Senior Contracts in Central London

Senior
London > Central London

The median Senior daily rate in Central London is £525 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 14 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 231 364 488
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 9.64% 9.76% 10.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.10% 10.26% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 268 409
10th Percentile £406 £461 £463
25th Percentile £450 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £643 £613
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +4.90% +11.36%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £719
90th Percentile £775 £797 £800
London median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +169.23% -48.00%
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £36.73 £44.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -16.52% +71.34% -21.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

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

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,287 3,547 4,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 95.09% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 2,418 3,223
10th Percentile £340 £325 £354
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £723 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 49
10th Percentile £20.07 £15.50 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.41 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £28.98 £61.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.88 £87.64 £64.35
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Central London

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Central London 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
City of London 0 195 £575 -11.20% 135
Camden +3 6 £454 - 3
Southwark +5 2 £465 -13.49%
City of Westminster -2 2 £634 +7.87%
West End of London -3 1 £425 -29.17% 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - - 2
Senior
London

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

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 Central London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 64 (27.71%) Finance
2 62 (26.84%) Agile
3 58 (25.11%) Azure
4 56 (24.24%) DevOps
5 50 (21.65%) AWS
6 42 (18.18%) C#
7 39 (16.88%) SQL
8 38 (16.45%) .NET
9 35 (15.15%) Social Skills
9 35 (15.15%) CI/CD
10 32 (13.85%) Microsoft
11 31 (13.42%) Python
12 30 (12.99%) Java
13 29 (12.55%) SQL Server
13 29 (12.55%) PowerShell
14 26 (11.26%) Scrum
15 24 (10.39%) Banking
15 24 (10.39%) Test Automation
16 23 (9.96%) Azure DevOps
16 23 (9.96%) Product Ownership
17 22 (9.52%) Migration
18 21 (9.09%) Active Directory
18 21 (9.09%) Public Sector
19 19 (8.23%) Software Engineering
20 18 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
21 16 (6.93%) Project Management
21 16 (6.93%) XML
21 16 (6.93%) Microservices
22 15 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
22 15 (6.49%) Back Office

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 3 (1.30%) Confluence
2 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.87%) Jupyter
2 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.43%) Appian
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.60%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) NEC Housing
2 5 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.16%) Endur
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.43%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.43%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 58 (25.11%) Azure
2 50 (21.65%) AWS
3 23 (9.96%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (4.76%) GCP
5 10 (4.33%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.46%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (3.46%) SaaS
7 7 (3.03%) GitHub
7 7 (3.03%) Serverless
8 6 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.73%) WhatsApp
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Pipelines
11 3 (1.30%) dbt
11 3 (1.30%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.76%) Firewall
2 3 (1.30%) Internet
2 3 (1.30%) Network Security
2 3 (1.30%) VoIP
3 2 (0.87%) BGP
3 2 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) Multicast
3 2 (0.87%) PBX
3 2 (0.87%) PSTN
3 2 (0.87%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.87%) VPN
3 2 (0.87%) WAN
4 1 (0.43%) MGCP
4 1 (0.43%) MPLS
4 1 (0.43%) NGFW
4 1 (0.43%) OSPF
4 1 (0.43%) SCCP
4 1 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.43%) WebEx
4 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.55%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.63%) NoSQL
3 9 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.46%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.60%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.16%) Tableau
7 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.30%) Big Data
7 3 (1.30%) KDB
7 3 (1.30%) Power BI
7 3 (1.30%) Redis
8 2 (0.87%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.87%) Metadata
8 2 (0.87%) MySQL
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.43%) GIS
9 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.33%) Git
2 8 (3.46%) Postman
2 8 (3.46%) SpecFlow
2 8 (3.46%) TeamCity
3 7 (3.03%) Selenium
4 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.73%) JIRA
6 3 (1.30%) Maven
6 3 (1.30%) Mockito
6 3 (1.30%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.87%) Gradle
7 2 (0.87%) JMeter
7 2 (0.87%) JUnit
7 2 (0.87%) TestComplete
7 2 (0.87%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.43%) GitLab
8 1 (0.43%) Spinnaker
General
1 64 (27.71%) Finance
2 35 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 24 (10.39%) Banking
4 21 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.49%) Back Office
6 13 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.33%) Local Government
8 9 (3.90%) Investment Banking
9 7 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.60%) Billing
10 6 (2.60%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.16%) Front Office
11 5 (2.16%) Legal
11 5 (2.16%) Marketing
12 4 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.73%) Retail
13 2 (0.87%) Advertising
13 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.45%) .NET
2 16 (6.93%) XML
3 15 (6.49%) React
4 12 (5.19%) REST
5 10 (4.33%) .NET Core
6 8 (3.46%) ASP.NET
6 8 (3.46%) HTML
6 8 (3.46%) Kafka
7 7 (3.03%) .NET Framework
7 7 (3.03%) CSS
8 6 (2.60%) Spring
8 6 (2.60%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.16%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.16%) Node.js
9 5 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (2.16%) WCF
9 5 (2.16%) WinForms
10 4 (1.73%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (1.73%) Pandas
10 4 (1.73%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.60%) Mobile App
3 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.16%) NHS
4 4 (1.73%) Derivative
4 4 (1.73%) Equities
4 4 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (1.73%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.73%) PMI
5 3 (1.30%) Contactless
5 3 (1.30%) Reinsurance
6 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.87%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.87%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.03%) Apple iOS
1 7 (3.03%) Linux
2 6 (2.60%) Android
2 6 (2.60%) Windows
3 5 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.73%) Mac OS X
4 4 (1.73%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (26.84%) Agile
2 56 (24.24%) DevOps
3 35 (15.15%) CI/CD
4 26 (11.26%) Scrum
5 24 (10.39%) Test Automation
6 22 (9.52%) Migration
7 19 (8.23%) Software Engineering
8 18 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (6.93%) Microservices
9 16 (6.93%) Project Management
10 15 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (6.49%) SDLC
11 14 (6.06%) Analytics
11 14 (6.06%) Mentoring
12 13 (5.63%) Front End Development
13 12 (5.19%) Roadmaps
13 12 (5.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 11 (4.76%) Continuous Integration
15 9 (3.90%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (18.18%) C#
2 39 (16.88%) SQL
3 31 (13.42%) Python
4 30 (12.99%) Java
5 29 (12.55%) PowerShell
6 13 (5.63%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.63%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.33%) Bicep
8 6 (2.60%) Kotlin
8 6 (2.60%) Swift
9 3 (1.30%) Bash
9 3 (1.30%) C++
9 3 (1.30%) Go
9 3 (1.30%) Rust
9 3 (1.30%) Scala
10 2 (0.87%) PHP
11 1 (0.43%) C
11 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (6.06%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.90%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.60%) Degree
4 4 (1.73%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.30%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.43%) CCIE
7 1 (0.43%) CCNA
7 1 (0.43%) CCNP
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.43%) PhD
7 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.03%) QA
2 5 (2.16%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.16%) PMO
3 4 (1.73%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.73%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.73%) WCAG
4 3 (1.30%) NIST
5 2 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.87%) GDPR
5 2 (0.87%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.43%) IFRS
6 1 (0.43%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.43%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.33%) Docker
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.76%) Terraform
3 3 (1.30%) Ansible
3 3 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) Podman
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.63%) Oracle
3 8 (3.46%) Google
4 7 (3.03%) NEC
5 6 (2.60%) Northgate
6 5 (2.16%) Cisco
7 4 (1.73%) Databricks
7 4 (1.73%) OpenLink
8 3 (1.30%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.30%) SAP
9 2 (0.87%) Brandwatch
9 2 (0.87%) Charles River
9 2 (0.87%) eFront
9 2 (0.87%) New Relic
9 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.87%) Workday
10 1 (0.43%) Confluent
10 1 (0.43%) iManage
10 1 (0.43%) Okta