Senior Contracts in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior daily rate in the Midlands is £511 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 35 37
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 139 183 263
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.10% 5.32% 5.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.54% 5.62% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 137 183
10th Percentile £298 £324 £375
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £538 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% +3.46% +9.47%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £614
90th Percentile £698 £693 £700
England median daily rate £567 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -5.50% +3.45% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 5
10th Percentile £13.50 - £17.60
25th Percentile £18.69 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.72 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +97.52% -17.58% -23.21%
75th Percentile £53.75 £20.86 £22.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £24.98 -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +28.57% +6.54%

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 2,508 3,256 4,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.65% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,289 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £223 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +3.83% +14.38%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 177
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.74% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.70
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +12 114 £511 -5.32% 206
East Midlands -11 23 £525 -2.33% 126
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 40 (28.78%) Agile
2 35 (25.18%) Social Skills
3 33 (23.74%) Project Management
4 31 (22.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (19.42%) Finance
6 23 (16.55%) Azure
7 22 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (15.83%) SQL
8 20 (14.39%) Microsoft
8 20 (14.39%) Security Cleared
9 19 (13.67%) Project Delivery
9 19 (13.67%) Public Sector
10 18 (12.95%) SC Cleared
11 17 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (10.79%) Power BI
13 15 (10.79%) Change Management
13 15 (10.79%) Power Platform
13 15 (10.79%) Decision-Making
14 14 (10.07%) DevOps
15 12 (8.63%) PRINCE2
15 12 (8.63%) Linux
15 12 (8.63%) Python
16 11 (7.91%) Degree
16 11 (7.91%) Coaching
16 11 (7.91%) Analytics
17 10 (7.19%) AWS
18 9 (6.47%) Mentoring
18 9 (6.47%) PMO

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 (2.88%) Apache Spark
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.44%) Apache
3 2 (1.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.72%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.44%) Revit
2 1 (0.72%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.72%) MicroStation
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.44%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.72%) Maximo
3 1 (0.72%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.72%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.55%) Azure
2 15 (10.79%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.19%) AWS
4 8 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.16%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.16%) GCP
7 3 (2.16%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.44%) Apigee
8 2 (1.44%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.44%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.44%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.44%) Serverless
9 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.72%) GitHub
9 1 (0.72%) Matillion
9 1 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.88%) DNS
2 3 (2.16%) Intranet
2 3 (2.16%) NetScaler
3 2 (1.44%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.44%) LAN
3 2 (1.44%) SAN
3 2 (1.44%) SMS
3 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.44%) VPN
3 2 (1.44%) WAN
3 2 (1.44%) Wireless
4 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.72%) DHCP
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) MPLS
4 1 (0.72%) PBX
4 1 (0.72%) VoIP
4 1 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.79%) Power BI
2 5 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.60%) SAP BW
3 4 (2.88%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.16%) Tableau
5 2 (1.44%) Big Data
5 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.44%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.44%) Power Query
5 2 (1.44%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.72%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.72%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.72%) Metadata
6 1 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.72%) Presto
Development Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Rational Rhapsody
2 6 (4.32%) JIRA
3 3 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.44%) JUnit
5 1 (0.72%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.72%) Ant
5 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.72%) GitLab
5 1 (0.72%) Gradle
5 1 (0.72%) Maven
5 1 (0.72%) Selenium
5 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.72%) Xcode
General
1 35 (25.18%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.42%) Finance
3 19 (13.67%) Public Sector
4 17 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.47%) Law
6 6 (4.32%) Legal
6 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.88%) Local Government
8 4 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Automotive
9 3 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.44%) Banking
10 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.44%) Retail
11 1 (0.72%) Aviation
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) AngularJS
1 4 (2.88%) React
1 4 (2.88%) REST
2 2 (1.44%) .NET
2 2 (1.44%) ADO
2 2 (1.44%) CSS
2 2 (1.44%) HTML
2 2 (1.44%) Kafka
2 2 (1.44%) LDAP
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.44%) Spring
2 2 (1.44%) Yocto
3 1 (0.72%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Beam
3 1 (0.72%) Apollo GraphQL
3 1 (0.72%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (0.72%) NestJS
3 1 (0.72%) Next.js
3 1 (0.72%) Redux
3 1 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.04%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.88%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.88%) CMDB
3 4 (2.88%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.88%) PMI
4 3 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.16%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.16%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.16%) Taxonomies
4 3 (2.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.44%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.44%) Life Science
6 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.72%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.72%) PKI
6 1 (0.72%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.63%) Linux
2 7 (5.04%) Windows
3 4 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.16%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.44%) Debian
5 2 (1.44%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.44%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.78%) Agile
2 33 (23.74%) Project Management
3 31 (22.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (13.67%) Project Delivery
6 17 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (10.79%) Change Management
8 15 (10.79%) Decision-Making
9 14 (10.07%) DevOps
10 12 (8.63%) PRINCE2
11 11 (7.91%) Analytics
11 11 (7.91%) Coaching
12 9 (6.47%) Computer Science
12 9 (6.47%) ETL
12 9 (6.47%) Mentoring
12 9 (6.47%) Software Engineering
13 8 (5.76%) CRM
13 8 (5.76%) Data Analysis
13 8 (5.76%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.83%) SQL
2 12 (8.63%) Python
3 7 (5.04%) Java
4 5 (3.60%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.88%) C++
6 3 (2.16%) Scala
7 2 (1.44%) Bash
7 2 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.44%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.44%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.72%) C
8 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.72%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.72%) R
8 1 (0.72%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 20 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.95%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.91%) Degree
4 8 (5.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (3.60%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.88%) PMP
7 3 (2.16%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.72%) CCIE
9 1 (0.72%) CCNP
9 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.72%) CISM
9 1 (0.72%) CISSP
9 1 (0.72%) HNC
9 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.72%) MCP
9 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) PMO
2 7 (5.04%) HL7
3 3 (2.16%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.16%) QA
4 2 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.44%) GRC
5 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.72%) COBIT
5 1 (0.72%) GDPR
5 1 (0.72%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.72%) ISO17020
5 1 (0.72%) NIST
5 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 3 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.16%) XenApp
2 3 (2.16%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.44%) Docker
3 2 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.44%) Firmware
4 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.44%) Terraform
2 1 (0.72%) Ansible
2 1 (0.72%) Kibana
2 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.72%) logstash
2 1 (0.72%) Packer
2 1 (0.72%) SCCM
2 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.47%) SAP
3 4 (2.88%) Citrix
3 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.16%) NetApp
4 3 (2.16%) Splunk
4 3 (2.16%) VMware
5 2 (1.44%) NEC
5 2 (1.44%) Northgate
5 2 (1.44%) NVIDIA
5 2 (1.44%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.72%) Adobe
6 1 (0.72%) Cadence
6 1 (0.72%) Capita
6 1 (0.72%) Concur
6 1 (0.72%) FireEye
6 1 (0.72%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.72%) iManage
6 1 (0.72%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.72%) Teradata