Senior Contracts in the Thames Valley

Senior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior daily rate in the Thames Valley is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 18 31
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 230 249 200
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.59% 8.48% 5.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.19% 8.99% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 176 141
10th Percentile £388 £350 £350
25th Percentile £440 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £519
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% -6.07% +3.80%
75th Percentile £600 £557 £594
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.03% +5.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 1
10th Percentile £55.94 £55.94 -
25th Percentile £56.61 £60.47 £62.50
Median hourly rate £59.95 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +1.54% +36.84%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.80 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.24 £74.79 -
South East median hourly rate £58.91 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +30.90% +5.88% -7.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,503 2,769 3,350
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 94.28% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,916 2,281
10th Percentile £207 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 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
Berkshire +13 190 £513 +2.50% 116
Buckinghamshire -9 30 £536 +12.89% 57
Oxfordshire -5 11 £500 +11.11% 76
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 27 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 107 (46.52%) Security Cleared
2 54 (23.48%) DV Cleared
3 51 (22.17%) Social Skills
4 43 (18.70%) Public Sector
5 41 (17.83%) Agile
6 39 (16.96%) SC Cleared
7 37 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (16.09%) Microsoft
8 33 (14.35%) Cisco
8 33 (14.35%) Azure
9 30 (13.04%) Finance
9 30 (13.04%) Migration
10 27 (11.74%) DevOps
11 26 (11.30%) Windows
12 25 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (9.57%) Project Management
13 22 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (8.26%) Firewall
14 19 (8.26%) Decision-Making
15 18 (7.83%) AWS
15 18 (7.83%) Telecoms
15 18 (7.83%) CheckPoint
16 17 (7.39%) DMZ
16 17 (7.39%) B2B
16 17 (7.39%) Linux
16 17 (7.39%) VMware
16 17 (7.39%) Banking
16 17 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
16 17 (7.39%) Portfolio Management
16 17 (7.39%) Arista

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.30%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.30%) SPSS
3 2 (0.87%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.87%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.87%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (6.96%) Primavera
2 6 (2.61%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.87%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.43%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.35%) Azure
2 18 (7.83%) AWS
3 4 (1.74%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.30%) IaaS
4 3 (1.30%) SaaS
4 3 (1.30%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.87%) GCP
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.43%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.43%) Figma
6 1 (0.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.26%) Firewall
2 17 (7.39%) DMZ
3 14 (6.09%) LAN
3 14 (6.09%) WAN
4 8 (3.48%) Network Security
5 6 (2.61%) DHCP
5 6 (2.61%) DNS
6 5 (2.17%) 3G
6 5 (2.17%) 4G
6 5 (2.17%) 5G
6 5 (2.17%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (1.30%) Broadband
7 3 (1.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (1.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (1.30%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.30%) Skype
8 2 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.87%) SAN
8 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (1.30%) Tableau
2 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.43%) GIS
3 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.78%) JIRA
2 9 (3.91%) GitLab
2 9 (3.91%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.91%) REST Assured
2 9 (3.91%) Selenium
3 8 (3.48%) Cucumber
3 8 (3.48%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.87%) Git
4 2 (0.87%) JMeter
5 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.43%) CMake
5 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.43%) Spinnaker
General
1 51 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.70%) Public Sector
3 30 (13.04%) Finance
4 18 (7.83%) Telecoms
5 17 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.39%) Banking
6 10 (4.35%) Aviation
7 7 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.04%) Law
7 7 (3.04%) Police
8 5 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.30%) Local Government
10 3 (1.30%) Military
11 2 (0.87%) Marketing
11 2 (0.87%) Retail
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Legal
12 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.78%) Itk
2 8 (3.48%) ARM Templates
2 8 (3.48%) Java EE
2 8 (3.48%) REST
3 4 (1.74%) JSON
4 3 (1.30%) D3.js
4 3 (1.30%) Kafka
4 3 (1.30%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.43%) CNTK
5 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.43%) JSON Schema
5 1 (0.43%) OAuth
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.43%) Pandas
5 1 (0.43%) PySpark
5 1 (0.43%) React
5 1 (0.43%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.43%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.61%) Data Centre
1 6 (2.61%) Onboarding
2 3 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.30%) PKI
2 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
3 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (0.87%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (0.87%) NHS
3 2 (0.87%) Photography
3 2 (0.87%) PMI
3 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.43%) FMCG
4 1 (0.43%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.43%) IoT
4 1 (0.43%) iPad
4 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.43%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.30%) Windows
2 17 (7.39%) Linux
3 13 (5.65%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (3.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.30%) Unix
6 2 (0.87%) Android
6 2 (0.87%) Debian
6 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.83%) Agile
2 37 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (13.04%) Migration
4 27 (11.74%) DevOps
5 25 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (9.57%) Project Management
7 19 (8.26%) Decision-Making
8 17 (7.39%) B2B
8 17 (7.39%) Portfolio Management
9 15 (6.52%) Security Architecture
10 14 (6.09%) Configuration Management
10 14 (6.09%) ITIL
10 14 (6.09%) Project Delivery
11 13 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (5.65%) PLM
11 13 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (5.22%) Incident Management
12 12 (5.22%) Software Engineering
13 11 (4.78%) Acceptance Criteria
13 11 (4.78%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.52%) Java
2 12 (5.22%) Python
3 10 (4.35%) SQL
4 9 (3.91%) C
5 6 (2.61%) C++
6 4 (1.74%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.74%) R
7 3 (1.30%) ActionScript
7 3 (1.30%) C#
8 2 (0.87%) PHP
8 2 (0.87%) Scala
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 107 (46.52%) Security Cleared
2 54 (23.48%) DV Cleared
3 39 (16.96%) SC Cleared
4 22 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.91%) Degree
6 5 (2.17%) CCNP
7 4 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.30%) MCSE
8 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.87%) ACCA
9 2 (0.87%) APMP
9 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.87%) CIMA
9 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.87%) ISACA
9 2 (0.87%) ISEB
9 2 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.87%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.43%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.43%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.91%) NIST
2 6 (2.61%) NCSC
3 4 (1.74%) GDPR
3 4 (1.74%) PMO
3 4 (1.74%) QA
4 2 (0.87%) COBIT
4 2 (0.87%) GRC
4 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (5.22%) Docker
2 9 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.35%) Ansible
2 10 (4.35%) Terraform
3 8 (3.48%) Docker Swarm
3 8 (3.48%) Podman
4 3 (1.30%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.30%) SCCM
4 3 (1.30%) SCOM
4 3 (1.30%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.30%) WSUS
5 2 (0.87%) Grafana
6 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.43%) Istio
6 1 (0.43%) Netcool
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.35%) Cisco
3 18 (7.83%) CheckPoint
4 17 (7.39%) Arista
4 17 (7.39%) VMware
5 13 (5.65%) Juniper
6 8 (3.48%) Splunk
7 5 (2.17%) Oracle
7 5 (2.17%) SAP
8 4 (1.74%) Citrix
8 4 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.30%) EMC
9 3 (1.30%) F5
9 3 (1.30%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.43%) Fujitsu
10 1 (0.43%) IBM
10 1 (0.43%) Nokia
10 1 (0.43%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.43%) Remedy