Senior Developer Contracts in Birmingham

Senior Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £259, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 69 85
Rank change year-on-year +26 +16 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 20 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.61% 0.79% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% 0.81% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 4
10th Percentile - £357 £435
25th Percentile £259 £473 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £259 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -52.86% -8.33% +29.73%
75th Percentile £500 £653 £703
90th Percentile £568 £663 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £355 £550 £526
% change year-on-year -35.50% +4.51% +18.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £56.25 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £56.25 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 720 859 1,250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 96.63% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 572 903
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £335 £375 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 37 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.30 £12.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.70 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +15.94% +7.81%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.00 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £58.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -2.05% +14.29% +16.67%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Birmingham

Senior Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Developer in Birmingham

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 7 (35.00%) HL7
2 7 (35.00%) Rational Rhapsody
3 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
4 5 (25.00%) React
4 5 (25.00%) OutSystems
5 4 (20.00%) HTML
5 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (20.00%) CSS
5 4 (20.00%) Finance
5 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) CRM
6 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (15.00%) API Integration
6 3 (15.00%) Vue
6 3 (15.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (15.00%) Azure
6 3 (15.00%) HTML5
6 3 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (15.00%) Serverless
7 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 2 (10.00%) Low-Code
7 2 (10.00%) Azure Functions
7 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
7 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
7 2 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (10.00%) Social Skills

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

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
1 3 (15.00%) Serverless
2 2 (10.00%) Apigee
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Functions
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (10.00%) GCP
2 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
2 5 (25.00%) React
3 4 (20.00%) CSS
3 4 (20.00%) HTML
4 3 (15.00%) HTML5
4 3 (15.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 3 (15.00%) Vue
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (10.00%) Spring
6 1 (5.00%) .NET
6 1 (5.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Low-Code
1 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (15.00%) API Integration
2 3 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (15.00%) CRM
3 2 (10.00%) Agile
3 2 (10.00%) BDD
3 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (10.00%) DevOps
3 2 (10.00%) E-Discovery
3 2 (10.00%) ETL
3 2 (10.00%) Microservices
3 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.00%) Runbook
3 2 (10.00%) SOA
3 2 (10.00%) TDD
3 2 (10.00%) User Experience
4 1 (5.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (5.00%) C#
4 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) HL7
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) OutSystems
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Pega