Senior Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Senior
Devon > Exeter

The median Senior daily rate in Exeter is £619, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 0
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 7 12 16
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 5.88% 17.91% 9.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.67% 17.91% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 14
10th Percentile £508 £406 £325
25th Percentile £548 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year +12.42% +18.37% -22.50%
75th Percentile £686 £620 £593
90th Percentile £724 £623 £670
Devon median daily rate £619 £620 £465
% change year-on-year -0.20% +33.33% -22.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 105 67 156
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 100.00% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 49 133
10th Percentile £206 £312 £181
25th Percentile £227 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% -22.73%
75th Percentile £475 £575 £575
90th Percentile £525 £600 £669
Devon median daily rate £425 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate - - £26.40
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -58.82% +100.00% -50.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Exeter

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Exeter

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Exeter

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Exeter over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Exeter

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Exeter

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

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, Senior 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 Exeter region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) API Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) B2C
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
3 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) GitHub
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Minimum Viable Product
3 2 (28.57%) Postman
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Serverless
3 2 (28.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Test Planning

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) GitHub
2 2 (28.57%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
1 2 (28.57%) Postman
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 4 (57.14%) Military
3 2 (28.57%) Police
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) API Testing
1 2 (28.57%) B2C
1 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
1 2 (28.57%) Coaching
1 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
1 2 (28.57%) DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
1 2 (28.57%) Minimum Viable Product
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
1 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco