Senior Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior daily rate in Work from Home is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 18 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,318 2,153 3,754
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.63% 8.30% 8.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.23% 8.71% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 1,520 2,799
10th Percentile £413 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £800 £788 £738
UK median daily rate £567 £589 £575
% change year-on-year -3.74% +2.43% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 47 26
10th Percentile £24.00 £38.00 £31.68
25th Percentile £35.52 £42.50 £39.06
Median hourly rate £44.74 £45.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -7.69% +45.52%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £62.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.17 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -4.04% +33.78% +12.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,287 24,718 42,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,550 17,458 30,801
10th Percentile £325 £360 £355
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £748 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 564 568 609
10th Percentile £14.27 £18.50 £12.87
25th Percentile £22.71 £27.22 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Senior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Senior over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Senior over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024, 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.

1 366 (27.77%) Agile
2 303 (22.99%) Finance
3 276 (20.94%) Azure
4 269 (20.41%) Social Skills
5 222 (16.84%) AWS
6 214 (16.24%) Security Cleared
7 199 (15.10%) DevOps
8 195 (14.80%) Python
9 193 (14.64%) Public Sector
10 183 (13.88%) Java
11 170 (12.90%) SC Cleared
12 168 (12.75%) SQL
13 158 (11.99%) Software Engineering
14 144 (10.93%) Microsoft
15 141 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
16 124 (9.41%) CI/CD
16 124 (9.41%) C#
17 116 (8.80%) JavaScript
18 109 (8.27%) Migration
19 103 (7.81%) Project Management
20 101 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
20 101 (7.66%) Degree
21 97 (7.36%) Banking
22 94 (7.13%) .NET
23 92 (6.98%) SQL Server
24 89 (6.75%) Windows
24 89 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
25 88 (6.68%) TypeScript
26 87 (6.60%) Kubernetes
27 86 (6.53%) Scrum

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 42 (3.19%) Confluence
2 28 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (1.82%) Apache
4 23 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 12 (0.91%) CMS
6 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.46%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.38%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.38%) WebSphere Portal
10 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) SAS
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.076%) Moodle
Applications
1 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.38%) Revit
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 3 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.15%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.15%) InDesign
9 2 (0.15%) Simulink
9 2 (0.15%) Stateflow
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.076%) InVision
Business Applications
1 30 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.83%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.53%) Primavera
5 6 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 5 (0.38%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.30%) Endur
7 4 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.15%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.15%) Shopify
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.076%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.076%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.076%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 276 (20.94%) Azure
2 222 (16.84%) AWS
3 75 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (4.40%) GCP
5 50 (3.79%) Power Platform
6 41 (3.11%) GitHub
7 40 (3.03%) Serverless
8 37 (2.81%) SaaS
9 35 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
11 26 (1.97%) dbt
12 24 (1.82%) Snowflake
13 21 (1.59%) PaaS
14 20 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
14 20 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 19 (1.44%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
16 17 (1.29%) Entra ID
17 14 (1.06%) Miro
17 14 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (5.77%) Firewall
2 32 (2.43%) Network Security
3 20 (1.52%) DNS
3 20 (1.52%) VPN
3 20 (1.52%) WAN
4 15 (1.14%) LAN
5 14 (1.06%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.99%) DHCP
7 12 (0.91%) BGP
7 12 (0.91%) SAN
7 12 (0.91%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (0.83%) OSPF
9 10 (0.76%) HTTP
10 9 (0.68%) InfiniBand
11 8 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (0.61%) IPsec
12 7 (0.53%) 4G
12 7 (0.53%) 5G
12 7 (0.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.19%) Power BI
3 26 (1.97%) Oracle Database
4 22 (1.67%) Apache Cassandra
4 22 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.59%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (1.52%) MongoDB
7 19 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
8 18 (1.37%) Apache Arrow
8 18 (1.37%) Apache Ignite
8 18 (1.37%) Dremio
9 15 (1.14%) MySQL
9 15 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 12 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.83%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.76%) Big Data
12 10 (0.76%) Relational Database
13 9 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 82 (6.22%) JIRA
2 64 (4.86%) Git
3 46 (3.49%) Jenkins
4 40 (3.03%) GitLab
5 26 (1.97%) Cucumber
6 24 (1.82%) Selenium
7 20 (1.52%) JUnit
8 17 (1.29%) Mockito
9 14 (1.06%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.91%) Bitbucket
10 12 (0.91%) SpecFlow
11 11 (0.83%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.76%) git-flow
12 10 (0.76%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.68%) JMeter
14 8 (0.61%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.53%) Postman
15 7 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
16 6 (0.46%) Maven
16 6 (0.46%) Storybook
General
1 303 (22.99%) Finance
2 269 (20.41%) Social Skills
3 193 (14.64%) Public Sector
4 97 (7.36%) Banking
5 89 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
6 81 (6.15%) Front Office
7 35 (2.66%) Back Office
8 33 (2.50%) Marketing
9 29 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 28 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (2.05%) Investment Banking
12 26 (1.97%) Retail
13 25 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.52%) Legal
16 16 (1.21%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (0.83%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (7.13%) .NET
2 84 (6.37%) React
3 52 (3.95%) AngularJS
3 52 (3.95%) XML
4 51 (3.87%) CSS
5 49 (3.72%) Kafka
5 49 (3.72%) REST
6 46 (3.49%) HTML
7 34 (2.58%) Node.js
8 33 (2.50%) Spring Boot
9 31 (2.35%) Pandas
10 25 (1.90%) gRPC
10 25 (1.90%) Protocol Buffers
10 25 (1.90%) Web Services
11 23 (1.75%) .NET Framework
11 23 (1.75%) JSON
12 22 (1.67%) NumPy
12 22 (1.67%) Spring
13 20 (1.52%) RESTful
14 19 (1.44%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.25%) Derivative
2 45 (3.41%) Data Centre
2 45 (3.41%) Hedge funds
3 39 (2.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 38 (2.88%) Fixed Income
5 36 (2.73%) Product Ownership
6 32 (2.43%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.05%) Equities
8 24 (1.82%) Algorithms
9 23 (1.75%) Replication
10 22 (1.67%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.44%) Cloud Native
11 19 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
11 19 (1.44%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.14%) Public Cloud
14 14 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (1.06%) NHS
15 13 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.99%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 89 (6.75%) Windows
2 78 (5.92%) Linux
3 24 (1.82%) Unix
4 16 (1.21%) Android
5 13 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.61%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.30%) Debian
10 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.23%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.15%) Solaris
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.076%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (27.77%) Agile
2 199 (15.10%) DevOps
3 158 (11.99%) Software Engineering
4 141 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (9.41%) CI/CD
6 109 (8.27%) Migration
7 103 (7.81%) Project Management
8 101 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 86 (6.53%) Scrum
10 80 (6.07%) Analytics
11 79 (5.99%) Test Automation
11 79 (5.99%) User Experience
12 75 (5.69%) Mentoring
13 67 (5.08%) Project Delivery
14 65 (4.93%) Roadmaps
15 62 (4.70%) Asset Management
15 62 (4.70%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (4.70%) SDLC
16 61 (4.63%) Microservices
17 59 (4.48%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 195 (14.80%) Python
2 183 (13.88%) Java
3 168 (12.75%) SQL
4 124 (9.41%) C#
5 116 (8.80%) JavaScript
6 88 (6.68%) TypeScript
7 75 (5.69%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.50%) Go
9 27 (2.05%) Bash
10 24 (1.82%) Bicep
11 21 (1.59%) C++
12 16 (1.21%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.06%) Scala
14 13 (0.99%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.91%) PHP
16 10 (0.76%) Perl
17 9 (0.68%) C
18 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.53%) Ruby
19 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 214 (16.24%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.66%) Degree
4 34 (2.58%) DV Cleared
5 27 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.21%) CCNP
9 12 (0.91%) CCIE
10 10 (0.76%) AWS Certification
10 10 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.68%) CISSP
12 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.53%) PMP
13 7 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 5 (0.38%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.30%) CCNA
16 4 (0.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.58%) Data Quality
2 30 (2.28%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (1.82%) PMO
4 20 (1.52%) PCI DSS
5 16 (1.21%) QA
6 11 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
7 10 (0.76%) SLA
7 10 (0.76%) WCAG
8 9 (0.68%) GDPR
9 8 (0.61%) NIST
10 6 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.15%) MiFID
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
12 2 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 66 (5.01%) Docker
2 65 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.83%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.61%) vSphere
7 7 (0.53%) IAG
8 6 (0.46%) ACF2
8 6 (0.46%) RACF
9 4 (0.30%) Firmware
9 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.15%) Squid
11 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.15%) XenApp
12 1 (0.076%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 87 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 70 (5.31%) Terraform
3 43 (3.26%) Ansible
4 19 (1.44%) Grafana
5 11 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
6 10 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.68%) Puppet
8 8 (0.61%) Podman
8 8 (0.61%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.53%) SCCM
10 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.30%) Argo
12 4 (0.30%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.30%) WSUS
13 3 (0.23%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.23%) Kibana
13 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.15%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 144 (10.93%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.48%) Oracle
3 56 (4.25%) SAP
4 36 (2.73%) Cisco
5 34 (2.58%) VMware
6 30 (2.28%) Palo Alto
7 25 (1.90%) Google
8 20 (1.52%) Atlassian
9 18 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.29%) F5
11 15 (1.14%) IBM
11 15 (1.14%) Splunk
12 11 (0.83%) Databricks
12 11 (0.83%) Fortinet
12 11 (0.83%) Salesforce
13 10 (0.76%) Citrix
13 10 (0.76%) Red Hat
14 9 (0.68%) Sybase
15 7 (0.53%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.46%) Adobe