Senior Jobs 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 26 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 493 874 758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.14% 12.08% 11.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.48% 12.84% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 173 671 409
10th Percentile £43,500 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,269 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,965 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -3.39% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £76,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% -10.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,950 6,806 6,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.27% 94.04% 89.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,802 5,153 3,364
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,912
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.48% -10.84% +0.95%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior 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 26 April 2025.

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 26 April 2025. 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 -2 204 £70,000 +16.67% 158
Warwickshire -3 177 £65,000 +23.81% 56
Coventry -2 47 £60,000 -7.69% 34
Staffordshire -6 17 £51,672 +3.34% 93
Solihull -15 14 £50,000 -20.00% 6
Worcestershire -3 13 £65,000 +23.81% 18
Shropshire +8 9 £70,000 +27.27% 6
Herefordshire +7 4 - - 9
Wolverhampton +13 3 £95,000 +49.61% 2
Walsall - 1 £60,000 - 3
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2025, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 179 (36.31%) BPSS Clearance
2 159 (32.25%) Degree
3 157 (31.85%) Systems Engineering
4 116 (23.53%) Agile
5 115 (23.33%) Social Skills
6 106 (21.50%) Azure
7 68 (13.79%) Telecoms
7 68 (13.79%) Mathematics
8 65 (13.18%) Finance
9 64 (12.98%) Automotive
10 61 (12.37%) C#
11 58 (11.76%) Microsoft
12 57 (11.56%) .NET
13 56 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
14 55 (11.16%) Ergonomics
14 55 (11.16%) Human Factors
14 55 (11.16%) SQL
14 55 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
15 54 (10.95%) Physics
16 52 (10.55%) Mentoring
17 44 (8.92%) DevOps
18 43 (8.72%) Analytics
18 43 (8.72%) CI/CD
19 41 (8.32%) JIRA
20 38 (7.71%) Risk Management
20 38 (7.71%) Manufacturing
20 38 (7.71%) Coaching
21 37 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 36 (7.30%) Software Engineering
23 34 (6.90%) Oracle

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.84%) Confluence
2 6 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.81%) CMS
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.41%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.41%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.20%) Mule
6 1 (0.20%) SAS
6 1 (0.20%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (5.48%) Simulink
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.61%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.20%) Revit
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (4.46%) Dynamics AX
2 8 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.81%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle SCM
5 2 (0.41%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 106 (21.50%) Azure
2 23 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
2 23 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (3.65%) Power Platform
4 14 (2.84%) AWS
5 12 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.23%) GitHub
6 11 (2.23%) SaaS
7 8 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.01%) GCP
9 5 (1.01%) Serverless
10 4 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.61%) Supabase
11 3 (0.61%) Vercel
12 2 (0.41%) OCI
12 2 (0.41%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (3.04%) Firewall
2 15 (3.04%) SD-WAN
2 15 (3.04%) WAN
3 12 (2.43%) VLAN
4 10 (2.03%) 3GPP
4 10 (2.03%) 5G
5 9 (1.83%) Network Security
6 7 (1.42%) Wireless
7 3 (0.61%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.61%) GSM
7 3 (0.61%) J1939
7 3 (0.61%) VPN
8 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.41%) HTTP
8 2 (0.41%) IPsec
8 2 (0.41%) LAN
8 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.20%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.27%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.64%) Power BI
2 13 (2.64%) Relational Database
3 11 (2.23%) MySQL
3 11 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.42%) Redis
5 6 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.81%) Big Data
6 4 (0.81%) Metadata
6 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.61%) GIS
7 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.41%) MS Access
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.41%) SQL CLR
8 2 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (8.32%) JIRA
2 25 (5.07%) Git
3 16 (3.25%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (2.03%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.22%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.81%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Mockito
7 2 (0.41%) NUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Selenium
8 1 (0.20%) GitLab
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 115 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 68 (13.79%) Telecoms
3 65 (13.18%) Finance
4 64 (12.98%) Automotive
5 38 (7.71%) Manufacturing
6 37 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (6.69%) Retail
8 31 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
9 30 (6.09%) Legal
10 26 (5.27%) Aerospace
11 22 (4.46%) Games
12 18 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
12 18 (3.65%) Public Sector
13 11 (2.23%) Police
14 10 (2.03%) Tech for Good
15 7 (1.42%) Banking
16 6 (1.22%) Law
17 4 (0.81%) Local Government
17 4 (0.81%) Marketing
17 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (11.56%) .NET
2 33 (6.69%) HTML
3 22 (4.46%) ASP.NET
4 18 (3.65%) React
5 17 (3.45%) CSS
6 16 (3.25%) Blazor
7 15 (3.04%) ASP.NET MVC
8 13 (2.64%) RESTful
9 12 (2.43%) REST
10 9 (1.83%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.83%) FastAPI
10 9 (1.83%) MvvmCross
10 9 (1.83%) Node.js
11 8 (1.62%) .NET Core
12 7 (1.42%) Django
12 7 (1.42%) GraphQL
13 6 (1.22%) .NET Framework
13 6 (1.22%) Flask
13 6 (1.22%) OAuth
13 6 (1.22%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.87%) Blockchain
1 24 (4.87%) Robotics
2 23 (4.67%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.23%) Mobile App
4 8 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (1.62%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.22%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.22%) IoT
6 4 (0.81%) Cloud Native
6 4 (0.81%) Hackathon
6 4 (0.81%) NHS
7 3 (0.61%) Algorithms
7 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.61%) Lidar
7 3 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.61%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.67%) Linux
2 18 (3.65%) Windows
3 12 (2.43%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.83%) Android
5 7 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.81%) Solaris
7 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.41%) Unix
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (31.85%) Systems Engineering
2 116 (23.53%) Agile
3 68 (13.79%) Mathematics
4 56 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (11.16%) Ergonomics
5 55 (11.16%) Human Factors
5 55 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (10.95%) Physics
7 52 (10.55%) Mentoring
8 44 (8.92%) DevOps
9 43 (8.72%) Analytics
9 43 (8.72%) CI/CD
10 38 (7.71%) Coaching
10 38 (7.71%) Risk Management
11 36 (7.30%) Software Engineering
12 33 (6.69%) Computer Science
13 32 (6.49%) Artificial Intelligence
14 31 (6.29%) Full-Stack Development
14 31 (6.29%) Project Planning
14 31 (6.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (12.37%) C#
2 55 (11.16%) SQL
3 27 (5.48%) MATLAB
4 26 (5.27%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.87%) Python
6 10 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.83%) C
8 8 (1.62%) Java
9 5 (1.01%) Bash
9 5 (1.01%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.81%) PHP
10 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.61%) C++
11 3 (0.61%) Swift
12 2 (0.41%) ABAP
12 2 (0.41%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.41%) Ruby
12 2 (0.41%) Scala
13 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 179 (36.31%) BPSS Clearance
2 159 (32.25%) Degree
3 23 (4.67%) Security Cleared
4 22 (4.46%) CISA
4 22 (4.46%) ISACA
5 12 (2.43%) Numerate Degree
5 12 (2.43%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.62%) HND
7 5 (1.01%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.81%) CCNP
8 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (0.81%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.61%) HNC
9 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.61%) PMP
10 2 (0.41%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.87%) ITGC
2 11 (2.23%) NCSC
3 8 (1.62%) QA
4 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.81%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.61%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.61%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (0.61%) PMO
6 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.41%) COBIT
6 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.41%) GDPR
6 2 (0.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 14 (2.84%) Docker
2 11 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.81%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.43%) Ansible
3 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.22%) Grafana
4 6 (1.22%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.22%) Terraform
5 2 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.41%) Puppet
5 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.90%) Oracle
3 27 (5.48%) SAP
4 10 (2.03%) Cisco
4 10 (2.03%) Xamarin
5 9 (1.83%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.62%) Adobe
6 8 (1.62%) Apple
7 7 (1.42%) Acronis
7 7 (1.42%) Databricks
7 7 (1.42%) VMware
8 5 (1.01%) SolarWinds
8 5 (1.01%) WatchGuard
9 4 (0.81%) Citrix
9 4 (0.81%) NEC
9 4 (0.81%) Okta
10 3 (0.61%) Google
11 2 (0.41%) HP
11 2 (0.41%) Hyperion
11 2 (0.41%) JD Edwards