Senior Software Developer Contracts in South Wales

Senior Software Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior Software Developer daily rate in South Wales is £615 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 - 74
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.18% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 - £507
75th Percentile - - £527
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £615 - £507

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 302 490 874
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 94.59% 96.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 377 653
10th Percentile £172 £180 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £575
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 35
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.98 £11.70
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £25.38
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 £47.19
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.58%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Senior Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in South Wales

Senior Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Senior Software Developer in South Wales

Senior Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cardiff - 4 £615 -
Senior Software Developer
Wales

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Senior Software Developer 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 South Wales region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 4 (100.00%) RedGate
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) HL7
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (25.00%) tSQLt
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) FHIR
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (25.00%) tSQLt
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) FHIR
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) High Availability
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Scrum
1 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) RedGate
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft