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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 16 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 743 295 877
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 9.00% 8.90% 12.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.79% 10.12% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 518 166 674
10th Percentile £48,317 £43,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,004 £51,356 £48,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,250 £75,772
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 7,591 2,916 6,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 87.99% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,858 1,794 5,151
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £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 £63,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +8 369 £67,921 -2.97% 67
Warwickshire +5 109 £65,000 - 35
Coventry 0 57 £67,500 +12.50% 4
Worcestershire +3 50 £62,500 -3.85% 19
Staffordshire +1 40 £63,500 +21.31% 10
Shropshire -5 38 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Wolverhampton -7 16 £75,000 -21.05% 2
Solihull +14 12 £60,000 +20.00% 7
Herefordshire -14 11 £70,000 - 1
Willenhall - 5 - -
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Dudley - 3 £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 1 May 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 89 (11.98%) Agile
2 82 (11.04%) Azure
3 79 (10.63%) Mentoring
4 57 (7.67%) Software Engineering
5 54 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
5 54 (7.27%) SQL
6 53 (7.13%) Microsoft
7 51 (6.86%) Coaching
7 51 (6.86%) Security Cleared
8 50 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
8 50 (6.73%) Degree
9 47 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (6.19%) AWS
11 42 (5.65%) Analytics
12 41 (5.52%) Python
13 40 (5.38%) SC Cleared
14 39 (5.25%) DevOps
15 38 (5.11%) AI
16 37 (4.98%) Problem-Solving
17 35 (4.71%) CI/CD
17 35 (4.71%) Power Platform
18 33 (4.44%) Business Development
19 32 (4.31%) SaaS
20 30 (4.04%) SQL Server
21 28 (3.77%) Customer Service
21 28 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 28 (3.77%) Power BI
21 28 (3.77%) Stakeholder Management
22 27 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
22 27 (3.63%) Full-Stack Development

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 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.08%) Confluence
3 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Appian
5 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.40%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 82 (11.04%) Azure
2 46 (6.19%) AWS
3 35 (4.71%) Power Platform
4 32 (4.31%) SaaS
5 19 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.29%) GCP
7 14 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.08%) Serverless
12 7 (0.94%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.67%) Azure Stack
13 5 (0.67%) GitHub
13 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.67%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.67%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.67%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.42%) WAN
2 15 (2.02%) Firewall
2 15 (2.02%) LAN
3 12 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (1.48%) VPN
5 7 (0.94%) BGP
5 7 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (0.94%) EIGRP
5 7 (0.94%) OSPF
5 7 (0.94%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.94%) Wireless
6 6 (0.81%) Bluetooth
7 5 (0.67%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.54%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.40%) DHCP
9 3 (0.40%) DNS
9 3 (0.40%) Modbus
9 3 (0.40%) VLAN
10 2 (0.27%) Broadband
10 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.77%) Power BI
3 6 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (0.81%) Metadata
4 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.67%) Tableau
5 4 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.40%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.27%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.27%) Looker
7 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.13%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.13%) DB2
8 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (2.02%) JIRA
2 11 (1.48%) Git
3 8 (1.08%) Snyk
4 6 (0.81%) JUnit
4 6 (0.81%) Maven
4 6 (0.81%) Selenium
5 5 (0.67%) Mockito
6 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.40%) GitLab
6 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.27%) Postman
7 2 (0.27%) TestRail
7 2 (0.27%) Toad
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.27%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.13%) JMeter
8 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 90 (12.11%) Finance
2 54 (7.27%) Social Skills
3 49 (6.59%) Public Sector
4 47 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (4.04%) Games
7 28 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.23%) Electronics
9 23 (3.10%) Legal
10 20 (2.69%) Law
11 12 (1.62%) Retail
12 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.35%) Automotive
14 8 (1.08%) Marketing
15 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.40%) Banking
16 3 (0.40%) iGaming
16 3 (0.40%) Retail Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.15%) React
2 14 (1.88%) .NET
3 11 (1.48%) Node.js
4 10 (1.35%) REST
4 10 (1.35%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 9 (1.21%) .NET Core
5 9 (1.21%) Blazor
6 8 (1.08%) PySpark
7 5 (0.67%) RESTful
8 4 (0.54%) Spring
9 3 (0.40%) Flask
9 3 (0.40%) Playwright
9 3 (0.40%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.27%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth
10 2 (0.27%) SOAP
10 2 (0.27%) Visualforce
11 1 (0.13%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.13%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (2.42%) Virtual Reality
3 14 (1.88%) Data Centre
4 11 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (1.48%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.08%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 7 (0.94%) FMCG
8 7 (0.94%) Low-Code
9 6 (0.81%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.81%) Robotics
10 5 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.67%) Mobile Games
10 5 (0.67%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.67%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.54%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.62%) Windows
2 11 (1.48%) Linux
3 9 (1.21%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Unix
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (11.98%) Agile
2 79 (10.63%) Mentoring
3 57 (7.67%) Software Engineering
4 54 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (6.86%) Coaching
6 50 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (5.65%) Analytics
9 39 (5.25%) DevOps
10 38 (5.11%) AI
11 37 (4.98%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (4.71%) CI/CD
13 33 (4.44%) Business Development
14 28 (3.77%) Customer Service
14 28 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 28 (3.77%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (3.63%) Full-Stack Development
15 27 (3.63%) Migration
16 26 (3.50%) Decision-Making
17 24 (3.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 54 (7.27%) SQL
2 41 (5.52%) Python
3 26 (3.50%) C#
4 19 (2.56%) C
5 14 (1.88%) Java
6 10 (1.35%) Scala
6 10 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.94%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.81%) Bash
8 6 (0.81%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.81%) R
9 5 (0.67%) Embedded C
9 5 (0.67%) PHP
9 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.54%) VBA
11 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.27%) Bicep
12 2 (0.27%) C++
12 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 51 (6.86%) Security Cleared
2 50 (6.73%) Degree
3 40 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (1.35%) CCNP
7 9 (1.21%) CISSP
7 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.08%) CISA
8 8 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
8 8 (1.08%) PMI Certification
9 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (0.94%) SSCP
10 6 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.81%) PMP
11 4 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.54%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.83%) QA
2 12 (1.62%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 11 (1.48%) GDPR
4 9 (1.21%) NIST
5 8 (1.08%) GRC
5 8 (1.08%) PMO
6 7 (0.94%) ITGC
7 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.67%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.67%) MISRA
7 5 (0.67%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.67%) SLA
8 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.27%) P3O
10 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 12 (1.62%) Firmware
2 11 (1.48%) Docker
3 8 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.27%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
5 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (1.35%) Kubernetes
1 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.08%) Terraform
3 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.40%) FlexNet
5 2 (0.27%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.27%) Grafana
5 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) Control-M
6 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 53 (7.13%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.36%) Databricks
3 14 (1.88%) SAP
4 12 (1.62%) Cisco
4 12 (1.62%) Oracle
5 10 (1.35%) Adobe
5 10 (1.35%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.21%) Apple
6 9 (1.21%) Palo Alto
7 8 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (1.08%) Google
7 8 (1.08%) Tenable
8 7 (0.94%) HP
9 6 (0.81%) Meraki
10 5 (0.67%) Aruba
11 3 (0.40%) IBM
11 3 (0.40%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.27%) Kaseya
12 2 (0.27%) Siemens
12 2 (0.27%) VMware