Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Senior Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £569, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 63 51
Rank change year-on-year -7 -12 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 6 5 19
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.80% 0.74% 2.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.78% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 15
10th Percentile £439 - £316
25th Percentile £478 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £500 £675
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% -25.93% +13.68%
75th Percentile £644 - £688
90th Percentile - - £700
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £500 £663
% change year-on-year +5.00% -24.53% +20.45%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 671 642 672
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.99% 94.55% 93.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 432 456
10th Percentile £213 £196 £246
25th Percentile £370 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £584 £619 £588
90th Percentile £650 £737 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 23
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.33 £13.43
25th Percentile £13.25 £23.78 £15.31
Median hourly rate £19.25 £30.45 £31.04
Median % change year-on-year -36.78% -1.90% +55.20%
75th Percentile £26.25 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £56.45 £68.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £23.00
% change year-on-year +4.95% +3.57% +29.80%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Birmingham

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Senior Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) Data Hub
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Minimum Viable Product
2 2 (33.33%) React
2 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) Power Automate

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Hub
1 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) AI
1 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) Data Science
1 2 (33.33%) DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
1 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (33.33%) Interaction Design
1 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 2 (33.33%) Minimum Viable Product
1 2 (33.33%) SDLC
1 2 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (16.67%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree