Senior Contracts in Warwickshire

Senior
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Senior daily rate in Warwickshire is £525, 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 26 20 32
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 16 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 5.18% 7.40% 3.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.82% 8.47% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 10
10th Percentile £469 - £419
25th Percentile £475 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £653 £769 £681
90th Percentile £788 £838 £1,100
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £511 £540
% change year-on-year +7.58% -5.32% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 0
Median hourly rate £33.91 £24.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.41% - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.24 £42.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.81% +137.02% +10.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 275 295 368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.00% 87.28% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 203 235
10th Percentile £235 £358 £312
25th Percentile £404 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £545
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +6.42% +3.81%
75th Percentile £598 £700 £628
90th Percentile £658 £825 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 29 7
10th Percentile £14.12 £13.49 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £28.18 £22.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.24% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £33.91 £26.92 £53.80
90th Percentile £40.36 £35.50 £66.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Warwickshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Warwickshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Warwickshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Warwickshire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Warwick -5 5 £550 +1.15% 20
Gaydon +2 3 - - 3
Stratford-upon-Avon +1 2 £463 - 13
Leamington Spa - 1 - - 1
Rugby - 1 £575 - 2
Senior
West Midlands

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

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 Warwickshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) Law
3 4 (25.00%) Games
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
4 3 (18.75%) Animation
4 3 (18.75%) Django
4 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
4 3 (18.75%) NUKE
4 3 (18.75%) PMO
4 3 (18.75%) Oracle
4 3 (18.75%) CSS
4 3 (18.75%) C++
4 3 (18.75%) HTML
4 3 (18.75%) Java
4 3 (18.75%) Tcl
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Automotive
4 3 (18.75%) Maya
4 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 2 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Maya
1 3 (18.75%) NUKE
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Games
2 4 (25.00%) Law
3 3 (18.75%) Automotive
3 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) CSS
1 3 (18.75%) Django
1 3 (18.75%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) MIDP
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Animation
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Educational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile Games
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Unix
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Migration
2 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
3 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
4 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Identity Management
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Process Management
5 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
5 2 (12.50%) SIEM
5 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) C++
3 3 (18.75%) Java
3 3 (18.75%) Tcl
4 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (12.50%) CCSP
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (12.50%) CISSP
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) PMO
2 2 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) TOWER Software
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Guidewire
3 1 (6.25%) Remedy
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow