Senior Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Senior
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

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

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 13 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 7.18% - 2.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.28% - 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.73
East Midlands median hourly rate £52.50 - £21.73
% change year-on-year - - +22.63%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lincolnshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lincolnshire. 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 Lincolnshire with a recognized job title 157 44 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.74% 89.80% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 6 18
10th Percentile £205 £194 £188
25th Percentile £419 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £200 £625
Median % change year-on-year +162.50% -68.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £575 £408 £749
90th Percentile £675 £488 £797
East Midlands median daily rate £488 £410 £447
% change year-on-year +18.90% -8.28% -5.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 19 12
10th Percentile £15.47 £18.35 £18.34
25th Percentile £19.24 £18.87 £21.30
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -48.21% -
75th Percentile £66.00 £30.30 £51.91
90th Percentile £75.50 £41.17 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.31 £23.00 £21.73
% change year-on-year -20.39% +5.84% -0.13%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Lincolnshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincolnshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Lincolnshire

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Lincolnshire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Immingham - 8 £650 -
Lincoln - 4 £500 - 2
Senior
East Midlands

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

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

1 5 (38.46%) Agile
1 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
1 5 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Inventory Management
2 4 (30.77%) Supply Chain Management
2 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
3 1 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (7.69%) AI
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
3 1 (7.69%) Balsamiq
3 1 (7.69%) Data Mapping
3 1 (7.69%) Defect Management
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Figma
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) Impact Mapping
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (7.69%) Journey Map
3 1 (7.69%) Lucidchart
3 1 (7.69%) OpenAPI
3 1 (7.69%) QA
3 1 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Map
3 1 (7.69%) Story Mapping

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) Figma
1 1 (7.69%) GitHub
1 1 (7.69%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Balsamiq
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (30.77%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OpenAPI
1 1 (7.69%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) FMCG
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
1 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
1 5 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Inventory Management
2 4 (30.77%) Supply Chain Management
2 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
3 1 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (7.69%) AI
3 1 (7.69%) Data Mapping
3 1 (7.69%) Defect Management
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Map
3 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.69%) User Experience
3 1 (7.69%) User Journey Map
3 1 (7.69%) User Stories
3 1 (7.69%) Wireframes
3 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) QA