Senior Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Senior
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Senior daily rate in the City of Westminster is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 4.65% 3.57% 6.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% 3.70% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £514
25th Percentile - - £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.16%
75th Percentile - - £669
90th Percentile - - £703
Central London median daily rate £600 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 City of Westminster with a recognized job title 34 54 49
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.07% 96.43% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 28 48
10th Percentile £350 £355 £176
25th Percentile £450 £436 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £572
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.26% +11.12%
75th Percentile £625 £581 £850
90th Percentile £717 £788 £956
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £18.54 - -
25th Percentile £18.59 - -
Median hourly rate £18.94 - £26.00
75th Percentile £19.34 - -
90th Percentile £19.44 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -5.41% -10.30%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Senior job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the City of Westminster.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in the City of Westminster

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 8 November 2025. 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
Paddington - 2 £625 -
Senior
Central London

Senior Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Senior 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 City of Westminster region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Personalization
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Personalization
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce