Senior Contracts in the North West

Senior
England > North West

The median Senior daily rate in the North West is £497, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 164 249 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 8.38% 9.29% 6.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.04% 9.83% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 158 141
10th Percentile £400 £313 £406
25th Percentile £435 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £514 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -4.42% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £650
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £550 £564 £600
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.04% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 34 6
10th Percentile £19.23 £27.38 £19.49
25th Percentile £26.17 £39.96 £22.94
Median hourly rate £41.49 £44.74 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +39.81% -32.07%
75th Percentile £75.63 £59.13 £38.75
90th Percentile £84.93 £70.68 £53.35
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
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,814 2,533 2,946
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.51% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,648 2,100
10th Percentile £250 £275 £300
25th Percentile £375 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 270 123
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.10 £27.00 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -12.21% +46.45%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.91 £51.19
90th Percentile £84.17 £69.14 £66.00
England median hourly rate £30.36 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.34% -17.38% +99.60%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North West

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in the North West

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North West over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the North West

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the North West

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the North West over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the North West

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester +1 105 £475 -9.52% 517
Cheshire -16 26 £563 +18.42% 72
Lancashire -15 11 £475 -24.00% 264
Cumbria -10 9 £625 +22.31% 21
Merseyside +1 8 £600 +33.33% 37
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 North West region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 50 (30.49%) AWS
2 48 (29.27%) Security Cleared
3 42 (25.61%) Agile
4 41 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 40 (24.39%) Python
6 35 (21.34%) SC Cleared
7 30 (18.29%) Kubernetes
8 29 (17.68%) Containerisation
8 29 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (17.07%) Social Skills
10 27 (16.46%) Public Sector
11 26 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (15.85%) Software Engineering
12 22 (13.41%) SQL
12 22 (13.41%) Docker
12 22 (13.41%) Node.js
13 20 (12.20%) Finance
13 20 (12.20%) Java
14 19 (11.59%) Test Automation
14 19 (11.59%) Azure
14 19 (11.59%) TypeScript
15 18 (10.98%) DevOps
15 18 (10.98%) JavaScript
16 17 (10.37%) Microsoft
16 17 (10.37%) Microservices
16 17 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 16 (9.76%) GitLab
18 14 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
18 14 (8.54%) Bash
18 14 (8.54%) Continuous Integration

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (3.05%) Confluence
2 4 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.83%) CMS
4 2 (1.22%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.22%) Moodle
4 2 (1.22%) SAS
4 2 (1.22%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.61%) Apache
5 1 (0.61%) Camunda
5 1 (0.61%) CICS
5 1 (0.61%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.44%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.44%) SAP LE
3 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 50 (30.49%) AWS
2 19 (11.59%) Azure
3 12 (7.32%) GCP
4 11 (6.71%) Serverless
5 7 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (4.27%) GitHub
6 6 (3.66%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.66%) dbt
7 5 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (3.05%) Apigee
7 5 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (1.83%) AWS CodeBuild
9 3 (1.83%) Azure AI
9 3 (1.83%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.27%) Firewall
2 4 (2.44%) BGP
2 4 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.83%) EIGRP
3 3 (1.83%) HSRP
3 3 (1.83%) IPsec
3 3 (1.83%) Network Security
3 3 (1.83%) OSPF
3 3 (1.83%) VPN
4 2 (1.22%) DNS
4 2 (1.22%) DWDM
4 2 (1.22%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.22%) Internet
4 2 (1.22%) Intranet
4 2 (1.22%) LAN
4 2 (1.22%) MPLS
4 2 (1.22%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (1.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.22%) WAN
4 2 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (5.49%) MongoDB
3 8 (4.88%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.66%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.66%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.44%) Airbyte
5 4 (2.44%) Tableau
6 3 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.83%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.22%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.22%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.22%) Metadata
7 2 (1.22%) MySQL
7 2 (1.22%) ObjectStore
7 2 (1.22%) Power BI
8 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.61%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 16 (9.76%) GitLab
2 13 (7.93%) Git
2 13 (7.93%) Jenkins
2 13 (7.93%) JIRA
3 5 (3.05%) CircleCI
3 5 (3.05%) Cucumber
4 4 (2.44%) Jasmine
5 3 (1.83%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.83%) JUnit
6 2 (1.22%) ERwin
6 2 (1.22%) Grunt
6 2 (1.22%) gulp
6 2 (1.22%) Maven
6 2 (1.22%) Mocha
6 2 (1.22%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.61%) Charles Proxy
7 1 (0.61%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.61%) Gatling
7 1 (0.61%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.61%) XCUITest
General
1 28 (17.07%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.46%) Public Sector
3 20 (12.20%) Finance
4 14 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.27%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.66%) Legal
6 6 (3.66%) Military
6 6 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.05%) Banking
8 3 (1.83%) Retail
9 2 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Local Government
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Games
10 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.61%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (13.41%) Node.js
2 13 (7.93%) React
2 13 (7.93%) RESTful
3 12 (7.32%) Kafka
4 7 (4.27%) REST
5 5 (3.05%) GraphQL
5 5 (3.05%) Spring Boot
6 4 (2.44%) .NET
6 4 (2.44%) AWS CDK
6 4 (2.44%) HTML
6 4 (2.44%) OAuth
6 4 (2.44%) OpenAPI
6 4 (2.44%) Playwright
6 4 (2.44%) Spring
6 4 (2.44%) Swagger
6 4 (2.44%) TensorFlow
7 3 (1.83%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.83%) CSS
7 3 (1.83%) HTML5
7 3 (1.83%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.32%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.66%) CMDB
4 5 (3.05%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.83%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.22%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.22%) Life Science
7 2 (1.22%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.61%) Clustering
8 1 (0.61%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.61%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.10%) Linux
2 5 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.44%) Unix
4 3 (1.83%) CentOS
5 2 (1.22%) Windows
6 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.61%) Agile
2 41 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 29 (17.68%) Containerisation
3 29 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (15.85%) Software Engineering
4 26 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (11.59%) Test Automation
6 18 (10.98%) DevOps
7 17 (10.37%) Microservices
7 17 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (8.54%) Continuous Integration
9 12 (7.32%) Analytics
9 12 (7.32%) Data Pipeline
10 11 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (6.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (6.10%) Business Analysis
11 10 (6.10%) Data Modelling
11 10 (6.10%) ITSM
11 10 (6.10%) Mentoring
11 10 (6.10%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.39%) Python
2 22 (13.41%) SQL
3 20 (12.20%) Java
4 19 (11.59%) TypeScript
5 18 (10.98%) JavaScript
6 14 (8.54%) Bash
7 4 (2.44%) Scala
7 4 (2.44%) SPARQL
8 3 (1.83%) C#
8 3 (1.83%) Go
9 2 (1.22%) Clojure
9 2 (1.22%) Groovy
9 2 (1.22%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.61%) JCL
10 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.61%) Perl
10 1 (0.61%) R
10 1 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 35 (21.34%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.32%) Degree
4 5 (3.05%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.61%) APMG
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.61%) MCP
6 1 (0.61%) MCSA
6 1 (0.61%) MCSE
6 1 (0.61%) PMP
6 1 (0.61%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.05%) QA
2 4 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.22%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.22%) WCAG
4 1 (0.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.61%) GRC
4 1 (0.61%) NCSC
4 1 (0.61%) PMO
4 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (13.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.61%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 30 (18.29%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.10%) Terraform
3 7 (4.27%) Grafana
4 6 (3.66%) Ansible
4 6 (3.66%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.44%) Packer
6 3 (1.83%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.61%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.61%) Consul
8 1 (0.61%) Graylog
8 1 (0.61%) Istio
8 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.61%) linkerd
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.61%) Rancher
8 1 (0.61%) SCSM
8 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.32%) Google
3 10 (6.10%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.49%) Oracle
5 8 (4.88%) Cisco
6 5 (3.05%) Databricks
6 5 (3.05%) SAP
7 3 (1.83%) IBM
7 3 (1.83%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.83%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.22%) Adobe
8 2 (1.22%) Aruba
8 2 (1.22%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.22%) HP
8 2 (1.22%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.22%) Software AG
8 2 (1.22%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.22%) Splunk
8 2 (1.22%) Talend
8 2 (1.22%) webMethods