Senior Developer Contracts in Worcestershire

Senior Developer
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Worcestershire is £700, 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 15 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 4.35% - 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% - 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £375
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £259 £550
% change year-on-year +112.36% -52.91% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Worcestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire with a recognized job title 42 72 115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 96.00% 97.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 54 86
10th Percentile £168 £200 £344
25th Percentile £500 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - +41.89%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £626
90th Percentile £850 £670 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 6
10th Percentile £14.84 - £15.82
25th Percentile £15.58 £10.50 £16.83
Median hourly rate £17.64 £22.00 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +24.29% +11.60%
75th Percentile £18.13 £23.75 £17.72
90th Percentile £30.39 £72.50 £17.72
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Worcestershire

Senior Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Developer in Worcestershire

Senior Developer
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire 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
Malvern - 2 £700 - 1
Worcester - 2 £700 - 13
Senior Developer
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Developer 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 Worcestershire region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) API Development
1 2 (100.00%) API Design
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Design
1 2 (100.00%) API Development
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform