Senior Technical Specialist
UK
The median Senior Technical Specialist daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 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 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 544 | 549 | 664 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +115 | +185 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Technical Specialist | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.006% | 0.018% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.007% | 0.019% | 0.006% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £493 | £364 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £495 | £380 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.01% | +30.26% | -14.61% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £498 | £509 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £585 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £495 | £365 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.01% | +35.62% | -17.98% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 30,049 | 36,010 | 48,875 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.28% | 92.94% | 94.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,935 | 23,186 | 33,758 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £300 | £304 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.87% | -0.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £621 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,543 | 1,988 | 1,469 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.56 | £14.16 | £14.42 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.28 | £20.00 | £18.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £41.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | +3.61% | +61.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.81 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £44.02 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.87% | +22.28% | +69.41% |
Senior Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Technical Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist.
Senior Technical Specialist
Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 2025. 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 |
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| England | +21 | 2 | £500 | +1.01% | 10 |
| South East | +17 | 2 | £500 | +1.01% | |
| UK excluding London | +10 | 2 | £500 | +1.01% | 8 |
Senior Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, Senior Technical Specialist 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 featuring Senior Technical Specialist in the job title.
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Senior Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: