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 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 17 9
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 822 258 1,054
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 10.74% 8.50% 12.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.38% 9.55% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 597 141 761
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,672 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £101,250 £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 7,221 2,702 8,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.06% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5,298 1,750 5,858
10th Percentile £30,175 £28,000 £26,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,443 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +4.89% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +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 18 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 18 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 +8 380 £70,000 +3.51% 41
Warwickshire +12 117 £65,000 +18.18% 13
Worcestershire +17 79 £65,000 -5.45% 13
Staffordshire +39 58 £60,000 +14.63% 6
Coventry +5 56 £70,000 +66.10% 1
Shropshire +2 54 £50,000 -28.57% 6
Wolverhampton -8 17 £77,500 -6.06% 5
Herefordshire -15 9 £90,000 - 5
Solihull +12 8 £60,000 - 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 18 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.

1 105 (12.77%) Azure
2 87 (10.58%) Mentoring
3 85 (10.34%) Agile
4 81 (9.85%) Software Engineering
5 65 (7.91%) AWS
6 61 (7.42%) Security Cleared
7 57 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
8 56 (6.81%) Microsoft
9 55 (6.69%) AI
10 53 (6.45%) Coaching
11 51 (6.20%) SQL
12 48 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (5.60%) CI/CD
13 46 (5.60%) Python
14 44 (5.35%) SC Cleared
15 43 (5.23%) Problem-Solving
16 41 (4.99%) Analytics
17 40 (4.87%) Degree
18 39 (4.74%) DevOps
19 37 (4.50%) C#
20 36 (4.38%) Project Delivery
21 35 (4.26%) SQL Server
22 34 (4.14%) Business Development
22 34 (4.14%) Business Intelligence
23 33 (4.01%) Full-Stack Development
24 30 (3.65%) Power Platform
24 30 (3.65%) SaaS
25 29 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
26 28 (3.41%) Stakeholder Management
27 26 (3.16%) 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 6 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.49%) 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 (1.46%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.49%) 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
1 105 (12.77%) Azure
2 65 (7.91%) AWS
3 30 (3.65%) Power Platform
3 30 (3.65%) SaaS
4 23 (2.80%) GCP
5 14 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.46%) Serverless
8 8 (0.97%) Snowflake
9 7 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (0.85%) Azure Stack
9 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (0.73%) Amazon S3
10 6 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.73%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (0.49%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.49%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.43%) Firewall
2 16 (1.95%) VPN
3 15 (1.82%) WAN
4 14 (1.70%) LAN
5 13 (1.58%) BGP
5 13 (1.58%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (1.58%) EIGRP
5 13 (1.58%) OSPF
6 12 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.97%) Wireless
8 6 (0.73%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.61%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.49%) DHCP
10 4 (0.49%) DNS
10 4 (0.49%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.49%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.36%) Modbus
12 2 (0.24%) Broadband
12 2 (0.24%) PBX
12 2 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.68%) Power BI
3 8 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
3 8 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.61%) Metadata
5 3 (0.36%) MySQL
5 3 (0.36%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.24%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.24%) Looker
6 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
6 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.24%) Tableau
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 13 (1.58%) Git
1 13 (1.58%) JIRA
2 10 (1.22%) Snyk
3 8 (0.97%) JUnit
4 6 (0.73%) Maven
4 6 (0.73%) Mockito
5 5 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.36%) GitLab
6 3 (0.36%) Postman
7 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.24%) Gatling
7 2 (0.24%) TestRail
7 2 (0.24%) Toad
7 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.12%) JMeter
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 91 (11.07%) Finance
2 71 (8.64%) Social Skills
3 50 (6.08%) Public Sector
4 48 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.50%) Games
7 33 (4.01%) Manufacturing
8 24 (2.92%) Electronics
8 24 (2.92%) Law
9 22 (2.68%) Legal
10 16 (1.95%) 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 (0.61%) Banking
15 4 (0.49%) Local Government
15 4 (0.49%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.68%) .NET
1 22 (2.68%) React
2 14 (1.70%) .NET Core
2 14 (1.70%) Blazor
2 14 (1.70%) REST
2 14 (1.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 10 (1.22%) Node.js
4 7 (0.85%) RESTful
5 6 (0.73%) Playwright
5 6 (0.73%) PySpark
6 5 (0.61%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.36%) Flask
7 3 (0.36%) Spring
8 2 (0.24%) OAuth
8 2 (0.24%) Visualforce
9 1 (0.12%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.12%) NumPy
9 1 (0.12%) SAP CAF
9 1 (0.12%) SQLAlchemy
9 1 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.16%) Virtual Reality
3 15 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 13 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.34%) Operational Technology
6 9 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.09%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.85%) FMCG
7 7 (0.85%) Low-Code
7 7 (0.85%) Mobile Games
7 7 (0.85%) Smartphone
8 6 (0.73%) Cloud Native
8 6 (0.73%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.73%) Public Cloud
8 6 (0.73%) Robotics
9 4 (0.49%) CAN bus
9 4 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.58%) Linux
2 10 (1.22%) Windows
3 9 (1.09%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
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
6 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (10.58%) Mentoring
2 85 (10.34%) Agile
3 81 (9.85%) Software Engineering
4 57 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (6.69%) AI
6 53 (6.45%) Coaching
7 48 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (5.60%) CI/CD
9 43 (5.23%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (4.99%) Analytics
11 39 (4.74%) DevOps
12 36 (4.38%) Project Delivery
13 34 (4.14%) Business Development
13 34 (4.14%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (4.01%) Full-Stack Development
15 29 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 28 (3.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 26 (3.16%) Customer Service
17 26 (3.16%) SDLC
18 24 (2.92%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.20%) SQL
2 46 (5.60%) Python
3 37 (4.50%) C#
4 20 (2.43%) Java
5 19 (2.31%) C
6 14 (1.70%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.58%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.97%) Bash
8 8 (0.97%) Scala
9 6 (0.73%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.73%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.73%) R
10 5 (0.61%) PHP
11 4 (0.49%) C++
11 4 (0.49%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.49%) VBA
12 3 (0.36%) Go
13 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.24%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 61 (7.42%) Security Cleared
2 44 (5.35%) SC Cleared
3 40 (4.87%) Degree
4 23 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (1.95%) CCNP
7 12 (1.46%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.22%) 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 (0.61%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.49%) RIBA
15 3 (0.36%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.92%) QA
2 12 (1.46%) GRC
3 11 (1.34%) NIST
4 10 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.22%) GDPR
4 10 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 9 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.97%) PMO
7 7 (0.85%) ITGC
8 5 (0.61%) IEC 61508
8 5 (0.61%) MISRA
8 5 (0.61%) MISRA C
8 5 (0.61%) 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 16 (1.95%) Docker
2 13 (1.58%) Firmware
3 10 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.85%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.85%) Terraform
3 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.49%) 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 56 (6.81%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.19%) Adobe
3 17 (2.07%) Cisco
4 15 (1.82%) ServiceNow
5 14 (1.70%) Databricks
6 13 (1.58%) Apple
7 12 (1.46%) Oracle
7 12 (1.46%) SAP
8 11 (1.34%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.22%) Google
9 10 (1.22%) Tenable
10 9 (1.09%) HP
11 7 (0.85%) Aruba
11 7 (0.85%) Siemens
12 5 (0.61%) Meraki
13 3 (0.36%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.24%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.24%) Kaseya
14 2 (0.24%) VMware