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 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 421 492 499
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 7.87% 11.99% 12.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.74% 12.86% 12.99%
Number of salaries quoted 287 242 421
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,250 £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 £100,000 £87,250 £76,750
England median annual salary £69,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +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 4,817 3,827 3,841
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.02% 93.23% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,790 1,832 3,192
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.39%

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 January 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 January 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 +2 225 £65,000 +4.00% 62
Warwickshire +5 59 £65,000 -7.14% 22
Coventry 0 35 £70,000 +16.67% 13
Worcestershire -9 27 £60,000 -7.69% 18
Solihull +7 23 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Staffordshire -23 15 £65,000 +28.71% 16
Herefordshire -1 11 £70,000 -
Wolverhampton - 9 £80,000 - 13
Shropshire -31 3 £60,000 -7.69% 43
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 January 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 66 (15.68%) Azure
2 64 (15.20%) Agile
3 54 (12.83%) SQL
4 46 (10.93%) Degree
5 44 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (9.50%) Mentoring
6 40 (9.50%) Microsoft
6 40 (9.50%) Security Cleared
7 38 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (8.55%) CI/CD
9 35 (8.31%) Analytics
10 34 (8.08%) SC Cleared
11 33 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (7.84%) SaaS
12 32 (7.60%) DevOps
13 31 (7.36%) Decision-Making
14 29 (6.89%) Power Platform
15 28 (6.65%) BPSS Clearance
15 28 (6.65%) Python
15 28 (6.65%) QA
16 26 (6.18%) Databricks
17 25 (5.94%) C#
17 25 (5.94%) Firewall
17 25 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 25 (5.94%) Project Delivery
18 23 (5.46%) Cybersecurity
19 22 (5.23%) AWS
19 22 (5.23%) Power BI
19 22 (5.23%) SQL Server
20 21 (4.99%) Data Analysis

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 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.71%) Confluence
3 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.48%) WinCC
4 2 (0.48%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) Appian
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.48%) Trello
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.48%) Shopify
3 1 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.24%) Maximo
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.24%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 66 (15.68%) Azure
2 33 (7.84%) SaaS
3 29 (6.89%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.23%) AWS
5 14 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.85%) Serverless
8 11 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.19%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.19%) GCP
11 5 (1.19%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.95%) Azure Functions
12 4 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.95%) GitHub
13 3 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.94%) Firewall
2 20 (4.75%) WAN
3 18 (4.28%) LAN
4 16 (3.80%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.66%) VPN
6 4 (0.95%) BGP
6 4 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.95%) EIGRP
6 4 (0.95%) Modbus
6 4 (0.95%) MPLS
6 4 (0.95%) OSPF
6 4 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.71%) Network Security
7 3 (0.71%) Wireless
8 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.48%) VLAN
8 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.24%) DNS
9 1 (0.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.23%) Power BI
1 22 (5.23%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.66%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.95%) Delta Lake
5 4 (0.95%) Metadata
5 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.95%) Tableau
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.48%) Redis
6 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.24%) DB2
7 1 (0.24%) Parquet
7 1 (0.24%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.66%) JIRA
1 7 (1.66%) JUnit
1 7 (1.66%) Maven
2 6 (1.43%) Mockito
3 5 (1.19%) Git
4 4 (0.95%) Selenium
5 3 (0.71%) MSTest
5 3 (0.71%) NUnit
6 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.48%) GitLab
6 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.48%) Postman
7 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.24%) Gatling
7 1 (0.24%) Moq
7 1 (0.24%) NSubstitute
7 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (14.25%) Finance
2 59 (14.01%) Social Skills
3 37 (8.79%) Public Sector
4 32 (7.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.94%) Law
7 23 (5.46%) Legal
8 17 (4.04%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.38%) Retail
11 8 (1.90%) Automotive
11 8 (1.90%) Banking
11 8 (1.90%) Marketing
11 8 (1.90%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.71%) Games
12 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Billing
13 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.48%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.24%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.51%) .NET
2 11 (2.61%) REST
3 9 (2.14%) React
4 7 (1.66%) PySpark
4 7 (1.66%) Spring
5 6 (1.43%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.19%) Entity Framework
6 5 (1.19%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.95%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.95%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.95%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.95%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.95%) YAML
8 3 (0.71%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.71%) Django
8 3 (0.71%) Flask
8 3 (0.71%) Node.js
9 2 (0.48%) gRPC
9 2 (0.48%) jQuery
9 2 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.04%) Driving Licence
2 12 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (1.66%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.43%) Cloud Native
4 6 (1.43%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.43%) Operational Technology
5 5 (1.19%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (0.95%) SCADA
6 4 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.48%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.48%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.48%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.48%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.33%) Linux
2 12 (2.85%) Windows
3 10 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.48%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (15.20%) Agile
2 44 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (9.50%) Mentoring
4 38 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
5 36 (8.55%) CI/CD
6 35 (8.31%) Analytics
7 33 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (7.60%) DevOps
9 31 (7.36%) Decision-Making
10 25 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 25 (5.94%) Project Delivery
11 23 (5.46%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (4.99%) Data Analysis
12 21 (4.99%) Systems Engineering
13 20 (4.75%) Roadmaps
13 20 (4.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (4.51%) Migration
14 19 (4.51%) TDD
15 18 (4.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 17 (4.04%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.83%) SQL
2 28 (6.65%) Python
3 25 (5.94%) C#
4 14 (3.33%) Java
5 13 (3.09%) T-SQL
6 12 (2.85%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.90%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.66%) Bash
8 7 (1.66%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.43%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.19%) C
10 5 (1.19%) Scala
11 4 (0.95%) Bicep
11 4 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.95%) R
11 4 (0.95%) VBA
12 2 (0.48%) Go
12 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.24%) Delphi
13 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 46 (10.93%) Degree
2 40 (9.50%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.08%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (3.33%) CCNP
5 14 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.66%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (1.43%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.19%) ACCA
9 5 (1.19%) CIMA
9 5 (1.19%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.19%) PMP
10 4 (0.95%) AAT
10 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.65%) QA
2 11 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 9 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.90%) GDPR
5 7 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.48%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.48%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.48%) NIST
7 2 (0.48%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.24%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.33%) Docker
2 6 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.95%) XenApp
5 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.24%) Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.61%) Terraform
3 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.71%) Ansible
4 3 (0.71%) FlexNet
5 1 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.24%) Control-M
5 1 (0.24%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (9.50%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.18%) Databricks
3 20 (4.75%) Cisco
4 8 (1.90%) Oracle
5 7 (1.66%) Meraki
6 6 (1.43%) IBM
6 6 (1.43%) VMware
7 5 (1.19%) Citrix
8 4 (0.95%) CheckPoint
8 4 (0.95%) Google
8 4 (0.95%) SonicWALL
8 4 (0.95%) Veeam
9 3 (0.71%) SAP
10 2 (0.48%) Aruba
10 2 (0.48%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.48%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.48%) Genesys
10 2 (0.48%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.48%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.48%) Siemens