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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,610 2,558 2,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.76% 15.15% 12.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.54% 16.91% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,827 1,170 1,447
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,236 £51,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £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 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
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 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 20 May 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 20 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
North West +9 1,475 £60,000 - 373
Yorkshire +1 853 £57,965 -3.39% 210
North East +16 287 £57,965 +3.97% 66
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 722 (27.66%) Agile
2 573 (21.95%) Mentoring
3 518 (19.85%) AWS
4 497 (19.04%) Coaching
5 475 (18.20%) Azure
6 467 (17.89%) Software Engineering
7 435 (16.67%) Social Skills
8 398 (15.25%) Finance
9 330 (12.64%) SQL
10 321 (12.30%) DevOps
11 306 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
12 287 (11.00%) Degree
13 277 (10.61%) Public Sector
14 275 (10.54%) Microsoft
15 264 (10.11%) JavaScript
16 246 (9.43%) .NET
17 241 (9.23%) Python
18 218 (8.35%) C#
19 191 (7.32%) Roadmaps
20 188 (7.20%) Terraform
21 183 (7.01%) Project Management
22 180 (6.90%) React
23 179 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
24 176 (6.74%) Linux
25 166 (6.36%) Java
26 162 (6.21%) Analytics
27 159 (6.09%) Banking
27 159 (6.09%) Actionable Insight
28 158 (6.05%) Security Cleared
29 152 (5.82%) CI/CD

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 (2.26%) ArcGIS
2 55 (2.11%) GeoServer
3 46 (1.76%) SAS
4 39 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (1.42%) SharePoint
6 31 (1.19%) Tuxedo
7 27 (1.03%) CMS
8 16 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 14 (0.54%) Confluence
10 11 (0.42%) Apache
11 6 (0.23%) WordPress
12 4 (0.15%) IIS
13 3 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.11%) JBoss
13 3 (0.11%) nginx
13 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.077%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.077%) OpenStack
Applications
1 44 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.46%) Sketch
5 11 (0.42%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.19%) Solid Edge
7 5 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.15%) Maya
8 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.077%) Revit
10 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.038%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (0.73%) Shopify
2 17 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.50%) Magento
4 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.077%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.077%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.077%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.038%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.038%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.038%) SAP APO
9 1 (0.038%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.038%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.038%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.038%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.038%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 518 (19.85%) AWS
2 475 (18.20%) Azure
3 93 (3.56%) GCP
4 88 (3.37%) Power Platform
4 88 (3.37%) SaaS
5 71 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (2.11%) GitHub
8 51 (1.95%) Amazon S3
8 51 (1.95%) Entra ID
9 47 (1.80%) Serverless
10 44 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
11 37 (1.42%) IBM Cloud
11 37 (1.42%) OCI
12 36 (1.38%) Amazon ECR
12 36 (1.38%) Route 53
13 35 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
13 35 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
14 30 (1.15%) OneDrive
15 24 (0.92%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (1.99%) Firewall
2 49 (1.88%) DNS
3 47 (1.80%) WAN
4 38 (1.46%) Network Security
5 33 (1.26%) LAN
6 27 (1.03%) DHCP
6 27 (1.03%) Internet
7 24 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 23 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (0.84%) PPP
9 22 (0.84%) SD-WAN
10 16 (0.61%) Wireless
11 15 (0.57%) Broadband
12 12 (0.46%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (0.46%) HTTP
12 12 (0.46%) SAN
12 12 (0.46%) VLAN
12 12 (0.46%) VoIP
12 12 (0.46%) VPN
13 10 (0.38%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (4.83%) MySQL
2 122 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (3.49%) SQL Server
4 77 (2.95%) NoSQL
5 63 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (2.30%) Power BI
7 56 (2.15%) GIS
8 55 (2.11%) QGIS
9 49 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
10 39 (1.49%) MongoDB
11 30 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 27 (1.03%) Oracle Database
12 27 (1.03%) Relational Database
13 25 (0.96%) DynamoDB
14 24 (0.92%) Data Lake
15 20 (0.77%) Oracle Database 11g
16 18 (0.69%) Big Data
17 15 (0.57%) Redis
18 14 (0.54%) Metadata
19 13 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 116 (4.44%) Git
2 43 (1.65%) GitLab
3 42 (1.61%) JIRA
4 36 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.80%) Artifactory
6 19 (0.73%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 13 (0.50%) PHPUnit
9 12 (0.46%) Appium
10 11 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
11 8 (0.31%) LabVIEW
11 8 (0.31%) Maven
12 7 (0.27%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.27%) Gradle
13 6 (0.23%) Selenium
14 5 (0.19%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.19%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.19%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 435 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 398 (15.25%) Finance
3 277 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 179 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 159 (6.09%) Banking
6 132 (5.06%) Legal
7 117 (4.48%) Retail
8 90 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 72 (2.76%) Manufacturing
10 64 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
11 49 (1.88%) Law
12 46 (1.76%) Marketing
13 36 (1.38%) Games
13 36 (1.38%) Publishing
14 32 (1.23%) Health Technology
15 29 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
16 27 (1.03%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.00%) Electronics
18 24 (0.92%) Automotive
19 22 (0.84%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (9.43%) .NET
2 180 (6.90%) React
3 136 (5.21%) CSS
4 115 (4.41%) RESTful
5 111 (4.25%) Node.js
6 98 (3.75%) .NET Core
6 98 (3.75%) HTML
7 80 (3.07%) Vue
8 77 (2.95%) AngularJS
9 74 (2.84%) Laravel
10 55 (2.11%) Leaflet
10 55 (2.11%) OpenLayers
10 55 (2.11%) PostGIS
11 54 (2.07%) ASP.NET
12 44 (1.69%) .NET Framework
12 44 (1.69%) REST
13 43 (1.65%) Spring
14 38 (1.46%) JSON
14 38 (1.46%) Kafka
15 34 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 130 (4.98%) Public Cloud
2 83 (3.18%) Product Ownership
3 79 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 64 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 61 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
6 53 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 49 (1.88%) Driving Licence
8 47 (1.80%) Blockchain
9 44 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (1.42%) e-Learning
10 37 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 35 (1.34%) Credit Risk
12 28 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.07%) PMI
13 27 (1.03%) IoT
13 27 (1.03%) Mobile App
14 25 (0.96%) Data Structures
15 23 (0.88%) NHS
15 23 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
16 22 (0.84%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 176 (6.74%) Linux
2 149 (5.71%) Windows
3 46 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.84%) Android
5 19 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.73%) Ubuntu
6 18 (0.69%) Unix
7 13 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
8 12 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.23%) VME
10 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.19%) VMS
11 5 (0.19%) 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 (0.038%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 722 (27.66%) Agile
2 573 (21.95%) Mentoring
3 497 (19.04%) Coaching
4 467 (17.89%) Software Engineering
5 321 (12.30%) DevOps
6 306 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (7.32%) Roadmaps
8 183 (7.01%) Project Management
9 162 (6.21%) Analytics
10 159 (6.09%) Actionable Insight
11 152 (5.82%) CI/CD
12 127 (4.87%) Design Patterns
13 124 (4.75%) ITIL
14 123 (4.71%) Microservices
15 121 (4.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 120 (4.60%) TDD
17 118 (4.52%) Full Stack Development
18 112 (4.29%) Artificial Intelligence
19 111 (4.25%) Test Automation
20 110 (4.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 330 (12.64%) SQL
2 264 (10.11%) JavaScript
3 241 (9.23%) Python
4 218 (8.35%) C#
5 166 (6.36%) Java
6 123 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 111 (4.25%) PHP
8 46 (1.76%) PowerShell
9 44 (1.69%) C
10 42 (1.61%) COBOL
10 42 (1.61%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 34 (1.30%) T-SQL
12 33 (1.26%) C++
13 27 (1.03%) PL/SQL
14 20 (0.77%) R
15 18 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 14 (0.54%) Go
17 11 (0.42%) Groovy
18 10 (0.38%) Ruby
18 10 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 287 (11.00%) Degree
2 158 (6.05%) Security Cleared
3 145 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 59 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (1.46%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.11%) Azure Certification
7 29 (1.11%) CCNP
7 29 (1.11%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.00%) AWS Certification
9 24 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (0.69%) APMP
10 18 (0.69%) CCNA
10 18 (0.69%) JNCIA
11 17 (0.65%) JNCIP
12 14 (0.54%) HND
12 14 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 13 (0.50%) CCIE
13 13 (0.50%) CISSP
14 10 (0.38%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 65 (2.49%) QA
3 59 (2.26%) GDPR
4 52 (1.99%) WCAG
5 45 (1.72%) Data Quality
6 28 (1.07%) IFRS
6 28 (1.07%) IFRS 9
7 24 (0.92%) GMP
8 21 (0.80%) NIST
8 21 (0.80%) SLA
9 18 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.57%) PMO
11 11 (0.42%) NCSC
12 9 (0.34%) CRD IV
13 8 (0.31%) ISO 9000
14 5 (0.19%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.15%) GRC
16 3 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.077%) GLP
System Software
1 116 (4.44%) Docker
2 90 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.76%) Firmware
4 21 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
4 21 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.54%) RACF
7 10 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.27%) IAG
9 6 (0.23%) vSphere
10 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.038%) KVM
12 1 (0.038%) Lustre
12 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.038%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.038%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.038%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 188 (7.20%) Terraform
2 133 (5.10%) Kubernetes
3 52 (1.99%) Ansible
4 42 (1.61%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.69%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.31%) Stealthwatch
10 6 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.23%) Grafana
11 5 (0.19%) CASB
11 5 (0.19%) Puppet
11 5 (0.19%) WSUS
12 4 (0.15%) Cacti
12 4 (0.15%) SCCM
13 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.11%) Kibana
14 2 (0.077%) Icinga
14 2 (0.077%) logstash
Vendors
1 275 (10.54%) Microsoft
2 102 (3.91%) Oracle
3 86 (3.30%) Google
4 62 (2.38%) Cisco
5 58 (2.22%) IBM
6 55 (2.11%) ESRI
7 42 (1.61%) Micro Focus
7 42 (1.61%) VMware
8 41 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 39 (1.49%) Red Hat
10 36 (1.38%) Dynatrace
11 27 (1.03%) SAP
12 26 (1.00%) Juniper
13 25 (0.96%) CyberArk
13 25 (0.96%) Splunk
14 23 (0.88%) CA
14 23 (0.88%) Fortinet
15 22 (0.84%) Databricks
15 22 (0.84%) Palo Alto
16 20 (0.77%) Informatica