Senior Jobs in the North of England

Senior
England > North of England

The median Senior salary in the North of England is £60,000 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 6 10 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,769 2,442 2,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.68% 15.13% 12.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.42% 16.96% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 1,122 1,445
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,759 £40,500
25th Percentile £49,236 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +6.48%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North 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 North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England 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
North West +8 1,560 £60,000 - 377
Yorkshire +1 908 £57,965 -3.39% 168
North East +13 306 £57,965 +2.59% 82
Senior
England

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

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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 721 (26.04%) Agile
2 583 (21.05%) Mentoring
3 522 (18.85%) AWS
4 510 (18.42%) Coaching
5 488 (17.62%) Azure
6 484 (17.48%) Software Engineering
7 433 (15.64%) Social Skills
8 397 (14.34%) Finance
9 349 (12.60%) SQL
10 323 (11.66%) DevOps
11 304 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
12 291 (10.51%) Degree
13 285 (10.29%) Microsoft
14 275 (9.93%) Public Sector
15 274 (9.90%) JavaScript
16 267 (9.64%) .NET
17 244 (8.81%) Python
18 233 (8.41%) C#
19 198 (7.15%) Roadmaps
20 187 (6.75%) React
20 187 (6.75%) Project Management
21 182 (6.57%) Terraform
22 173 (6.25%) Linux
22 173 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
23 167 (6.03%) Analytics
24 164 (5.92%) Java
25 163 (5.89%) Security Cleared
26 156 (5.63%) CI/CD
27 155 (5.60%) Banking
28 154 (5.56%) Actionable Insight

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 59 (2.13%) ArcGIS
2 55 (1.99%) GeoServer
3 44 (1.59%) SAS
4 39 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (1.34%) SharePoint
6 31 (1.12%) Tuxedo
7 29 (1.05%) CMS
8 14 (0.51%) Confluence
9 13 (0.47%) Apache Spark
10 7 (0.25%) WordPress
11 6 (0.22%) Apache
12 4 (0.14%) IIS
13 3 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.11%) nginx
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.072%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.072%) OpenStack
15 1 (0.036%) Jetty
15 1 (0.036%) Kentico
15 1 (0.036%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.47%) Sketch
5 11 (0.40%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.18%) Solid Edge
7 5 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.14%) Maya
8 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.072%) Revit
10 1 (0.036%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.036%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.036%) Elementor
10 1 (0.036%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (0.69%) Shopify
2 18 (0.65%) Magento
3 15 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.18%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.072%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.072%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.072%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.036%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.036%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.036%) SAP APO
9 1 (0.036%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.036%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.036%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.036%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.036%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 522 (18.85%) AWS
2 488 (17.62%) Azure
3 97 (3.50%) SaaS
4 96 (3.47%) Power Platform
5 88 (3.18%) GCP
6 74 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
7 68 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (2.24%) Entra ID
9 58 (2.09%) GitHub
10 49 (1.77%) Amazon S3
11 44 (1.59%) Serverless
12 43 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
13 39 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
14 37 (1.34%) IBM Cloud
14 37 (1.34%) OCI
15 36 (1.30%) Amazon ECR
15 36 (1.30%) Route 53
16 33 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
17 30 (1.08%) OneDrive
18 25 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 49 (1.77%) Firewall
2 47 (1.70%) DNS
3 46 (1.66%) WAN
4 42 (1.52%) Network Security
5 30 (1.08%) LAN
6 27 (0.98%) DHCP
7 24 (0.87%) Internet
8 23 (0.83%) PPP
8 23 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 23 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 21 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (0.65%) Wireless
11 15 (0.54%) Broadband
12 13 (0.47%) Cisco Firepower
12 13 (0.47%) VPN
13 12 (0.43%) VoIP
14 11 (0.40%) HTTP
14 11 (0.40%) SAN
14 11 (0.40%) VLAN
15 10 (0.36%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (4.69%) MySQL
2 126 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (3.29%) SQL Server
4 83 (3.00%) NoSQL
5 65 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
6 64 (2.31%) Power BI
7 56 (2.02%) GIS
8 55 (1.99%) QGIS
9 47 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
10 39 (1.41%) MongoDB
11 30 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (1.05%) DynamoDB
13 27 (0.98%) Oracle Database
13 27 (0.98%) Relational Database
14 26 (0.94%) Data Lake
15 20 (0.72%) Oracle Database 11g
15 20 (0.72%) Redis
16 18 (0.65%) Big Data
17 16 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
17 16 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 116 (4.19%) Git
2 43 (1.55%) GitLab
3 42 (1.52%) JIRA
4 31 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.76%) Artifactory
6 20 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 17 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 13 (0.47%) PHPUnit
9 12 (0.43%) Appium
10 9 (0.33%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
11 8 (0.29%) LabVIEW
11 8 (0.29%) Maven
12 7 (0.25%) Gatling
12 7 (0.25%) Gradle
13 6 (0.22%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.22%) Selenium
14 5 (0.18%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.18%) JMeter
14 5 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 433 (15.64%) Social Skills
2 397 (14.34%) Finance
3 275 (9.93%) Public Sector
4 173 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 155 (5.60%) Banking
6 142 (5.13%) Legal
7 118 (4.26%) Retail
8 92 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 79 (2.85%) Manufacturing
10 56 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (1.70%) Law
11 47 (1.70%) Marketing
12 36 (1.30%) Games
12 36 (1.30%) Publishing
13 32 (1.16%) Electronics
13 32 (1.16%) Health Technology
14 29 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 26 (0.94%) Automotive
16 24 (0.87%) Telecoms
17 23 (0.83%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (9.64%) .NET
2 187 (6.75%) React
3 142 (5.13%) CSS
4 121 (4.37%) Node.js
5 112 (4.04%) RESTful
6 104 (3.76%) HTML
7 100 (3.61%) .NET Core
8 84 (3.03%) Vue
9 81 (2.93%) AngularJS
10 74 (2.67%) Laravel
11 56 (2.02%) ASP.NET
12 55 (1.99%) Leaflet
12 55 (1.99%) OpenLayers
12 55 (1.99%) PostGIS
13 49 (1.77%) REST
14 46 (1.66%) .NET Framework
15 37 (1.34%) Kafka
15 37 (1.34%) Spring
16 35 (1.26%) JSON
17 33 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 129 (4.66%) Public Cloud
2 86 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 77 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 75 (2.71%) Management Information System
5 60 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
6 57 (2.06%) Data Centre
7 49 (1.77%) Driving Licence
8 47 (1.70%) Blockchain
9 44 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.52%) Onboarding
11 37 (1.34%) e-Learning
12 29 (1.05%) Credit Risk
13 28 (1.01%) PMI
14 27 (0.98%) Data Structures
14 27 (0.98%) IoT
15 26 (0.94%) Mobile App
16 25 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
17 24 (0.87%) NHS
17 24 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
18 22 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 173 (6.25%) Linux
2 148 (5.34%) Windows
3 46 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.79%) Android
5 19 (0.69%) Ubuntu
6 18 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.65%) Unix
7 14 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
8 12 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.22%) VME
11 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.18%) VMS
11 5 (0.18%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.036%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 721 (26.04%) Agile
2 583 (21.05%) Mentoring
3 510 (18.42%) Coaching
4 484 (17.48%) Software Engineering
5 323 (11.66%) DevOps
6 304 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (7.15%) Roadmaps
8 187 (6.75%) Project Management
9 167 (6.03%) Analytics
10 156 (5.63%) CI/CD
11 154 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
12 128 (4.62%) Cybersecurity
13 125 (4.51%) Design Patterns
13 125 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 123 (4.44%) Microservices
15 122 (4.41%) TDD
16 121 (4.37%) Full Stack Development
17 120 (4.33%) ITIL
18 118 (4.26%) Artificial Intelligence
19 112 (4.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 349 (12.60%) SQL
2 274 (9.90%) JavaScript
3 244 (8.81%) Python
4 233 (8.41%) C#
5 164 (5.92%) Java
6 128 (4.62%) TypeScript
7 114 (4.12%) PHP
8 58 (2.09%) PowerShell
9 44 (1.59%) C
10 42 (1.52%) COBOL
10 42 (1.52%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 39 (1.41%) C++
12 35 (1.26%) T-SQL
13 25 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 18 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 18 (0.65%) Scala
15 15 (0.54%) R
16 14 (0.51%) Go
17 13 (0.47%) Ruby
18 10 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 291 (10.51%) Degree
2 163 (5.89%) Security Cleared
3 150 (5.42%) SC Cleared
4 63 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 30 (1.08%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.08%) CCNP
8 29 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 26 (0.94%) AWS Certification
10 25 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (0.72%) CCNA
12 18 (0.65%) APMP
12 18 (0.65%) JNCIA
13 17 (0.61%) JNCIP
14 14 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 13 (0.47%) CCIE
15 13 (0.47%) CISSP
15 13 (0.47%) HND
16 11 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (3.25%) Accessibility
2 66 (2.38%) QA
3 59 (2.13%) GDPR
4 52 (1.88%) WCAG
5 51 (1.84%) Data Quality
6 24 (0.87%) GMP
7 23 (0.83%) IFRS
7 23 (0.83%) IFRS 9
8 22 (0.79%) SLA
9 21 (0.76%) NIST
10 19 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 16 (0.58%) PMO
12 11 (0.40%) NCSC
13 8 (0.29%) ISO 9000
14 5 (0.18%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.14%) GRC
16 3 (0.11%) CRD IV
16 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.072%) GLP
System Software
1 111 (4.01%) Docker
2 102 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.70%) Firmware
4 24 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
4 24 (0.87%) RACF
5 22 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 18 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.29%) vSphere
9 7 (0.25%) IAG
10 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.072%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.036%) Lustre
12 1 (0.036%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.036%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.036%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.036%) XenApp
12 1 (0.036%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 182 (6.57%) Terraform
2 132 (4.77%) Kubernetes
3 50 (1.81%) Ansible
4 41 (1.48%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.54%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.33%) Stealthwatch
10 6 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.18%) CASB
11 5 (0.18%) Grafana
11 5 (0.18%) Puppet
11 5 (0.18%) WSUS
12 4 (0.14%) Cacti
12 4 (0.14%) SCCM
13 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.11%) Kibana
14 2 (0.072%) logstash
14 2 (0.072%) SCOM
Vendors
1 285 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 103 (3.72%) Oracle
3 81 (2.93%) Google
4 64 (2.31%) Cisco
5 55 (1.99%) ESRI
5 55 (1.99%) IBM
6 52 (1.88%) ServiceNow
7 42 (1.52%) Micro Focus
7 42 (1.52%) VMware
8 39 (1.41%) Red Hat
9 36 (1.30%) CyberArk
9 36 (1.30%) Dynatrace
10 27 (0.98%) SAP
11 25 (0.90%) Juniper
12 23 (0.83%) CA
12 23 (0.83%) Fortinet
12 23 (0.83%) Informatica
12 23 (0.83%) Palo Alto
13 22 (0.79%) Databricks
14 21 (0.76%) Adobe