Senior Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Senior
City of Westminster > Westminster

The median Senior daily rate in Westminster is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 12.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £548 - -
25th Percentile £572 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile £648 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £650 £575 £634
% change year-on-year +13.04% -9.27% +10.22%

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 29 11 9
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 84.62% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 2
10th Percentile £416 £413 £549
25th Percentile £550 £531 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £650 £595
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +9.24% +45.12%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £641
90th Percentile £733 £825 £662
City of Westminster median daily rate £555 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -3.48% +4.55% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Westminster

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Westminster

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Westminster

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Westminster over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Westminster

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Westminster

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Westminster

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Westminster region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
Covent Garden - 1 £538 - 1
Senior
City of Westminster

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

For the 6 months to 8 July 2026, 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 Westminster region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps

Senior 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft