Senior Contracts in Stevenage

Senior
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Senior daily rate in Stevenage is £340, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 40 42
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 10 18 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 8.00% 3.93% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.40% 4.46% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - - £505
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +18.18% -29.03%
75th Percentile - £675 £588
90th Percentile - £700 £595
Hertfordshire median daily rate £650 £650 £613
% change year-on-year - +6.12% +22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile £40.50 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.91 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.28 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% -19.45% -
75th Percentile £45.00 £42.64 -
90th Percentile £59.25 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £42.50 £40.28 £33.86
% change year-on-year +5.52% +18.95% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 119 404 267
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 88.21% 90.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 51 71
10th Percentile £347 £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £290 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £400 £388
Median % change year-on-year +33.13% +3.23% -7.46%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £488
90th Percentile £629 £650 £575
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 261 123
10th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £49.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.38% +15.04%
75th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Stevenage

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Stevenage

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Stevenage

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Stevenage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Stevenage

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Stevenage region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (40.00%) Windchill
4 4 (40.00%) PLM
4 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (30.00%) CMS
5 3 (30.00%) Windows
5 3 (30.00%) Linux
5 3 (30.00%) Splunk
5 3 (30.00%) Change Control
5 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (30.00%) LogRhythm
5 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (30.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (30.00%) FireEye
5 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (30.00%) Darktrace
6 2 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (20.00%) Twitter
6 2 (20.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
6 2 (20.00%) Aviation
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (20.00%) Aerospace

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 3 (30.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Windchill
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Primavera
2 1 (10.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) FTP
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
1 1 (10.00%) SMTP
1 1 (10.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MagicDraw
1 1 (10.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Aviation
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (40.00%) PLM
2 3 (30.00%) Change Control
2 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) SDLC
4 1 (10.00%) SysML
4 1 (10.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Darktrace
1 3 (30.00%) FireEye
1 3 (30.00%) LogRhythm
1 3 (30.00%) Splunk
2 2 (20.00%) Twitter
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) IronPort
3 1 (10.00%) PTC
3 1 (10.00%) Sparx
3 1 (10.00%) Symantec