Senior Contracts in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior daily rate in the Midlands is £525, 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 26 27 36
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 112 140 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.85% 5.08% 5.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.49% 5.53% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 89 136
10th Percentile £410 £295 £320
25th Percentile £464 £410 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% +2.48%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £625
90th Percentile £734 £698 £694
England median daily rate £550 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 7
10th Percentile £16.85 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.69 -
Median hourly rate £20.24 £35.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -42.17% +97.52% -17.58%
75th Percentile £33.91 £53.75 £20.86
90th Percentile - £66.00 £24.98
England median hourly rate £52.00 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +9.47% +5.56% +25.00%

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 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
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 within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -2 88 £550 +7.58% 314
East Midlands +7 21 £483 -3.50% 186
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 34 (30.36%) Agile
2 30 (26.79%) Finance
3 25 (22.32%) Social Skills
4 23 (20.54%) Azure
5 22 (19.64%) Migration
6 21 (18.75%) SQL
7 20 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (14.29%) AWS
9 16 (14.29%) CI/CD
10 14 (12.50%) Python
11 13 (11.61%) Security Cleared
11 13 (11.61%) Analytics
12 12 (10.71%) Docker
12 12 (10.71%) JavaScript
13 11 (9.82%) Java
13 11 (9.82%) Oracle
13 11 (9.82%) Project Management
13 11 (9.82%) JIRA
13 11 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (9.82%) TypeScript
14 10 (8.93%) Git
14 10 (8.93%) Microservices
14 10 (8.93%) Games
14 10 (8.93%) Risk Management
15 9 (8.04%) Data Modelling
15 9 (8.04%) SC Cleared
15 9 (8.04%) Kubernetes
15 9 (8.04%) Product Ownership
16 8 (7.14%) Data Pipeline

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.36%) Confluence
3 4 (3.57%) Moodle
4 3 (2.68%) Apache
5 2 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.89%) Luigi
6 1 (0.89%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Maya
1 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.68%) NUKE
2 2 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.89%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.79%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.89%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.89%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.54%) Azure
2 16 (14.29%) AWS
3 8 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.57%) GCP
4 4 (3.57%) GitHub
4 4 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.57%) ShareGate
4 4 (3.57%) Snowflake
5 3 (2.68%) Amazon S3
5 3 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.68%) OCI
5 3 (2.68%) SaaS
5 3 (2.68%) Serverless
6 2 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (1.79%) IaaS
6 2 (1.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.14%) Firewall
2 5 (4.46%) Network Security
3 3 (2.68%) LAN
3 3 (2.68%) WAN
3 3 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.79%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.79%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.79%) VoIP
5 1 (0.89%) BGP
5 1 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.89%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.89%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.89%) Internet
5 1 (0.89%) MPLS
5 1 (0.89%) OSPF
5 1 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (4.46%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (2.68%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.68%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.68%) Power BI
4 2 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.79%) EDRMS
4 2 (1.79%) MySQL
4 2 (1.79%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.89%) Big Data
5 1 (0.89%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.89%) Impala
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 11 (9.82%) JIRA
2 10 (8.93%) Git
3 5 (4.46%) Postman
4 4 (3.57%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.68%) JUnit
5 3 (2.68%) Maven
5 3 (2.68%) PHPUnit
5 3 (2.68%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.79%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.89%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.89%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.89%) Gradle
7 1 (0.89%) Mockito
7 1 (0.89%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (26.79%) Finance
2 25 (22.32%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.93%) Games
5 6 (5.36%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.36%) Retail
6 5 (4.46%) Automotive
6 5 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.57%) Law
7 4 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.57%) Polish Language
8 3 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.68%) Local Government
9 2 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.79%) Banking
9 2 (1.79%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.14%) .NET
1 8 (7.14%) RESTful
2 7 (6.25%) REST
3 5 (4.46%) Django
3 5 (4.46%) HTML
3 5 (4.46%) Unreal Engine
4 4 (3.57%) Blazor
4 4 (3.57%) CSS
4 4 (3.57%) React
4 4 (3.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 4 (3.57%) XML
5 3 (2.68%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (2.68%) Behat
5 3 (2.68%) JSON
5 3 (2.68%) LDAP
5 3 (2.68%) Spring
5 3 (2.68%) WPF
6 2 (1.79%) ActiveMQ
6 2 (1.79%) JPA
6 2 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.04%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.46%) Mobile Games
2 5 (4.46%) Virtual Reality
3 3 (2.68%) Animation
3 3 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.68%) e-Learning
3 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.68%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.68%) VLE
4 2 (1.79%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.79%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.79%) Replication
5 1 (0.89%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.89%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.46%) Unix
2 2 (1.79%) AIX
2 2 (1.79%) Android
2 2 (1.79%) Windows
3 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.36%) Agile
2 22 (19.64%) Migration
3 20 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 13 (11.61%) Analytics
7 11 (9.82%) Project Management
8 10 (8.93%) Microservices
8 10 (8.93%) Risk Management
9 9 (8.04%) Data Modelling
10 8 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
10 8 (7.14%) DevOps
10 8 (7.14%) ETL
11 7 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (6.25%) Data Protection
11 7 (6.25%) Mentoring
11 7 (6.25%) Roadmaps
11 7 (6.25%) Software Engineering
11 7 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (5.36%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.75%) SQL
2 14 (12.50%) Python
3 12 (10.71%) JavaScript
4 11 (9.82%) Java
4 11 (9.82%) TypeScript
5 8 (7.14%) PowerShell
6 7 (6.25%) C#
7 4 (3.57%) PHP
8 3 (2.68%) C++
8 3 (2.68%) Tcl
8 3 (2.68%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.79%) Go
9 2 (1.79%) Groovy
9 2 (1.79%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.79%) R
9 2 (1.79%) Scala
10 1 (0.89%) Bash
10 1 (0.89%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.89%) Ruby
10 1 (0.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (11.61%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.04%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.14%) Degree
4 5 (4.46%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.68%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.68%) CISSP
5 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.79%) CCSP
6 2 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.79%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.89%) CCIE
7 1 (0.89%) CCNP
7 1 (0.89%) CISA
7 1 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.89%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.89%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) PMO
2 5 (4.46%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.57%) QA
4 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (10.71%) Docker
2 4 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.89%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (8.04%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.14%) Terraform
3 3 (2.68%) CASB
3 3 (2.68%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.79%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (1.79%) Kibana
4 2 (1.79%) logstash
Vendors
1 11 (9.82%) Oracle
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.46%) Cisco
4 4 (3.57%) SAP
5 3 (2.68%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.79%) Aruba
6 2 (1.79%) Bloomberg
6 2 (1.79%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.79%) Jaspersoft
6 2 (1.79%) Mitel
6 2 (1.79%) Talend
6 2 (1.79%) TOWER Software
7 1 (0.89%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.89%) IFS
7 1 (0.89%) Meraki
7 1 (0.89%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.89%) Perforce
7 1 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.89%) Splunk
7 1 (0.89%) webMethods