Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Senior Developer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £560, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 37 43
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 10 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.87% 0.51% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 0.53% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £366 - £510
25th Percentile £413 - £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £545 £586
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -7.04% +21.50%
75th Percentile - - £650
90th Percentile £583 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £545 £586
% change year-on-year +2.75% -7.04% +19.64%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 509 190 448
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.14% 95.96% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 140 341
10th Percentile £309 £262 £263
25th Percentile £409 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £593 £592 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £514 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +2.65% +0.10% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 4 31
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.82
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.58
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.52% +71.58%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £28.50
90th Percentile £39.63 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.08 £21.50 £23.75
% change year-on-year +16.63% -9.47% +48.44%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Milton Keynes

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, Senior 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (40.00%) Git
2 4 (40.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) Go
3 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) Microservices
3 3 (30.00%) RESTful
4 2 (20.00%) Azure
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) CAD
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) Google App Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Health Technology
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (10.00%) CSS
3 1 (10.00%) CSS3
3 1 (10.00%) Entity Framework
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) OAuth
3 1 (10.00%) React
3 1 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (10.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (30.00%) Microservices
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) ETL Development
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) MVC
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C#
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) Go
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Informatica