Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Senior Developer
City of Westminster > Westminster

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Westminster is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 5.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £650 - £725

All Contract IT Job Roles
Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 18 21 12
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 95.45% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 5
10th Percentile £436 £398 -
25th Percentile £463 £474 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £185
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +197.30% -69.80%
75th Percentile £625 £666 £193
90th Percentile £650 £803 £250
City of Westminster median daily rate £510 £538 £725
% change year-on-year -5.12% -25.86% +11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £26.00
City of Westminster median hourly rate £26.11 - £40.00

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

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 Westminster.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Westminster

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Westminster.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Westminster

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster

For the 6 months to 16 February 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 Westminster region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft