Senior Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Senior
South West > Dorset

As of 15 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior daily rate in Dorset.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 3 8 8
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 3.41% 7.77% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.53% 8.08% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £398
25th Percentile - £456 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.50% -
75th Percentile - £469 £556
90th Percentile - - £583
South West median daily rate £495 £570 £575
% change year-on-year -13.16% -0.87% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £70.66
South West median hourly rate £51.67 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +0.77% +44.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 85 99 228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.59% 96.12% 97.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 61 122
10th Percentile £165 £223 £172
25th Percentile £189 £381 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £531
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -10.59% +7.32%
75th Percentile £540 £550 £650
90th Percentile £675 £675 £823
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 57
10th Percentile - - £15.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £18.28
Median hourly rate £18.19 £15.22 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +19.55% -73.07% +175.56%
75th Percentile £24.36 £15.62 £65.98
90th Percentile £38.91 £20.40 £69.62
South West median hourly rate £34.75 £65.00 £57.66
% change year-on-year -46.54% +12.73% -11.29%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Dorset

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Dorset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Dorset

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Dorset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Dorset

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Bournemouth +4 2 - - 15
Poole - 1 - - 7
Senior
South West

Senior Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 15 December 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 Dorset region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) MongoDB
2 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Android Development
3 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MongoDB
1 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Android Development
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes