Senior
South West > Bristol
The median Senior daily rate in Bristol is £420, 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 | 17 | 28 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +2 | +7 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior | 43 | 50 | 82 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol | 8.01% | 4.73% | 6.53% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 8.40% | 4.98% | 7.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 34 | 29 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £451 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £475 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £420 | £500 | £590 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.05% | -15.18% | +11.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £590 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £632 | £730 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £507 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.60% | -15.54% | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £57.74 | £53.75 | £24.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.60 | £69.72 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £78.70 | £75.00 | £48.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.93% | +54.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £79.35 | - | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.74 | - | £71.75 |
| South West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £70.00 | £51.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +36.59% | +5.13% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title | 512 | 1,004 | 1,131 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 95.34% | 94.99% | 90.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 302 | 541 | 805 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £250 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £355 | £363 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £500 | £510 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -1.96% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £564 | £613 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £713 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -0.95% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 90 | 218 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.51 | £36.25 | £30.97 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.75 | £45.00 | £57.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -0.76% | +55.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £73.75 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £85.00 | £86.23 |
| South West median hourly rate | £63.50 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.45% | -15.38% | +38.30% |
Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol
Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.
Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Bristol.
Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Bristol.
Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol
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 Bristol region featuring Senior in the job title.
|
|
Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||