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 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 9
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 685 315 870
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 8.77% 9.44% 12.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.56% 10.80% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 470 188 669
10th Percentile £47,725 £43,500 £40,877
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +12.14% +0.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,625 £101,250 £76,050
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +3.70% +7.51% -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 7,167 2,917 6,615
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 87.41% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,527 1,793 5,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,990 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 +6 344 £66,847 -1.06% 58
Warwickshire +1 99 £60,000 -14.29% 42
Coventry -1 51 £85,000 +41.67% 12
Worcestershire -2 49 £62,500 -3.85% 12
Shropshire -8 31 £50,000 -28.57% 14
Staffordshire -4 30 £63,000 +20.36% 11
Wolverhampton -6 17 £77,500 -18.42%
Solihull +13 16 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Herefordshire -16 12 £85,000 - 4
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Willenhall - 4 - - 1
Dudley - 1 £65,000 - 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 17 April 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 87 (12.70%) Agile
2 76 (11.09%) Azure
3 73 (10.66%) Mentoring
4 54 (7.88%) Degree
5 53 (7.74%) Security Cleared
6 52 (7.59%) Microsoft
7 50 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (7.15%) Software Engineering
8 49 (7.15%) SQL
9 48 (7.01%) Coaching
10 47 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
12 43 (6.28%) Analytics
13 42 (6.13%) DevOps
13 42 (6.13%) Problem-Solving
13 42 (6.13%) SC Cleared
14 41 (5.99%) SaaS
15 36 (5.26%) Python
16 35 (5.11%) AWS
16 35 (5.11%) Business Development
17 33 (4.82%) CI/CD
18 31 (4.53%) AI
19 30 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
20 29 (4.23%) Power Platform
20 29 (4.23%) Project Delivery
21 27 (3.94%) Migration
21 27 (3.94%) Roadmaps
22 26 (3.80%) C#
22 26 (3.80%) Customer Service
22 26 (3.80%) SQL Server

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 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.17%) Confluence
2 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.15%) Appian
4 1 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Cloudability
1 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.58%) SAP Payroll
1 4 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.44%) SAP CO
2 3 (0.44%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (0.44%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.15%) Maximo
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 76 (11.09%) Azure
2 41 (5.99%) SaaS
3 35 (5.11%) AWS
4 29 (4.23%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.90%) GCP
8 12 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.17%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.02%) Serverless
13 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.73%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.73%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.58%) GitHub
15 3 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.44%) Copilot Studio
15 3 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.77%) WAN
2 16 (2.34%) Firewall
2 16 (2.34%) LAN
3 12 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (1.61%) VPN
5 8 (1.17%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.02%) BGP
6 7 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (1.02%) EIGRP
6 7 (1.02%) OSPF
6 7 (1.02%) Wireless
7 5 (0.73%) Bluetooth
7 5 (0.73%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.58%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.58%) Modbus
9 3 (0.44%) DHCP
9 3 (0.44%) DNS
9 3 (0.44%) VLAN
10 2 (0.29%) MPLS
10 2 (0.29%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.21%) Power BI
3 5 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (0.73%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.73%) Metadata
3 5 (0.73%) Tableau
4 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.44%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.29%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.29%) Looker
6 2 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.15%) DB2
7 1 (0.15%) Parquet
7 1 (0.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (2.04%) JIRA
2 10 (1.46%) Git
3 6 (0.88%) JUnit
3 6 (0.88%) Maven
3 6 (0.88%) Selenium
3 6 (0.88%) Snyk
4 5 (0.73%) Mockito
5 3 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.44%) GitLab
5 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.29%) Postman
6 2 (0.29%) TestRail
6 2 (0.29%) Toad
6 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.15%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.15%) JMeter
7 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
General
1 86 (12.55%) Finance
2 60 (8.76%) Social Skills
3 51 (7.45%) Public Sector
4 44 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (4.09%) Legal
6 28 (4.09%) Manufacturing
7 22 (3.21%) Electronics
7 22 (3.21%) Games
8 20 (2.92%) Law
9 14 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.75%) Retail
11 9 (1.31%) Automotive
12 8 (1.17%) Marketing
13 7 (1.02%) Banking
14 6 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.44%) iGaming
18 2 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.19%) React
2 14 (2.04%) .NET
3 10 (1.46%) Node.js
3 10 (1.46%) REST
4 8 (1.17%) .NET Core
4 8 (1.17%) Blazor
5 7 (1.02%) PySpark
6 6 (0.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 4 (0.58%) Spring
8 3 (0.44%) Flask
8 3 (0.44%) Playwright
8 3 (0.44%) RESTful
8 3 (0.44%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.29%) OAuth
9 2 (0.29%) SOAP
9 2 (0.29%) Visualforce
10 1 (0.15%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.15%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (1.61%) Data Centre
2 11 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (1.61%) Management Information System
2 11 (1.61%) Virtual Reality
3 10 (1.46%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (1.17%) Driving Licence
5 8 (1.17%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.02%) FMCG
6 7 (1.02%) Low-Code
7 6 (0.88%) Public Cloud
8 5 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.73%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (0.58%) Educational Technology
9 4 (0.58%) Mobile Games
9 4 (0.58%) Robotics
9 4 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.04%) Windows
2 13 (1.90%) Linux
3 8 (1.17%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) Unix
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (12.70%) Agile
2 73 (10.66%) Mentoring
3 50 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (7.15%) Software Engineering
5 48 (7.01%) Coaching
6 47 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
8 43 (6.28%) Analytics
9 42 (6.13%) DevOps
9 42 (6.13%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (5.11%) Business Development
11 33 (4.82%) CI/CD
12 31 (4.53%) AI
13 29 (4.23%) Project Delivery
14 27 (3.94%) Migration
14 27 (3.94%) Roadmaps
15 26 (3.80%) Customer Service
15 26 (3.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (3.65%) Decision-Making
16 25 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.15%) SQL
2 36 (5.26%) Python
3 26 (3.80%) C#
4 15 (2.19%) C
5 14 (2.04%) Java
6 10 (1.46%) Scala
7 7 (1.02%) Bash
7 7 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.02%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.88%) R
8 6 (0.88%) VBA
9 5 (0.73%) PHP
9 5 (0.73%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.58%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.29%) Bicep
11 2 (0.29%) C++
11 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 54 (7.88%) Degree
2 53 (7.74%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.13%) SC Cleared
4 30 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (1.46%) CCNP
6 10 (1.46%) CISSP
6 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.17%) CISA
7 8 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (1.17%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (1.02%) SSCP
9 6 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.88%) PMP
10 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.63%) QA
2 13 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.61%) GDPR
4 11 (1.61%) NIST
5 7 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.02%) ITGC
5 7 (1.02%) PMO
6 6 (0.88%) GRC
7 5 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.73%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.73%) MISRA
7 5 (0.73%) MISRA C
8 3 (0.44%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.44%) SLA
9 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.29%) P3O
9 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (1.61%) Docker
1 11 (1.61%) Firmware
2 9 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.29%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.29%) XenApp
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.17%) Terraform
4 4 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.44%) FlexNet
6 2 (0.29%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.29%) Grafana
6 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.50%) Databricks
3 13 (1.90%) Cisco
3 13 (1.90%) SAP
4 10 (1.46%) Oracle
5 8 (1.17%) Google
6 7 (1.02%) Meraki
6 7 (1.02%) Palo Alto
7 6 (0.88%) Adobe
7 6 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.88%) Tenable
8 5 (0.73%) HP
9 4 (0.58%) Apple
9 4 (0.58%) IBM
10 3 (0.44%) Aruba
10 3 (0.44%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.44%) VMware
11 2 (0.29%) Kaseya
11 2 (0.29%) Pega