Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Developer daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 170 124
Rank change year-on-year -29 -46 +45
Contract Senior Developer jobs 726 521 616
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.54% 1.74% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.91% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 379 413
10th Percentile £404 £413 £400
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £688
90th Percentile £938 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £40.29
25th Percentile £44.93 - £48.22
Median hourly rate £45.56 - £61.43
75th Percentile £48.07 - £74.47
90th Percentile £51.48 - £82.29
UK median hourly rate £45.56 - £61.43
% change year-on-year - - +4.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 43,361 27,298 28,678
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.73% 91.20% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,500 17,544 17,528
10th Percentile £330 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -1.87%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,995 1,618 1,076
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.08 £15.22
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £21.19
Median hourly rate £41.13 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.52% -37.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.59 £66.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £70.16 £74.93
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -28.14% -21.35%

Senior Developer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Senior Developer job postings 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 Senior Developer jobs in England over the 6 months to 12 November 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 Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Senior Developer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 12 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London -17 433 £650 - 334
North of England +10 147 £550 - 113
North West +4 67 £625 +23.76% 61
Yorkshire -5 62 £475 -25.49% 39
Midlands -8 60 £498 -3.40% 64
West Midlands -3 49 £498 -7.44% 51
South West -45 39 £525 +10.53% 28
South East -71 33 £428 -14.40% 69
North East -21 20 £425 -21.84% 17
East Midlands -9 11 - - 13
East of England -33 6 £597 +11.50% 27
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Senior Developer contract job ads cited 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 Senior Developer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1CI/CD35.1%255
2Agile35.0%254
3Java29.8%216
4AWS21.5%156
4Azure21.5%156
6SQL20.1%146
7C#19.8%144
7Python19.8%144
9DevOps18.9%137
9Microservices18.9%137
11JavaScript17.9%130
11REST17.9%130
13Security Cleared17.2%125
13TypeScript17.2%125
15Software Engineering16.9%123
16Test Automation16.1%117
17AI15.6%113
18SC Cleared14.9%108
19.NET14.3%104
20Git13.6%99
20Problem-Solving13.6%99
22RESTful13.5%98
23Spring13.4%97
24React13.2%96
25Full-Stack Development12.7%92
26Docker12.4%90
27Continuous Improvement12.1%88
28Microsoft11.7%85
29Spring Boot11.4%83
30Kubernetes10.6%77

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Java Developer22.9%166
2Senior Python Developer11.7%85
3Senior Full-Stack Developer8.0%58
4Senior Software Developer7.7%56
5Senior .NET Developer6.1%44
5Senior React Developer6.1%44
7.NET Developer5.4%39
7Senior C# Developer5.4%39
9Senior Backend Developer3.7%27
10Senior UI Developer3.6%26
11Senior Front-End Developer3.4%25
12Senior Salesforce Developer3.2%23
13Python/Django Developer2.6%19
13Senior ServiceNow Developer2.6%19
15AWS Developer2.3%17
15Azure Developer2.3%17
15Senior Oracle Developer2.3%17
15Senior SQL Developer2.3%17
19Senior C# .NET Developer1.9%14
20Full-Stack .NET Developer1.8%13
644 Senior Developer jobs in England