Senior Contracts in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior daily rate in London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,820 2,507 3,793
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 10.41% 9.69% 9.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.15% 10.18% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,899 2,878
10th Percentile £410 £438 £440
25th Percentile £482 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £719
90th Percentile £841 £832 £800
England median daily rate £560 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 41
10th Percentile £18.68 £18.93 -
25th Percentile £20.02 £31.17 -
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +71.34% -21.83%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £83.75 £69.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £43.36
% change year-on-year +5.56% +3.79% +31.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,327 24,623 36,768
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 95.18% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,806 17,900 26,936
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 280 437
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £22.88
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £80.23 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in London

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in London

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in London

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in London

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in London

Senior
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London 0 226 £531 -17.95% 193
East London +3 39 £529 -29.50% 349
West London +3 33 £475 -15.93% 58
South London -1 33 £550 - 28
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 573 (31.48%) Agile
2 502 (27.58%) Finance
3 385 (21.15%) Social Skills
4 359 (19.73%) Azure
5 334 (18.35%) DevOps
6 327 (17.97%) Python
7 307 (16.87%) AWS
8 285 (15.66%) Java
9 263 (14.45%) SQL
10 258 (14.18%) CI/CD
11 256 (14.07%) C#
12 250 (13.74%) Microsoft
13 236 (12.97%) Software Engineering
14 212 (11.65%) JavaScript
15 203 (11.15%) Banking
16 187 (10.27%) Public Sector
17 186 (10.22%) .NET
18 174 (9.56%) Security Cleared
19 163 (8.96%) SQL Server
20 162 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
21 161 (8.85%) Scrum
22 155 (8.52%) React
23 153 (8.41%) TypeScript
24 143 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
25 141 (7.75%) SC Cleared
26 140 (7.69%) Test Automation
27 138 (7.58%) PowerShell
28 137 (7.53%) Degree
29 132 (7.25%) Active Directory
29 132 (7.25%) Analytics

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 47 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (2.31%) Apache
3 34 (1.87%) Confluence
4 26 (1.43%) CMS
5 22 (1.21%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.93%) SharePoint
7 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.38%) SAS
9 6 (0.33%) Appian
9 6 (0.33%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.33%) Skype for Business
9 6 (0.33%) WordPress
10 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.22%) nginx
12 3 (0.16%) ThingWorx
13 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.11%) CICS
13 2 (0.11%) GemFire
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
13 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.55%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.44%) InDesign
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.16%) Sketch
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) InVision
10 2 (0.11%) Revit
10 2 (0.11%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.055%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.055%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.77%) Endur
3 12 (0.66%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.27%) Shopify
6 5 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
7 4 (0.22%) OPENHousing
7 4 (0.22%) RMDS
8 3 (0.16%) ION MarketView
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.11%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 359 (19.73%) Azure
2 307 (16.87%) AWS
3 143 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
4 81 (4.45%) GCP
5 71 (3.90%) Serverless
6 68 (3.74%) Entra ID
7 53 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
8 50 (2.75%) GitHub
9 49 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
10 47 (2.58%) SaaS
11 46 (2.53%) dbt
11 46 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
12 45 (2.47%) Snowflake
13 44 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 41 (2.25%) Power Platform
15 35 (1.92%) Amazon S3
16 32 (1.76%) PaaS
17 30 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
19 27 (1.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (4.18%) Firewall
2 33 (1.81%) Network Security
3 28 (1.54%) DNS
4 20 (1.10%) LAN
4 20 (1.10%) VPN
5 19 (1.04%) Internet
5 19 (1.04%) WAN
6 16 (0.88%) DHCP
7 13 (0.71%) BGP
8 12 (0.66%) OSPF
8 12 (0.66%) Wireless
9 11 (0.60%) MPLS
10 10 (0.55%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.49%) VLAN
11 9 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (0.44%) IPsec
13 7 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (0.38%) EIGRP
13 7 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 54 (2.97%) NoSQL
3 45 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (2.42%) Data Lake
5 38 (2.09%) Power BI
6 36 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 35 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
8 30 (1.65%) Apache Arrow
8 30 (1.65%) Apache Ignite
8 30 (1.65%) Dremio
8 30 (1.65%) KDB
9 28 (1.54%) Big Data
9 28 (1.54%) MongoDB
10 23 (1.26%) Apache Cassandra
11 21 (1.15%) DynamoDB
12 20 (1.10%) Oracle Database
13 19 (1.04%) Redis
14 17 (0.93%) Tableau
15 16 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
16 13 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 117 (6.43%) Git
2 69 (3.79%) Jenkins
3 67 (3.68%) JIRA
4 33 (1.81%) SpecFlow
5 30 (1.65%) Mockito
5 30 (1.65%) Postman
6 25 (1.37%) Cypress.io
6 25 (1.37%) Selenium
7 22 (1.21%) TeamCity
8 21 (1.15%) Cucumber
9 20 (1.10%) JUnit
9 20 (1.10%) Visual Studio
10 17 (0.93%) GitLab
11 16 (0.88%) WebDriver
12 14 (0.77%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.66%) git-flow
14 10 (0.55%) Maven
15 9 (0.49%) Artifactory
15 9 (0.49%) CircleCI
16 8 (0.44%) Appium
General
1 502 (27.58%) Finance
2 385 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 203 (11.15%) Banking
4 187 (10.27%) Public Sector
5 121 (6.65%) Front Office
6 118 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (4.67%) Back Office
8 71 (3.90%) Investment Banking
9 63 (3.46%) Marketing
10 49 (2.69%) Local Government
10 49 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (2.69%) Retail
11 47 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (1.59%) Legal
13 28 (1.54%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.26%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.15%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.10%) Advertising
16 20 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (10.22%) .NET
2 155 (8.52%) React
3 100 (5.49%) XML
4 83 (4.56%) AngularJS
5 81 (4.45%) CSS
6 77 (4.23%) HTML
6 77 (4.23%) Node.js
7 65 (3.57%) Kafka
8 63 (3.46%) .NET Core
9 62 (3.41%) Pandas
10 61 (3.35%) REST
11 50 (2.75%) .NET Framework
11 50 (2.75%) NumPy
11 50 (2.75%) Spring Boot
12 47 (2.58%) Spring
13 46 (2.53%) SciPy
14 42 (2.31%) gRPC
15 41 (2.25%) RESTful
16 40 (2.20%) ASP.NET
17 36 (1.98%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 117 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 88 (4.84%) Derivative
3 77 (4.23%) Fixed Income
4 76 (4.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 63 (3.46%) Hedge funds
6 48 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
6 48 (2.64%) Equities
7 46 (2.53%) Mobile App
8 45 (2.47%) Management Information System
9 40 (2.20%) Onboarding
10 35 (1.92%) Algorithms
11 31 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (1.65%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
14 24 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
16 22 (1.21%) Public Cloud
17 20 (1.10%) Cloud Native
18 16 (0.88%) Credit Derivative
19 15 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 80 (4.40%) Linux
1 80 (4.40%) Windows
2 37 (2.03%) Android
3 36 (1.98%) Unix
4 31 (1.70%) Apple iOS
5 29 (1.59%) Windows Server
6 18 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.88%) Mac OS X
8 6 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.16%) VMS
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.11%) zOS
11 1 (0.055%) CentOS
11 1 (0.055%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 573 (31.48%) Agile
2 334 (18.35%) DevOps
3 258 (14.18%) CI/CD
4 236 (12.97%) Software Engineering
5 162 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (8.85%) Scrum
7 140 (7.69%) Test Automation
8 132 (7.25%) Analytics
9 131 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 127 (6.98%) TDD
11 124 (6.81%) User Experience
12 119 (6.54%) Migration
13 115 (6.32%) SDLC
14 108 (5.93%) Microservices
15 100 (5.49%) Mentoring
16 89 (4.89%) Asset Management
16 89 (4.89%) Project Management
17 85 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
18 84 (4.62%) Data Modelling
19 83 (4.56%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 327 (17.97%) Python
2 285 (15.66%) Java
3 263 (14.45%) SQL
4 256 (14.07%) C#
5 212 (11.65%) JavaScript
6 153 (8.41%) TypeScript
7 138 (7.58%) PowerShell
8 57 (3.13%) Bicep
9 52 (2.86%) Go
10 33 (1.81%) Kotlin
11 31 (1.70%) C++
12 25 (1.37%) Scala
13 23 (1.26%) Bash
14 16 (0.88%) Swift
15 15 (0.82%) Rust
16 10 (0.55%) T-SQL
17 9 (0.49%) C
18 8 (0.44%) Ruby
19 7 (0.38%) PHP
20 6 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 174 (9.56%) Security Cleared
2 141 (7.75%) SC Cleared
3 137 (7.53%) Degree
4 31 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 24 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 14 (0.77%) CCNP
8 12 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.55%) CCNA
9 10 (0.55%) PMI Certification
10 9 (0.49%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.49%) CISSP
11 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (0.38%) GIAC
12 7 (0.38%) PMP
13 6 (0.33%) CISA
13 6 (0.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (2.97%) Data Quality
2 37 (2.03%) QA
3 36 (1.98%) Accessibility
4 31 (1.70%) PCI DSS
5 25 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.37%) PMO
6 20 (1.10%) NIST
7 18 (0.99%) WCAG
8 17 (0.93%) GDPR
8 17 (0.93%) SLA
9 6 (0.33%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.22%) GRC
10 4 (0.22%) MiFID
11 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.16%) NCSC
11 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.11%) IFRS
12 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 132 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 95 (5.22%) Docker
3 16 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.38%) vSphere
6 2 (0.11%) ACF2
6 2 (0.11%) IAG
6 2 (0.11%) RACF
6 2 (0.11%) Squid
6 2 (0.11%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.055%) Firmware
7 1 (0.055%) GridGain
7 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.055%) NFS
7 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 106 (5.82%) Kubernetes
2 87 (4.78%) Terraform
3 30 (1.65%) Ansible
4 18 (0.99%) Grafana
5 16 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.38%) Puppet
7 7 (0.38%) SCCM
8 6 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.27%) Kibana
9 5 (0.27%) Opsgenie
9 5 (0.27%) SCOM
9 5 (0.27%) SolarWinds Orion
10 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.22%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.22%) VxRail
11 3 (0.16%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 250 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 70 (3.85%) Oracle
3 59 (3.24%) SAP
4 47 (2.58%) Google
5 37 (2.03%) Cisco
6 32 (1.76%) ServiceNow
7 31 (1.70%) Databricks
8 26 (1.43%) Adobe
8 26 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.15%) Palo Alto
9 21 (1.15%) VMware
10 20 (1.10%) Apple
10 20 (1.10%) Citrix
10 20 (1.10%) IBM
11 14 (0.77%) ION Trading
12 13 (0.71%) NEC
13 11 (0.60%) F5
13 11 (0.60%) New Relic
13 11 (0.60%) Splunk
14 10 (0.55%) Fortinet