Senior Contracts in Berkshire

Senior
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior daily rate in Berkshire is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate 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 27 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 +11 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 202 134 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.46% 7.51% 5.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.20% 7.91% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 79 88
10th Percentile £359 £400 £417
25th Percentile £450 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -1.52%
75th Percentile £602 £600 £594
90th Percentile £678 £650 £729
South East median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 1
10th Percentile £55.94 £54.97 -
25th Percentile £56.61 £58.21 £62.50
Median hourly rate £58.49 £69.20 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% +6.46% -
75th Percentile £63.80 £74.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.79 £76.33 -
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £54.56 £45.00
% change year-on-year +6.85% +21.24% -5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,803 1,693 2,276
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 94.90% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 1,055 1,464
10th Percentile £243 £325 £214
25th Percentile £388 £417 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +8.73%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 59 37
10th Percentile £19.23 £17.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.06 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +207.98% -2.33%
75th Percentile £76.12 £74.90 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.40 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Berkshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +7 123 £533 +1.52% 50
Bracknell +18 28 £513 +32.43% 17
Slough +7 8 £573 +18.04% 15
Newbury +1 3 £350 -20.00% 1
Windsor - 3 £750 - 4
Wokingham +2 2 £950 +90.00% 3
Maidenhead -7 1 - - 4
Senior
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior contract 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 contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 88 (43.56%) Security Cleared
2 52 (25.74%) DV Cleared
3 43 (21.29%) Microsoft
4 41 (20.30%) Public Sector
5 37 (18.32%) Social Skills
6 35 (17.33%) Migration
7 33 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (15.84%) Azure
9 31 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (14.36%) Cisco
11 28 (13.86%) Agile
12 27 (13.37%) DevOps
13 25 (12.38%) Finance
14 22 (10.89%) Telecoms
15 20 (9.90%) SC Cleared
16 19 (9.41%) Windows
16 19 (9.41%) Decision-Making
17 18 (8.91%) Roadmaps
17 18 (8.91%) Juniper
18 17 (8.42%) Cisco Certification
18 17 (8.42%) CheckPoint
18 17 (8.42%) DMZ
18 17 (8.42%) Project Management
18 17 (8.42%) B2B
18 17 (8.42%) Banking
18 17 (8.42%) Arista
19 16 (7.92%) PLM
19 16 (7.92%) Change Management
20 15 (7.43%) Firewall
21 14 (6.93%) JIRA

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (1.49%) SAS
2 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) SPSS
3 1 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.50%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (6.93%) Primavera
2 6 (2.97%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.50%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.84%) Azure
2 11 (5.45%) AWS
3 8 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.47%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.49%) SaaS
7 2 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.99%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.50%) Figma
8 1 (0.50%) IaaS
8 1 (0.50%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.42%) DMZ
2 15 (7.43%) Firewall
3 12 (5.94%) LAN
3 12 (5.94%) WAN
4 6 (2.97%) BGP
4 6 (2.97%) MPLS
5 5 (2.48%) 3G
5 5 (2.48%) 4G
5 5 (2.48%) 5G
5 5 (2.48%) Network Security
5 5 (2.48%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (1.49%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.99%) Broadband
7 2 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.50%) DHCP
8 1 (0.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.98%) Tableau
2 3 (1.49%) Power BI
2 3 (1.49%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.99%) GIS
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 14 (6.93%) JIRA
2 11 (5.45%) Selenium
3 10 (4.95%) Cucumber
4 9 (4.46%) REST Assured
5 8 (3.96%) GitLab
5 8 (3.96%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.96%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.98%) JMeter
7 3 (1.49%) InstallShield
7 3 (1.49%) MSI
8 2 (0.99%) Git
8 2 (0.99%) Maven
9 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.50%) CMake
9 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 41 (20.30%) Public Sector
2 37 (18.32%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.38%) Finance
4 22 (10.89%) Telecoms
5 17 (8.42%) Banking
6 11 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.47%) Aviation
8 7 (3.47%) Law
8 7 (3.47%) Police
9 5 (2.48%) Military
10 4 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Local Government
12 2 (0.99%) Retail
13 1 (0.50%) Advertising
13 1 (0.50%) Legal
13 1 (0.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.45%) Itk
2 8 (3.96%) ARM Templates
2 8 (3.96%) Java EE
2 8 (3.96%) REST
3 4 (1.98%) JSON
4 3 (1.49%) D3.js
5 2 (0.99%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.50%) CNTK
6 1 (0.50%) JSON Schema
6 1 (0.50%) Kafka
6 1 (0.50%) OpenVINO
6 1 (0.50%) Pandas
6 1 (0.50%) PySpark
6 1 (0.50%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.50%) React
6 1 (0.50%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.50%) Symfony
6 1 (0.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.97%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.48%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.98%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.49%) PMI
5 2 (0.99%) NHS
5 2 (0.99%) Replication
6 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.50%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.50%) FMCG
6 1 (0.50%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.50%) IoT
6 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.50%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (0.50%) Photography
6 1 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.50%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.41%) Windows
2 8 (3.96%) Linux
2 8 (3.96%) Windows Server
2 8 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
2 8 (3.96%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (1.49%) Unix
4 2 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) Android
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (17.33%) Migration
2 33 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (13.86%) Agile
5 27 (13.37%) DevOps
6 19 (9.41%) Decision-Making
7 18 (8.91%) Roadmaps
8 17 (8.42%) B2B
8 17 (8.42%) Project Management
9 16 (7.92%) Change Management
9 16 (7.92%) PLM
10 14 (6.93%) Configuration Management
10 14 (6.93%) Portfolio Management
11 13 (6.44%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (5.94%) Software Engineering
12 12 (5.94%) Test Automation
13 11 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 10 (4.95%) Project Delivery
14 10 (4.95%) Security Architecture
15 9 (4.46%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.44%) Java
2 9 (4.46%) C
2 9 (4.46%) Python
2 9 (4.46%) SQL
3 6 (2.97%) C++
4 5 (2.48%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.98%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.49%) ActionScript
6 3 (1.49%) C#
6 3 (1.49%) R
7 2 (0.99%) PHP
8 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (43.56%) Security Cleared
2 52 (25.74%) DV Cleared
3 20 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.42%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.49%) APMP
6 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.99%) ACCA
7 2 (0.99%) CIMA
8 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.50%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.50%) Degree
8 1 (0.50%) HND
8 1 (0.50%) ISACA
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.49%) GDPR
1 3 (1.49%) PMO
2 2 (0.99%) GRC
2 2 (0.99%) NIST
3 1 (0.50%) COBIT
3 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (3.96%) Docker
2 5 (2.48%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.96%) Ansible
2 8 (3.96%) Docker Swarm
2 8 (3.96%) Podman
2 8 (3.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) Grafana
3 1 (0.50%) Istio
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.50%) Nagios
3 1 (0.50%) Nessus
3 1 (0.50%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.36%) Cisco
3 18 (8.91%) Juniper
4 17 (8.42%) Arista
4 17 (8.42%) CheckPoint
5 7 (3.47%) Splunk
6 6 (2.97%) Oracle
7 3 (1.49%) F5
8 2 (0.99%) Fujitsu
8 2 (0.99%) VMware
9 1 (0.50%) Citrix
9 1 (0.50%) Databricks
9 1 (0.50%) Qualys
9 1 (0.50%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.50%) SAP
9 1 (0.50%) SolarWinds