Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Senior Developer
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Ipswich is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 13 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 1 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.33% 12.00% 4.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 14.63% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £639
25th Percentile - £363 £678
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £700
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -46.43% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £394 -
90th Percentile - £398 -
Suffolk median daily rate £450 £375 £700
% change year-on-year +20.00% -46.43% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 42 41 85
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.67% 82.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 20 55
10th Percentile £319 £300 £255
25th Percentile £422 £347 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -13.16% -17.39%
75th Percentile £603 £506 £650
90th Percentile £688 £565 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £400 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £15.84 - -
25th Percentile £16.36 - £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.46 £70.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.06% +400.00% -13.85%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £14.50
90th Percentile £18.68 - -
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.34 £47.50 £46.59
% change year-on-year -55.08% +1.96% +164.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Ipswich.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Ipswich

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 Ipswich region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker