Senior Contract Job Trends in Middlesex

Senior
South East > Middlesex

The median Senior daily rate in Middlesex is £594, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Middlesex 35.29% - 5.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 35.29% - 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 - -
South East median daily rate £519 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -5.64% -2.22% +2.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Middlesex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Middlesex. 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 Middlesex with a recognized job title 17 9 20
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile £528 £411 -
25th Percentile £575 £574 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +38.89% -43.75%
75th Percentile £805 £650 £575
90th Percentile £850 £680 £580
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £57.00 £51.90
% change year-on-year -56.14% +9.82% +38.40%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Middlesex

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Middlesex

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Middlesex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Middlesex

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Middlesex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Middlesex

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

For the 6 months to 26 November 2025, 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 Middlesex region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Asset Management
1 5 (83.33%) DV Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Preventative Maintenance
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Situational Awareness
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
1 5 (83.33%) Unix
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) BigQuery
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (16.67%) Microservices
2 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (16.67%) OO

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesex 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 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) BigQuery
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (83.33%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Unix
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Asset Management
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Preventative Maintenance
1 5 (83.33%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Microservices
2 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) OOP
2 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) DV Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google