Senior Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Work from Home is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 113 110
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 309 522 1,052
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.11% 2.16% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.26% 2.27% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 416 787
10th Percentile £413 £416 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £695
90th Percentile £863 £850 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 9
10th Percentile £40.00 - £35.00
25th Percentile £46.88 £61.25 £52.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -1.79% +105.88%
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.25 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.75 £78.50 -
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.75% -10.71% +105.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,673 23,018 42,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.28% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,245 16,317 30,649
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 528 572
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £25.53 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.74 £52.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +47.89% +52.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £76.80 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Senior Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior Developer.

Senior Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior Developer over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Senior Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior Developer.

Senior Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior Developer over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Senior Developer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Senior Developer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 108 (34.95%) Java
2 102 (33.01%) Agile
3 93 (30.10%) Azure
4 78 (25.24%) DevOps
4 78 (25.24%) C#
4 78 (25.24%) Finance
5 76 (24.60%) JavaScript
6 68 (22.01%) .NET
7 66 (21.36%) React
8 61 (19.74%) SQL Server
9 60 (19.42%) CI/CD
10 58 (18.77%) Social Skills
11 53 (17.15%) Software Engineering
12 47 (15.21%) TypeScript
12 47 (15.21%) AWS
13 45 (14.56%) SQL
14 44 (14.24%) HTML
14 44 (14.24%) Microsoft
14 44 (14.24%) Azure DevOps
15 43 (13.92%) XML
16 40 (12.94%) PowerShell
17 38 (12.30%) Scrum
17 38 (12.30%) Python
18 36 (11.65%) TDD
19 35 (11.33%) CSS
19 35 (11.33%) Front Office
20 32 (10.36%) AngularJS
20 32 (10.36%) Front End Development
20 32 (10.36%) Microservices
21 31 (10.03%) Full Stack Development

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.27%) CMS
3 6 (1.94%) Apache
3 6 (1.94%) Confluence
4 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.97%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.65%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.65%) Mule
6 2 (0.65%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.32%) Appian
7 1 (0.32%) CICS
7 1 (0.32%) GemFire
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Elementor
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.97%) Endur
1 3 (0.97%) RMDS
2 1 (0.32%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 93 (30.10%) Azure
2 47 (15.21%) AWS
3 44 (14.24%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (7.77%) GCP
5 22 (7.12%) Serverless
6 18 (5.83%) GitHub
7 16 (5.18%) Azure Service Bus
8 15 (4.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 13 (4.21%) Entra ID
10 10 (3.24%) Power Platform
11 8 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.62%) Azure Pipelines
13 5 (1.62%) dbt
14 4 (1.29%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.29%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.97%) AWS CodeBuild
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.65%) DNS
1 2 (0.65%) SAN
1 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
2 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (19.74%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.91%) MySQL
3 8 (2.59%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.27%) KDB
4 7 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (2.27%) Redis
5 6 (1.94%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.94%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.62%) Power BI
7 4 (1.29%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.97%) SQLite
9 2 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.65%) Big Data
9 2 (0.65%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.65%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 25 (8.09%) Git
2 20 (6.47%) GitLab
3 17 (5.50%) Cucumber
3 17 (5.50%) Jenkins
4 16 (5.18%) JUnit
4 16 (5.18%) Mockito
5 12 (3.88%) JIRA
6 8 (2.59%) SpecFlow
7 5 (1.62%) Storybook
8 4 (1.29%) Selenium
9 3 (0.97%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.97%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.97%) Subversion
10 2 (0.65%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.65%) Pylint
10 2 (0.65%) Xcode
11 1 (0.32%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 78 (25.24%) Finance
2 58 (18.77%) Social Skills
3 35 (11.33%) Front Office
4 29 (9.39%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.09%) Banking
6 20 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.88%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.62%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.29%) Law
10 3 (0.97%) Back Office
10 3 (0.97%) Local Government
10 3 (0.97%) Police
10 3 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.97%) Retail
11 2 (0.65%) Automotive
11 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.32%) Games
12 1 (0.32%) German Language
12 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (22.01%) .NET
2 66 (21.36%) React
3 44 (14.24%) HTML
4 43 (13.92%) XML
5 35 (11.33%) CSS
6 32 (10.36%) AngularJS
7 29 (9.39%) REST
8 27 (8.74%) Spring Boot
9 25 (8.09%) Node.js
10 20 (6.47%) .NET Core
11 18 (5.83%) .NET Framework
12 16 (5.18%) Spring
12 16 (5.18%) Web Services
13 15 (4.85%) ASP.NET
13 15 (4.85%) Vue
14 14 (4.53%) Kafka
15 11 (3.56%) RESTful
16 10 (3.24%) jQuery
17 9 (2.91%) Pandas
17 9 (2.91%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 15 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (4.85%) Fixed Income
3 14 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.21%) Derivative
5 12 (3.88%) Credit Derivative
6 11 (3.56%) Equities
7 9 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.59%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.94%) Contactless
9 6 (1.94%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.94%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.29%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.65%) Blockchain
13 2 (0.65%) IoT
13 2 (0.65%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.53%) Linux
2 8 (2.59%) Android
3 5 (1.62%) Unix
4 3 (0.97%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.97%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.65%) Debian
5 2 (0.65%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.32%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows
6 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (33.01%) Agile
2 78 (25.24%) DevOps
3 60 (19.42%) CI/CD
4 53 (17.15%) Software Engineering
5 38 (12.30%) Scrum
6 36 (11.65%) TDD
7 32 (10.36%) Front End Development
7 32 (10.36%) Microservices
8 31 (10.03%) Full Stack Development
9 30 (9.71%) SDLC
10 27 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (8.74%) Test Automation
11 22 (7.12%) E-Commerce
12 20 (6.47%) Design Patterns
13 19 (6.15%) OO
14 17 (5.50%) Web Development
15 16 (5.18%) Analytics
15 16 (5.18%) BDD
16 15 (4.85%) Mentoring
16 15 (4.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 108 (34.95%) Java
2 78 (25.24%) C#
3 76 (24.60%) JavaScript
4 47 (15.21%) TypeScript
5 45 (14.56%) SQL
6 40 (12.94%) PowerShell
7 38 (12.30%) Python
8 23 (7.44%) Bicep
9 11 (3.56%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.59%) C++
11 7 (2.27%) Scala
12 4 (1.29%) PHP
12 4 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.29%) Ruby
13 3 (0.97%) Bash
13 3 (0.97%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.97%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.97%) Swift
14 2 (0.65%) COBOL
14 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (7.12%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.80%) Degree
2 21 (6.80%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.29%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.88%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.27%) WCAG
3 5 (1.62%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.29%) QA
5 2 (0.65%) MiFID
6 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (8.41%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.83%) Docker
3 6 (1.94%) ACF2
3 6 (1.94%) IAG
3 6 (1.94%) RACF
4 5 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.32%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 15 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.27%) Terraform
3 6 (1.94%) Docker Swarm
3 6 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.29%) Ansible
5 3 (0.97%) Grafana
5 3 (0.97%) Podman
6 2 (0.65%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.32%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (14.24%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.47%) Oracle
3 12 (3.88%) Google
4 9 (2.91%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.59%) IBM
6 6 (1.94%) Sybase
7 5 (1.62%) ION Trading
8 4 (1.29%) Solace
9 3 (0.97%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.97%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.65%) QNX
10 2 (0.65%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.65%) RedGate
10 2 (0.65%) VMware
11 1 (0.32%) NEC
11 1 (0.32%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.32%) PTC
11 1 (0.32%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.32%) TIBCO