Senior Jobs in Central London

Senior
London > Central London

The median Senior salary in Central London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 756 864 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 19.98% 17.36% 16.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.94% 18.09% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 523 791 1,108
10th Percentile £51,143 £56,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £64,500 £72,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% +3.23%
75th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £78,800
% change year-on-year -6.06% +4.70% +5.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,611 4,775 8,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.94% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,764 3,960 6,445
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Central London

Senior
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +4 660 £80,000 -8.57% 135
City of Westminster +1 54 £62,500 -32.43%
West End of London +3 21 £70,000 -17.65% 1
Camden -5 17 £80,000 +65.10% 3
Southwark +6 14 £40,952 -43.51%
Lambeth +6 9 £82,500 -25.00% 1
Kensington and Chelsea +3 5 £65,000 -21.21% 2
Senior
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Central London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 250 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 221 (29.23%) SQL
3 204 (26.98%) Azure
4 202 (26.72%) AWS
5 195 (25.79%) Degree
6 179 (23.68%) Python
7 167 (22.09%) Finance
8 148 (19.58%) Agile
9 136 (17.99%) Microsoft
10 134 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
11 128 (16.93%) DevOps
12 119 (15.74%) Actionable Insight
13 113 (14.95%) Git
14 110 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
15 103 (13.62%) JavaScript
16 102 (13.49%) Visualisation
17 98 (12.96%) Software Engineering
18 97 (12.83%) .NET
19 83 (10.98%) SQL Server
19 83 (10.98%) C#
20 82 (10.85%) Computer Science
21 81 (10.71%) Statistics
21 81 (10.71%) Tableau
22 78 (10.32%) Analytics
23 76 (10.05%) CI/CD
24 75 (9.92%) Mathematics
24 75 (9.92%) CSS
24 75 (9.92%) Windows
25 74 (9.79%) Databricks
26 73 (9.66%) Decision-Making

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 32 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.38%) ArcGIS
3 17 (2.25%) GeoServer
3 17 (2.25%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.72%) CMS
5 10 (1.32%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.06%) Apache
6 8 (1.06%) IIS
7 7 (0.93%) Drupal
8 6 (0.79%) WordPress
9 5 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.66%) K2 blackpearl
9 5 (0.66%) Mendix
10 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.40%) Confluence
12 2 (0.26%) nginx
12 2 (0.26%) SAS
13 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.13%) Tornado
Applications
1 26 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.53%) Sketch
7 2 (0.26%) Stata
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.06%) SDL Web 8
2 6 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.26%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (0.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.13%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Relativity
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.13%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 204 (26.98%) Azure
2 202 (26.72%) AWS
3 60 (7.94%) SaaS
4 54 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (4.50%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.37%) GCP
7 27 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 17 (2.25%) Serverless
9 17 (2.25%) Snowflake
10 15 (1.98%) Datadog
10 15 (1.98%) PaaS
11 14 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.72%) Rubrik
13 11 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.19%) Figma
15 8 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 8 (1.06%) NuGet
16 7 (0.93%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.10%) Firewall
2 19 (2.51%) Network Security
3 18 (2.38%) WAN
4 17 (2.25%) LAN
5 13 (1.72%) Wireless
6 11 (1.46%) Internet
6 11 (1.46%) SAN
7 10 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (1.06%) HTTP
9 7 (0.93%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.79%) Broadband
10 6 (0.79%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.66%) NAS
11 5 (0.66%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.53%) PBX
13 2 (0.26%) DNS
13 2 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 81 (10.71%) Tableau
3 34 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (4.23%) MySQL
5 28 (3.70%) Power BI
6 25 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.51%) QGIS
8 18 (2.38%) GIS
9 17 (2.25%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.46%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.32%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.32%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (1.06%) Metadata
13 8 (1.06%) Redis
14 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.79%) Big Data
15 6 (0.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 113 (14.95%) Git
2 39 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.65%) JIRA
4 18 (2.38%) GitLab
5 17 (2.25%) Cucumber
5 17 (2.25%) Postman
5 17 (2.25%) Selenium
6 11 (1.46%) TeamCity
6 11 (1.46%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.32%) NUnit
7 10 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
8 9 (1.19%) Moq
9 8 (1.06%) Burp Suite
9 8 (1.06%) git-flow
9 8 (1.06%) Metasploit
9 8 (1.06%) Sourcetree
9 8 (1.06%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.40%) MSTest
11 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 250 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 167 (22.09%) Finance
3 134 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (5.69%) Retail
5 38 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (4.76%) Law
7 35 (4.63%) Marketing
8 31 (4.10%) Banking
9 30 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (3.44%) Legal
11 17 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
12 15 (1.98%) Front Office
13 14 (1.85%) Tech for Good
14 13 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.59%) Advertising
16 11 (1.46%) Games
16 11 (1.46%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.19%) Health Technology
18 7 (0.93%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.83%) .NET
2 75 (9.92%) CSS
3 67 (8.86%) HTML
4 59 (7.80%) React
5 41 (5.42%) REST
6 38 (5.03%) Pandas
7 32 (4.23%) Node.js
7 32 (4.23%) PySpark
7 32 (4.23%) scikit-learn
7 32 (4.23%) TensorFlow
8 24 (3.17%) HTML5
9 22 (2.91%) .NET Framework
10 18 (2.38%) .NET Core
10 18 (2.38%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.38%) ASP.NET
10 18 (2.38%) Kafka
10 18 (2.38%) Web Services
11 17 (2.25%) Leaflet
11 17 (2.25%) OpenLayers
11 17 (2.25%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.75%) Algorithms
2 23 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
3 22 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.65%) Life Science
5 16 (2.12%) Mobile App
6 13 (1.72%) Equities
7 12 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.59%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.59%) Reinsurance
8 11 (1.46%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.06%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.06%) FPGA
9 8 (1.06%) Legacy Code
9 8 (1.06%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.93%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.93%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.79%) Derivative
11 6 (0.79%) NHS
11 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 75 (9.92%) Windows
2 35 (4.63%) Windows Server
3 29 (3.84%) Linux
4 16 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.53%) Android
8 4 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.53%) Unix
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (19.58%) Agile
2 128 (16.93%) DevOps
3 119 (15.74%) Actionable Insight
4 110 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
5 102 (13.49%) Visualisation
6 98 (12.96%) Software Engineering
7 82 (10.85%) Computer Science
8 81 (10.71%) Statistics
9 78 (10.32%) Analytics
10 76 (10.05%) CI/CD
11 75 (9.92%) Mathematics
12 73 (9.66%) Decision-Making
13 70 (9.26%) Data Science
14 65 (8.60%) Mentoring
15 62 (8.20%) Storytelling
16 61 (8.07%) Root Cause Analysis
17 55 (7.28%) Artificial Intelligence
18 54 (7.14%) Machine Learning
19 53 (7.01%) Full Stack Development
20 49 (6.48%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 221 (29.23%) SQL
2 179 (23.68%) Python
3 103 (13.62%) JavaScript
4 83 (10.98%) C#
5 69 (9.13%) Java
6 39 (5.16%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.70%) T-SQL
8 27 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.51%) PHP
10 18 (2.38%) Bash
11 13 (1.72%) C++
12 10 (1.32%) XPath
13 9 (1.19%) R
14 8 (1.06%) Go
15 7 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.66%) Scala
18 4 (0.53%) Clojure
18 4 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 195 (25.79%) Degree
2 71 (9.39%) DBS Check
3 54 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 47 (6.22%) Security Cleared
5 41 (5.42%) SC Cleared
6 30 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.65%) CISSP
8 14 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.06%) PhD
10 7 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.79%) ACCA
11 6 (0.79%) CCSP
11 6 (0.79%) CIMA
11 6 (0.79%) SSCP
12 5 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.76%) QA
2 18 (2.38%) SLA
3 17 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.59%) NIST
5 9 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.66%) PMO
8 4 (0.53%) GRC
8 4 (0.53%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) COBIT
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) GDPR
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 38 (5.03%) Active Directory
1 38 (5.03%) Docker
2 21 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (0.93%) vSphere
5 4 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.40%) XenApp
7 2 (0.26%) Xen
8 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 70 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 63 (8.33%) Terraform
3 15 (1.98%) SCCM
4 12 (1.59%) Nmap
5 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.32%) vCenter Server
7 9 (1.19%) Ansible
7 9 (1.19%) Puppet
8 4 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.26%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.26%) Istio
10 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.13%) cPanel
11 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) Packer
11 1 (0.13%) WSUS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 136 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.79%) Databricks
3 34 (4.50%) VMware
4 31 (4.10%) Cisco
5 27 (3.57%) Oracle
6 18 (2.38%) ESRI
6 18 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.12%) Dell
9 15 (1.98%) SolarWinds
10 14 (1.85%) Adobe
10 14 (1.85%) Citrix
10 14 (1.85%) Google
10 14 (1.85%) HP
11 13 (1.72%) NetApp
11 13 (1.72%) Palo Alto
12 10 (1.32%) Aderant
13 9 (1.19%) Meraki
13 9 (1.19%) Veeam
14 8 (1.06%) Aruba