Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer daily rate in London is £519, 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 380 - 383
Rank change year-on-year - - +160
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.013% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% - 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £504 - £513
25th Percentile £509 - £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.14%
75th Percentile £528 - £575
90th Percentile £533 - -
England median daily rate £537 £490 £550
% change year-on-year +9.59% -10.91% -24.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 13,772 12,754 17,197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 93.63% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,146 8,159 12,435
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 139 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.95 £15.97
25th Percentile £23.81 £24.66 £18.97
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +22.81% -15.73%
75th Percentile £63.08 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £76.58 £79.15 £65.45
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -1.30%

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
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 Full-Stack Software Engineer within the London 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
South London - 1 £537 -
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
England

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer 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 London region featuring Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) CQRS
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) TDD

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) CQRS
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft