Senior Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior daily rate in the UK excluding London is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 28 30
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,379 1,484 1,931
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.62% 6.52% 6.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.16% 6.91% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1,068 1,392
10th Percentile £350 £375 £373
25th Percentile £435 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £598 £575
% change year-on-year -8.03% +4.00% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 65 52
10th Percentile £22.90 £17.72 £17.75
25th Percentile £35.00 £24.88 £25.56
Median hourly rate £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +46.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.59 £77.48
UK median hourly rate £50.50 £54.56 £42.50
% change year-on-year -7.44% +28.38% +29.38%

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 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 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
South East +11 453 £525 +4.79% 572
North of England 0 335 £504 -10.40% 625
North West +6 240 £509 -3.00% 377
Scotland +1 180 £497 -0.60% 216
South West -5 148 £500 -16.67% 329
Midlands +10 139 £510 -2.86% 357
West Midlands +14 113 £510 -7.27% 253
East of England -17 94 £534 -7.13% 275
Yorkshire -7 82 £515 -11.44% 168
Wales +11 34 £600 +9.29% 74
East Midlands -15 23 £550 +4.76% 105
North East +1 14 £500 -23.08% 82
Northern Ireland -6 6 £435 -27.50% 53
Senior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 340 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 306 (22.19%) Agile
3 284 (20.59%) Social Skills
4 235 (17.04%) Public Sector
5 218 (15.81%) Finance
6 188 (13.63%) SC Cleared
7 182 (13.20%) Microsoft
8 170 (12.33%) Azure
9 163 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
10 162 (11.75%) Project Management
11 154 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 136 (9.86%) DevOps
13 135 (9.79%) Degree
14 133 (9.64%) SQL
15 123 (8.92%) Windows
16 114 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
17 108 (7.83%) DV Cleared
18 106 (7.69%) AWS
19 103 (7.47%) Software Engineering
20 100 (7.25%) Python
20 100 (7.25%) Java
21 92 (6.67%) Migration
22 85 (6.16%) Linux
22 85 (6.16%) Cisco
23 83 (6.02%) SAP
23 83 (6.02%) Roadmaps
24 82 (5.95%) Project Delivery
25 79 (5.73%) ITIL
26 78 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
27 77 (5.58%) Change Management

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 37 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.25%) Confluence
3 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.31%) CMS
5 11 (0.80%) SAS
6 9 (0.65%) Apache
7 8 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.58%) Documentum
8 5 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.36%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.073%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.073%) Drupal
10 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.073%) MTS
10 1 (0.073%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.73%) Acrobat
4 7 (0.51%) Revit
4 7 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.29%) SPSS
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) InVision
7 2 (0.15%) Simulink
7 2 (0.15%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.073%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.073%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.073%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 27 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.02%) Primavera
3 10 (0.73%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.36%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.15%) Maximo
8 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.15%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.15%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.15%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 170 (12.33%) Azure
2 106 (7.69%) AWS
3 73 (5.29%) Power Platform
4 58 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (1.81%) GCP
7 22 (1.60%) Serverless
8 21 (1.52%) Power Automate
9 19 (1.38%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.16%) SaaS
11 15 (1.09%) Snowflake
11 15 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
12 14 (1.02%) PaaS
13 13 (0.94%) OpenShift
14 10 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.73%) GitHub
14 10 (0.73%) IaaS
15 8 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.93%) Firewall
2 35 (2.54%) WAN
3 26 (1.89%) LAN
3 26 (1.89%) Network Security
4 25 (1.81%) DMZ
4 25 (1.81%) DNS
5 24 (1.74%) SAN
6 23 (1.67%) BGP
7 17 (1.23%) DHCP
8 15 (1.09%) Cisco Firepower
8 15 (1.09%) NetScaler
9 14 (1.02%) MPLS
10 13 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.80%) EIGRP
11 11 (0.80%) HTTP
11 11 (0.80%) IPsec
11 11 (0.80%) NAS
11 11 (0.80%) OSPF
11 11 (0.80%) VPN
12 10 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.28%) Power BI
2 38 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.31%) MongoDB
4 16 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.16%) Metadata
4 16 (1.16%) Oracle Database
5 15 (1.09%) Tableau
6 11 (0.80%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.73%) MySQL
8 9 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.65%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (0.58%) EDMS
9 8 (0.58%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.51%) Big Data
10 7 (0.51%) Data Mining
10 7 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (0.44%) Hadoop
11 6 (0.44%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 76 (5.51%) JIRA
2 40 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.54%) Git
4 29 (2.10%) Selenium
5 24 (1.74%) GitLab
6 22 (1.60%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.09%) JMeter
8 14 (1.02%) Postman
9 13 (0.94%) SonarQube
10 11 (0.80%) JUnit
11 10 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
11 10 (0.73%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.58%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.58%) Maven
12 8 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
12 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.51%) NUnit
13 7 (0.51%) Rational Rhapsody
14 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.44%) WebDriver
General
1 284 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 235 (17.04%) Public Sector
3 218 (15.81%) Finance
4 114 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (4.64%) Banking
6 42 (3.05%) Telecoms
7 37 (2.68%) Marketing
8 27 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 25 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (1.74%) Local Government
11 24 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 19 (1.38%) Legal
13 18 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.31%) Military
14 17 (1.23%) Law
15 12 (0.87%) Automotive
15 12 (0.87%) Electronics
15 12 (0.87%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.92%) React
2 45 (3.26%) .NET
3 31 (2.25%) REST
4 27 (1.96%) HTML
5 25 (1.81%) CSS
5 25 (1.81%) Node.js
6 23 (1.67%) Kafka
6 23 (1.67%) Spring
7 22 (1.60%) Spring Boot
8 21 (1.52%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.23%) Web Services
10 16 (1.16%) GraphQL
11 15 (1.09%) Middleware
12 14 (1.02%) RESTful
13 13 (0.94%) Redux
14 12 (0.87%) XML
15 11 (0.80%) Itk
15 11 (0.80%) Vue
16 10 (0.73%) J2EE
17 9 (0.65%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.05%) Product Ownership
2 33 (2.39%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.10%) Data Centre
4 25 (1.81%) NHS
5 20 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 17 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
10 11 (0.80%) Algorithms
10 11 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 11 (0.80%) Mobile App
10 11 (0.80%) Public Cloud
10 11 (0.80%) Replication
11 10 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (0.73%) Life Science
12 9 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.65%) Cyberattack
12 9 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.92%) Windows
2 85 (6.16%) Linux
3 33 (2.39%) Windows 10
4 29 (2.10%) Unix
5 27 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (0.80%) Android
9 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.36%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.29%) Solaris
13 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.15%) Debian
14 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (22.19%) Agile
2 163 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (11.75%) Project Management
4 154 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 136 (9.86%) DevOps
6 103 (7.47%) Software Engineering
7 92 (6.67%) Migration
8 83 (6.02%) Roadmaps
9 82 (5.95%) Project Delivery
10 79 (5.73%) ITIL
11 78 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 77 (5.58%) Change Management
13 72 (5.22%) CI/CD
14 70 (5.08%) Business Intelligence
15 69 (5.00%) Scrum
16 65 (4.71%) Cybersecurity
16 65 (4.71%) Mentoring
17 63 (4.57%) Decision-Making
18 57 (4.13%) PRINCE2
19 56 (4.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 133 (9.64%) SQL
2 100 (7.25%) Java
2 100 (7.25%) Python
3 49 (3.55%) PowerShell
4 42 (3.05%) C#
5 40 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 35 (2.54%) TypeScript
7 31 (2.25%) C
8 28 (2.03%) C++
9 22 (1.60%) Bash
10 18 (1.31%) Perl
11 15 (1.09%) Scala
12 11 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 11 (0.80%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.73%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.73%) VBScript
14 9 (0.65%) Go
14 9 (0.65%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.65%) R
15 8 (0.58%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 340 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 188 (13.63%) SC Cleared
3 135 (9.79%) Degree
4 108 (7.83%) DV Cleared
5 58 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 26 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.74%) CCNA
8 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.60%) CCNP
10 21 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
11 16 (1.16%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.09%) PMP
13 13 (0.94%) CISSP
14 10 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.65%) MCSE
15 9 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 8 (0.58%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 7 (0.51%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.12%) PMO
2 32 (2.32%) QA
3 31 (2.25%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.38%) GDPR
6 16 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
7 13 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.80%) NIST
9 7 (0.51%) GRC
9 7 (0.51%) HL7
9 7 (0.51%) SLA
10 6 (0.44%) NCSC
11 5 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.36%) WCAG
12 4 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 43 (3.12%) Docker
3 24 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.38%) vSphere
5 13 (0.94%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.65%) Firmware
6 9 (0.65%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.51%) XenApp
8 6 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.22%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.073%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.073%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 48 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 46 (3.34%) Terraform
3 45 (3.26%) Ansible
4 19 (1.38%) SCCM
5 15 (1.09%) Grafana
6 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (0.58%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 8 (0.58%) Podman
8 7 (0.51%) Kibana
8 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.44%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.36%) Endace
10 5 (0.36%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.29%) Argo
11 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.29%) Puppet
11 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 182 (13.20%) Microsoft
2 85 (6.16%) Cisco
3 83 (6.02%) SAP
4 61 (4.42%) VMware
5 36 (2.61%) Oracle
6 29 (2.10%) CheckPoint
7 26 (1.89%) Juniper
7 26 (1.89%) Splunk
8 25 (1.81%) Arista
9 22 (1.60%) Atlassian
10 21 (1.52%) Citrix
10 21 (1.52%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.38%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.38%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.16%) Adobe
13 14 (1.02%) Apple
13 14 (1.02%) F5
14 12 (0.87%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.80%) Google
15 11 (0.80%) NetIQ