Senior Jobs in the East of England

Senior
England > East of England

The median Senior salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 14 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 572 639 946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.26% 12.33% 14.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.86% 14.67% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 443 317 290
10th Percentile £41,400 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £81,375
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,800 4,355 6,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 84.04% 93.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,430 2,201 2,891
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,356 £35,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,213 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the East of England.

Salary trend for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Cambridgeshire +3 264 £60,000 -20.00% 154
Hertfordshire -6 116 £60,000 -11.11% 80
Essex +2 74 £57,500 -4.17% 31
Norfolk -5 67 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Bedfordshire +5 26 £53,000 -7.83% 20
Suffolk -17 22 £34,000 -38.18% 17
East Anglia - 1 £89,500 - 43
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 East of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 142 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 97 (16.96%) Software Engineering
3 96 (16.78%) Agile
4 84 (14.69%) Degree
5 82 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
6 79 (13.81%) Python
7 74 (12.94%) Microsoft
8 69 (12.06%) Electronics
9 68 (11.89%) AWS
10 67 (11.71%) C#
11 63 (11.01%) Linux
12 62 (10.84%) IoT
13 61 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (9.09%) Mentoring
14 52 (9.09%) Finance
15 48 (8.39%) JavaScript
16 47 (8.22%) CAD
16 47 (8.22%) Azure
17 46 (8.04%) Windows
18 45 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 41 (7.17%) Docker
19 41 (7.17%) SQL
19 41 (7.17%) .NET
20 39 (6.82%) Retail
21 38 (6.64%) Project Management
21 38 (6.64%) TypeScript
22 36 (6.29%) Manufacturing
23 33 (5.77%) TCP/IP
23 33 (5.77%) SaaS
23 33 (5.77%) Kubernetes

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.52%) CMS
2 3 (0.52%) WordPress
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.40%) AutoCAD
3 8 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.70%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.17%) Primavera
3 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (11.89%) AWS
2 47 (8.22%) Azure
3 33 (5.77%) SaaS
4 32 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.92%) GitHub
6 10 (1.75%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.22%) AWS IoT
7 7 (1.22%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.87%) Dropbox
9 5 (0.87%) Google Drive
10 4 (0.70%) Serverless
11 3 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.52%) IaaS
11 3 (0.52%) PaaS
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon Cognito
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.35%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.77%) TCP/IP
2 27 (4.72%) Internet
3 22 (3.85%) Wireless
4 16 (2.80%) Broadband
5 15 (2.62%) Firewall
6 11 (1.92%) 5G
7 10 (1.75%) VPN
8 8 (1.40%) Network Security
8 8 (1.40%) VoIP
9 7 (1.22%) 4G
10 6 (1.05%) DNS
10 6 (1.05%) LAN
10 6 (1.05%) SAN
10 6 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.87%) BGP
11 5 (0.87%) WAN
12 4 (0.70%) MPLS
12 4 (0.70%) PPP
12 4 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.15%) MySQL
2 12 (2.10%) Big Data
2 12 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.22%) Redis
4 6 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.05%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.52%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.35%) OLAP
7 2 (0.35%) OLTP
8 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.17%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.17%) Power BI
8 1 (0.17%) Power Query
8 1 (0.17%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 30 (5.24%) Git
2 14 (2.45%) JIRA
3 10 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.22%) gulp
4 7 (1.22%) LabVIEW
4 7 (1.22%) webpack
5 5 (0.87%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.70%) Subversion
6 4 (0.70%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.52%) GitLab
7 3 (0.52%) Moq
7 3 (0.52%) NUnit
8 2 (0.35%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.17%) JMeter
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 142 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 82 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (12.06%) Electronics
4 52 (9.09%) Finance
5 39 (6.82%) Retail
6 36 (6.29%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.90%) Games
8 25 (4.37%) Automotive
9 22 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.50%) Pharmaceutical
11 19 (3.32%) Marketing
11 19 (3.32%) Telecoms
12 18 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.75%) Banking
13 10 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.75%) Retail Banking
14 9 (1.57%) Advertising
14 9 (1.57%) Billing
14 9 (1.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.17%) .NET
2 28 (4.90%) React
3 27 (4.72%) HTML
4 24 (4.20%) CSS
5 18 (3.15%) Laravel
5 18 (3.15%) Node.js
6 13 (2.27%) GraphQL
6 13 (2.27%) jQuery
6 13 (2.27%) Symfony
7 12 (2.10%) .NET Core
7 12 (2.10%) Web Services
8 11 (1.92%) REST
9 10 (1.75%) HTML5
9 10 (1.75%) LAMP
10 9 (1.57%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.57%) JSON
10 9 (1.57%) XML
11 8 (1.40%) RESTful
11 8 (1.40%) Vue
12 7 (1.22%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.84%) IoT
2 23 (4.02%) Algorithms
3 18 (3.15%) Client/Server
4 17 (2.97%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.80%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.92%) EPoS
6 11 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.57%) Analogue Electronics
7 9 (1.57%) Robotics
8 7 (1.22%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.22%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.87%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.87%) iPad
9 5 (0.87%) NHS
10 4 (0.70%) Device Driver
10 4 (0.70%) FMCG
10 4 (0.70%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.70%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 63 (11.01%) Linux
2 46 (8.04%) Windows
3 19 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.92%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.05%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.87%) Android
7 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.70%) Windows 2000
8 4 (0.70%) Windows NT
8 4 (0.70%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.35%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Unix
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (16.96%) Software Engineering
2 96 (16.78%) Agile
3 61 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 47 (8.22%) CAD
6 45 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (6.64%) Project Management
8 32 (5.59%) Project Delivery
8 32 (5.59%) Software Testing
9 31 (5.42%) Customer Service
10 28 (4.90%) DevOps
10 28 (4.90%) Scrum
11 27 (4.72%) Roadmaps
12 26 (4.55%) Computer Science
12 26 (4.55%) OOP
12 26 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (4.37%) E-Commerce
13 25 (4.37%) ITIL
14 22 (3.85%) TDD
15 21 (3.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 79 (13.81%) Python
2 67 (11.71%) C#
3 48 (8.39%) JavaScript
4 41 (7.17%) SQL
5 38 (6.64%) TypeScript
6 32 (5.59%) C
7 27 (4.72%) C++
8 20 (3.50%) Java
8 20 (3.50%) PHP
9 16 (2.80%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.10%) Bash
11 11 (1.92%) Embedded C
11 11 (1.92%) Kotlin
12 10 (1.75%) MATLAB
13 9 (1.57%) Go
14 7 (1.22%) R
15 6 (1.05%) VB
16 4 (0.70%) ABAP
16 4 (0.70%) Ada
16 4 (0.70%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 84 (14.69%) Degree
2 21 (3.67%) Master's Degree
3 18 (3.15%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.10%) ACCA
5 12 (2.10%) CIMA
6 10 (1.75%) PhD
7 8 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.87%) HNC
8 5 (0.87%) MBA
9 4 (0.70%) APMP
10 3 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.52%) JNCIE
10 3 (0.52%) JNCIP
10 3 (0.52%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.52%) PMP
10 3 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.35%) CISSP
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.97%) SLA
2 13 (2.27%) GDPR
3 11 (1.92%) QA
4 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.70%) GxP
5 4 (0.70%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.35%) COBIT
7 2 (0.35%) GRC
7 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.35%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 41 (7.17%) Docker
2 18 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.75%) Firmware
5 7 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.52%) KVM
9 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.35%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.35%) vSphere
10 1 (0.17%) Samba
10 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.32%) Terraform
3 12 (2.10%) Ansible
3 12 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.70%) Puppet
4 4 (0.70%) SCCM
4 4 (0.70%) SCOM
4 4 (0.70%) WSUS
5 3 (0.52%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.35%) Argo
6 2 (0.35%) linkerd
6 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.17%) Core Impact
7 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.17%) NetCrunch
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 74 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.32%) VMware
3 15 (2.62%) Cisco
4 13 (2.27%) F5
5 12 (2.10%) HP
6 11 (1.92%) EMC
6 11 (1.92%) SAP
7 10 (1.75%) Dell
8 7 (1.22%) NetApp
9 6 (1.05%) Computacenter
9 6 (1.05%) Databricks
9 6 (1.05%) Google
9 6 (1.05%) IBM
10 5 (0.87%) CheckPoint
10 5 (0.87%) Juniper
11 4 (0.70%) Meraki
11 4 (0.70%) Nokia
11 4 (0.70%) Virgin Media
12 3 (0.52%) Citrix
12 3 (0.52%) Palo Alto