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 23 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
23 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 157 124
Rank change year-on-year -8 -33 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 685 455 696
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 1.82% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 1.98% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 337 522
10th Percentile £406 £410 £405
25th Percentile £488 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £775 £738 £725
90th Percentile £938 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £560 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 11
10th Percentile £37.25 - £35.00
25th Percentile £44.93 - £54.85
Median hourly rate £45.56 £77.19 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year -40.98% +31.04% -5.75%
75th Percentile £46.18 - £77.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £83.00
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 40,014 23,037 34,822
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.23% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,629 15,128 22,693
10th Percentile £325 £293 £290
25th Percentile £416 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,831 1,043 2,688
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.53
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -26.63% -10.17%
75th Percentile £67.60 £58.72 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.39
UK median hourly rate £43.25 £27.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.99% -27.00% -14.77%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -3 434 £625 -3.85% 57
North of England -6 102 £575 +9.52% 31
Yorkshire -11 53 £550 +4.76% 8
Midlands -27 46 £513 -4.21% 15
North West -17 44 £510 +2.00% 20
South East -54 40 £560 +5.96% 43
West Midlands -35 39 £513 -6.82% 11
South West -18 38 £500 -16.67% 11
East of England -21 15 £500 -23.08% 7
East Midlands -16 6 £525 +15.38% 4
North East -31 5 £875 +133.33% 4
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 217 (31.68%) Java
2 181 (26.42%) CI/CD
3 179 (26.13%) Agile
4 167 (24.38%) AWS
5 146 (21.31%) Python
6 142 (20.73%) Azure
7 135 (19.71%) Microservices
8 130 (18.98%) SQL
9 120 (17.52%) JavaScript
10 116 (16.93%) C#
11 113 (16.50%) React
12 110 (16.06%) DevOps
13 107 (15.62%) TypeScript
14 103 (15.04%) Docker
15 101 (14.74%) Security Cleared
16 97 (14.16%) SC Cleared
17 92 (13.43%) .NET
18 88 (12.85%) Kubernetes
19 83 (12.12%) Full-Stack Development
19 83 (12.12%) Software Engineering
20 81 (11.82%) RESTful
21 77 (11.24%) Spring
22 76 (11.09%) REST
23 75 (10.95%) Kafka
24 73 (10.66%) Git
24 73 (10.66%) Test Automation
25 70 (10.22%) Spring Boot
26 69 (10.07%) Containerisation
27 63 (9.20%) TDD
28 59 (8.61%) Data Modelling

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 (1.46%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.17%) Confluence
3 7 (1.02%) Apache
3 7 (1.02%) Ethereum
3 7 (1.02%) Hyperledger
4 6 (0.88%) CMS
5 4 (0.58%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.44%) IIS
7 2 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) Appian
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.34%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.73%) Endur
3 4 (0.58%) R3 Corda
4 3 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.44%) Quorum
4 3 (0.44%) Ripple
4 3 (0.44%) Shopify
4 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.29%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.15%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 167 (24.38%) AWS
2 142 (20.73%) Azure
3 50 (7.30%) GitHub
4 38 (5.55%) Power Platform
4 38 (5.55%) Serverless
5 33 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (4.38%) GCP
8 24 (3.50%) Power Automate
9 21 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
10 20 (2.92%) Amazon S3
10 20 (2.92%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
13 14 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (2.04%) Copilot Studio
14 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
15 12 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.17%) HTTP
2 6 (0.88%) Multicast
3 2 (0.29%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.29%) RTP
4 1 (0.15%) CTI
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
4 1 (0.15%) NFC
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (6.28%) Relational Database
3 42 (6.13%) SQL Server
4 34 (4.96%) Power BI
5 28 (4.09%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.65%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.92%) Apache Cassandra
8 18 (2.63%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (1.90%) MySQL
11 10 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.46%) KDB
12 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.02%) Kdb+
13 6 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (0.88%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.88%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.88%) Redis
13 6 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 73 (10.66%) Git
2 41 (5.99%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.21%) JUnit
3 22 (3.21%) Maven
4 21 (3.07%) GitLab
5 19 (2.77%) Mockito
6 18 (2.63%) SonarQube
7 16 (2.34%) JIRA
8 12 (1.75%) Gradle
9 5 (0.73%) Snyk
9 5 (0.73%) Xcode
10 4 (0.58%) Ant
10 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.58%) XCTest
10 4 (0.58%) XCUITest
11 3 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.44%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.44%) jMock
11 3 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 156 (22.77%) Finance
2 110 (16.06%) Banking
3 95 (13.87%) Public Sector
4 91 (13.28%) Social Skills
5 61 (8.91%) Investment Banking
6 59 (8.61%) Front Office
7 38 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (2.63%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.04%) Retail
11 10 (1.46%) Military
12 9 (1.31%) Legal
13 6 (0.88%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.73%) Law
15 4 (0.58%) Back Office
15 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.44%) Games
16 3 (0.44%) Health Technology
17 2 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (16.50%) React
2 92 (13.43%) .NET
3 81 (11.82%) RESTful
4 77 (11.24%) Spring
5 76 (11.09%) REST
6 75 (10.95%) Kafka
7 70 (10.22%) Spring Boot
8 52 (7.59%) Redux
9 50 (7.30%) AngularJS
10 43 (6.28%) Node.js
11 42 (6.13%) HTML
12 37 (5.40%) CSS
13 32 (4.67%) Web Services
14 27 (3.94%) SOAP
15 25 (3.65%) .NET Core
16 21 (3.07%) Django
17 19 (2.77%) .NET Framework
18 18 (2.63%) gRPC
19 16 (2.34%) JSON
19 16 (2.34%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.32%) Distributed Systems
2 48 (7.01%) Cloud Native
3 44 (6.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 41 (5.99%) Fixed Income
5 38 (5.55%) Greenfield Project
6 36 (5.26%) Equities
7 30 (4.38%) Product Ownership
8 20 (2.92%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.48%) Derivative
10 13 (1.90%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.61%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.31%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.17%) CMDB
13 8 (1.17%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.02%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.88%) Market Risk
16 5 (0.73%) Blockchain
16 5 (0.73%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.55%) Linux
2 24 (3.50%) Unix
3 21 (3.07%) Windows
4 12 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.31%) Android
5 9 (1.31%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.73%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (26.42%) CI/CD
2 179 (26.13%) Agile
3 135 (19.71%) Microservices
4 110 (16.06%) DevOps
5 83 (12.12%) Full-Stack Development
5 83 (12.12%) Software Engineering
6 73 (10.66%) Test Automation
7 69 (10.07%) Containerisation
8 63 (9.20%) TDD
9 59 (8.61%) Data Modelling
10 54 (7.88%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (7.74%) Code Quality
12 52 (7.59%) AI
13 51 (7.45%) Event-Driven
14 50 (7.30%) Scrum
15 48 (7.01%) Mentoring
16 46 (6.72%) Analytics
16 46 (6.72%) Low Latency
17 45 (6.57%) Electronic Trading
17 45 (6.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 217 (31.68%) Java
2 146 (21.31%) Python
3 130 (18.98%) SQL
4 120 (17.52%) JavaScript
5 116 (16.93%) C#
6 107 (15.62%) TypeScript
7 27 (3.94%) Go
8 18 (2.63%) C++
9 17 (2.48%) Ruby
10 16 (2.34%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.46%) Swift
12 8 (1.17%) Apex Code
13 7 (1.02%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.73%) R
15 5 (0.73%) SOQL
15 5 (0.73%) SOSL
16 4 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (14.74%) Security Cleared
2 97 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 22 (3.21%) Degree
4 9 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (0.88%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.29%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.15%) CISSP
9 1 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.67%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.80%) QA
3 22 (3.21%) WCAG
4 14 (2.04%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.44%) NCSC
6 2 (0.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.15%) Basel III
7 1 (0.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 103 (15.04%) Docker
2 5 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.29%) GridGain
3 2 (0.29%) Postfix
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 88 (12.85%) Kubernetes
2 44 (6.42%) Terraform
3 18 (2.63%) Grafana
4 13 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.88%) Ansible
5 6 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.58%) Argo
7 2 (0.29%) Consul
7 2 (0.29%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.15%) SELinux
8 1 (0.15%) systemd
Vendors
1 48 (7.01%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.65%) Oracle
3 21 (3.07%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.34%) Salesforce
5 10 (1.46%) Databricks
5 10 (1.46%) Google
5 10 (1.46%) SAP
6 6 (0.88%) Avaloq
6 6 (0.88%) Guidewire
6 6 (0.88%) Jaspersoft
6 6 (0.88%) Sybase
7 4 (0.58%) Blue Prism
7 4 (0.58%) Pega
7 4 (0.58%) Solace
8 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.44%) Cognizant
8 3 (0.44%) IBM
8 3 (0.44%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.44%) SimCorp
8 3 (0.44%) Splunk
145 Senior Developer jobs in England