Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Developer daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 151 133
Rank change year-on-year -15 -18 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 667 425 639
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.77% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.91% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 309 477
10th Percentile £409 £410 £410
25th Percentile £500 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +8.11% -14.62%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £750
90th Percentile £928 £838 £875
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 12
10th Percentile £37.25 - £36.98
25th Percentile £44.93 - £54.85
Median hourly rate £45.56 £77.19 £60.17
Median % change year-on-year -40.98% +28.29% -3.73%
75th Percentile £46.18 - £75.00
90th Percentile £95.00 - £82.95
UK median hourly rate £45.56 £77.19 £58.91
% change year-on-year -40.98% +31.04% -5.75%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 38,471 22,237 34,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.35% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,758 14,699 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -1.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,703 932 2,576
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.18 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -20.53% -16.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.08 £37.50
% change year-on-year +52.04% -25.13% -16.67%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in England

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in England

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Developer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2026. 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
London +9 433 £625 -3.85% 99
North of England -13 98 £525 - 44
Yorkshire -20 52 £575 +9.52% 8
North West -16 44 £494 -1.25% 26
Midlands -35 42 £513 -6.82% 15
South East -48 38 £560 +8.74% 57
West Midlands -43 34 £513 -6.82% 9
South West -22 28 £475 -13.64% 22
East of England -24 20 £500 -23.08% 17
East Midlands -24 7 £525 +28.05% 6
North East -23 4 £750 +100.00% 10
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 June 2026, Senior Developer 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 England region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 216 (32.38%) Java
2 177 (26.54%) AWS
3 168 (25.19%) CI/CD
4 157 (23.54%) Agile
5 137 (20.54%) Python
6 136 (20.39%) Azure
7 129 (19.34%) Microservices
8 127 (19.04%) SQL
9 106 (15.89%) Docker
10 103 (15.44%) JavaScript
11 102 (15.29%) DevOps
12 96 (14.39%) React
13 93 (13.94%) Security Cleared
14 91 (13.64%) C#
14 91 (13.64%) Kubernetes
15 90 (13.49%) SC Cleared
16 85 (12.74%) TypeScript
17 84 (12.59%) Kafka
18 83 (12.44%) .NET
19 78 (11.69%) Spring
20 77 (11.54%) Software Engineering
21 73 (10.94%) TDD
22 69 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
22 69 (10.34%) Spring Boot
22 69 (10.34%) Test Automation
23 68 (10.19%) Git
23 68 (10.19%) RESTful
24 67 (10.04%) Containerisation
25 56 (8.40%) Data Modelling
25 56 (8.40%) REST

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.50%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.05%) Apache
2 7 (1.05%) Ethereum
2 7 (1.05%) Hyperledger
3 6 (0.90%) CMS
4 4 (0.60%) Confluence
4 4 (0.60%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.45%) IIS
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.45%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) JBoss
7 1 (0.15%) Moodle
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.40%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.75%) Endur
3 4 (0.60%) R3 Corda
4 3 (0.45%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.45%) Quorum
4 3 (0.45%) Ripple
4 3 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.30%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 177 (26.54%) AWS
2 136 (20.39%) Azure
3 52 (7.80%) GitHub
4 38 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 37 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (4.95%) Serverless
7 30 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (3.75%) Power Automate
9 24 (3.60%) GCP
10 23 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
11 20 (3.00%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.85%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (2.10%) Copilot Studio
16 13 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
17 12 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
17 12 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.20%) HTTP
2 6 (0.90%) Multicast
3 2 (0.30%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.30%) RTP
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Firewall
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (6.00%) SQL Server
3 36 (5.40%) Relational Database
4 32 (4.80%) Power BI
5 30 (4.50%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.75%) NoSQL
7 23 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
8 18 (2.70%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (1.80%) MySQL
11 10 (1.50%) KDB
12 7 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.05%) Kdb+
12 7 (1.05%) Oracle BI EE
13 6 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (0.90%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.60%) DB2
14 4 (0.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 68 (10.19%) Git
2 34 (5.10%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.45%) Maven
4 20 (3.00%) JUnit
5 19 (2.85%) Mockito
6 18 (2.70%) GitLab
6 18 (2.70%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.95%) Gradle
8 12 (1.80%) JIRA
9 5 (0.75%) Snyk
9 5 (0.75%) Xcode
10 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.60%) XCTest
10 4 (0.60%) XCUITest
11 3 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.45%) DbUnit
11 3 (0.45%) jMock
11 3 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.45%) TeamCity
General
1 145 (21.74%) Finance
2 104 (15.59%) Banking
3 90 (13.49%) Public Sector
4 89 (13.34%) Social Skills
5 49 (7.35%) Investment Banking
6 45 (6.75%) Front Office
7 32 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (3.30%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.50%) Retail
11 9 (1.35%) Military
12 6 (0.90%) Legal
13 5 (0.75%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.60%) Law
14 4 (0.60%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.45%) Back Office
15 3 (0.45%) Games
15 3 (0.45%) Health Technology
16 2 (0.30%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (14.39%) React
2 84 (12.59%) Kafka
3 83 (12.44%) .NET
4 78 (11.69%) Spring
5 69 (10.34%) Spring Boot
6 68 (10.19%) RESTful
7 56 (8.40%) REST
8 49 (7.35%) AngularJS
9 46 (6.90%) Node.js
10 39 (5.85%) Redux
11 38 (5.70%) HTML
12 35 (5.25%) CSS
13 26 (3.90%) Web Services
14 22 (3.30%) gRPC
15 21 (3.15%) .NET Core
15 21 (3.15%) Django
16 19 (2.85%) SOAP
17 16 (2.40%) OAuth
18 15 (2.25%) .NET Framework
19 14 (2.10%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 61 (9.15%) Distributed Systems
2 44 (6.60%) Cloud Native
3 31 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 29 (4.35%) Fixed Income
4 29 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 28 (4.20%) Equities
6 27 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (3.00%) Derivative
8 19 (2.85%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.80%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.35%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.20%) Market Risk
12 7 (1.05%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.05%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.05%) Equity Derivative
13 6 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.75%) Blockchain
14 5 (0.75%) NHS
15 4 (0.60%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.30%) Linux
2 24 (3.60%) Unix
3 17 (2.55%) Windows
4 12 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.35%) Android
5 9 (1.35%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.75%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (25.19%) CI/CD
2 157 (23.54%) Agile
3 129 (19.34%) Microservices
4 102 (15.29%) DevOps
5 77 (11.54%) Software Engineering
6 73 (10.94%) TDD
7 69 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
7 69 (10.34%) Test Automation
8 67 (10.04%) Containerisation
9 56 (8.40%) Data Modelling
10 53 (7.95%) Code Quality
11 50 (7.50%) Event-Driven
12 47 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (6.60%) Analytics
13 44 (6.60%) Migration
14 43 (6.45%) Mentoring
14 43 (6.45%) Scrum
15 42 (6.30%) AI
15 42 (6.30%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 216 (32.38%) Java
2 137 (20.54%) Python
3 127 (19.04%) SQL
4 103 (15.44%) JavaScript
5 91 (13.64%) C#
6 85 (12.74%) TypeScript
7 33 (4.95%) Go
8 20 (3.00%) Ruby
9 19 (2.85%) C++
10 15 (2.25%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.50%) Swift
12 8 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.20%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.05%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.90%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.75%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.60%) R
16 4 (0.60%) VBA
17 3 (0.45%) Solidity
18 2 (0.30%) Elixir
Qualifications
1 93 (13.94%) Security Cleared
2 90 (13.49%) SC Cleared
3 25 (3.75%) Degree
4 13 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.90%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.15%) CISSP
10 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 22 (3.30%) QA
3 18 (2.70%) WCAG
4 12 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) Basel III
6 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 106 (15.89%) Docker
2 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.30%) GridGain
3 2 (0.30%) Postfix
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 91 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 39 (5.85%) Terraform
3 19 (2.85%) Grafana
4 13 (1.95%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.90%) Ansible
5 6 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.60%) Argo
7 2 (0.30%) Consul
7 2 (0.30%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.15%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.15%) SELinux
8 1 (0.15%) systemd
Vendors
1 45 (6.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.35%) Oracle
3 14 (2.10%) ServiceNow
4 10 (1.50%) Databricks
4 10 (1.50%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.20%) Google
5 8 (1.20%) SAP
6 6 (0.90%) Avaloq
6 6 (0.90%) Guidewire
6 6 (0.90%) Jaspersoft
6 6 (0.90%) Sybase
7 4 (0.60%) Pega
7 4 (0.60%) Solace
8 3 (0.45%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.45%) Cognizant
8 3 (0.45%) New Relic
8 3 (0.45%) SimCorp
8 3 (0.45%) Splunk
9 2 (0.30%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.30%) Dynatrace
236 Senior Developer jobs in England