Senior Contracts in Birmingham

Senior
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior daily rate in Birmingham is £549, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 30 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 33 38 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.32% 4.92% 6.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.05% 5.31% 6.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 45
10th Percentile £471 £259 £361
25th Percentile £511 £275 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £613 £550 £650
90th Percentile £733 £587 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £511 £540
% change year-on-year +7.58% -5.32% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £56.25 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - +134.38% -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.24 £42.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.81% +137.02% +10.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Birmingham

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Birmingham

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Birmingham

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Birmingham region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 10 (30.30%) Finance
1 10 (30.30%) Agile
2 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Project Management
4 7 (21.21%) Migration
4 7 (21.21%) Analytics
5 6 (18.18%) SQL
6 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
7 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (12.12%) Data Strategy
7 4 (12.12%) Business Case
7 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
7 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
7 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
8 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
8 3 (9.09%) LDAP
8 3 (9.09%) ERP
8 3 (9.09%) Data Modelling
8 3 (9.09%) Azure
8 3 (9.09%) Waterfall
8 3 (9.09%) Web Analytics
8 3 (9.09%) JIRA
8 3 (9.09%) Snowflake
8 3 (9.09%) PMO
8 3 (9.09%) Digital Analytics
8 3 (9.09%) Storytelling
8 3 (9.09%) Public Sector

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (6.06%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Moodle
2 1 (3.03%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP HCM
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Snowflake
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) GitHub
3 2 (6.06%) IaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) Network Security
2 1 (3.03%) BGP
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (3.03%) EIGRP
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) LAN
2 1 (3.03%) MPLS
2 1 (3.03%) OSPF
2 1 (3.03%) WAN
2 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (6.06%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (3.03%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.03%) Gradle
3 1 (3.03%) JUnit
3 1 (3.03%) Maven
3 1 (3.03%) Mockito
General
1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) LDAP
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (6.06%) REST
3 1 (3.03%) EntireX
3 1 (3.03%) Gherkin
3 1 (3.03%) OAuth
3 1 (3.03%) RESTful
3 1 (3.03%) SAML
3 1 (3.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (3.03%) PMI
2 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Agile
2 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (24.24%) Project Management
4 7 (21.21%) Analytics
4 7 (21.21%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Business Case
5 4 (12.12%) Data Strategy
5 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
5 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 3 (9.09%) Digital Analytics
6 3 (9.09%) ERP
6 3 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (9.09%) Infographics
6 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (9.09%) Storytelling
6 3 (9.09%) Waterfall
6 3 (9.09%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (6.06%) Groovy
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.06%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) CCIE
3 1 (3.03%) CCNP
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.03%) MRICS
3 1 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Atlassian
2 2 (6.06%) Cisco
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) Talend
3 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.03%) IBM
3 1 (3.03%) IFS
3 1 (3.03%) Juniper
3 1 (3.03%) Meraki
3 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.03%) Software AG
3 1 (3.03%) webMethods