Senior Contracts in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior daily rate in the Midlands is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 37 31
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 148 160 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.12% 4.97% 5.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% 5.26% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 118 201
10th Percentile £285 £327 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £750
England median daily rate £550 £600 £578
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% +5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 5
10th Percentile £13.50 - £17.60
25th Percentile £15.65 £17.72 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £20.86 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.34% -2.98% -25.22%
75th Percentile £56.25 £24.61 £22.75
90th Percentile £69.25 £25.71 -
England median hourly rate £48.75 £48.75 £43.36
% change year-on-year +0.01% +12.44% +31.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,663 3,044 4,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.48% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,785 2,148 3,520
10th Percentile £213 £228 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +1.05% +16.42%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £691 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 111 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.15 £15.12 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.97 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +14.90% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands +14 120 £513 -6.82% 238
East Midlands -10 25 £550 +5.26% 113
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 39 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.32%) Finance
3 33 (22.30%) Agile
4 32 (21.62%) Project Management
5 27 (18.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (16.89%) SQL
7 24 (16.22%) Azure
7 24 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (14.86%) Project Delivery
8 22 (14.86%) Microsoft
9 21 (14.19%) Security Cleared
10 19 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (11.49%) Power BI
11 17 (11.49%) Power Platform
11 17 (11.49%) Public Sector
12 16 (10.81%) SC Cleared
13 15 (10.14%) Analytics
13 15 (10.14%) Change Management
13 15 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (10.14%) Python
14 14 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (8.78%) Coaching
15 13 (8.78%) Decision-Making
16 12 (8.11%) DevOps
16 12 (8.11%) Linux
17 11 (7.43%) Degree
18 10 (6.76%) Computer Science
18 10 (6.76%) PRINCE2
18 10 (6.76%) SAP
18 10 (6.76%) AWS

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (2.70%) Apache Spark
1 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.68%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.68%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.35%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.35%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (1.35%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.35%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.35%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.68%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.22%) Azure
2 17 (11.49%) Power Platform
3 10 (6.76%) AWS
4 6 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.05%) Serverless
5 4 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.03%) GCP
6 3 (2.03%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.03%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.03%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.35%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.35%) dbt
7 2 (1.35%) Fivetran
7 2 (1.35%) OCI
7 2 (1.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.03%) DNS
1 3 (2.03%) Intranet
1 3 (2.03%) NetScaler
2 2 (1.35%) LAN
2 2 (1.35%) SAN
2 2 (1.35%) SMS
2 2 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.35%) WAN
2 2 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.68%) MPLS
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
3 1 (0.68%) PBX
3 1 (0.68%) VoIP
3 1 (0.68%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.49%) Power BI
2 6 (4.05%) SAP BW
3 5 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.38%) Tableau
4 4 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.35%) Big Data
6 2 (1.35%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.35%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.35%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.35%) Power Query
6 2 (1.35%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.35%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.68%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Rational Rhapsody
2 5 (3.38%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.03%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.03%) Gradle
3 3 (2.03%) JIRA
3 3 (2.03%) Maven
4 2 (1.35%) Git
4 2 (1.35%) JUnit
5 1 (0.68%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.68%) Ant
5 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.68%) Xcode
General
1 39 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.32%) Finance
3 19 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.41%) Law
5 8 (5.41%) Legal
6 6 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.70%) Banking
8 4 (2.70%) Local Government
8 4 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Retail
11 1 (0.68%) Automotive
11 1 (0.68%) Back Office
11 1 (0.68%) Games
11 1 (0.68%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) AngularJS
1 6 (4.05%) React
2 3 (2.03%) .NET
2 3 (2.03%) CSS
2 3 (2.03%) HTML
2 3 (2.03%) REST
3 2 (1.35%) HTML5
3 2 (1.35%) Kafka
3 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.35%) Node.js
3 2 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.35%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.35%) Spring
3 2 (1.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 2 (1.35%) Vue
4 1 (0.68%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (0.68%) Apollo GraphQL
4 1 (0.68%) NestJS
4 1 (0.68%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.38%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.70%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.70%) PMI
4 3 (2.03%) CMDB
4 3 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.03%) NHS
4 3 (2.03%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.03%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.03%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.03%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.35%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.68%) Life Science
6 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.11%) Linux
2 9 (6.08%) Windows
3 6 (4.05%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.35%) Debian
5 2 (1.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.68%) Android
6 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.30%) Agile
2 32 (21.62%) Project Management
3 27 (18.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (14.86%) Project Delivery
6 15 (10.14%) Analytics
6 15 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (10.14%) Change Management
7 14 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (8.78%) Coaching
8 13 (8.78%) Decision-Making
9 12 (8.11%) DevOps
10 10 (6.76%) Computer Science
10 10 (6.76%) PRINCE2
10 10 (6.76%) Roadmaps
11 9 (6.08%) Data Modelling
11 9 (6.08%) Mentoring
12 8 (5.41%) Data Analytics
12 8 (5.41%) ERP
12 8 (5.41%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 25 (16.89%) SQL
2 15 (10.14%) Python
3 7 (4.73%) Java
4 4 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.03%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.35%) Groovy
6 2 (1.35%) R
6 2 (1.35%) Scala
6 2 (1.35%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.68%) C
7 1 (0.68%) C#
7 1 (0.68%) C++
7 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.68%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.68%) Swift
Qualifications
1 21 (14.19%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.43%) Degree
4 8 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.38%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.70%) PMP
8 3 (2.03%) CIPD
8 3 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.35%) CCIE
9 2 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.35%) CISSP
9 2 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.68%) CCDP
10 1 (0.68%) CCNP
10 1 (0.68%) CISM
10 1 (0.68%) ISEB
10 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) PMO
2 7 (4.73%) HL7
3 4 (2.70%) QA
4 3 (2.03%) GRC
4 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.35%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.35%) GDPR
5 2 (1.35%) HAZOP
5 2 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.68%) COBIT
6 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 3 (2.03%) Docker
2 3 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.03%) XenApp
2 3 (2.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.70%) SCCM
2 2 (1.35%) Ansible
2 2 (1.35%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.68%) Kibana
3 1 (0.68%) logstash
3 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.76%) SAP
3 4 (2.70%) OutSystems
4 3 (2.03%) Cisco
4 3 (2.03%) Citrix
4 3 (2.03%) NetApp
4 3 (2.03%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.03%) Splunk
5 2 (1.35%) Aruba
5 2 (1.35%) Concur
5 2 (1.35%) Hyperion
5 2 (1.35%) JD Edwards
5 2 (1.35%) NEC
5 2 (1.35%) Northgate
5 2 (1.35%) NVIDIA
5 2 (1.35%) Oracle
5 2 (1.35%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (1.35%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.35%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.35%) VMware