Senior Developer Contracts in Glasgow

Senior Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £435 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 62 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 12 26 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.34% 2.84% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 2.99% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 14
10th Percentile £413 £581 £380
25th Percentile £415 £613 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £740 £450
Median % change year-on-year -41.22% +64.44% -
75th Percentile £538 £750 -
90th Percentile £558 - £459
Scotland median daily rate £475 £613 £450
% change year-on-year -22.45% +36.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 851 871 988
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 95.19% 96.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 643 750
10th Percentile £271 £313 £209
25th Percentile £379 £408 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £538
90th Percentile £675 £710 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 11
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.97 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.26 £28.75 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +13.75% +13.60%
75th Percentile £47.35 £58.75 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.56 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Glasgow

Senior Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Senior Developer in Glasgow

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Glasgow

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Senior Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Microservices
1 10 (83.33%) Java
1 10 (83.33%) AWS
2 9 (75.00%) Spring
2 9 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 9 (75.00%) RESTful
3 8 (66.67%) Agile
4 7 (58.33%) SQL
5 6 (50.00%) Cloud Native
6 3 (25.00%) React
6 3 (25.00%) REST
6 3 (25.00%) Clean Code
6 3 (25.00%) TDD
6 3 (25.00%) Git
7 2 (16.67%) Kafka
7 2 (16.67%) Degree
7 2 (16.67%) JSON
7 2 (16.67%) HTML
7 2 (16.67%) Subversion
7 2 (16.67%) Oracle
7 2 (16.67%) JUnit
7 2 (16.67%) CSS
7 2 (16.67%) XML
7 2 (16.67%) IBM
7 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 2 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
7 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
7 2 (16.67%) Cloud Foundry

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (16.67%) JUnit
2 2 (16.67%) Subversion
3 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (8.33%) JIRA
3 1 (8.33%) Maven
General
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Banking
1 1 (8.33%) Finance
1 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) RESTful
1 9 (75.00%) Spring
1 9 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (25.00%) React
2 3 (25.00%) REST
3 2 (16.67%) CSS
3 2 (16.67%) HTML
3 2 (16.67%) JSON
3 2 (16.67%) Kafka
3 2 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (8.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Microservices
2 8 (66.67%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 3 (25.00%) TDD
4 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
4 2 (16.67%) SDLC
5 1 (8.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (8.33%) Code Quality
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
5 1 (8.33%) Front End Development
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (8.33%) Multithreading
5 1 (8.33%) Pair Programming
5 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
5 1 (8.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Java
2 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) IBM
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle