Senior Backend Developer Contracts in London

Senior Backend Developer
England > London

The median Senior Backend Developer daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 351 451
Rank change year-on-year +8 +100 +113
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer 10 40 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 38
10th Percentile £406 £430 -
25th Percentile £440 £463 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.08% +23.81%
75th Percentile £688 £561 £850
90th Percentile £740 £585 -
England median daily rate £625 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.08% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate - £60.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Senior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Backend Developer in London

Senior Backend Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Backend Developer in London

Senior Backend Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Backend Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Backend Developer in London

Senior Backend Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Backend Developer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Backend Developer in London

Senior Backend Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Backend Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Central London -1 1 £625 +25.00% 1
Senior Backend Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Backend 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 London region featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) TypeScript
1 6 (60.00%) DevOps
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) Python
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) React
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (20.00%) Serverless
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) TDD
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) .NET
4 2 (20.00%) Google
4 2 (20.00%) Java
4 2 (20.00%) RESTful
4 2 (20.00%) Open Source
4 2 (20.00%) Node.js
5 1 (10.00%) High Availability
5 1 (10.00%) WebSockets
5 1 (10.00%) Redis

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Serverless
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Redis
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Front Office
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) React
2 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) Node.js
2 2 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (10.00%) CSS
3 1 (10.00%) FastAPI
3 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) SOAP
3 1 (10.00%) WebSockets
3 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (20.00%) Open Source
3 2 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (10.00%) Build Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (10.00%) Concurrent Programming
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Data Science
4 1 (10.00%) Fintech
4 1 (10.00%) Microservices
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) SOLID
4 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) TypeScript
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) Python
4 2 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) Bash
5 1 (10.00%) Bicep
5 1 (10.00%) C++
5 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (10.00%) Ruby
5 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Google
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft