Senior Contracts in Dorset

Senior
South West > Dorset

The median Senior daily rate in Dorset is £525 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 24 32 19
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 5 2 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 2.81% 0.94% 7.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% 1.02% 7.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - £418
25th Percentile £513 £525 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £538 £575 -
90th Percentile - - £603
South West median daily rate £500 £600 £530
% change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43.67
Median hourly rate £70.66 - £44.92
75th Percentile - - £46.17
90th Percentile - - -
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
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 176 196 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.88% 92.45% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 117 109
10th Percentile £175 £200 £200
25th Percentile £175 £290 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - +22.58%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £588
90th Percentile £731 £680 £655
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 46 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.50 £19.88
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.65 £43.33
Median hourly rate £18.00 £55.08 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year -67.32% +2.57% -2.22%
75th Percentile £56.49 £61.68 £67.54
90th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £79.64
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 Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Dorset

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Dorset

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Dorset

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Dorset 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
Bournemouth -4 2 £525 -4.55% 7
Senior
South West

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

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 Dorset region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Military
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (20.00%) 4G
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Kafka
3 1 (20.00%) ArchiMate
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) SOLID
3 1 (20.00%) Terraform
3 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) 5G
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 (20.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) 5G
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) CockroachDB
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (40.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) Django
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) ArchiMate
3 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) SOLID
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Sparx