Senior Contract Job Trends in Salisbury

Senior
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The median Senior daily rate in Salisbury is £782, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 21 12
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Salisbury 7.35% 2.04% 2.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.77% 2.04% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £782 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.28%
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £613 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +22.50% -17.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - -
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Salisbury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salisbury. 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 Salisbury with a recognized job title 57 49 34
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.82% 100.00% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 19 29
10th Percentile £363 - £200
25th Percentile £444 £220 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £706 £601 £538
90th Percentile - £645 £540
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £563 £538
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.55% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £18.23 - -
25th Percentile £18.24 - -
Median hourly rate £19.75 - -
75th Percentile £40.13 - -
90th Percentile £74.55 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £30.50 £22.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year +35.56% +36.36% -73.81%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Salisbury

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Salisbury.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Salisbury

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Salisbury

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Salisbury.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Salisbury

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Senior 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 Salisbury region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) SLA
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) IT4IT
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Military
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat