Senior Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Senior
West London > Hillingdon

The median Senior daily rate in Hillingdon is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 6.06% 7.14% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% 7.32% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £525 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -
75th Percentile - £575 £638
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £509 £346 £575
% change year-on-year +47.32% -39.91% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. 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 Hillingdon with a recognized job title 56 41 72
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.85% 97.62% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 32 43
10th Percentile £246 £222 £193
25th Percentile £356 £240 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% +15.98% -18.32%
75th Percentile £704 £481 £513
90th Percentile £716 £575 £622
West London median daily rate £523 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +30.63% -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile £16.44 - £15.35
25th Percentile £19.04 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.18 £19.20 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% +9.71% -61.11%
75th Percentile £21.30 - £30.16
90th Percentile £21.46 - £33.43
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £33.03
% change year-on-year +12.93% -32.57% -46.73%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Hillingdon

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Hillingdon

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Stockley Park - 2 - -
Uxbridge - 1 - - 4
West Drayton - 1 £650 - 1
Senior
West London

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

For the 6 months to 4 February 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 Hillingdon region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Tableau
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Munging
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Research
3 1 (25.00%) Pandas
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Product Vision

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aviation
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Research
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL