Senior Software Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 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 380 430 487
Rank change year-on-year +50 +57 -74
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 13 28 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.12% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.12% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 17
10th Percentile £436 £523 £390
25th Percentile £511 £569 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £538
90th Percentile £606 £710 £627
UK median daily rate £548 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -8.75% +1.69% +18.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.85 - -
Median hourly rate £58.91 - -
75th Percentile £62.96 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.91 - -

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 19,140 22,709 29,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,706 15,914 20,771
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,220 1,177 1,493
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.70 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
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 Software Developer within the UK excluding London 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
South East +27 5 £521 -28.72% 13
Wales - 4 £615 -
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 3
Midlands - 2 £550 - 8
North of England +29 1 £350 -39.13% 9
Yorkshire +20 1 £350 -39.13% 5
East of England +17 1 £600 - 3
Senior Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Configuration Management
4 4 (30.77%) RedGate
4 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Ubuntu
4 4 (30.77%) SAN
4 4 (30.77%) Red Hat
4 4 (30.77%) Python
4 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
4 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
4 4 (30.77%) .NET
4 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Debian
4 4 (30.77%) VMware
5 3 (23.08%) UML
5 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (23.08%) C#
5 3 (23.08%) C++
5 3 (23.08%) SysML
5 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
5 3 (23.08%) Blazor
5 3 (23.08%) Razor View Engine

Senior Software Developer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) SAN
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) LabVIEW
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (7.69%) tSQLt
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) .NET Core
2 3 (23.08%) Blazor
2 3 (23.08%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) FHIR
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) React
3 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Clustering
1 1 (7.69%) NHS
1 1 (7.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Debian
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Configuration Management
3 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
4 3 (23.08%) SysML
4 3 (23.08%) UML
4 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
5 2 (15.38%) Clean Code
5 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (15.38%) Prototyping
5 2 (15.38%) Secure Coding
5 2 (15.38%) Statistics
5 2 (15.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Load Balancing
6 1 (7.69%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
3 3 (23.08%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) C++
4 1 (7.69%) Java
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 1 (7.69%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Red Hat
2 4 (30.77%) RedGate
2 4 (30.77%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) Remedy