Senior Contracts in Devon

Senior
South West > Devon

The median Senior daily rate in Devon is £600, 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 11 17 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 12 20 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 11.21% 7.27% 12.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.04% 7.58% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 19
10th Percentile £435 £325 £298
25th Percentile £475 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £465 £600
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -22.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £533 £638
90th Percentile £660 £600 £710
South West median daily rate £525 £507 £600
% change year-on-year +3.60% -15.54% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £57.25 £54.00 £58.00
25th Percentile £60.63 £60.00 £62.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £82.00
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year - +36.59% +5.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 92 264 176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 96.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 181 145
10th Percentile £191 £150 £131
25th Percentile £319 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +10.44%
75th Percentile £556 £513 £550
90th Percentile £630 £600 £672
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 40 7
10th Percentile £25.83 £10.42 £40.20
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.63 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +190.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £70.00 £76.00
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 Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Devon

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Devon

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Devon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Devon

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Exeter +7 5 £475 +6.74% 81
Plymouth -3 4 - - 82
Senior
South West

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

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 Devon region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
5 2 (16.67%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (16.67%) QA
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 1 (8.33%) GitHub
6 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (8.33%) DevOps
6 1 (8.33%) Coaching
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (8.33%) Service Design
6 1 (8.33%) Prototyping
6 1 (8.33%) Contract Management
6 1 (8.33%) JIRA
6 1 (8.33%) Ergonomics
6 1 (8.33%) Human Factors

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (8.33%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) Subversion
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
2 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Scrum
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) CAD
3 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (8.33%) Contract Management
3 1 (8.33%) ITSM
3 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (8.33%) OO
3 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) SEO
3 1 (8.33%) Service Management
3 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Bash
2 1 (8.33%) C
2 1 (8.33%) C++
2 1 (8.33%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) NEC
1 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow