Senior Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Senior
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Senior daily rate in Swindon is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 16 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 6 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 6.32% 4.40% 11.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.98% 4.88% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £376 £488 -
25th Percentile £395 £544 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% - +15.74%
75th Percentile £559 £681 £650
90th Percentile £576 £693 £673
Wiltshire median daily rate £650 £590 £600
% change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% +3.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 86 82 140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 90.11% 97.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 48 96
10th Percentile £320 £198 £256
25th Percentile £400 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.35% -10.45% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £614
90th Percentile £700 £711 £675
Wiltshire median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £20.86 - -
25th Percentile £30.51 - -
Median hourly rate £48.53 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.57%
75th Percentile £68.36 - -
90th Percentile £79.10 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £17.39 £48.75
% change year-on-year +38.05% -64.34% -25.57%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Swindon

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Swindon

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Swindon over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Swindon

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Swindon

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Swindon region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 2 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (33.33%) Amazon ELB
2 2 (33.33%) Amazon S3
2 2 (33.33%) Ansible
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) Docker
2 2 (33.33%) F5
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) GitLab
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) SSL
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 2 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (33.33%) Amazon ELB
1 2 (33.33%) Amazon S3
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
1 2 (33.33%) SSL
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) GitLab
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) REST Assured
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) API Testing
3 1 (16.67%) BDD
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 22301
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Ansible
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 2 (33.33%) F5
1 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) Workday