Senior Jobs in Kent

Senior
South East > Kent

The median Senior salary in Kent is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 171 122 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.76% 11.72% 12.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.43% 13.77% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 127 60 72
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,775 £25,125
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -17.86% +27.27%
75th Percentile £68,125 £62,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,496 886 1,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 85.11% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 504 723
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,625 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,200 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £70,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Kent

Senior
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Kent.

Salary trend for Senior in Kent

Senior
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Kent over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Kent

Senior
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Maidstone +22 32 £57,500 +4.55% 13
Chatham +26 18 £65,000 +30.00% 4
West Malling - 12 £62,500 - 2
Tonbridge - 11 £75,000 - 1
Tunbridge Wells -12 8 £62,500 +4.17% 3
Dartford -8 7 £70,000 - 2
Gravesend -3 4 £62,500 -4.82%
Sevenoaks -3 4 £58,750 - 7
Aylesford - 3 £30,000 -
Sittingbourne - 2 £60,000 - 1
Rochester - 2 £46,250 - 6
Greenhithe +2 1 £65,000 -
Folkestone +2 1 £70,000 +16.67%
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 Kent region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 42 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.22%) Agile
3 37 (21.64%) Project Management
4 34 (19.88%) Microsoft
4 34 (19.88%) Degree
5 32 (18.71%) .NET
6 31 (18.13%) Finance
6 31 (18.13%) Automotive
6 31 (18.13%) Azure
7 29 (16.96%) SQL
7 29 (16.96%) MATLAB
7 29 (16.96%) Simulink
8 25 (14.62%) Software Engineering
8 25 (14.62%) Automotive SPICE
8 25 (14.62%) Mentoring
8 25 (14.62%) ISO 26262
9 24 (14.04%) Stateflow
10 23 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (12.87%) C
12 21 (12.28%) Coaching
12 21 (12.28%) Algorithms
12 21 (12.28%) J1939
12 21 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (11.70%) Full Stack Development
14 19 (11.11%) C#
15 17 (9.94%) Python
15 17 (9.94%) Configuration Management
15 17 (9.94%) Data Acquisition
16 16 (9.36%) Electronics
17 15 (8.77%) IBM

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.75%) SharePoint
1 3 (1.75%) WordPress
2 2 (1.17%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (16.96%) Simulink
2 24 (14.04%) Stateflow
3 11 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (4.09%) CANalyzer
5 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (1.75%) InDesign
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.13%) Azure
2 11 (6.43%) AWS
2 11 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.92%) Entra ID
3 5 (2.92%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.75%) Azure App Service
4 3 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.75%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.17%) SaaS
6 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.58%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.28%) J1939
2 8 (4.68%) Firewall
3 4 (2.34%) 4G
3 4 (2.34%) 5G
3 4 (2.34%) MPLS
3 4 (2.34%) WAN
4 3 (1.75%) NAS
4 3 (1.75%) SAN
4 3 (1.75%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.17%) Broadband
5 2 (1.17%) DNS
5 2 (1.17%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.17%) VLAN
5 2 (1.17%) VPN
6 1 (0.58%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (5.85%) SQL Server
1 10 (5.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (3.51%) MySQL
3 5 (2.92%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.92%) Power BI
3 5 (2.92%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.92%) Tableau
4 3 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (8.77%) JIRA
2 14 (8.19%) ClearCase
2 14 (8.19%) Plastic SCM
3 7 (4.09%) ClearQuest
4 3 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.17%) Git
5 2 (1.17%) Selenium
5 2 (1.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 42 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 31 (18.13%) Automotive
2 31 (18.13%) Finance
3 16 (9.36%) Electronics
4 11 (6.43%) Manufacturing
5 10 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.68%) Retail
8 6 (3.51%) Marketing
9 5 (2.92%) Back Office
10 4 (2.34%) Legal
10 4 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.17%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.17%) Police
12 2 (1.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (18.71%) .NET
2 15 (8.77%) CSS
3 14 (8.19%) ASP.NET
3 14 (8.19%) HTML
4 7 (4.09%) .NET Framework
4 7 (4.09%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 7 (4.09%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.34%) Entity Framework
5 4 (2.34%) React
5 4 (2.34%) Redux
6 3 (1.75%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.75%) jQuery
7 2 (1.17%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (1.17%) CakePHP
7 2 (1.17%) Laravel
8 1 (0.58%) Next.js
8 1 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.28%) Algorithms
2 10 (5.85%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.68%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (4.68%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.51%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.92%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.34%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (2.34%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.34%) IoT
6 4 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.75%) CCTV
7 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.75%) Graphic Design
7 3 (1.75%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.17%) CMDB
9 1 (0.58%) AS400
9 1 (0.58%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.75%) VMS
2 2 (1.17%) Windows
2 2 (1.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (22.22%) Agile
2 37 (21.64%) Project Management
3 25 (14.62%) Mentoring
3 25 (14.62%) Software Engineering
4 23 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (12.28%) Coaching
5 21 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (11.70%) Full Stack Development
7 17 (9.94%) Configuration Management
7 17 (9.94%) Data Acquisition
8 14 (8.19%) E-Commerce
8 14 (8.19%) ETL
9 13 (7.60%) Software Testing
9 13 (7.60%) Validation
10 12 (7.02%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (7.02%) Customer Service
10 12 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (6.43%) ETL Development
11 11 (6.43%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.96%) MATLAB
1 29 (16.96%) SQL
2 22 (12.87%) C
3 19 (11.11%) C#
4 17 (9.94%) Python
5 14 (8.19%) Embedded C
5 14 (8.19%) JavaScript
5 14 (8.19%) Perl
6 8 (4.68%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.92%) PHP
8 4 (2.34%) Java
8 4 (2.34%) VBA
9 3 (1.75%) C++
9 3 (1.75%) VB
9 3 (1.75%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.17%) PL/1
11 1 (0.58%) RPG
Qualifications
1 34 (19.88%) Degree
2 12 (7.02%) HND
3 7 (4.09%) Azure Certification
3 7 (4.09%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.51%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (2.34%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.34%) CCSP
5 4 (2.34%) CESG Certified Professional
5 4 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (2.34%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.75%) MBA
6 3 (1.75%) PhD
7 2 (1.17%) ACCA
7 2 (1.17%) CIMA
7 2 (1.17%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.62%) Automotive SPICE
1 25 (14.62%) ISO 26262
2 14 (8.19%) AUTOSAR
2 14 (8.19%) MISRA
3 8 (4.68%) QA
4 7 (4.09%) GDPR
5 4 (2.34%) COSHH
5 4 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.75%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.17%) GRC
System Software
1 12 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.43%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (6.43%) Functional Safety
2 4 (2.34%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.77%) IBM
3 14 (8.19%) Lauterbach
4 11 (6.43%) VMware
5 9 (5.26%) Cisco
6 7 (4.09%) Facebook
6 7 (4.09%) Instagram
7 5 (2.92%) HP
8 4 (2.34%) Darktrace
8 4 (2.34%) Mitel
8 4 (2.34%) NEC
8 4 (2.34%) Ribbon
8 4 (2.34%) Veeam
9 3 (1.75%) Adobe
9 3 (1.75%) Citrix
9 3 (1.75%) Oracle
10 2 (1.17%) Openreach
10 2 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.58%) Databricks
11 1 (0.58%) Meraki