Senior Contracts in the North of England

Senior
England > North of England

The median Senior daily rate in the North of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 22 24
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 345 360 510
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.12% 6.62% 7.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.67% 6.94% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 265 375
10th Percentile £325 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £657
England median daily rate £550 £600 £579
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% +5.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 10 21
10th Percentile £23.25 £17.72 £25.75
25th Percentile £25.10 £18.60 £41.68
Median hourly rate £42.91 £37.50 £52.70
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% -28.84% +73.16%
75th Percentile £48.38 £60.31 £77.50
90th Percentile £64.38 £64.04 £81.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £43.36
% change year-on-year -5.00% +15.33% +31.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,496 5,185 6,867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.28% 96.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,630 5,013
10th Percentile £263 £263 £206
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £663 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 165 268
10th Percentile £11.12 £14.10 £11.28
25th Percentile £13.19 £17.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £23.48 £27.20 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% +36.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47.63 £43.75 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £57.06 £63.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the North of England

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
North West +6 241 £500 -4.76% 378
Yorkshire -8 90 £515 -11.44% 168
North East -2 15 £500 -22.33% 56
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 72 (20.87%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.55%) Agile
3 47 (13.62%) Finance
4 43 (12.46%) Security Cleared
5 36 (10.43%) DevOps
6 33 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (9.57%) SC Cleared
6 33 (9.57%) Microsoft
7 32 (9.28%) Python
7 32 (9.28%) SAP
7 32 (9.28%) AWS
7 32 (9.28%) Public Sector
8 31 (8.99%) Azure
8 31 (8.99%) ITIL
9 30 (8.70%) Java
9 30 (8.70%) Degree
10 29 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
11 28 (8.12%) Software Engineering
12 26 (7.54%) SQL
13 24 (6.96%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (6.67%) Project Management
14 23 (6.67%) Change Management
14 23 (6.67%) Roadmaps
15 22 (6.38%) Power Platform
15 22 (6.38%) Mentoring
15 22 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
16 21 (6.09%) Cisco
16 21 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (6.09%) CI/CD
17 20 (5.80%) CCNA

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (2.61%) Confluence
2 7 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.45%) SAS
4 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Drupal
5 1 (0.29%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.74%) Revit
2 4 (1.16%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (9.28%) AWS
2 31 (8.99%) Azure
3 22 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 18 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.90%) GCP
5 10 (2.90%) Snowflake
5 10 (2.90%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (2.03%) SaaS
6 7 (2.03%) Serverless
7 6 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.45%) Collibra
8 5 (1.45%) IaaS
8 5 (1.45%) PaaS
8 5 (1.45%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.87%) Akamai
9 3 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.87%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.64%) Firewall
2 9 (2.61%) BGP
2 9 (2.61%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (2.61%) Cisco Firepower
2 9 (2.61%) Cisco ISE
2 9 (2.61%) EIGRP
2 9 (2.61%) HSRP
2 9 (2.61%) IPsec
2 9 (2.61%) NetScaler
2 9 (2.61%) Network Security
2 9 (2.61%) OSPF
3 8 (2.32%) DNS
3 8 (2.32%) SNMP
3 8 (2.32%) Spanning Tree
3 8 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.74%) WAN
5 4 (1.16%) HTTP
5 4 (1.16%) LAN
5 4 (1.16%) SAN
5 4 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.51%) Power BI
2 10 (2.90%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.32%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.74%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.45%) Ataccama
6 5 (1.45%) MySQL
6 5 (1.45%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (1.16%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.16%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.16%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.16%) SQLite
7 4 (1.16%) Tableau
8 3 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.87%) Big Data
8 3 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.87%) HBase
9 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (4.35%) JIRA
2 11 (3.19%) Git
3 10 (2.90%) Selenium
4 7 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.03%) JMeter
5 6 (1.74%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.45%) Gatling
6 5 (1.45%) GitLab
6 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (1.16%) Postman
7 4 (1.16%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.58%) TestCafe
9 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.29%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.29%) GoCD
9 1 (0.29%) Gradle
9 1 (0.29%) Pa11y
9 1 (0.29%) Storybook
9 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 72 (20.87%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.62%) Finance
3 32 (9.28%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.64%) Banking
6 10 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 10 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (2.32%) Legal
7 8 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.74%) Retail
9 5 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.16%) Marketing
10 4 (1.16%) Military
11 3 (0.87%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (0.87%) Electronics
12 2 (0.58%) Automotive
12 2 (0.58%) Law
12 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.22%) React
2 16 (4.64%) Node.js
3 9 (2.61%) Kafka
3 9 (2.61%) Vue
3 9 (2.61%) Web Services
4 8 (2.32%) Jinja
5 7 (2.03%) HTML
6 6 (1.74%) .NET
6 6 (1.74%) CSS
6 6 (1.74%) Redux
7 5 (1.45%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.45%) ActiveMQ
7 5 (1.45%) GraphQL
7 5 (1.45%) Next.js
8 4 (1.16%) XML
9 3 (0.87%) Express.js
9 3 (0.87%) MERN Stack
9 3 (0.87%) RESTful
9 3 (0.87%) Spring
10 2 (0.58%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.64%) NHS
2 14 (4.06%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.03%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.16%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.16%) Robotics
7 3 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.87%) Life Science
7 3 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.58%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.58%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (0.58%) IoT
8 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.51%) Windows
2 13 (3.77%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.03%) Unix
5 6 (1.74%) Android
6 5 (1.45%) Linux
6 5 (1.45%) Mac OS X
6 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (18.55%) Agile
2 36 (10.43%) DevOps
3 33 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (8.99%) ITIL
5 28 (8.12%) Software Engineering
6 24 (6.96%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (6.67%) Change Management
7 23 (6.67%) Project Management
7 23 (6.67%) Roadmaps
8 22 (6.38%) Mentoring
9 21 (6.09%) CI/CD
9 21 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (5.80%) Test Automation
11 18 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (4.93%) Data Analysis
13 15 (4.35%) E-Commerce
13 15 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (4.35%) ITSM
13 15 (4.35%) Migration
14 13 (3.77%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.28%) Python
2 30 (8.70%) Java
3 26 (7.54%) SQL
4 15 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.19%) Perl
5 11 (3.19%) Scala
6 10 (2.90%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.61%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.32%) Tcl
9 7 (2.03%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.74%) Bash
11 5 (1.45%) C#
12 4 (1.16%) Go
12 4 (1.16%) Groovy
12 4 (1.16%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.58%) PHP
14 2 (0.58%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (12.46%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.57%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.70%) Degree
4 22 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.80%) CCNA
6 14 (4.06%) CCNP
7 13 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.16%) CISSP
10 4 (1.16%) MCSE
10 4 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.87%) CISM
11 3 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.58%) MCITP
12 2 (0.58%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.19%) QA
4 9 (2.61%) PMO
5 5 (1.45%) GDPR
6 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.87%) WCAG
8 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.58%) GRC
8 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
9 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.61%) Docker
2 9 (2.61%) Firmware
3 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.29%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (3.48%) Ansible
1 12 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.19%) Terraform
3 7 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.45%) SCCM
5 4 (1.16%) Grafana
6 3 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.87%) Kibana
6 3 (0.87%) VxRail
7 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.29%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.29%) Puppet
8 1 (0.29%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.29%) vMotion
8 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.28%) SAP
3 21 (6.09%) Cisco
4 18 (5.22%) VMware
5 14 (4.06%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.48%) Citrix
6 12 (3.48%) SolarWinds
7 11 (3.19%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.74%) Google
8 6 (1.74%) Oracle
9 5 (1.45%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.45%) Dataiku
9 5 (1.45%) Trillium
10 4 (1.16%) Dell
10 4 (1.16%) Pega
11 3 (0.87%) F5
11 3 (0.87%) HP
11 3 (0.87%) Symantec
11 3 (0.87%) Veeam
12 2 (0.58%) Atlassian