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 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 528 444 635
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 8.50% 11.70% 11.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.39% 12.77% 12.53%
Number of salaries quoted 363 213 516
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £101,250 £76,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -9.09%

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 5,622 3,478 5,066
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 91.65% 93.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,368 1,748 4,101
10th Percentile £28,928 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,438 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +9.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 +3 269 £65,000 -3.70% 56
Warwickshire +1 81 £60,000 -14.29% 20
Coventry +3 46 £85,000 +41.67% 10
Worcestershire -3 39 £60,000 -7.69% 8
Solihull +6 20 £53,750 +4.88% 3
Shropshire -14 13 £50,000 -13.04% 4
Herefordshire -2 12 £87,500 - 4
Wolverhampton - 12 £80,000 - 1
Staffordshire -22 11 £65,000 +27.45% 5
Brierley Hill - 4 £50,000 - 5
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 February 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 75 (14.20%) Agile
2 65 (12.31%) Azure
3 55 (10.42%) Mentoring
4 52 (9.85%) Microsoft
5 49 (9.28%) Degree
6 48 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 48 (9.09%) SQL
7 44 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
7 44 (8.33%) SaaS
8 42 (7.95%) Analytics
9 41 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (7.77%) SC Cleared
10 39 (7.39%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (6.82%) Coaching
12 33 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
13 31 (5.87%) Business Development
13 31 (5.87%) DevOps
13 31 (5.87%) Python
14 29 (5.49%) CI/CD
14 29 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 29 (5.49%) Power Platform
14 29 (5.49%) Project Delivery
14 29 (5.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (5.30%) Migration
16 27 (5.11%) AWS
16 27 (5.11%) Databricks
16 27 (5.11%) Decision-Making
16 27 (5.11%) Systems Engineering
17 25 (4.73%) Cybersecurity
18 23 (4.36%) Roadmaps

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 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.57%) Confluence
5 2 (0.38%) WordPress
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.38%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.38%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.38%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (0.38%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.38%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) Maximo
4 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.31%) Azure
2 44 (8.33%) SaaS
3 29 (5.49%) Power Platform
4 27 (5.11%) AWS
5 22 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.14%) GCP
9 6 (1.14%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.95%) GitHub
10 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.76%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.57%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (0.57%) dbt
12 3 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.79%) Firewall
1 20 (3.79%) WAN
2 18 (3.41%) LAN
3 12 (2.27%) SD-WAN
4 10 (1.89%) VPN
5 9 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.14%) BGP
6 6 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.14%) EIGRP
6 6 (1.14%) OSPF
6 6 (1.14%) Wireless
7 4 (0.76%) MPLS
7 4 (0.76%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.57%) DHCP
8 3 (0.57%) DNS
8 3 (0.57%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.38%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.38%) RFID
9 2 (0.38%) VLAN
9 2 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.17%) Power BI
1 22 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.33%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.95%) Metadata
4 5 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.95%) Tableau
5 4 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.76%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.38%) Looker
7 2 (0.38%) Redis
7 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.38%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 7 (1.33%) JIRA
1 7 (1.33%) JUnit
1 7 (1.33%) Maven
2 6 (1.14%) Mockito
3 5 (0.95%) Git
4 4 (0.76%) Selenium
5 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.38%) GitLab
5 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.38%) Postman
5 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.19%) Gatling
6 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 72 (13.64%) Finance
2 58 (10.98%) Social Skills
3 47 (8.90%) Public Sector
4 34 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.11%) Legal
7 24 (4.55%) Law
8 21 (3.98%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.70%) Electronics
10 9 (1.70%) Marketing
10 9 (1.70%) Retail
11 7 (1.33%) Automotive
11 7 (1.33%) Banking
12 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.38%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.38%) Games
13 2 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.38%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.46%) .NET
2 9 (1.70%) React
2 9 (1.70%) REST
3 7 (1.33%) PySpark
4 5 (0.95%) Spring
5 4 (0.76%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.76%) Blazor
6 3 (0.57%) Django
6 3 (0.57%) Flask
6 3 (0.57%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.38%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.38%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.38%) jQuery
7 2 (0.38%) Node.js
7 2 (0.38%) Playwright
7 2 (0.38%) SOAP
7 2 (0.38%) Web Services
8 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.19%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.27%) Driving Licence
2 11 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (1.70%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.14%) Data Centre
5 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (0.95%) Low-Code
5 5 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (0.76%) Operational Technology
6 4 (0.76%) Product Ownership
6 4 (0.76%) Public Cloud
6 4 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.57%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.57%) FMCG
7 3 (0.57%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.57%) SCADA
8 2 (0.38%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.03%) Linux
2 13 (2.46%) Windows
3 9 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (14.20%) Agile
2 55 (10.42%) Mentoring
3 44 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 42 (7.95%) Analytics
5 41 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (7.39%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (6.82%) Coaching
8 31 (5.87%) Business Development
8 31 (5.87%) DevOps
9 29 (5.49%) CI/CD
9 29 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (5.49%) Project Delivery
9 29 (5.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (5.30%) Migration
11 27 (5.11%) Decision-Making
11 27 (5.11%) Systems Engineering
12 25 (4.73%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (4.36%) Roadmaps
13 23 (4.36%) Software Engineering
14 22 (4.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.09%) SQL
2 31 (5.87%) Python
3 18 (3.41%) C#
4 13 (2.46%) Java
5 10 (1.89%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.89%) T-SQL
6 8 (1.52%) Bash
6 8 (1.52%) Scala
7 7 (1.33%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.14%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.95%) C
9 5 (0.95%) R
9 5 (0.95%) VBA
10 4 (0.76%) PHP
10 4 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.38%) Bicep
12 1 (0.19%) Delphi
12 1 (0.19%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (9.28%) Degree
2 48 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 41 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.65%) CCNP
5 14 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.14%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.95%) PMP
11 4 (0.76%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.57%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.38%) CITP
13 2 (0.38%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.79%) QA
2 14 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 11 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.70%) GDPR
5 8 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.33%) ITGC
7 5 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.95%) PMO
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.38%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.38%) P3O
8 2 (0.38%) SLA
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (3.03%) Docker
2 9 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.76%) XenApp
5 3 (0.57%) Firmware
6 2 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (2.08%) Terraform
4 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.57%) FlexNet
6 2 (0.38%) Ansible
7 1 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.19%) Control-M
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 52 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.11%) Databricks
3 18 (3.41%) Cisco
4 9 (1.70%) Meraki
4 9 (1.70%) Oracle
5 6 (1.14%) Google
5 6 (1.14%) SAP
6 5 (0.95%) Citrix
6 5 (0.95%) IBM
6 5 (0.95%) VMware
7 4 (0.76%) CheckPoint
7 4 (0.76%) SonicWALL
7 4 (0.76%) Veeam
8 2 (0.38%) Aruba
8 2 (0.38%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.38%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.38%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.38%) Pega
8 2 (0.38%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow