Senior Contracts in Berkshire

Senior
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior daily rate in Berkshire is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 26 26
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 201 131 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.47% 7.42% 5.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.21% 7.82% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 76 98
10th Percentile £357 £400 £411
25th Percentile £451 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £601 £600 £598
90th Percentile £674 £639 £690
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% +5.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 1
10th Percentile £56.00 £54.97 -
25th Percentile £56.65 £58.21 £62.50
Median hourly rate £59.68 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £68.19 £73.90 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.76 £76.33 -
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £54.56 £45.00
% change year-on-year +6.85% +21.24% -3.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,793 1,675 2,248
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 94.90% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,058 1,455
10th Percentile £243 £325 £225
25th Percentile £385 £425 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +8.73%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £586
90th Percentile £688 £703 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 56 37
10th Percentile £18.60 £18.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £24.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate £58.30 £61.71 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +193.87% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.39 £74.20 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.73 £79.72 £73.11
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.04% +147.50% -20.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Berkshire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Reading +5 119 £533 +1.52% 52
Bracknell +23 29 £513 +32.43% 14
Slough +12 8 £573 +24.46% 17
Newbury 0 3 £350 -20.00% 6
Windsor - 3 £750 - 6
Wokingham 0 2 £950 +90.00% 5
Maidenhead -5 1 - - 3
Senior
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 89 (44.28%) Security Cleared
2 53 (26.37%) DV Cleared
3 44 (21.89%) Social Skills
4 42 (20.90%) Public Sector
5 36 (17.91%) Microsoft
6 35 (17.41%) Migration
6 35 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (16.42%) Azure
8 31 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (14.43%) Cisco
10 28 (13.93%) Agile
11 27 (13.43%) DevOps
12 25 (12.44%) Finance
13 21 (10.45%) Windows
13 21 (10.45%) SC Cleared
14 20 (9.95%) Telecoms
14 20 (9.95%) Decision-Making
15 19 (9.45%) Project Management
16 18 (8.96%) Juniper
17 17 (8.46%) CheckPoint
17 17 (8.46%) DMZ
17 17 (8.46%) Cisco Certification
17 17 (8.46%) Primavera
17 17 (8.46%) B2B
17 17 (8.46%) PLM
17 17 (8.46%) Banking
17 17 (8.46%) Portfolio Management
17 17 (8.46%) Arista
18 16 (7.96%) Firewall
19 15 (7.46%) Change Management

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (1.49%) SAS
2 2 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) SPSS
3 1 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.50%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (8.46%) Primavera
2 6 (2.99%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.50%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 33 (16.42%) Azure
2 10 (4.98%) AWS
3 6 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.99%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.49%) SaaS
6 2 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.00%) IaaS
6 2 (1.00%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.00%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.50%) Figma
7 1 (0.50%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.46%) DMZ
2 16 (7.96%) Firewall
3 12 (5.97%) LAN
3 12 (5.97%) WAN
4 6 (2.99%) BGP
4 6 (2.99%) MPLS
5 5 (2.49%) 3G
5 5 (2.49%) 4G
5 5 (2.49%) 5G
5 5 (2.49%) Network Security
5 5 (2.49%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (1.49%) NetScaler
7 2 (1.00%) Broadband
7 2 (1.00%) DHCP
7 2 (1.00%) DNS
7 2 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.50%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.49%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (1.49%) Tableau
2 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database 11g
2 2 (1.00%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.50%) GIS
3 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 14 (6.97%) JIRA
2 11 (5.47%) Selenium
3 10 (4.98%) Cucumber
4 9 (4.48%) REST Assured
5 8 (3.98%) GitLab
5 8 (3.98%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.98%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.99%) JMeter
7 2 (1.00%) Git
7 2 (1.00%) Maven
8 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.50%) CMake
8 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 44 (21.89%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.90%) Public Sector
3 25 (12.44%) Finance
4 20 (9.95%) Telecoms
5 17 (8.46%) Banking
6 13 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.98%) Aviation
8 8 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.48%) Law
9 7 (3.48%) Police
10 5 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.99%) Military
11 4 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.49%) Local Government
13 2 (1.00%) Retail
14 1 (0.50%) Advertising
14 1 (0.50%) Legal
14 1 (0.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.47%) Itk
2 8 (3.98%) ARM Templates
2 8 (3.98%) Java EE
2 8 (3.98%) REST
3 4 (1.99%) JSON
4 3 (1.49%) D3.js
5 2 (1.00%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.50%) CNTK
6 1 (0.50%) JSON Schema
6 1 (0.50%) Kafka
6 1 (0.50%) OpenVINO
6 1 (0.50%) PySpark
6 1 (0.50%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.50%) React
6 1 (0.50%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.50%) Symfony
6 1 (0.50%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.99%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.49%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.99%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.49%) PMI
5 2 (1.00%) NHS
5 2 (1.00%) Replication
6 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.50%) FMCG
6 1 (0.50%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.50%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.50%) IoT
6 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.50%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (0.50%) Photography
6 1 (0.50%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.45%) Windows
2 10 (4.98%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.48%) Linux
4 7 (3.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (3.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.49%) Unix
6 2 (1.00%) Android
7 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (17.41%) Migration
1 35 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (13.93%) Agile
4 27 (13.43%) DevOps
5 20 (9.95%) Decision-Making
6 19 (9.45%) Project Management
7 17 (8.46%) B2B
7 17 (8.46%) PLM
7 17 (8.46%) Portfolio Management
8 15 (7.46%) Change Management
8 15 (7.46%) Roadmaps
9 14 (6.97%) Configuration Management
10 13 (6.47%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (5.97%) Project Delivery
11 12 (5.97%) Software Engineering
11 12 (5.97%) Test Automation
12 11 (5.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (4.98%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.47%) Java
2 9 (4.48%) C
2 9 (4.48%) Python
2 9 (4.48%) SQL
3 6 (2.99%) C++
4 5 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.49%) ActionScript
5 3 (1.49%) C#
5 3 (1.49%) R
6 2 (1.00%) PHP
7 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (44.28%) Security Cleared
2 53 (26.37%) DV Cleared
3 21 (10.45%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.46%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.49%) APMP
6 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.00%) ACCA
7 2 (1.00%) CIMA
7 2 (1.00%) Degree
8 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.50%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.50%) HND
8 1 (0.50%) ISACA
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.49%) GDPR
1 3 (1.49%) PMO
2 2 (1.00%) GRC
2 2 (1.00%) NIST
3 1 (0.50%) COBIT
3 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.48%) Docker
2 3 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.98%) Ansible
2 8 (3.98%) Docker Swarm
2 8 (3.98%) Podman
2 8 (3.98%) Terraform
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.00%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.00%) WSUS
4 1 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.50%) Grafana
4 1 (0.50%) Istio
4 1 (0.50%) SCCM
4 1 (0.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 36 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.43%) Cisco
3 18 (8.96%) Juniper
4 17 (8.46%) Arista
4 17 (8.46%) CheckPoint
5 6 (2.99%) Oracle
5 6 (2.99%) Splunk
6 4 (1.99%) VMware
7 3 (1.49%) F5
8 2 (1.00%) Citrix
8 2 (1.00%) Fujitsu
8 2 (1.00%) SAP
9 1 (0.50%) Databricks
9 1 (0.50%) EMC
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow