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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 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 827 258 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.73% 8.51% 12.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.38% 9.55% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 603 146 764
10th Percentile £49,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,754 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,226 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,625 £77,500
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 7,269 2,702 8,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 89.12% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,336 1,767 5,898
10th Percentile £30,125 £27,750 £26,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,887 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +3.77% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £64,108
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 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 21 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 +8 386 £70,000 +1.72% 41
Warwickshire +12 116 £65,000 +18.18% 16
Worcestershire +17 80 £65,000 -5.45% 11
Staffordshire +39 58 £60,000 +23.27% 4
Coventry +3 56 £70,000 +66.10% 1
Shropshire +3 54 £50,000 -28.57% 6
Wolverhampton -11 17 £77,500 +10.71% 4
Herefordshire -12 9 £90,000 - 6
Solihull +11 8 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Dudley - 5 £65,000 -
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Willenhall - 5 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £80,000 - 2
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 21 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.

1 106 (12.82%) Azure
2 91 (11.00%) Mentoring
3 84 (10.16%) Agile
4 82 (9.92%) Software Engineering
5 67 (8.10%) AWS
6 60 (7.26%) Security Cleared
7 57 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (6.89%) Microsoft
8 56 (6.77%) Coaching
9 55 (6.65%) AI
10 50 (6.05%) SQL
11 48 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (5.56%) CI/CD
13 45 (5.44%) Problem-Solving
13 45 (5.44%) Python
14 43 (5.20%) SC Cleared
15 42 (5.08%) Analytics
16 41 (4.96%) Degree
16 41 (4.96%) DevOps
17 36 (4.35%) C#
17 36 (4.35%) Project Delivery
18 35 (4.23%) Business Development
19 34 (4.11%) Business Intelligence
19 34 (4.11%) SQL Server
20 31 (3.75%) Full-Stack Development
20 31 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 30 (3.63%) Power Platform
21 30 (3.63%) SaaS
22 28 (3.39%) Stakeholder Management
23 26 (3.14%) Customer Service

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 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.97%) Confluence
3 5 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.36%) CMS
5 3 (0.36%) WordPress
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.24%) 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 (0.36%) 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
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.45%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.36%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.36%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 106 (12.82%) Azure
2 67 (8.10%) AWS
3 30 (3.63%) Power Platform
3 30 (3.63%) SaaS
4 23 (2.78%) GCP
5 15 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.45%) Serverless
8 8 (0.97%) Snowflake
9 7 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 7 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (0.85%) Azure Stack
9 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.73%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.60%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (0.48%) MailChimp
12 4 (0.48%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.54%) Firewall
2 15 (1.81%) VPN
3 14 (1.69%) WAN
4 13 (1.57%) LAN
5 12 (1.45%) BGP
5 12 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (1.45%) EIGRP
5 12 (1.45%) OSPF
6 11 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.85%) Wireless
8 6 (0.73%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.48%) DHCP
9 4 (0.48%) DNS
9 4 (0.48%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.48%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.48%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.36%) Modbus
11 2 (0.24%) Broadband
11 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.66%) Power BI
3 9 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
4 8 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.60%) Metadata
7 4 (0.48%) MySQL
8 3 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.36%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.24%) Looker
9 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (1.57%) Git
1 13 (1.57%) JIRA
2 10 (1.21%) Snyk
3 7 (0.85%) JUnit
4 5 (0.60%) Maven
4 5 (0.60%) Mockito
4 5 (0.60%) Selenium
5 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.36%) GitLab
5 3 (0.36%) Postman
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) Gatling
6 2 (0.24%) TestRail
6 2 (0.24%) Toad
6 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.12%) Appium
7 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.12%) JMeter
7 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
General
1 88 (10.64%) Finance
2 71 (8.59%) Social Skills
3 53 (6.41%) Public Sector
4 48 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.47%) Games
7 35 (4.23%) Manufacturing
8 24 (2.90%) Electronics
9 23 (2.78%) Law
9 23 (2.78%) Legal
10 18 (2.18%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.09%) Marketing
11 9 (1.09%) Retail
12 8 (0.97%) Automotive
12 8 (0.97%) Legal Technology
13 7 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.60%) Banking
14 5 (0.60%) Local Government
14 5 (0.60%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.78%) .NET
2 22 (2.66%) React
3 14 (1.69%) .NET Core
3 14 (1.69%) Blazor
3 14 (1.69%) REST
3 14 (1.69%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 10 (1.21%) Node.js
5 8 (0.97%) RESTful
6 6 (0.73%) Playwright
7 5 (0.60%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.60%) PySpark
8 3 (0.36%) Flask
8 3 (0.36%) Spring
9 2 (0.24%) OAuth
9 2 (0.24%) Visualforce
10 1 (0.12%) Bootstrap
10 1 (0.12%) D3.js
10 1 (0.12%) HTML
10 1 (0.12%) Pandas
10 1 (0.12%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.14%) Virtual Reality
3 15 (1.81%) Data Centre
4 13 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 9 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (1.09%) Product Ownership
7 8 (0.97%) Management Information System
7 8 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (0.97%) Smartphone
8 7 (0.85%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.85%) FMCG
8 7 (0.85%) Low-Code
8 7 (0.85%) Mobile Games
9 6 (0.73%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.73%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.73%) Robotics
10 4 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.48%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.57%) Linux
2 12 (1.45%) Windows
3 9 (1.09%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.24%) Unix
5 2 (0.24%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (11.00%) Mentoring
2 84 (10.16%) Agile
3 82 (9.92%) Software Engineering
4 57 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
5 56 (6.77%) Coaching
6 55 (6.65%) AI
7 48 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (5.56%) CI/CD
9 45 (5.44%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (5.08%) Analytics
11 41 (4.96%) DevOps
12 36 (4.35%) Project Delivery
13 35 (4.23%) Business Development
14 34 (4.11%) Business Intelligence
15 31 (3.75%) Full-Stack Development
15 31 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 28 (3.39%) Stakeholder Management
17 26 (3.14%) Customer Service
18 25 (3.02%) Decision-Making
18 25 (3.02%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.05%) SQL
2 45 (5.44%) Python
3 36 (4.35%) C#
4 20 (2.42%) Java
5 18 (2.18%) C
6 14 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.57%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.97%) Scala
9 7 (0.85%) Bash
9 7 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.60%) PHP
10 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.60%) R
11 4 (0.48%) C++
11 4 (0.48%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.48%) VBA
12 3 (0.36%) Go
13 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.24%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (7.26%) Security Cleared
2 43 (5.20%) SC Cleared
3 41 (4.96%) Degree
4 22 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (1.81%) CCNP
7 12 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.21%) CISSP
9 9 (1.09%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.97%) CISA
10 8 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.85%) SSCP
12 6 (0.73%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.60%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.48%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.48%) RIBA
15 3 (0.36%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.78%) QA
2 12 (1.45%) GRC
3 11 (1.33%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.33%) NIST
4 10 (1.21%) GDPR
5 9 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 8 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.97%) PMO
7 7 (0.85%) ITGC
8 5 (0.60%) IEC 61508
8 5 (0.60%) MISRA
8 5 (0.60%) MISRA C
8 5 (0.60%) SLA
9 3 (0.36%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) P3O
10 2 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (1.81%) Docker
2 14 (1.69%) Firmware
3 11 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.85%) Terraform
3 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.24%) Argo
5 2 (0.24%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.12%) Ansible
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 57 (6.89%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.18%) Adobe
3 16 (1.93%) Cisco
4 15 (1.81%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.57%) Apple
6 12 (1.45%) Oracle
6 12 (1.45%) SAP
7 11 (1.33%) Databricks
7 11 (1.33%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (1.21%) Google
8 10 (1.21%) HP
8 10 (1.21%) Tenable
9 8 (0.97%) Aruba
10 7 (0.85%) Siemens
11 4 (0.48%) Meraki
12 3 (0.36%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.24%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.24%) Pega
13 2 (0.24%) VMware