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 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 16 10
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 853 304 800
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.07% 8.91% 12.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.71% 9.92% 12.92%
Number of salaries quoted 627 193 556
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,000 £79,500
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 7,967 3,066 6,194
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 89.83% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,906 2,100 4,105
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,727 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
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 6 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 6 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 +2 417 £70,000 +7.69% 104
Warwickshire +8 99 £55,500 +0.91% 32
Worcestershire +21 86 £65,000 -10.34% 20
Staffordshire +41 62 £60,000 +14.29% 12
Shropshire +4 59 £50,000 -28.57% 14
Coventry -2 42 £60,000 -4.00% 23
Herefordshire -4 29 £72,575 +141.92% 5
Wolverhampton -14 12 £69,000 -1.43% 3
Solihull +12 8 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £80,000 -
Willenhall - 5 - - 1
Dudley - 5 £65,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 - 1
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 137 (16.06%) Azure
2 104 (12.19%) Mentoring
3 88 (10.32%) Agile
3 88 (10.32%) Software Engineering
4 86 (10.08%) AWS
5 80 (9.38%) AI
6 78 (9.14%) Security Cleared
7 62 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
8 61 (7.15%) CI/CD
9 60 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (7.03%) Microsoft
10 57 (6.68%) Coaching
11 56 (6.57%) SC Cleared
12 53 (6.21%) DevOps
13 51 (5.98%) Python
13 51 (5.98%) SQL
14 49 (5.74%) Problem-Solving
15 46 (5.39%) C#
16 43 (5.04%) Degree
17 41 (4.81%) Analytics
18 39 (4.57%) Full-Stack Development
19 34 (3.99%) SaaS
20 33 (3.87%) Business Development
20 33 (3.87%) SDLC
21 31 (3.63%) Business Intelligence
22 30 (3.52%) Power Platform
23 29 (3.40%) React
23 29 (3.40%) Scrum
23 29 (3.40%) SQL Server
23 29 (3.40%) Stakeholder Management

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 12 (1.41%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.94%) Confluence
2 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.47%) CMS
4 4 (0.47%) WordPress
5 3 (0.35%) Apache
5 3 (0.35%) IIS
5 3 (0.35%) nginx
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.12%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.41%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.35%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.35%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.35%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 137 (16.06%) Azure
2 86 (10.08%) AWS
3 34 (3.99%) SaaS
4 30 (3.52%) Power Platform
5 26 (3.05%) GCP
6 19 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.41%) Serverless
9 11 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (1.17%) Entra ID
11 8 (0.94%) Azure AI
11 8 (0.94%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.82%) Azure Stack
12 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.70%) Amazon S3
13 6 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.47%) dbt
15 4 (0.47%) Google Data Studio
15 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Advertising
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.81%) Firewall
2 15 (1.76%) VPN
3 14 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (1.52%) WAN
5 12 (1.41%) BGP
5 12 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (1.41%) EIGRP
5 12 (1.41%) LAN
5 12 (1.41%) OSPF
6 7 (0.82%) Bluetooth
7 6 (0.70%) DNS
7 6 (0.70%) Wireless
8 3 (0.35%) DHCP
8 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.35%) Modbus
8 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.23%) RFID
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
9 2 (0.23%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.12%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.28%) Power BI
3 9 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.59%) MySQL
7 4 (0.47%) Metadata
8 3 (0.35%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
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
9 2 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (2.58%) Git
2 16 (1.88%) JIRA
3 13 (1.52%) JUnit
4 11 (1.29%) Selenium
5 10 (1.17%) Snyk
6 9 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.06%) GitLab
6 9 (1.06%) Postman
7 7 (0.82%) Maven
7 7 (0.82%) Mockito
8 6 (0.70%) Gatling
9 4 (0.47%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.35%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.35%) JMeter
10 3 (0.35%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.23%) TestRail
11 2 (0.23%) Toad
11 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
General
1 111 (13.01%) Finance
2 81 (9.50%) Social Skills
3 45 (5.28%) Public Sector
4 42 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (4.45%) Manufacturing
6 37 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.34%) Games
7 26 (3.05%) Aerospace
8 25 (2.93%) Electronics
9 18 (2.11%) Legal
10 15 (1.76%) Law
11 13 (1.52%) Retail
12 12 (1.41%) Marketing
13 10 (1.17%) Military
14 8 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.82%) Banking
16 6 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.59%) Automotive
17 5 (0.59%) Local Government
17 5 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.40%) React
2 23 (2.70%) .NET
3 21 (2.46%) REST
4 17 (1.99%) Playwright
5 15 (1.76%) .NET Core
5 15 (1.76%) Blazor
6 14 (1.64%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 11 (1.29%) Node.js
8 9 (1.06%) RESTful
9 8 (0.94%) Spring
10 6 (0.70%) Kafka
11 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.59%) Keycloak
12 4 (0.47%) PySpark
13 3 (0.35%) EDI
14 2 (0.23%) ADO
14 2 (0.23%) JSON
14 2 (0.23%) OAuth
14 2 (0.23%) SOAP
14 2 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.05%) Virtual Reality
3 13 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (1.41%) Data Centre
4 12 (1.41%) Operational Technology
4 12 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.17%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.94%) Robotics
7 8 (0.94%) Smartphone
8 7 (0.82%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.82%) Driving Licence
8 7 (0.82%) Management Information System
8 7 (0.82%) Mobile Games
9 5 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.59%) FMCG
9 5 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.59%) SCADA
10 4 (0.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.70%) Linux
2 14 (1.64%) Windows
3 9 (1.06%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (0.70%) Unix
5 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (12.19%) Mentoring
2 88 (10.32%) Agile
2 88 (10.32%) Software Engineering
3 80 (9.38%) AI
4 62 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (7.15%) CI/CD
6 60 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 57 (6.68%) Coaching
8 53 (6.21%) DevOps
9 49 (5.74%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (4.81%) Analytics
11 39 (4.57%) Full-Stack Development
12 33 (3.87%) Business Development
12 33 (3.87%) SDLC
13 31 (3.63%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (3.40%) Scrum
14 29 (3.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (3.28%) Project Delivery
16 26 (3.05%) Decision-Making
17 25 (2.93%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 51 (5.98%) Python
1 51 (5.98%) SQL
2 46 (5.39%) C#
3 26 (3.05%) Java
4 20 (2.34%) TypeScript
5 18 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.88%) C
7 9 (1.06%) Bash
7 9 (1.06%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.94%) Go
9 7 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.82%) Scala
10 4 (0.47%) C++
10 4 (0.47%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.47%) PHP
11 2 (0.23%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.23%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.23%) R
12 1 (0.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (9.14%) Security Cleared
2 56 (6.57%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.04%) Degree
4 20 (2.34%) DV Cleared
5 16 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.41%) CCNP
9 11 (1.29%) CISSP
10 9 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.82%) CISA
11 7 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.82%) SSCP
12 6 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (0.59%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.47%) CIPD
14 4 (0.47%) CISM
14 4 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.05%) QA
2 18 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.41%) GDPR
3 12 (1.41%) GRC
3 12 (1.41%) NIST
4 11 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.94%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.94%) SLA
6 7 (0.82%) ITGC
7 6 (0.70%) PMO
8 5 (0.59%) IEC 61508
8 5 (0.59%) MISRA
8 5 (0.59%) MISRA C
8 5 (0.59%) WCAG
9 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (2.58%) Docker
2 14 (1.64%) Firmware
3 11 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.82%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.41%) Terraform
3 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) Argo
4 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.12%) Ansible
5 1 (0.12%) Grafana
5 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 60 (7.03%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.11%) Adobe
3 16 (1.88%) Google
3 16 (1.88%) ServiceNow
4 14 (1.64%) Oracle
4 14 (1.64%) SAP
5 13 (1.52%) Apple
5 13 (1.52%) Cisco
6 11 (1.29%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (1.17%) HP
7 10 (1.17%) Tenable
8 8 (0.94%) Aruba
8 8 (0.94%) Pega
9 7 (0.82%) Siemens
10 6 (0.70%) Foundry
11 5 (0.59%) VMware
12 4 (0.47%) Citrix
12 4 (0.47%) Databricks
12 4 (0.47%) Hotjar