Senior Contracts in Nottingham

Senior
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Senior daily rate in Nottingham is £471, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 8 1 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 7.14% 0.88% 8.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.16% 0.93% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 19
10th Percentile £404 - £500
25th Percentile £415 - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £513 - £700
90th Percentile £525 - £715
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £471 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 98 108 243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 94.74% 99.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 62 195
10th Percentile £247 £207 £318
25th Percentile £405 £316 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +9.47%
75th Percentile £530 £550 £700
90th Percentile £588 £599 £745
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £500 £450 £505
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.89% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 12
10th Percentile - £12.22 £11.80
25th Percentile - £12.75 £14.69
Median hourly rate £11.44 £14.00 £20.84
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -32.81% +47.82%
75th Percentile - £14.67 £26.48
90th Percentile £15.30 £16.25 £47.65
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £11.44 £14.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% -30.00% +41.89%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Nottingham

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Nottingham

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Nottingham

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 Nottingham region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) .NET
3 3 (37.50%) QA
3 3 (37.50%) Microservices
4 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (25.00%) Android
4 2 (25.00%) Git
4 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) API Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (25.00%) Postman
4 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (12.50%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (12.50%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 1 (12.50%) Local Government
5 1 (12.50%) Google

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) AWS CodeBuild
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Figma
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
1 2 (25.00%) Postman
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
2 1 (12.50%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (12.50%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (12.50%) Next.js
2 1 (12.50%) React
2 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Microservices
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) API Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (12.50%) Android Development
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Google