Senior Contracts in the North of England

Senior
England > North of England

The median Senior daily rate in the North of England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 344 380 495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.33% 6.66% 6.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.87% 6.98% 7.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 278 364
10th Percentile £325 £400 £350
25th Percentile £423 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £593
90th Percentile £675 £700 £663
England median daily rate £565 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 11 10
10th Percentile £23.00 £17.72 £25.18
25th Percentile £27.00 £19.49 £26.69
Median hourly rate £42.91 £35.00 £38.59
Median % change year-on-year +22.60% -9.30% +19.01%
75th Percentile £52.78 £63.75 £51.28
90th Percentile £68.75 £66.69 £53.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +5.56% +26.76% +7.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,373 5,442 6,917
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.34% 96.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,731 3,843 5,087
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £382 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £554
90th Percentile £672 £687 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 155 280
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.54 £14.19
Median hourly rate £20.60 £30.76 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -33.02% +65.42% +3.87%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.19 £28.94
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.41 £51.48
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North West +10 248 £513 -4.65% 315
Yorkshire -6 90 £500 -13.04% 160
North East +3 19 £600 -1.03% 65
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 69 (20.06%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.48%) Agile
3 50 (14.53%) Security Cleared
4 48 (13.95%) Public Sector
5 44 (12.79%) ITIL
6 41 (11.92%) AWS
7 39 (11.34%) Microsoft
8 37 (10.76%) SC Cleared
9 35 (10.17%) Java
10 33 (9.59%) CI/CD
10 33 (9.59%) DevOps
11 32 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (9.30%) Finance
11 32 (9.30%) Python
12 31 (9.01%) Software Engineering
13 30 (8.72%) SAP
13 30 (8.72%) Azure
14 28 (8.14%) Degree
15 27 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
16 25 (7.27%) Roadmaps
17 23 (6.69%) ServiceNow
18 22 (6.40%) Test Automation
18 22 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
18 22 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
19 21 (6.10%) Data Analysis
19 21 (6.10%) SQL
19 21 (6.10%) CCNA
19 21 (6.10%) Active Directory
19 21 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
19 21 (6.10%) Microservices

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.03%) Confluence
4 5 (1.45%) SAS
5 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.29%) Drupal
6 1 (0.29%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.74%) Revit
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.16%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.58%) SAP WM
2 2 (0.58%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.92%) AWS
2 30 (8.72%) Azure
3 20 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.94%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.91%) GCP
5 10 (2.91%) Snowflake
6 7 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.45%) Collibra
7 5 (1.45%) IaaS
7 5 (1.45%) PaaS
7 5 (1.45%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.45%) SaaS
8 3 (0.87%) Akamai
8 3 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.87%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.87%) Serverless
9 2 (0.58%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.65%) Firewall
2 12 (3.49%) Network Security
3 9 (2.62%) BGP
3 9 (2.62%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (2.62%) Cisco Firepower
3 9 (2.62%) Cisco ISE
3 9 (2.62%) DNS
3 9 (2.62%) EIGRP
3 9 (2.62%) HSRP
3 9 (2.62%) IPsec
3 9 (2.62%) NetScaler
3 9 (2.62%) OSPF
4 8 (2.33%) SNMP
4 8 (2.33%) Spanning Tree
4 8 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.74%) WAN
6 4 (1.16%) HTTP
6 4 (1.16%) LAN
6 4 (1.16%) Wireless
6 4 (1.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.81%) MongoDB
2 17 (4.94%) Power BI
3 9 (2.62%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.45%) Ataccama
5 5 (1.45%) MySQL
5 5 (1.45%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (1.16%) Big Data
6 4 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.16%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.16%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.16%) SQLite
6 4 (1.16%) Tableau
7 3 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.87%) HBase
8 2 (0.58%) Metadata
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (3.78%) JIRA
2 11 (3.20%) Git
2 11 (3.20%) Selenium
3 10 (2.91%) GitLab
4 8 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.33%) JMeter
5 7 (2.03%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.45%) Gatling
6 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (1.16%) Postman
7 4 (1.16%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.58%) TestCafe
9 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.29%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.29%) GoCD
9 1 (0.29%) Gradle
9 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.29%) Storybook
9 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (20.06%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.95%) Public Sector
3 32 (9.30%) Finance
4 27 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.36%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (2.91%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.33%) Banking
7 8 (2.33%) Legal
8 6 (1.74%) Retail
9 5 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.16%) Military
11 3 (0.87%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (0.87%) Electronics
11 3 (0.87%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.87%) Law
11 3 (0.87%) Marketing
12 2 (0.58%) Local Government
12 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.81%) Node.js
2 18 (5.23%) React
2 18 (5.23%) RESTful
3 11 (3.20%) Web Services
4 10 (2.91%) CSS
4 10 (2.91%) Vue
5 9 (2.62%) HTML
6 8 (2.33%) Jinja
6 8 (2.33%) Kafka
7 7 (2.03%) .NET
7 7 (2.03%) Redux
8 6 (1.74%) Spring
9 5 (1.45%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.45%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.45%) Next.js
10 4 (1.16%) ActiveMQ
10 4 (1.16%) XML
11 3 (0.87%) Express.js
11 3 (0.87%) MERN Stack
11 3 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.07%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.78%) NHS
3 9 (2.62%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.74%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.16%) Life Science
6 4 (1.16%) Robotics
7 3 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.58%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (0.58%) IoT
8 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.52%) Windows
2 15 (4.36%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.74%) Android
4 6 (1.74%) Unix
5 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.16%) Linux
6 4 (1.16%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (19.48%) Agile
2 44 (12.79%) ITIL
3 33 (9.59%) CI/CD
3 33 (9.59%) DevOps
4 32 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (9.01%) Software Engineering
6 25 (7.27%) Roadmaps
7 22 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (6.40%) Test Automation
8 21 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (6.10%) Data Analysis
8 21 (6.10%) Microservices
9 20 (5.81%) Mentoring
10 19 (5.52%) Change Management
10 19 (5.52%) Project Management
11 18 (5.23%) Data Modelling
12 17 (4.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (4.94%) Design Patterns
12 17 (4.94%) Line Management
13 16 (4.65%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.17%) Java
2 32 (9.30%) Python
3 21 (6.10%) SQL
4 14 (4.07%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.49%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.49%) Scala
6 11 (3.20%) Perl
7 9 (2.62%) Bash
7 9 (2.62%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.33%) Tcl
9 7 (2.03%) C#
9 7 (2.03%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.16%) Go
10 4 (1.16%) Groovy
10 4 (1.16%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.58%) PHP
12 2 (0.58%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 37 (10.76%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.14%) Degree
4 22 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (6.10%) CCNA
6 16 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
7 14 (4.07%) CCNP
7 14 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.74%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.45%) MCSE
11 4 (1.16%) CISSP
11 4 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.87%) CISM
13 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.58%) RIBA
13 2 (0.58%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.65%) Accessibility
2 15 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.49%) QA
4 10 (2.91%) GDPR
5 8 (2.33%) PMO
6 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.16%) WCAG
7 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.58%) GRC
8 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.58%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) GxP
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
9 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (6.10%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.62%) Docker
2 9 (2.62%) Firmware
3 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.29%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.94%) Terraform
2 14 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.20%) Ansible
4 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.74%) SCCM
6 3 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.87%) Grafana
6 3 (0.87%) Kibana
6 3 (0.87%) VxRail
7 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.29%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.29%) Puppet
8 1 (0.29%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.29%) vMotion
8 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.72%) SAP
3 23 (6.69%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.81%) Cisco
5 18 (5.23%) VMware
6 12 (3.49%) SolarWinds
7 11 (3.20%) Citrix
7 11 (3.20%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.74%) Google
8 6 (1.74%) Oracle
9 5 (1.45%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.45%) Dataiku
9 5 (1.45%) Trillium
10 4 (1.16%) Ariba
10 4 (1.16%) Dell
11 3 (0.87%) F5
11 3 (0.87%) HP
11 3 (0.87%) Symantec
11 3 (0.87%) Veeam
12 2 (0.58%) Atlassian