Senior Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior daily rate in Work from Home is £575 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 17 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,368 1,983 3,673
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.34% 8.23% 8.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.99% 8.64% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 1,431 2,726
10th Percentile £413 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £554
Median % change year-on-year - +3.79% +5.52%
75th Percentile £678 £688 £669
90th Percentile £825 £800 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £598 £575
% change year-on-year -8.03% +4.00% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 36 41
10th Percentile £24.45 £40.75 £31.85
25th Percentile £37.18 £42.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £51.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +62.07%
75th Percentile £62.19 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.77 £77.50
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
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 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
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 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Senior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
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.

Senior daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Senior daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
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.

Senior hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Senior hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior in the job title.

1 391 (28.58%) Agile
2 338 (24.71%) Finance
3 282 (20.61%) Azure
4 264 (19.30%) Social Skills
5 238 (17.40%) AWS
6 219 (16.01%) Python
7 215 (15.72%) DevOps
8 214 (15.64%) Java
9 196 (14.33%) Security Cleared
10 189 (13.82%) Software Engineering
11 179 (13.08%) Public Sector
12 172 (12.57%) SQL
13 151 (11.04%) SC Cleared
14 149 (10.89%) Microsoft
15 146 (10.67%) JavaScript
16 141 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
17 138 (10.09%) CI/CD
18 119 (8.70%) C#
19 118 (8.63%) Banking
19 118 (8.63%) TypeScript
20 102 (7.46%) Migration
21 101 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
21 101 (7.38%) Project Management
22 99 (7.24%) Front Office
23 97 (7.09%) Degree
24 95 (6.94%) React
25 93 (6.80%) Test Automation
26 92 (6.73%) .NET
27 90 (6.58%) Kubernetes
28 88 (6.43%) SQL Server

Senior 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 47 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (3.29%) Apache
3 29 (2.12%) Confluence
4 21 (1.54%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.88%) CMS
7 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.37%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.37%) WebSphere Portal
10 4 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.29%) SAS
11 3 (0.22%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.15%) Mule
12 2 (0.15%) nginx
12 2 (0.15%) ThingWorx
12 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.29%) Revit
5 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.29%) Trello
6 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.15%) InDesign
7 2 (0.15%) Simulink
7 2 (0.15%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.073%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.073%) InVision
8 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 28 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.95%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.58%) Primavera
4 8 (0.58%) SAP SD
5 6 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.37%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
7 4 (0.29%) Endur
8 3 (0.22%) RMDS
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.15%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.15%) Shopify
9 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.073%) Aladdin
10 1 (0.073%) OPENHousing
10 1 (0.073%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 282 (20.61%) Azure
2 238 (17.40%) AWS
3 76 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 63 (4.61%) GCP
5 52 (3.80%) Serverless
6 51 (3.73%) Power Platform
7 49 (3.58%) dbt
8 47 (3.44%) GitHub
9 46 (3.36%) Snowflake
10 36 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (2.19%) SaaS
12 27 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (1.90%) PaaS
14 25 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 24 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (1.46%) Amazon S3
16 20 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 20 (1.46%) Entra ID
17 19 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 73 (5.34%) Firewall
2 31 (2.27%) Network Security
3 20 (1.46%) VPN
4 18 (1.32%) DNS
4 18 (1.32%) WAN
5 13 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.88%) LAN
6 12 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.80%) BGP
8 10 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (0.73%) DHCP
8 10 (0.73%) HTTP
9 9 (0.66%) OSPF
9 9 (0.66%) SAN
10 8 (0.58%) Internet
10 8 (0.58%) IPsec
10 8 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.51%) 4G
11 7 (0.51%) 5G
11 7 (0.51%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 44 (3.22%) Data Lake
3 42 (3.07%) Power BI
4 40 (2.92%) Amazon Athena
5 38 (2.78%) Apache Arrow
5 38 (2.78%) Apache Ignite
5 38 (2.78%) Dremio
6 23 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.68%) Oracle Database
7 21 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (1.46%) Apache Cassandra
9 19 (1.39%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.17%) MySQL
11 14 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.02%) Tableau
12 13 (0.95%) Big Data
12 13 (0.95%) DynamoDB
13 12 (0.88%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.88%) Relational Database
14 9 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 73 (5.34%) Git
2 59 (4.31%) JIRA
3 48 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 37 (2.70%) GitLab
5 27 (1.97%) Cucumber
6 26 (1.90%) Selenium
7 19 (1.39%) JUnit
8 16 (1.17%) Mockito
9 15 (1.10%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.95%) git-flow
10 13 (0.95%) SpecFlow
11 11 (0.80%) JMeter
11 11 (0.80%) Postman
11 11 (0.80%) SonarQube
12 9 (0.66%) Visual Studio
13 8 (0.58%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.51%) CircleCI
14 7 (0.51%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.51%) TeamCity
15 6 (0.44%) Maven
General
1 338 (24.71%) Finance
2 264 (19.30%) Social Skills
3 179 (13.08%) Public Sector
4 118 (8.63%) Banking
5 99 (7.24%) Front Office
6 84 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (3.22%) Back Office
8 43 (3.14%) Investment Banking
9 33 (2.41%) Marketing
10 29 (2.12%) Retail
11 28 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (1.97%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.83%) Legal
15 23 (1.68%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.10%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.80%) Law
18 10 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
19 9 (0.66%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (6.94%) React
2 92 (6.73%) .NET
3 59 (4.31%) CSS
4 54 (3.95%) REST
4 54 (3.95%) XML
5 53 (3.87%) AngularJS
5 53 (3.87%) HTML
6 50 (3.65%) Pandas
7 45 (3.29%) gRPC
8 44 (3.22%) Protocol Buffers
9 43 (3.14%) Kafka
10 42 (3.07%) Node.js
11 41 (3.00%) NumPy
12 39 (2.85%) SciPy
13 38 (2.78%) Spring Boot
14 23 (1.68%) Spring
15 22 (1.61%) .NET Framework
15 22 (1.61%) Web Services
16 21 (1.54%) JSON
16 21 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 71 (5.19%) Derivative
2 66 (4.82%) Hedge funds
3 62 (4.53%) Fixed Income
4 59 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 47 (3.44%) Equities
5 47 (3.44%) Product Ownership
6 44 (3.22%) Data Centre
7 30 (2.19%) Management Information System
8 25 (1.83%) Replication
9 24 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 21 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.32%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.24%) NHS
13 16 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (1.02%) Pricing Data
14 14 (1.02%) Public Cloud
15 13 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 84 (6.14%) Windows
2 76 (5.56%) Linux
3 24 (1.75%) Android
4 21 (1.54%) Unix
5 14 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Debian
10 2 (0.15%) Solaris
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (28.58%) Agile
2 215 (15.72%) DevOps
3 189 (13.82%) Software Engineering
4 141 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
5 138 (10.09%) CI/CD
6 102 (7.46%) Migration
7 101 (7.38%) Project Management
7 101 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 93 (6.80%) Test Automation
9 87 (6.36%) Scrum
10 82 (5.99%) Asset Management
11 77 (5.63%) Analytics
11 77 (5.63%) Mentoring
12 73 (5.34%) Roadmaps
12 73 (5.34%) User Experience
13 67 (4.90%) Investment Management
14 65 (4.75%) SDLC
15 64 (4.68%) Project Delivery
16 56 (4.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (4.09%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 219 (16.01%) Python
2 214 (15.64%) Java
3 172 (12.57%) SQL
4 146 (10.67%) JavaScript
5 119 (8.70%) C#
6 118 (8.63%) TypeScript
7 72 (5.26%) PowerShell
8 34 (2.49%) Go
9 32 (2.34%) Bash
10 28 (2.05%) Bicep
11 24 (1.75%) C++
12 20 (1.46%) Kotlin
13 13 (0.95%) Scala
14 12 (0.88%) C
14 12 (0.88%) PHP
15 10 (0.73%) Perl
16 7 (0.51%) Ruby
16 7 (0.51%) Swift
16 7 (0.51%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 196 (14.33%) Security Cleared
2 151 (11.04%) SC Cleared
3 97 (7.09%) Degree
4 36 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (1.17%) CCNP
8 15 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.80%) CCIE
10 10 (0.73%) CISSP
11 8 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.44%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.44%) PMP
14 5 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.37%) CCNA
15 4 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.85%) Data Quality
2 26 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.83%) PCI DSS
4 22 (1.61%) QA
5 21 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.39%) PMO
7 11 (0.80%) SLA
8 10 (0.73%) WCAG
9 9 (0.66%) GDPR
10 8 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
11 7 (0.51%) NIST
12 5 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.15%) GRC
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.15%) NCSC
14 2 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 71 (5.19%) Docker
2 63 (4.61%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.73%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.51%) vSphere
7 6 (0.44%) ACF2
7 6 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.44%) IAG
7 6 (0.44%) RACF
8 4 (0.29%) Firmware
8 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.15%) Squid
10 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.15%) XenApp
11 1 (0.073%) GridGain
11 1 (0.073%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 90 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 77 (5.63%) Terraform
3 47 (3.44%) Ansible
4 22 (1.61%) Grafana
5 11 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
5 11 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.58%) Podman
7 8 (0.58%) Puppet
8 6 (0.44%) SCCM
9 5 (0.37%) Argo
10 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.29%) Kibana
10 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.22%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.22%) VxRail
12 2 (0.15%) CASB
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.09%) SAP
3 53 (3.87%) Oracle
4 35 (2.56%) Cisco
5 30 (2.19%) VMware
6 27 (1.97%) Google
7 26 (1.90%) Palo Alto
8 22 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.24%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.17%) F5
11 15 (1.10%) Atlassian
11 15 (1.10%) Splunk
12 13 (0.95%) IBM
13 12 (0.88%) Fortinet
14 11 (0.80%) Databricks
15 9 (0.66%) Citrix
15 9 (0.66%) Sybase
16 7 (0.51%) Dell
16 7 (0.51%) NEC
17 6 (0.44%) BT