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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 16 9
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 810 258 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.69% 8.58% 12.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.37% 9.63% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 579 139 747
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £39,268
25th Percentile £55,761 £52,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +3.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £101,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +11.50% -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 7,126 2,679 7,865
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 89.12% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,196 1,727 5,721
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,400 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.91% +9.52% -12.98%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +6 373 £70,000 - 55
Warwickshire +12 118 £65,000 +19.27% 27
Worcestershire +18 78 £65,000 - 11
Coventry +4 60 £70,000 +66.10% 4
Staffordshire +38 54 £60,000 +14.63% 13
Shropshire +2 49 £50,000 -28.57% 12
Wolverhampton -9 17 £75,000 -9.09% 5
Herefordshire -15 10 £80,000 - 2
Solihull +12 9 £60,000 - 2
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 9 June 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.

1 100 (12.35%) Azure
2 87 (10.74%) Agile
3 85 (10.49%) Mentoring
4 78 (9.63%) Software Engineering
5 63 (7.78%) AWS
6 62 (7.65%) Security Cleared
7 57 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (7.04%) Microsoft
8 53 (6.54%) AI
9 52 (6.42%) Coaching
10 50 (6.17%) SQL
11 48 (5.93%) Python
12 47 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (5.68%) CI/CD
14 45 (5.56%) SC Cleared
15 44 (5.43%) Problem-Solving
16 43 (5.31%) Degree
17 40 (4.94%) DevOps
18 39 (4.81%) Analytics
19 37 (4.57%) Business Intelligence
20 35 (4.32%) Project Delivery
21 34 (4.20%) C#
22 32 (3.95%) Business Development
22 32 (3.95%) Full-Stack Development
23 30 (3.70%) SaaS
23 30 (3.70%) SQL Server
24 29 (3.58%) Power Platform
24 29 (3.58%) Stakeholder Management
25 28 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
26 26 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance

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 9 (1.11%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.99%) Confluence
3 6 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.37%) CMS
5 3 (0.37%) WordPress
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.48%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.37%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 100 (12.35%) Azure
2 63 (7.78%) AWS
3 30 (3.70%) SaaS
4 29 (3.58%) Power Platform
5 22 (2.72%) GCP
6 18 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.48%) Serverless
9 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (0.99%) Snowflake
11 7 (0.86%) Amazon S3
11 7 (0.86%) Azure Stack
12 6 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.74%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.62%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.62%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.49%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (0.49%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.59%) Firewall
2 17 (2.10%) VPN
3 16 (1.98%) WAN
4 14 (1.73%) LAN
5 13 (1.60%) BGP
5 13 (1.60%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (1.60%) EIGRP
5 13 (1.60%) OSPF
6 12 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.99%) Wireless
8 6 (0.74%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.62%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.62%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.49%) DHCP
10 4 (0.49%) DNS
10 4 (0.49%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.37%) Modbus
11 3 (0.37%) VLAN
12 2 (0.25%) Broadband
12 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.59%) Power BI
3 8 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.74%) Metadata
5 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.37%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.25%) Looker
7 2 (0.25%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
7 2 (0.25%) Tableau
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 13 (1.60%) Git
1 13 (1.60%) JIRA
2 10 (1.23%) Snyk
3 8 (0.99%) JUnit
4 6 (0.74%) Maven
4 6 (0.74%) Mockito
5 5 (0.62%) Selenium
6 3 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.37%) GitLab
6 3 (0.37%) Postman
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) Gatling
7 2 (0.25%) TestRail
7 2 (0.25%) Toad
7 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.12%) JMeter
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 92 (11.36%) Finance
2 70 (8.64%) Social Skills
3 49 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 49 (6.05%) Public Sector
4 41 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (4.57%) Games
6 32 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.96%) Electronics
8 23 (2.84%) Law
9 22 (2.72%) Legal
10 15 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.11%) Retail
12 8 (0.99%) Automotive
13 7 (0.86%) Marketing
13 7 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.62%) Banking
15 4 (0.49%) Local Government
15 4 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.72%) React
2 20 (2.47%) .NET
3 14 (1.73%) REST
3 14 (1.73%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 12 (1.48%) .NET Core
4 12 (1.48%) Blazor
5 10 (1.23%) Node.js
6 7 (0.86%) PySpark
6 7 (0.86%) RESTful
7 6 (0.74%) Playwright
8 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.37%) Flask
9 3 (0.37%) Spring
10 2 (0.25%) OAuth
10 2 (0.25%) Visualforce
11 1 (0.12%) Entity Framework
11 1 (0.12%) NumPy
11 1 (0.12%) SAP CAF
11 1 (0.12%) SQLAlchemy
11 1 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.21%) Virtual Reality
3 16 (1.98%) Data Centre
4 12 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.36%) Operational Technology
6 10 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (1.11%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (0.99%) FMCG
9 7 (0.86%) Low-Code
9 7 (0.86%) Mobile Games
9 7 (0.86%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.74%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.74%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.74%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.74%) Robotics
11 5 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.49%) CAN bus
12 4 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.60%) Linux
2 10 (1.23%) Windows
3 9 (1.11%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (10.74%) Agile
2 85 (10.49%) Mentoring
3 78 (9.63%) Software Engineering
4 57 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
5 53 (6.54%) AI
6 52 (6.42%) Coaching
7 47 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (5.68%) CI/CD
9 44 (5.43%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (4.94%) DevOps
11 39 (4.81%) Analytics
12 37 (4.57%) Business Intelligence
13 35 (4.32%) Project Delivery
14 32 (3.95%) Business Development
14 32 (3.95%) Full-Stack Development
15 29 (3.58%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 26 (3.21%) Customer Service
17 26 (3.21%) SDLC
18 25 (3.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.17%) SQL
2 48 (5.93%) Python
3 34 (4.20%) C#
4 19 (2.35%) C
5 18 (2.22%) Java
6 14 (1.73%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.60%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.23%) Scala
9 8 (0.99%) Bash
10 7 (0.86%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.74%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.74%) R
12 5 (0.62%) PHP
13 4 (0.49%) C++
13 4 (0.49%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.49%) VBA
14 3 (0.37%) Go
15 2 (0.25%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.25%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (7.65%) Security Cleared
2 45 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.31%) Degree
4 26 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (1.98%) CCNP
7 12 (1.48%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.23%) CISSP
9 9 (1.11%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.99%) CISA
10 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.86%) SSCP
12 6 (0.74%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.62%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.49%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.49%) RIBA
15 3 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.84%) QA
2 12 (1.48%) GRC
3 11 (1.36%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.36%) GDPR
3 11 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 11 (1.36%) NIST
4 9 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.99%) PMO
6 7 (0.86%) ITGC
7 5 (0.62%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.62%) MISRA
7 5 (0.62%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.62%) SLA
8 3 (0.37%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.25%) P3O
9 2 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (1.73%) Docker
2 12 (1.48%) Firmware
3 10 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.99%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.86%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.37%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.23%) Terraform
3 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.25%) Argo
5 2 (0.25%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.12%) Ansible
6 1 (0.12%) Control-M
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 57 (7.04%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.22%) Adobe
3 17 (2.10%) Cisco
4 16 (1.98%) Databricks
5 15 (1.85%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.60%) Apple
7 12 (1.48%) Oracle
7 12 (1.48%) SAP
8 11 (1.36%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.23%) Tenable
10 9 (1.11%) HP
11 8 (0.99%) Google
12 7 (0.86%) Aruba
12 7 (0.86%) Siemens
13 5 (0.62%) Meraki
14 3 (0.37%) Salesforce
15 2 (0.25%) IBM
15 2 (0.25%) Kaseya
15 2 (0.25%) VMware