Senior Contracts in Somerset

Senior
South West > Somerset

The median Senior daily rate in Somerset is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 8 18 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 4.02% 8.70% 6.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.37% 8.82% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 12
10th Percentile - £555 £408
25th Percentile £313 £606 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £670 £530
Median % change year-on-year -32.79% +26.38% +8.67%
75th Percentile £600 £809 £584
90th Percentile - £840 £671
South West median daily rate £517 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -13.88% +14.29% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £51.25 £48.75
% change year-on-year +36.59% +5.13% -17.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 183 204 199
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 98.55% 97.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 156 139
10th Percentile £162 £196 £233
25th Percentile £267 £363 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £578 £650 £532
90th Percentile £606 £719 £601
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 9
10th Percentile £12.25 £17.38 £36.19
25th Percentile £14.95 £32.11 £46.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +15.70%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.09 £50.00
90th Percentile £48.00 £76.84 £57.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +9.94%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Somerset

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Somerset

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Somerset over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Somerset

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Somerset

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Taunton +1 3 £600 -14.86% 2
Bridgwater - 3 £325 - 4
Yeovil -4 1 - - 2
Bath - 1 £450 - 3
Senior
South West

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Somerset region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) Business Case
2 2 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 2 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (25.00%) User Stories
2 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (25.00%) Wireframes
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Use Case
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Replication
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SAML
3 1 (12.50%) McAfee
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) .NET

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) NUnit
1 1 (12.50%) Postman
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) SAML
2 1 (12.50%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Business Case
2 2 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (25.00%) Use Case
2 2 (25.00%) User Stories
2 2 (25.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) McAfee
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) VMware