Senior Contracts in Devon

Senior
South West > Devon

The median Senior daily rate in Devon is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 19 24 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 7.98% 14.04% 6.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.23% 16.00% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 11
10th Percentile £325 £283 £450
25th Percentile £413 £435 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +1.69% +17.65%
75th Percentile £465 - £666
90th Percentile £512 £675 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £600 £530
% change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £53.75 £58.00 -
25th Percentile £59.38 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 -
90th Percentile - £82.00 -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £45.96
% change year-on-year +27.27% +19.67% -16.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 231 150 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 87.72% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 115 161
10th Percentile £150 £131 £158
25th Percentile £250 £300 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £410
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% -18.00%
75th Percentile £513 £600 £590
90th Percentile £600 £675 £674
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 6 6
10th Percentile £10.90 £36.50 £14.56
25th Percentile £23.63 £55.00 £15.31
Median hourly rate £45.00 £60.00 £17.06
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +251.75% -26.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £20.51
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.50 £30.08
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.57 £45.17
% change year-on-year -14.82% +42.95% +1.51%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Devon over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Devon

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Devon

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Devon over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Devon

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Devon region over the 6 months to 31 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
Exeter 0 10 £425 -29.17% 22
Plymouth -5 5 £700 +85.43% 14
Senior
South West

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Devon region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 14 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Public Sector
3 7 (36.84%) Project Delivery
4 6 (31.58%) Project Governance
4 6 (31.58%) Contract Management
5 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
7 3 (15.79%) PRINCE
7 3 (15.79%) Project Management
7 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
7 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
7 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
8 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
8 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
8 2 (10.53%) Jenkins
8 2 (10.53%) Scenario Testing
8 2 (10.53%) SOTI
8 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
8 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
8 2 (10.53%) AWS
8 2 (10.53%) Selenium
8 2 (10.53%) Performance Testing
8 2 (10.53%) Test Management
8 2 (10.53%) ISTQB

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Metadata
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Jenkins
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
1 2 (10.53%) JUnit
1 2 (10.53%) Selenium
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle APEX
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Agile
1 7 (36.84%) Project Delivery
2 6 (31.58%) Contract Management
2 6 (31.58%) Project Governance
3 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.79%) PRINCE
5 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
6 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (10.53%) SEO
6 2 (10.53%) Test Management
6 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
7 1 (5.26%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) PL/1
3 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
4 1 (5.26%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) SOTI
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle