Senior Contracts in Basingstoke

Senior
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Senior daily rate in Basingstoke is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 40 23
Rank change year-on-year +18 -17 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 11 20 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 7.91% 4.26% 5.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.15% 4.36% 6.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £394 - £484
25th Percentile £447 £550 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £703
90th Percentile £606 £660 £754
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 135 459 180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.12% 97.66% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 285 109
10th Percentile £456 £425 £228
25th Percentile £513 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +6.49%
75th Percentile £619 £700 £663
90th Percentile £650 £738 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £515
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.65% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 15 9
10th Percentile - £13.64 £15.17
25th Percentile - £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £21.39 £47.50 £15.21
Median % change year-on-year -54.97% +212.29% -30.86%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £19.50
90th Percentile - - £25.95
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +144.19%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Basingstoke

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Basingstoke.

Daily rate trend for Senior in Basingstoke

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Basingstoke

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Basingstoke.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Basingstoke

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2025, 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 Basingstoke region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) DV Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) V-Model
2 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 6 (54.55%) JIRA
2 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
2 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
2 6 (54.55%) SoapUI
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
2 6 (54.55%) SOAP
2 6 (54.55%) XML
2 6 (54.55%) Jenkins
3 5 (45.45%) Test Strategy
3 5 (45.45%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (45.45%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
6 1 (9.09%) Degree
6 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Manual Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) 5G
1 1 (9.09%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Jenkins
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
1 6 (54.55%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) SOAP
1 6 (54.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
1 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
1 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
1 6 (54.55%) V-Model
1 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
2 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
2 5 (45.45%) Programme Delivery
2 5 (45.45%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (45.45%) Test Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) DV Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO