Senior Contract Job Trends in Harlow

Senior
Essex > Harlow

The median Senior daily rate in Harlow is £475, 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 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Harlow 18.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 18.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Essex median daily rate £350 £438 £350
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -34.58%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Harlow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Harlow. 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 Harlow with a recognized job title 22 3 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £238 - -
25th Percentile £288 £325 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £330 £725
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -54.48% +34.88%
75th Percentile £550 £335 £738
90th Percentile £613 - -
Essex median daily rate £460 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +15.00% +14.29% -33.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.73 £31.33 £65.00
% change year-on-year -43.42% -51.81% +13.04%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Harlow

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Harlow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Harlow

Senior Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 Harlow region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) CWNA
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN

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

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) BYOD
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) AI
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CWNA
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Forcepoint