Senior Contract Job Trends in Watford

Senior
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Senior daily rate in Watford is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 5 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 8.06% 2.70% 8.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.62% 2.90% 8.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £224
25th Percentile £463 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £363
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +65.52% -17.14%
75th Percentile £488 - £544
90th Percentile - - £683
Hertfordshire median daily rate £600 £513 £613
% change year-on-year +17.07% -16.33% -9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.61 - -
Median hourly rate £32.74 - -
75th Percentile £34.86 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +35.71% +97.52% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 58 69 131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 93.24% 97.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 50 94
10th Percentile £244 £259 £170
25th Percentile £400 £306 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £638
90th Percentile £614 £576 £700
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +11.16% -5.00% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £17.53 £13.36 £17.10
25th Percentile £23.96 £13.69 £18.37
Median hourly rate £29.51 £14.50 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +103.52% -32.48% -38.64%
75th Percentile £33.82 £16.88 £24.32
90th Percentile £34.44 £25.35 £25.43
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £47.90 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -20.18% -7.69% +8.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Watford

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Watford

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 29 October 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 Watford region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 3 (60.00%) .NET Core
2 3 (60.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (60.00%) React
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VLAN
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (60.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (60.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CCTV
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CEH
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CRISC
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) VMware