Senior Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, 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 20 18 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 872 1,324 2,141
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.80% 8.63% 8.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.39% 9.22% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 907 1,509
10th Percentile £400 £411 £413
25th Percentile £458 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +3.84%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £799 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £560 £589
% change year-on-year -1.79% -4.96% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 55 46
10th Percentile £20.46 £24.00 £37.50
25th Percentile £31.49 £35.89 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £44.74 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.93% -0.58% -5.26%
75th Percentile £59.00 £62.50 £67.30
90th Percentile £68.50 £72.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £47.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +9.47% -3.05% +26.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior.

Senior daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Senior daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior.

Senior hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Senior hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior in the job title.

1 251 (28.78%) Agile
2 248 (28.44%) Social Skills
3 207 (23.74%) AWS
4 200 (22.94%) Finance
5 197 (22.59%) Python
6 184 (21.10%) Azure
7 173 (19.84%) DevOps
8 168 (19.27%) CI/CD
9 166 (19.04%) Security Cleared
10 162 (18.58%) SQL
11 154 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
12 137 (15.71%) SC Cleared
13 118 (13.53%) Banking
14 114 (13.07%) Java
15 111 (12.73%) Docker
16 110 (12.61%) Kubernetes
17 104 (11.93%) Software Engineering
18 103 (11.81%) Linux
18 103 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
19 100 (11.47%) Public Sector
20 99 (11.35%) JavaScript
21 94 (10.78%) Terraform
22 88 (10.09%) Microsoft
23 84 (9.63%) TypeScript
24 82 (9.40%) Containerisation
25 80 (9.17%) Infrastructure as Code
26 78 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
27 74 (8.49%) Analytics
28 66 (7.57%) Windows
29 65 (7.45%) Migration

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 27 (3.10%) Apache
2 25 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.83%) Moodle
5 14 (1.61%) Confluence
6 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.03%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.92%) GemFire
8 8 (0.92%) Oracle Coherence
9 5 (0.57%) CMS
9 5 (0.57%) nginx
10 4 (0.46%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.46%) Traefik
11 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.23%) CICS
12 2 (0.23%) JBoss
12 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.46%) Trello
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.23%) Sketch
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) InVision
7 1 (0.11%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Notion
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.11%) Synopsys PrimeTime
Business Applications
1 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.34%) SAP LE
4 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.23%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.23%) Primavera
4 2 (0.23%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.11%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.11%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 207 (23.74%) AWS
2 184 (21.10%) Azure
3 54 (6.19%) Power Platform
4 44 (5.05%) Serverless
5 42 (4.82%) GCP
6 41 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (4.47%) AWS CloudFormation
7 39 (4.47%) GitHub
8 37 (4.24%) dbt
9 36 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
9 36 (4.13%) Entra ID
10 35 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
11 34 (3.90%) Snowflake
12 31 (3.56%) SaaS
13 30 (3.44%) Amazon ECS
14 29 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
15 24 (2.75%) Amazon EKS
16 21 (2.41%) Amazon S3
17 19 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (2.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.78%) Firewall
2 23 (2.64%) DNS
2 23 (2.64%) TCP/IP
3 19 (2.18%) WAN
4 18 (2.06%) VPN
5 17 (1.95%) HTTP
6 16 (1.83%) Internet
6 16 (1.83%) Network Security
7 13 (1.49%) LAN
7 13 (1.49%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.15%) BGP
8 10 (1.15%) Wireless
9 9 (1.03%) OSPF
9 9 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.92%) DHCP
11 7 (0.80%) 4G
11 7 (0.80%) MPLS
11 7 (0.80%) VSAN
12 5 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.57%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.93%) Power BI
2 39 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.01%) Relational Database
4 33 (3.78%) MongoDB
5 32 (3.67%) Data Lake
5 32 (3.67%) SQL Server
6 27 (3.10%) Amazon Athena
7 25 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (2.52%) Apache Iceberg
9 21 (2.41%) Apache Arrow
9 21 (2.41%) Apache Ignite
9 21 (2.41%) Dremio
10 20 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (1.95%) MySQL
12 13 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.38%) DB2
13 12 (1.38%) NoSQL
14 11 (1.26%) Big Data
14 11 (1.26%) KDB
14 11 (1.26%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 63 (7.22%) Jenkins
2 48 (5.50%) Git
3 46 (5.28%) GitLab
4 39 (4.47%) JIRA
5 24 (2.75%) JUnit
6 15 (1.72%) Postman
7 13 (1.49%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.15%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.15%) Gradle
9 8 (0.92%) Mockito
10 7 (0.80%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.80%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.69%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.69%) Jasmine
11 6 (0.69%) Liquibase
11 6 (0.69%) PHPUnit
11 6 (0.69%) Selenium
11 6 (0.69%) webpack
12 5 (0.57%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 248 (28.44%) Social Skills
2 200 (22.94%) Finance
3 118 (13.53%) Banking
4 103 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (11.47%) Public Sector
6 61 (7.00%) Investment Banking
7 50 (5.73%) Front Office
8 26 (2.98%) Retail
9 23 (2.64%) Marketing
10 21 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.38%) Legal
15 11 (1.26%) Electronics
15 11 (1.26%) Local Government
16 9 (1.03%) Military
17 7 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.80%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.88%) React
2 52 (5.96%) Kafka
3 42 (4.82%) .NET
4 40 (4.59%) Node.js
5 32 (3.67%) RESTful
5 32 (3.67%) Spring
6 27 (3.10%) CSS
7 26 (2.98%) Pandas
8 25 (2.87%) AngularJS
8 25 (2.87%) NumPy
9 22 (2.52%) gRPC
10 21 (2.41%) Protocol Buffers
10 21 (2.41%) SciPy
10 21 (2.41%) Web Services
11 20 (2.29%) HTML
12 19 (2.18%) Spring Boot
13 17 (1.95%) .NET Core
13 17 (1.95%) ASP.NET
13 17 (1.95%) REST
13 17 (1.95%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.01%) Equities
1 35 (4.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 33 (3.78%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.56%) Derivative
4 26 (2.98%) Fixed Income
5 25 (2.87%) Cloud Native
6 23 (2.64%) Hedge funds
7 19 (2.18%) Data Centre
7 19 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.06%) PKI
9 17 (1.95%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.61%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.38%) Pricing Data
13 9 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 103 (11.81%) Linux
2 66 (7.57%) Windows
3 26 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (2.87%) Unix
5 19 (2.18%) Android
6 18 (2.06%) Windows Server
7 11 (1.26%) CentOS
8 9 (1.03%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.23%) AIX
10 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.23%) SUSE
10 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (28.78%) Agile
2 173 (19.84%) DevOps
3 168 (19.27%) CI/CD
4 154 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (11.93%) Software Engineering
6 82 (9.40%) Containerisation
7 80 (9.17%) Infrastructure as Code
8 78 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 74 (8.49%) Analytics
10 65 (7.45%) Migration
11 61 (7.00%) Mentoring
11 61 (7.00%) Microservices
12 59 (6.77%) Project Management
13 58 (6.65%) Business Intelligence
14 52 (5.96%) Test Automation
15 50 (5.73%) ITIL
16 48 (5.50%) Continuous Integration
17 45 (5.16%) Data Modelling
17 45 (5.16%) SDLC
18 43 (4.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 197 (22.59%) Python
2 162 (18.58%) SQL
3 114 (13.07%) Java
4 99 (11.35%) JavaScript
5 84 (9.63%) TypeScript
6 52 (5.96%) Bash
7 50 (5.73%) PowerShell
8 45 (5.16%) C#
9 26 (2.98%) C++
10 23 (2.64%) Go
11 17 (1.95%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.61%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.26%) C
14 8 (0.92%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.80%) Bicep
15 7 (0.80%) PHP
16 5 (0.57%) R
16 5 (0.57%) Ruby
16 5 (0.57%) Rust
16 5 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 166 (19.04%) Security Cleared
2 137 (15.71%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.22%) Degree
4 26 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.18%) CISM
6 17 (1.95%) AWS Certification
6 17 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.61%) CISSP
9 13 (1.49%) CCNP
10 12 (1.38%) MCSE
11 11 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.69%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.57%) CCNA
15 5 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.98%) QA
2 19 (2.18%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.83%) NCSC
4 13 (1.49%) NIST
5 12 (1.38%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.92%) GDPR
8 8 (0.92%) PMO
9 6 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.34%) GRC
11 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.23%) Basel II
12 2 (0.23%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.23%) SLA
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 111 (12.73%) Docker
2 32 (3.67%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.03%) Firmware
5 8 (0.92%) GridGain
5 8 (0.92%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.11%) KVM
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Platform Symphony
9 1 (0.11%) QEMU
9 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 110 (12.61%) Kubernetes
2 94 (10.78%) Terraform
3 60 (6.88%) Ansible
4 29 (3.33%) Grafana
5 25 (2.87%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.18%) Puppet
7 14 (1.61%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.26%) Packer
9 9 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.92%) Consul
10 8 (0.92%) Istio
10 8 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.80%) linkerd
11 7 (0.80%) Rancher
12 6 (0.69%) Argo
12 6 (0.69%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.69%) SCCM
12 6 (0.69%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (10.09%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.47%) SAP
3 29 (3.33%) Cisco
4 24 (2.75%) Oracle
5 23 (2.64%) Databricks
6 22 (2.52%) VMware
7 21 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.95%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.83%) Google
9 16 (1.83%) Red Hat
10 14 (1.61%) Okta
10 14 (1.61%) Splunk
11 13 (1.49%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.26%) Adobe
12 11 (1.26%) Sybase
13 9 (1.03%) IBM
14 8 (0.92%) Apple
14 8 (0.92%) Citrix
14 8 (0.92%) New Relic
15 7 (0.80%) Juniper