%) Virtual Reality
3 20 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.16%) Operational Technology
5 17 (1.93%) Robotics
6 15 (1.70%) SCADA
7 14 (1.59%) Data Centre
7 14 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.48%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.91%) Smartphone
12 7 (0.80%) Mobile Games
13 6 (0.68%) Driving Licence
14 5 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.57%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.57%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.61%) Linux
2 18 (2.05%) Windows
3 10 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.02%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (0.68%) Unix
6 5 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.34%) VMS
8 2 (0.23%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Android
9 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (11.93%) Mentoring
2 101 (11.48%) Software Engineering
3 92 (10.45%) AI
4 89 (10.11%) Agile
5 78 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
7 66 (7.50%) CI/CD
8 63 (7.16%) DevOps
9 52 (5.91%) Coaching
10 50 (5.68%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (4.66%) Full-Stack Development
12 37 (4.20%) Decision-Making
13 36 (4.09%) SDLC
14 35 (3.98%) Analytics
15 34 (3.86%) Project Delivery
15 34 (3.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (3.75%) Line Management
16 33 (3.75%) Scrum
17 31 (3.52%) Technical Leadership
18 29 (3.30%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 55 (6.25%) Python
2 51 (5.80%) SQL
3 46 (5.23%) C#
4 30 (3.41%) Java
5 25 (2.84%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.39%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.82%) C
8 11 (1.25%) Go
8 11 (1.25%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.91%) Bash
10 7 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.45%) C++
11 4 (0.45%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.45%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.34%) Scala
13 2 (0.23%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.23%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 81 (9.20%) Security Cleared
2 58 (6.59%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.14%) Degree
4 24 (2.73%) DV Cleared
5 16 (1.82%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.48%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (1.25%) CCNP
8 11 (1.25%) CISSP
8 11 (1.25%) NVQ Level 3
9 8 (0.91%) City & Guilds
10 7 (0.80%) CISA
10 7 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.80%) SSCP
11 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.57%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.45%) CISM
12 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.95%) QA
2 21 (2.39%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.93%) GDPR
4 16 (1.82%) NIST
5 15 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.36%) GRC
7 8 (0.91%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.91%) SLA
7 8 (0.91%) WCAG
8 5 (0.57%) IEC 61508
8 5 (0.57%) MISRA
8 5 (0.57%) MISRA C
9 4 (0.45%) PMO
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.23%) NCSC
10 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.11%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (2.39%) Docker
2 19 (2.16%) Firmware
3 11 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.14%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.34%) Ansible
4 2 (0.23%) Argo
4 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.23%) Grafana
4 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 73 (8.30%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.50%) Oracle
3 18 (2.05%) Adobe
3 18 (2.05%) ServiceNow
4 16 (1.82%) Google
5 14 (1.59%) Cisco
6 13 (1.48%) Apple
7 11 (1.25%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (1.14%) HP
8 10 (1.14%) SAP
8 10 (1.14%) Tenable
9 9 (1.02%) Pega
10 8 (0.91%) Aruba
10 8 (0.91%) Foundry
10 8 (0.91%) NEC
10 8 (0.91%) VMware
11 6 (0.68%) Citrix
11 6 (0.68%) Siemens
12 5 (0.57%) SonicWALL