Senior Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior daily rate in the UK excluding London is £515 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 21 28 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,357 1,515 1,944
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.69% 6.58% 6.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.23% 6.98% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 797 1,087 1,380
10th Percentile £350 £381 £365
25th Percentile £431 £450 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +2.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £557 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -6.39% +3.48% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 67 50
10th Percentile £23.00 £17.72 £20.03
25th Percentile £35.52 £22.63 £28.62
Median hourly rate £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +47.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.36 £62.19
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.27 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £43.36
% change year-on-year -4.76% +21.09% +31.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,772 21,693 29,145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.28% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,127 20,437
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,104 1,447
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.07 £14.29
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.85
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +11 436 £525 +5.00% 868
North of England +3 344 £513 -8.07% 590
North West +8 252 £520 -0.95% 346
Scotland +3 176 £500 - 204
South West -3 149 £500 -16.67% 307
Midlands +7 135 £500 -7.41% 403
West Midlands +13 109 £494 -10.23% 283
East of England -13 92 £534 -10.06% 304
Yorkshire -11 86 £520 -9.57% 186
Wales +5 31 £600 +9.09% 88
East Midlands -10 23 £525 - 121
North East +3 19 £600 -7.69% 64
Northern Ireland -5 4 £435 -28.95% 54
Senior
UK

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 347 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 302 (22.25%) Agile
3 291 (21.44%) Social Skills
4 253 (18.64%) Public Sector
5 200 (14.74%) SC Cleared
6 198 (14.59%) Finance
7 170 (12.53%) Azure
8 165 (12.16%) Microsoft
9 161 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
10 159 (11.72%) Project Management
11 145 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 142 (10.46%) DevOps
13 135 (9.95%) SQL
14 134 (9.87%) Degree
15 123 (9.06%) Windows
16 117 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
17 116 (8.55%) AWS
18 105 (7.74%) Software Engineering
19 101 (7.44%) DV Cleared
20 99 (7.30%) Python
20 99 (7.30%) Java
21 92 (6.78%) ITIL
22 90 (6.63%) Migration
23 86 (6.34%) Linux
24 84 (6.19%) JIRA
25 82 (6.04%) Cisco
25 82 (6.04%) Roadmaps
26 81 (5.97%) SAP
26 81 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
27 80 (5.90%) CI/CD

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 38 (2.80%) Confluence
2 35 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.11%) CMS
5 10 (0.74%) Apache
5 10 (0.74%) SAS
6 9 (0.66%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.52%) Documentum
8 5 (0.37%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.37%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.074%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.074%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.074%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.074%) Moodle
10 1 (0.074%) MTS
Applications
1 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.74%) Acrobat
3 8 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.52%) Revit
5 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.29%) SPSS
5 4 (0.29%) Windchill
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) InVision
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) Simulink
7 2 (0.15%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.074%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.074%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.25%) Primavera
3 10 (0.74%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.37%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.29%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.29%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.15%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.15%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.074%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.074%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.074%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 170 (12.53%) Azure
2 116 (8.55%) AWS
3 70 (5.16%) Power Platform
4 49 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (1.92%) GCP
7 21 (1.55%) Power Automate
8 18 (1.33%) PowerApps
9 16 (1.18%) SaaS
10 15 (1.11%) PaaS
11 14 (1.03%) Snowflake
12 13 (0.96%) Serverless
13 12 (0.88%) OpenShift
13 12 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
14 11 (0.81%) IaaS
15 9 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.59%) GitHub
16 8 (0.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.86%) Firewall
2 35 (2.58%) WAN
3 28 (2.06%) Network Security
4 26 (1.92%) LAN
5 25 (1.84%) DMZ
5 25 (1.84%) DNS
6 24 (1.77%) BGP
7 22 (1.62%) SAN
8 18 (1.33%) DHCP
9 15 (1.11%) Cisco Firepower
9 15 (1.11%) MPLS
9 15 (1.11%) NetScaler
10 12 (0.88%) IPsec
10 12 (0.88%) OSPF
11 11 (0.81%) EIGRP
11 11 (0.81%) HTTP
12 10 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (0.74%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (0.74%) NAS
12 10 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.35%) Power BI
2 42 (3.10%) SQL Server
3 30 (2.21%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.40%) Oracle Database
5 15 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.03%) Metadata
6 14 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.88%) Tableau
8 11 (0.81%) MySQL
9 9 (0.66%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (0.59%) Big Data
10 8 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.52%) Ataccama
11 7 (0.52%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.52%) EDMS
12 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.44%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 84 (6.19%) JIRA
2 41 (3.02%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.80%) Git
4 29 (2.14%) GitLab
5 26 (1.92%) Selenium
6 20 (1.47%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.03%) Postman
8 13 (0.96%) SonarQube
9 12 (0.88%) JMeter
10 11 (0.81%) JUnit
11 10 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
11 10 (0.74%) REST Assured
12 9 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
13 8 (0.59%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.52%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.52%) NUnit
14 7 (0.52%) Rational Rhapsody
14 7 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 7 (0.52%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.44%) WebDriver
General
1 291 (21.44%) Social Skills
2 253 (18.64%) Public Sector
3 198 (14.59%) Finance
4 117 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.35%) Banking
6 40 (2.95%) Telecoms
7 36 (2.65%) Marketing
8 28 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (1.77%) Local Government
11 24 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 18 (1.33%) Law
12 18 (1.33%) Legal
13 15 (1.11%) Military
14 14 (1.03%) Automotive
14 14 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (0.88%) Electronics
15 12 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.76%) React
2 46 (3.39%) .NET
3 34 (2.51%) REST
4 28 (2.06%) HTML
5 27 (1.99%) CSS
5 27 (1.99%) RESTful
6 25 (1.84%) Spring
7 22 (1.62%) AngularJS
7 22 (1.62%) Kafka
7 22 (1.62%) Spring Boot
8 21 (1.55%) Node.js
9 18 (1.33%) Web Services
10 15 (1.11%) GraphQL
11 14 (1.03%) Middleware
12 13 (0.96%) XML
13 12 (0.88%) J2EE
13 12 (0.88%) Redux
14 11 (0.81%) Itk
14 11 (0.81%) Vue
15 10 (0.74%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 38 (2.80%) Product Ownership
2 34 (2.51%) Management Information System
3 30 (2.21%) Data Centre
4 24 (1.77%) NHS
5 19 (1.40%) Onboarding
6 15 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (1.11%) Data Structures
6 15 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
9 12 (0.88%) Algorithms
9 12 (0.88%) Public Cloud
10 11 (0.81%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 10 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.74%) Life Science
11 10 (0.74%) Mobile App
11 10 (0.74%) Replication
12 9 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 123 (9.06%) Windows
2 86 (6.34%) Linux
3 32 (2.36%) Unix
4 30 (2.21%) Windows 10
5 29 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.81%) Android
7 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.29%) Solaris
12 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.15%) Debian
13 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (22.25%) Agile
2 161 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
3 159 (11.72%) Project Management
4 145 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 142 (10.46%) DevOps
6 105 (7.74%) Software Engineering
7 92 (6.78%) ITIL
8 90 (6.63%) Migration
9 82 (6.04%) Roadmaps
10 81 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 80 (5.90%) CI/CD
12 79 (5.82%) Project Delivery
13 72 (5.31%) Scrum
14 70 (5.16%) Business Intelligence
15 64 (4.72%) Change Management
15 64 (4.72%) Cybersecurity
16 60 (4.42%) Decision-Making
17 58 (4.27%) PRINCE2
18 57 (4.20%) Mentoring
19 55 (4.05%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 135 (9.95%) SQL
2 99 (7.30%) Java
2 99 (7.30%) Python
3 50 (3.68%) PowerShell
4 42 (3.10%) C#
5 35 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 33 (2.43%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.14%) C
8 28 (2.06%) C++
9 24 (1.77%) Bash
10 18 (1.33%) Perl
10 18 (1.33%) Scala
11 14 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.74%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.66%) Go
15 8 (0.59%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.59%) R
15 8 (0.59%) Tcl
15 8 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 347 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 200 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 134 (9.87%) Degree
4 101 (7.44%) DV Cleared
5 59 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (2.51%) ITIL Certification
7 30 (2.21%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.84%) CCNA
10 24 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.62%) CCNP
12 17 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 15 (1.11%) PMP
15 13 (0.96%) CISSP
16 10 (0.74%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.66%) MCSE
17 9 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 8 (0.59%) ISTQB
19 7 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.10%) PMO
2 34 (2.51%) QA
3 32 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.40%) GDPR
6 18 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
7 13 (0.96%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.81%) NIST
9 8 (0.59%) HL7
10 6 (0.44%) GRC
10 6 (0.44%) NCSC
10 6 (0.44%) SLA
10 6 (0.44%) WCAG
11 5 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 43 (3.17%) Docker
3 24 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.40%) vSphere
5 13 (0.96%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.74%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.66%) Firmware
8 7 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.52%) XenApp
9 6 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.22%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.074%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.074%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.074%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 57 (4.20%) Terraform
2 48 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 47 (3.46%) Ansible
4 19 (1.40%) SCCM
5 15 (1.11%) Grafana
6 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (0.59%) Podman
8 7 (0.52%) Kibana
8 7 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.44%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.37%) Endace
10 5 (0.37%) NetBackup
10 5 (0.37%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 5 (0.37%) WSUS
11 4 (0.29%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.29%) Puppet
11 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 165 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 82 (6.04%) Cisco
3 81 (5.97%) SAP
4 62 (4.57%) VMware
5 38 (2.80%) Oracle
6 33 (2.43%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.14%) CheckPoint
8 26 (1.92%) Juniper
9 25 (1.84%) Arista
9 25 (1.84%) Splunk
10 24 (1.77%) Atlassian
11 22 (1.62%) Citrix
12 18 (1.33%) Palo Alto
12 18 (1.33%) SolarWinds
13 16 (1.18%) Adobe
14 13 (0.96%) Apple
14 13 (0.96%) F5
15 12 (0.88%) Red Hat
16 11 (0.81%) LogRhythm
17 10 (0.74%) Google