Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Developer daily rate in England is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 173 112
Rank change year-on-year -11 -61 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 726 460 707
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.66% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.82% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 334 499
10th Percentile £406 £409 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.06%
75th Percentile £759 £718 £725
90th Percentile £938 £821 £833
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £37.25 - £40.29
25th Percentile £44.93 - £48.22
Median hourly rate £45.56 - £61.43
75th Percentile £46.18 - £74.47
90th Percentile £47.69 - £82.29
UK median hourly rate £45.56 - £61.43
% change year-on-year - - -8.99%

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 42,644 25,339 30,656
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 91.32% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,474 16,339 19,303
10th Percentile £325 £280 £305
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,406 1,355 1,524
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.71 £14.66
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -47.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.50% -41.51% -0.76%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -9 425 £650 - 269
North of England +1 140 £588 +6.82% 62
Yorkshire -3 70 £525 -12.50% 17
Midlands +9 69 £465 -10.58% 50
North West -22 59 £625 +25.00% 31
West Midlands +1 56 £465 -22.50% 32
South West -28 44 £525 -4.55% 19
South East -61 36 £425 -19.32% 70
North East -32 13 £525 +7.69% 14
East Midlands -11 12 £500 +9.89% 17
East of England -26 6 - - 19
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 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.

1 242 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 227 (31.27%) Agile
3 224 (30.85%) Java
4 166 (22.87%) Python
5 159 (21.90%) Azure
6 155 (21.35%) SQL
7 152 (20.94%) AWS
8 139 (19.15%) C#
8 139 (19.15%) DevOps
8 139 (19.15%) Microservices
9 130 (17.91%) TypeScript
10 124 (17.08%) JavaScript
11 119 (16.39%) REST
12 114 (15.70%) Security Cleared
13 108 (14.88%) React
14 106 (14.60%) Software Engineering
15 103 (14.19%) .NET
16 101 (13.91%) Docker
16 101 (13.91%) Full-Stack Development
16 101 (13.91%) SC Cleared
17 98 (13.50%) Git
17 98 (13.50%) Test Automation
18 96 (13.22%) Spring
19 91 (12.53%) RESTful
20 89 (12.26%) AI
21 84 (11.57%) Kubernetes
22 80 (11.02%) Microsoft
22 80 (11.02%) Spring Boot
23 77 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
24 74 (10.19%) Containerisation

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 20 (2.75%) Confluence
2 12 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.96%) Apache
3 7 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.96%) WordPress
4 6 (0.83%) CMS
5 4 (0.55%) Camunda
6 3 (0.41%) Ethereum
6 3 (0.41%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.28%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) Moodle
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.20%) Teamcenter
2 11 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.83%) Endur
5 5 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.41%) Quorum
7 3 (0.41%) R3 Corda
7 3 (0.41%) Ripple
7 3 (0.41%) Shopify
8 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (0.28%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 159 (21.90%) Azure
2 152 (20.94%) AWS
3 70 (9.64%) GitHub
4 48 (6.61%) Power Platform
5 46 (6.34%) GitHub Actions
6 45 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (5.65%) Serverless
8 33 (4.55%) GCP
9 32 (4.41%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.75%) PowerApps
11 18 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (2.34%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.20%) Amazon SQS
14 15 (2.07%) GitHub Copilot
15 13 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (1.65%) OpenShift
17 11 (1.52%) Azure Functions
18 10 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 10 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
19 9 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.83%) Multicast
2 3 (0.41%) HTTP
3 1 (0.14%) CTI
3 1 (0.14%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.14%) MQTT
3 1 (0.14%) NFC
3 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.14%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (7.30%) SQL Server
3 46 (6.34%) Relational Database
4 35 (4.82%) MongoDB
5 34 (4.68%) Power BI
6 24 (3.31%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.07%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.93%) Oracle Database
9 12 (1.65%) MySQL
10 10 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.38%) KDB
11 9 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.24%) Redis
12 8 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.96%) Kdb+
13 7 (0.96%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.83%) Big Data
14 6 (0.83%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 98 (13.50%) Git
2 50 (6.89%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.99%) Mockito
4 27 (3.72%) JUnit
5 26 (3.58%) JIRA
5 26 (3.58%) Maven
6 23 (3.17%) GitLab
7 20 (2.75%) SonarQube
8 15 (2.07%) Gradle
9 9 (1.24%) Claude Code
10 8 (1.10%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.96%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.69%) MSI
12 5 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.69%) Xcode
13 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.55%) Snyk
13 4 (0.55%) XCTest
13 4 (0.55%) XCUITest
General
1 177 (24.38%) Finance
2 134 (18.46%) Social Skills
3 116 (15.98%) Public Sector
4 103 (14.19%) Banking
5 75 (10.33%) Front Office
6 59 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
7 55 (7.58%) Investment Banking
8 33 (4.55%) Retail
9 28 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.65%) Military
12 11 (1.52%) Back Office
13 7 (0.96%) Legal
14 6 (0.83%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.69%) Games
15 5 (0.69%) Law
16 3 (0.41%) Local Government
16 3 (0.41%) Publishing
16 3 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (16.39%) REST
2 108 (14.88%) React
3 103 (14.19%) .NET
4 96 (13.22%) Spring
5 91 (12.53%) RESTful
6 80 (11.02%) Spring Boot
7 61 (8.40%) Kafka
8 49 (6.75%) Terraform
9 47 (6.47%) Node.js
10 46 (6.34%) Redux
10 46 (6.34%) SOAP
11 43 (5.92%) AngularJS
12 40 (5.51%) HTML
13 37 (5.10%) Django
14 34 (4.68%) JSON
14 34 (4.68%) Web Services
15 33 (4.55%) CSS
16 28 (3.86%) .NET Core
17 26 (3.58%) HTML5
18 25 (3.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 51 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
2 51 (7.02%) Product Ownership
3 45 (6.20%) Fixed Income
3 45 (6.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 37 (5.10%) Equities
5 32 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.93%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.79%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.79%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.79%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.65%) Derivative
9 12 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.38%) CMDB
10 10 (1.38%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.96%) Market Risk
12 6 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.83%) Spread Betting
13 5 (0.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.47%) Linux
2 40 (5.51%) Unix
3 12 (1.65%) Windows
4 10 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.24%) Android
6 4 (0.55%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 227 (31.27%) Agile
3 139 (19.15%) DevOps
3 139 (19.15%) Microservices
4 106 (14.60%) Software Engineering
5 101 (13.91%) Full-Stack Development
6 98 (13.50%) Test Automation
7 89 (12.26%) AI
8 77 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (10.19%) Containerisation
9 74 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (9.09%) Scrum
11 63 (8.68%) Code Quality
12 62 (8.54%) Event-Driven
13 61 (8.40%) Mentoring
14 60 (8.26%) TDD
15 56 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
15 56 (7.71%) Data Modelling
16 55 (7.58%) Low Latency
17 52 (7.16%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 224 (30.85%) Java
2 166 (22.87%) Python
3 155 (21.35%) SQL
4 139 (19.15%) C#
5 130 (17.91%) TypeScript
6 124 (17.08%) JavaScript
7 22 (3.03%) Shell Script
8 16 (2.20%) PL/SQL
9 15 (2.07%) C++
10 14 (1.93%) Apex Code
11 13 (1.79%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.65%) Ruby
13 9 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.24%) Swift
14 8 (1.10%) C
15 7 (0.96%) Bicep
15 7 (0.96%) PHP
16 6 (0.83%) Scala
16 6 (0.83%) SOQL
16 6 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 101 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.10%) Degree
4 18 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.83%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.55%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.41%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.92%) Accessibility
2 36 (4.96%) QA
3 29 (3.99%) WCAG
4 17 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.69%) NCSC
6 4 (0.55%) GDPR
7 2 (0.28%) Basel III
7 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.14%) EMIR
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.14%) MiFID
8 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.14%) SEPA
8 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 101 (13.91%) Docker
2 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.28%) GridGain
3 2 (0.28%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 84 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.58%) Grafana
3 21 (2.89%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.52%) Ansible
5 4 (0.55%) Argo
6 2 (0.28%) Bosun
6 2 (0.28%) Consul
6 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.14%) SELinux
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) systemd
Vendors
1 80 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.13%) Oracle
3 32 (4.41%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.17%) Databricks
5 15 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.93%) Google
7 10 (1.38%) Blue Prism
7 10 (1.38%) IBM
8 9 (1.24%) Avaloq
9 7 (0.96%) Solace
10 5 (0.69%) Jaspersoft
10 5 (0.69%) SAP
10 5 (0.69%) Splunk
10 5 (0.69%) Sybase
11 3 (0.41%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.41%) ION Trading
11 3 (0.41%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.41%) New Relic
11 3 (0.41%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.28%) Optimizely
468 Senior Developer jobs in England