Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Developer daily rate in the West Midlands is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 120 92
Rank change year-on-year -7 -28 0
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 51 8 20
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.44% 0.42% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 0.47% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 7 8
10th Percentile £405 £499 £424
25th Percentile £413 £504 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +20.00% -24.53%
75th Percentile £681 - £588
90th Percentile £738 £660 £653
England median daily rate £600 £560 £550
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -12.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,234 1,707 1,744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 89.37% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,932 1,101 1,097
10th Percentile £325 £250 £213
25th Percentile £413 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £612
90th Percentile £684 £683 £708
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 109 60
10th Percentile £14.18 £12.62 £12.58
25th Percentile £17.70 £15.67 £14.18
Median hourly rate £24.53 £25.15 £21.80
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +15.39% -5.24%
75th Percentile £40.03 £36.00 £32.26
90th Percentile £63.05 £50.00 £48.88
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%

Senior Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Senior Developer Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in the West Midlands

Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Senior Developer Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. 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
Birmingham +17 20 £606 +21.25% 19
Coventry - 10 £425 - 2
Solihull -6 8 - - 6
Shropshire -39 8 £550 +3.53% 2
Herefordshire +6 2 - -
Warwickshire - 2 - - 2
Senior Developer
England

Senior Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, Senior Developer 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 West Midlands region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile60.8%31
2Java47.1%24
3Scrum31.4%16
4Continuous Improvement29.4%15
4Security Cleared29.4%15
6AWS27.5%14
6SC Cleared27.5%14
6Sprint Planning27.5%14
9CI/CD25.5%13
9Git25.5%13
9Spring25.5%13
9Spring Boot25.5%13
9TDD25.5%13
14C#23.5%12
14DevOps23.5%12
14Microservices23.5%12
14Microsoft23.5%12
14Mockito23.5%12
14User Stories23.5%12
20ActiveMQ21.6%11
20Azure21.6%11
20JavaScript21.6%11
20Power Platform21.6%11
20TypeScript21.6%11
25Accessibility19.6%10
25Backlog Refinement19.6%10
25Code Quality19.6%10
25JPA19.6%10
25JUnit19.6%10
25Maven19.6%10

Senior Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Java Developer43.1%22
2Senior Dynamics 365 Developer15.7%8
3Power Platform Developer5.9%3
3Senior Front-End Developer5.9%3
5Analytics Developer3.9%2
5Lead Java Developer3.9%2
7Senior .NET Developer2.0%1
7Senior C Developer2.0%1
7Senior Microsoft Developer2.0%1
7Senior Oracle Developer2.0%1
7Senior Python Developer2.0%1
7Senior React Developer2.0%1
7Senior UI Developer2.0%1
45 Senior Developer jobs in the West Midlands