Senior Contracts in Worcestershire

Senior
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Senior daily rate in Worcestershire is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 18 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Senior 9 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 13.24% 2.20% 5.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.52% 2.35% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 4
10th Percentile £565 £683 £423
25th Percentile £584 £686 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £706 £588
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +20.21% +17.50%
75th Percentile - £733 £622
90th Percentile - £739 £661
West Midlands median daily rate £531 £571 £550
% change year-on-year -6.96% +3.82% +3.97%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Worcestershire with a recognized job title 62 85 78
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 93.41% 98.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 72 60
10th Percentile £515 £251 £206
25th Percentile £525 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £700 £588 £600
90th Percentile £838 £613 £608
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile £16.33 £19.78 £23.23
25th Percentile £19.46 £21.00 £31.44
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £46.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -52.94% +177.86%
75th Percentile £53.33 £35.00 £62.94
90th Percentile £70.53 £59.00 £71.68
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £19.59 £22.10
% change year-on-year +27.62% -11.36% +22.78%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Worcestershire

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Worcestershire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Worcestershire

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Worcestershire

Senior
DemandTrendContract 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 within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Malvern +5 9 £700 - 4
Worcester +5 6 £700 - 2
Senior
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Azure Stack
2 6 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 6 (66.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 6 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 6 (66.67%) Network+ Certification
2 6 (66.67%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Data Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) High Availability
4 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Replication
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Apache
4 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (22.22%) Data Ingestion
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (22.22%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (22.22%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (22.22%) logstash
4 2 (22.22%) Kibana

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
1 6 (66.67%) Azure Stack
1 6 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Multicast
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Elasticsearch
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (22.22%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (22.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (22.22%) Data Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
3 2 (22.22%) Data Ingestion
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Security Hardening
4 1 (11.11%) Server Patching
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Azure Certification
1 6 (66.67%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kibana
1 2 (22.22%) logstash
2 1 (11.11%) Nessus
2 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Dell
1 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
1 1 (11.11%) Veeam
1 1 (11.11%) VMware