Senior Contract Job Trends in Luton

Senior
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Senior daily rate in Luton is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 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
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 15 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 5 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 3.11% 8.41% 11.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.50% 9.00% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile - £483 £492
25th Percentile £563 £494 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £663 £600 £556
90th Percentile £685 £650 £590
Bedfordshire median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +51.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 143 100 100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.82% 93.46% 99.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 51 59
10th Percentile £165 £144 £320
25th Percentile £450 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £525 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% +3.45% +1.50%
75th Percentile £600 £574 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 4
10th Percentile £66.00 £51.41 £29.75
25th Percentile £75.00 £55.16 £44.38
Median hourly rate £85.00 £63.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.39% +15.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £58.88
90th Percentile £92.10 £76.40 £61.35
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% +18.18% -6.38%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Luton

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Luton

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Luton over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Luton

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Luton

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Senior 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 Luton region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) GxP
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ACCA
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
2 1 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Record to Report
2 1 (20.00%) Biotechnology
2 1 (20.00%) Life Science
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Biotechnology
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Record to Report
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
1 1 (20.00%) CIMA
1 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GxP
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle