Senior Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior daily rate in the UK excluding London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 29 29
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,427 1,477 1,979
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.69% 6.51% 6.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.24% 6.91% 6.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 1,056 1,427
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £434 £450 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +8.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 64 54
10th Percentile £22.80 £17.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £32.50 £23.31 £26.31
Median hourly rate £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.31 £57.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.64 £77.45
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £54.56 £43.36
% change year-on-year -8.36% +25.84% +31.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
South East +14 466 £525 +1.01% 500
North of England 0 345 £500 -9.09% 623
North West +6 241 £500 -4.76% 395
Scotland +5 185 £497 -0.60% 207
Midlands +15 157 £525 - 332
South West -4 149 £500 -16.67% 335
West Midlands +13 128 £525 -4.55% 226
Yorkshire -8 90 £515 -11.44% 170
East of England -15 90 £534 -2.91% 251
Wales +13 35 £556 +1.32% 78
East Midlands -13 25 £550 +4.76% 103
North East -2 15 £500 -22.33% 59
Northern Ireland -7 9 £493 -6.15% 54
Senior
UK

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 343 (24.04%) Security Cleared
2 304 (21.30%) Agile
3 287 (20.11%) Social Skills
4 241 (16.89%) Public Sector
5 231 (16.19%) Finance
6 194 (13.59%) Microsoft
7 181 (12.68%) SC Cleared
8 175 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
9 167 (11.70%) Azure
10 160 (11.21%) Project Management
11 157 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 143 (10.02%) DevOps
13 140 (9.81%) Degree
14 137 (9.60%) SQL
15 124 (8.69%) Windows
16 120 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
17 110 (7.71%) Software Engineering
18 108 (7.57%) DV Cleared
19 107 (7.50%) AWS
19 107 (7.50%) Python
20 102 (7.15%) Java
21 96 (6.73%) Migration
22 91 (6.38%) Roadmaps
23 89 (6.24%) Linux
24 87 (6.10%) Change Management
25 85 (5.96%) SAP
25 85 (5.96%) Cisco
26 83 (5.82%) Project Delivery
27 80 (5.61%) ITIL
28 79 (5.54%) JIRA

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.24%) Confluence
3 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.12%) CMS
5 12 (0.84%) SAS
6 9 (0.63%) Apache
6 9 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.56%) Documentum
8 5 (0.35%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (0.35%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.35%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.14%) IIS
9 2 (0.14%) StreamWeaver
10 1 (0.070%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.070%) Drupal
10 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.070%) MTS
Applications
1 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.70%) Acrobat
4 7 (0.49%) Revit
4 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.28%) SPSS
7 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) EngageOne
8 2 (0.14%) InVision
8 2 (0.14%) Simulink
8 2 (0.14%) Stateflow
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 24 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.70%) Primavera
3 9 (0.63%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.42%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.35%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.28%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 3 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.14%) Maximo
9 2 (0.14%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 167 (11.70%) Azure
2 107 (7.50%) AWS
3 72 (5.05%) Power Platform
4 67 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (1.82%) GCP
7 24 (1.68%) Serverless
8 21 (1.47%) Power Automate
9 19 (1.33%) PowerApps
10 18 (1.26%) SaaS
10 18 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
11 15 (1.05%) Snowflake
12 14 (0.98%) OpenShift
12 14 (0.98%) PaaS
13 11 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (0.63%) GitHub
14 9 (0.63%) IaaS
15 8 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.77%) Firewall
2 35 (2.45%) WAN
3 28 (1.96%) LAN
4 25 (1.75%) DMZ
4 25 (1.75%) DNS
5 24 (1.68%) BGP
5 24 (1.68%) Network Security
5 24 (1.68%) SAN
6 16 (1.12%) DHCP
7 15 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
7 15 (1.05%) MPLS
7 15 (1.05%) NetScaler
8 13 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.84%) HTTP
10 11 (0.77%) EIGRP
10 11 (0.77%) IPsec
10 11 (0.77%) NAS
10 11 (0.77%) OSPF
10 11 (0.77%) VPN
11 10 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.99%) Power BI
2 39 (2.73%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.33%) Oracle Database
4 18 (1.26%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.12%) Metadata
7 15 (1.05%) Tableau
8 11 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.70%) MySQL
10 9 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
11 8 (0.56%) EDMS
11 8 (0.56%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (0.56%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.49%) Big Data
12 7 (0.49%) Data Mining
12 7 (0.49%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 79 (5.54%) JIRA
2 38 (2.66%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.45%) Git
4 29 (2.03%) Selenium
5 24 (1.68%) GitLab
6 19 (1.33%) Cucumber
7 17 (1.19%) JMeter
8 13 (0.91%) SonarQube
9 11 (0.77%) Maven
10 10 (0.70%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
10 10 (0.70%) Postman
10 10 (0.70%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.56%) JUnit
11 8 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (0.56%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.49%) NUnit
12 7 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
13 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 287 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 241 (16.89%) Public Sector
3 231 (16.19%) Finance
4 120 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (5.05%) Banking
6 47 (3.29%) Telecoms
7 37 (2.59%) Marketing
8 31 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (2.03%) Local Government
10 25 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (1.61%) Military
12 23 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (1.47%) Law
14 20 (1.40%) Legal
14 20 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (0.91%) Electronics
16 12 (0.84%) Automotive
16 12 (0.84%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.78%) React
2 44 (3.08%) .NET
3 31 (2.17%) HTML
4 28 (1.96%) REST
5 27 (1.89%) CSS
6 25 (1.75%) Node.js
7 24 (1.68%) AngularJS
8 21 (1.47%) Kafka
8 21 (1.47%) Spring
9 19 (1.33%) Spring Boot
10 17 (1.19%) GraphQL
10 17 (1.19%) Web Services
11 16 (1.12%) Middleware
12 15 (1.05%) Vue
13 14 (0.98%) XML
14 12 (0.84%) RESTful
15 11 (0.77%) Itk
15 11 (0.77%) Redux
16 9 (0.63%) .NET Framework
16 9 (0.63%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 45 (3.15%) Product Ownership
2 36 (2.52%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.03%) Data Centre
4 25 (1.75%) NHS
5 20 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (1.40%) Onboarding
6 17 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (0.84%) Data Structures
8 12 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (0.84%) Mobile App
8 12 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 11 (0.77%) Algorithms
9 11 (0.77%) Replication
10 10 (0.70%) Life Science
11 9 (0.63%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (0.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 9 (0.63%) PKI
12 8 (0.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 124 (8.69%) Windows
2 89 (6.24%) Linux
3 35 (2.45%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.24%) Unix
5 29 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 14 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (0.77%) Android
9 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.35%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.28%) Solaris
13 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.21%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.14%) Debian
14 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (21.30%) Agile
2 175 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (11.21%) Project Management
4 157 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 143 (10.02%) DevOps
6 110 (7.71%) Software Engineering
7 96 (6.73%) Migration
8 91 (6.38%) Roadmaps
9 87 (6.10%) Change Management
10 83 (5.82%) Project Delivery
11 80 (5.61%) ITIL
12 76 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 74 (5.19%) Scrum
14 71 (4.98%) CI/CD
15 70 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
16 65 (4.56%) Cybersecurity
17 61 (4.27%) Analytics
17 61 (4.27%) Decision-Making
17 61 (4.27%) Mentoring
18 58 (4.06%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 137 (9.60%) SQL
2 107 (7.50%) Python
3 102 (7.15%) Java
4 49 (3.43%) PowerShell
5 43 (3.01%) JavaScript
6 42 (2.94%) C#
7 35 (2.45%) TypeScript
8 30 (2.10%) C
9 28 (1.96%) C++
10 21 (1.47%) Bash
11 20 (1.40%) Perl
12 16 (1.12%) Scala
13 12 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.70%) R
14 10 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.70%) VBScript
15 9 (0.63%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.56%) Go
16 8 (0.56%) Tcl
16 8 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 343 (24.04%) Security Cleared
2 181 (12.68%) SC Cleared
3 140 (9.81%) Degree
4 108 (7.57%) DV Cleared
5 55 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (2.24%) Master's Degree
7 28 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.68%) CCNA
9 23 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
9 23 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.33%) CCNP
11 16 (1.12%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.05%) PMP
13 13 (0.91%) CISSP
14 9 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 8 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.56%) ISEB
15 8 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (0.49%) AWS Certification
17 6 (0.42%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (2.87%) PMO
2 33 (2.31%) QA
3 31 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 22 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
7 16 (1.12%) GDPR
8 13 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.70%) NIST
10 7 (0.49%) GRC
10 7 (0.49%) HL7
11 5 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.35%) SLA
11 5 (0.35%) WCAG
12 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.28%) NCSC
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (4.13%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.87%) Docker
3 23 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.33%) vSphere
5 13 (0.91%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.84%) Firmware
7 9 (0.63%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (0.49%) XenApp
9 6 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.21%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.070%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.070%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.070%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 50 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 49 (3.43%) Terraform
3 48 (3.36%) Ansible
4 18 (1.26%) SCCM
5 17 (1.19%) Grafana
6 11 (0.77%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (0.56%) Podman
9 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.35%) Endace
10 5 (0.35%) NetBackup
10 5 (0.35%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.28%) Argo
11 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.28%) Kibana
11 4 (0.28%) Puppet
11 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 194 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.96%) Cisco
2 85 (5.96%) SAP
3 58 (4.06%) VMware
4 38 (2.66%) Oracle
5 29 (2.03%) CheckPoint
6 27 (1.89%) Juniper
7 25 (1.75%) Arista
7 25 (1.75%) Atlassian
8 24 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.61%) Splunk
10 21 (1.47%) Citrix
11 19 (1.33%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.33%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.12%) Adobe
13 14 (0.98%) F5
13 14 (0.98%) NetIQ
14 13 (0.91%) Apple
14 13 (0.91%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.84%) Google