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 29 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 166 112
Rank change year-on-year -18 -54 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 696 460 699
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.66% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 1.81% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 339 501
10th Percentile £406 £410 £400
25th Percentile £469 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £764 £725 £725
90th Percentile £938 £825 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £37.25 - £42.94
25th Percentile £44.93 - £54.85
Median hourly rate £45.56 - £58.91
75th Percentile £46.18 - £62.96
90th Percentile £47.69 - £77.69
UK median hourly rate £45.56 - £57.58
% change year-on-year - - -14.70%

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 42,428 25,399 30,679
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,511 16,402 19,718
10th Percentile £325 £281 £302
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £635 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,254 1,363 1,634
10th Percentile £15.15 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £20.74
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.60%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -8 418 £645 -0.77% 267
North of England -3 124 £588 +6.82% 92
Midlands -2 61 £506 -0.74% 45
Yorkshire -12 61 £550 -8.33% 28
North West -23 55 £625 +25.00% 49
West Midlands +1 48 £513 -10.87% 27
South West -22 43 £500 -9.09% 23
South East -68 33 £433 -18.16% 58
East Midlands -9 12 £500 +9.89% 17
North East -30 10 £750 +53.85% 17
East of England -28 6 - - 19
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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.

1 224 (32.18%) CI/CD
2 214 (30.75%) Java
3 212 (30.46%) Agile
4 162 (23.28%) Azure
5 155 (22.27%) Python
6 153 (21.98%) SQL
7 142 (20.40%) AWS
8 135 (19.40%) DevOps
9 134 (19.25%) C#
10 129 (18.53%) Microservices
11 123 (17.67%) JavaScript
12 120 (17.24%) TypeScript
13 110 (15.80%) REST
14 108 (15.52%) React
14 108 (15.52%) Security Cleared
15 102 (14.66%) .NET
16 98 (14.08%) SC Cleared
17 97 (13.94%) Full-Stack Development
18 95 (13.65%) Docker
18 95 (13.65%) Software Engineering
19 90 (12.93%) Spring
20 87 (12.50%) RESTful
20 87 (12.50%) Test Automation
21 85 (12.21%) Git
22 81 (11.64%) AI
22 81 (11.64%) Kubernetes
23 74 (10.63%) Microsoft
24 71 (10.20%) Spring Boot
25 69 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
26 68 (9.77%) Problem-Solving

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 13 (1.87%) Confluence
2 12 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (1.01%) Apache
4 7 (1.01%) CMS
4 7 (1.01%) WordPress
5 6 (0.86%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.43%) Ethereum
6 3 (0.43%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.29%) Camunda
7 2 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.29%) IIS
7 2 (0.29%) Moodle
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.30%) Teamcenter
2 11 (1.58%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.01%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.86%) Endur
5 5 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.43%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.43%) Quorum
7 3 (0.43%) R3 Corda
7 3 (0.43%) Ripple
7 3 (0.43%) Shopify
7 3 (0.43%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 162 (23.28%) Azure
2 142 (20.40%) AWS
3 66 (9.48%) GitHub
4 49 (7.04%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (6.18%) GitHub Actions
7 39 (5.60%) Serverless
8 34 (4.89%) GCP
9 31 (4.45%) Power Automate
10 21 (3.02%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (2.30%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (2.16%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.87%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (1.72%) OpenShift
16 10 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.44%) Azure Functions
16 10 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
17 9 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.86%) Multicast
2 3 (0.43%) HTTP
3 2 (0.29%) RTP
4 1 (0.14%) CTI
4 1 (0.14%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.14%) MQTT
4 1 (0.14%) NFC
4 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.61%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (7.18%) SQL Server
3 43 (6.18%) Relational Database
4 37 (5.32%) Power BI
5 32 (4.60%) MongoDB
6 23 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.16%) DynamoDB
8 14 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (2.01%) Oracle Database
9 12 (1.72%) MySQL
10 10 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.44%) KDB
11 9 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.29%) Redis
12 8 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (1.01%) Apache Cassandra
13 7 (1.01%) Kdb+
13 7 (1.01%) RDBMS
14 6 (0.86%) Big Data
14 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 85 (12.21%) Git
2 44 (6.32%) Jenkins
3 25 (3.59%) Mockito
4 24 (3.45%) GitLab
5 23 (3.30%) JUnit
6 21 (3.02%) Maven
7 19 (2.73%) JIRA
8 15 (2.16%) SonarQube
9 13 (1.87%) Gradle
10 8 (1.15%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.15%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.86%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.72%) MSI
12 5 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.72%) Xcode
13 4 (0.57%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.57%) Snyk
13 4 (0.57%) XCTest
13 4 (0.57%) XCUITest
General
1 163 (23.42%) Finance
2 124 (17.82%) Social Skills
3 104 (14.94%) Public Sector
4 102 (14.66%) Banking
5 67 (9.63%) Front Office
6 56 (8.05%) Investment Banking
7 53 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (4.89%) Retail
9 24 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.01%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.87%) Military
12 10 (1.44%) Back Office
13 7 (1.01%) Legal
14 6 (0.86%) Games
14 6 (0.86%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.57%) Law
16 3 (0.43%) Local Government
16 3 (0.43%) Prime Brokerage
16 3 (0.43%) Publishing
16 3 (0.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (15.80%) REST
2 108 (15.52%) React
3 102 (14.66%) .NET
4 90 (12.93%) Spring
5 87 (12.50%) RESTful
6 71 (10.20%) Spring Boot
7 58 (8.33%) Kafka
8 48 (6.90%) Terraform
9 46 (6.61%) Redux
10 44 (6.32%) Node.js
11 41 (5.89%) HTML
11 41 (5.89%) SOAP
12 37 (5.32%) AngularJS
13 34 (4.89%) CSS
14 33 (4.74%) Django
15 32 (4.60%) JSON
16 29 (4.17%) Web Services
17 26 (3.74%) .NET Core
17 26 (3.74%) HTML5
18 24 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 54 (7.76%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (6.75%) Product Ownership
4 44 (6.32%) Fixed Income
4 44 (6.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 37 (5.32%) Equities
6 32 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.16%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.87%) Derivative
9 13 (1.87%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.72%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.44%) CMDB
11 10 (1.44%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.01%) Market Risk
13 6 (0.86%) Spread Betting
14 5 (0.72%) Low-Code
15 4 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.18%) Linux
2 36 (5.17%) Unix
3 14 (2.01%) Windows
4 10 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.29%) Android
6 4 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.57%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (32.18%) CI/CD
2 212 (30.46%) Agile
3 135 (19.40%) DevOps
4 129 (18.53%) Microservices
5 97 (13.94%) Full-Stack Development
6 95 (13.65%) Software Engineering
7 87 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 81 (11.64%) AI
9 69 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 68 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
11 64 (9.20%) Containerisation
12 60 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
12 60 (8.62%) Code Quality
12 60 (8.62%) Event-Driven
13 58 (8.33%) Data Modelling
13 58 (8.33%) Mentoring
14 57 (8.19%) Scrum
15 53 (7.61%) Low Latency
15 53 (7.61%) Migration
16 48 (6.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 214 (30.75%) Java
2 155 (22.27%) Python
3 153 (21.98%) SQL
4 134 (19.25%) C#
5 123 (17.67%) JavaScript
6 120 (17.24%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.59%) PL/SQL
8 17 (2.44%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.16%) C++
10 14 (2.01%) Apex Code
11 12 (1.72%) Ruby
12 11 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (1.58%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.29%) Go
13 9 (1.29%) Swift
14 7 (1.01%) Bicep
14 7 (1.01%) PHP
15 6 (0.86%) C
15 6 (0.86%) Groovy
15 6 (0.86%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 108 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 98 (14.08%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.03%) Degree
4 18 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.43%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
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 42 (6.03%) Accessibility
2 36 (5.17%) QA
3 25 (3.59%) WCAG
4 15 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.72%) NCSC
6 3 (0.43%) GDPR
7 2 (0.29%) Basel III
7 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.14%) SEPA
8 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 95 (13.65%) Docker
2 6 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.29%) GridGain
3 2 (0.29%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 81 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.73%) Grafana
3 16 (2.30%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.58%) Ansible
5 4 (0.57%) Argo
6 2 (0.29%) Bosun
6 2 (0.29%) Consul
6 2 (0.29%) 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 74 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.47%) Oracle
3 31 (4.45%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.30%) Databricks
5 14 (2.01%) Google
6 13 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.44%) Blue Prism
8 9 (1.29%) Avaloq
8 9 (1.29%) IBM
9 6 (0.86%) Solace
10 5 (0.72%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.57%) SAP
12 3 (0.43%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.43%) Citrix
12 3 (0.43%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.43%) New Relic
12 3 (0.43%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.43%) SimCorp
12 3 (0.43%) Splunk
12 3 (0.43%) Sybase
472 Senior Developer jobs in England