Senior Software Developer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Software Developer
England > Midlands

The median Senior Software Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - +75
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 4 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.14% - 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £550
75th Percentile £638 - £575
90th Percentile £705 - -
England median daily rate £549 £603 £555
% change year-on-year -8.91% +8.65% -20.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,601 2,469 2,572
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.60% 92.68% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,707 1,533 1,792
10th Percentile £231 £231 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 96 120
10th Percentile £13.69 £12.64 £13.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.00 £16.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £30.25 £33.80 £31.91
90th Percentile £48.80 £50.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
West Midlands - 4 £600 - 4
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Senior Software Developer 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared