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 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 390 510 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 7.41% 11.95% 12.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.28% 12.81% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 259 259 376
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,450 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +9.86% -3.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £83,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £66,500 £65,066
% change year-on-year +1.50% +2.20% -7.05%

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 4,711 3,980 3,231
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 93.30% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,707 1,911 2,729
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £34,643
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.02% -4.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -2 207 £65,000 +4.00% 92
Warwickshire +9 54 £65,000 -7.14% 26
Coventry 0 33 £70,000 +16.67% 39
Solihull +8 23 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Worcestershire -16 22 £55,000 -15.38% 42
Staffordshire -18 16 £65,250 +30.50% 35
Herefordshire +6 14 £70,000 -
Wolverhampton - 5 £80,000 - 39
Shropshire -28 3 £60,000 -7.69% 65
Wednesbury - 1 £55,000 -
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 January 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 67 (17.18%) Azure
2 58 (14.87%) SQL
3 57 (14.62%) Agile
4 49 (12.56%) Degree
5 44 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (10.51%) Security Cleared
7 38 (9.74%) Microsoft
8 36 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (9.23%) CI/CD
9 35 (8.97%) Mentoring
10 34 (8.72%) SC Cleared
11 30 (7.69%) C#
11 30 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (7.69%) Decision-Making
11 30 (7.69%) DevOps
12 29 (7.44%) SaaS
13 27 (6.92%) Python
13 27 (6.92%) QA
14 26 (6.67%) Analytics
14 26 (6.67%) Power Platform
15 25 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 25 (6.41%) Firewall
16 24 (6.15%) .NET
17 23 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
18 22 (5.64%) Data Analysis
19 21 (5.38%) Databricks
19 21 (5.38%) SQL Server
19 21 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
20 20 (5.13%) Power BI
20 20 (5.13%) Project Delivery

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 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.77%) Confluence
2 3 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.51%) WinCC
3 2 (0.51%) WordPress
4 1 (0.26%) Appian
4 1 (0.26%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.51%) Trello
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.51%) Shopify
3 1 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.26%) Maximo
3 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.26%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.26%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 67 (17.18%) Azure
2 29 (7.44%) SaaS
3 26 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 19 (4.87%) AWS
5 14 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.08%) Serverless
7 11 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.79%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.28%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.03%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.03%) GCP
11 4 (1.03%) GitHub
12 3 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.41%) Firewall
2 20 (5.13%) WAN
3 18 (4.62%) LAN
4 17 (4.36%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.28%) VPN
6 4 (1.03%) Modbus
6 4 (1.03%) MPLS
6 4 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.77%) Network Security
8 2 (0.51%) BGP
8 2 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.51%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.51%) OSPF
8 2 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.51%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.51%) VLAN
8 2 (0.51%) Wireless
9 1 (0.26%) PuTTY
9 1 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.13%) Power BI
3 16 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.79%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.28%) Tableau
7 4 (1.03%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.77%) Metadata
9 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.51%) Redis
9 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.26%) DB2
10 1 (0.26%) MySQL
10 1 (0.26%) Parquet
10 1 (0.26%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (2.05%) JIRA
2 6 (1.54%) JUnit
2 6 (1.54%) Maven
3 5 (1.28%) Mockito
4 4 (1.03%) Git
4 4 (1.03%) MSTest
4 4 (1.03%) NUnit
4 4 (1.03%) Selenium
5 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.51%) GitLab
5 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.51%) Moq
5 2 (0.51%) NSubstitute
5 2 (0.51%) Postman
5 2 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.26%) Gatling
6 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (15.38%) Finance
2 57 (14.62%) Social Skills
3 32 (8.21%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.64%) Law
7 20 (5.13%) Legal
8 19 (4.87%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.08%) Retail
11 9 (2.31%) Banking
11 9 (2.31%) Marketing
11 9 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.28%) Automotive
13 3 (0.77%) Billing
13 3 (0.77%) Games
13 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.51%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.26%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.15%) .NET
2 9 (2.31%) REST
3 8 (2.05%) React
4 7 (1.79%) Spring
5 6 (1.54%) .NET Core
5 6 (1.54%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.28%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.28%) Entity Framework
6 5 (1.28%) PySpark
6 5 (1.28%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.03%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.03%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.03%) YAML
8 3 (0.77%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.77%) Blazor
8 3 (0.77%) CSS
8 3 (0.77%) Django
8 3 (0.77%) HTML
8 3 (0.77%) Node.js
9 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.36%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (1.54%) Data Centre
3 6 (1.54%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.54%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.28%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.28%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (1.03%) SCADA
5 4 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.51%) Life Science
7 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.51%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.51%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.26%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.26%) FMCG
8 1 (0.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.33%) Linux
2 12 (3.08%) Windows
3 10 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.51%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (14.62%) Agile
2 44 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (9.23%) CI/CD
4 35 (8.97%) Mentoring
5 30 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 30 (7.69%) DevOps
6 26 (6.67%) Analytics
7 23 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (5.64%) Data Analysis
9 21 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (5.13%) Project Delivery
10 20 (5.13%) Roadmaps
11 19 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (4.87%) Migration
12 18 (4.62%) TDD
13 17 (4.36%) Systems Engineering
14 16 (4.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (3.85%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 58 (14.87%) SQL
2 30 (7.69%) C#
3 27 (6.92%) Python
4 14 (3.59%) T-SQL
5 13 (3.33%) Java
6 11 (2.82%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.31%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.79%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.54%) Bash
10 5 (1.28%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.28%) Scala
11 4 (1.03%) Bicep
11 4 (1.03%) C
11 4 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.03%) R
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.51%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) Delphi
13 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 49 (12.56%) Degree
2 41 (10.51%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.08%) CCNP
5 12 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.05%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (1.79%) ACCA
8 7 (1.79%) CIMA
9 6 (1.54%) AAT
9 6 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.54%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.28%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.28%) PMP
11 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.92%) QA
2 7 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.79%) GDPR
2 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.03%) PMO
4 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.51%) IEC 61131
4 2 (0.51%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.51%) NIST
4 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.26%) GRC
5 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (3.33%) Docker
2 6 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.28%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.03%) XenApp
5 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.82%) Terraform
3 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.77%) Ansible
4 3 (0.77%) FlexNet
5 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.26%) Control-M
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.38%) Databricks
3 19 (4.87%) Cisco
4 7 (1.79%) Oracle
5 6 (1.54%) IBM
5 6 (1.54%) Meraki
5 6 (1.54%) VMware
6 5 (1.28%) Citrix
7 4 (1.03%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.03%) SAP
7 4 (1.03%) SonicWALL
7 4 (1.03%) Veeam
8 3 (0.77%) Google
9 2 (0.51%) Aruba
9 2 (0.51%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.51%) Genesys
9 2 (0.51%) Pega
9 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.51%) Siemens
9 2 (0.51%) Veritas