Senior Developer Contracts in Glasgow

Senior Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £500, 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 54 66 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 16 21 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.00% 2.36% 2.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 2.49% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 14
10th Percentile £413 £583 £382
25th Percentile £415 £613 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +66.67% -3.74%
75th Percentile £581 - -
90th Percentile £588 - £498
Scotland median daily rate £488 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -22.00% +38.89% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 760 845 895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 95.05% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 598 684
10th Percentile £260 £336 £213
25th Percentile £363 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +8.11%
75th Percentile £568 £575 £538
90th Percentile £623 £676 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 21 18
10th Percentile £11.85 £12.13 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.16 £23.77
Median hourly rate £40.94 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +182.34% -61.26% +66.36%
75th Percentile £55.63 £47.73 £43.36
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.55 £56.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £18.84 £37.43
% change year-on-year +2.63% -49.67% +16.97%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Glasgow

Senior Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Developer in Glasgow

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Glasgow

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

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 Glasgow region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Java
2 9 (56.25%) Spring
2 9 (56.25%) AWS
2 9 (56.25%) Microservices
2 9 (56.25%) Spring Boot
3 8 (50.00%) RESTful
3 8 (50.00%) Agile
3 8 (50.00%) SQL
4 6 (37.50%) Cloud Native
5 5 (31.25%) Clean Code
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle
7 3 (18.75%) XML
7 3 (18.75%) Finance
7 3 (18.75%) Git
8 2 (12.50%) Subversion
8 2 (12.50%) Confluence
8 2 (12.50%) REST
8 2 (12.50%) Kafka
8 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
8 2 (12.50%) SDLC
8 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (12.50%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (12.50%) Python
8 2 (12.50%) HTML
8 2 (12.50%) IBM
8 2 (12.50%) JUnit
8 2 (12.50%) TDD
8 2 (12.50%) Degree
8 2 (12.50%) JSON

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (12.50%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) StreamWeaver
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) EngageOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Git
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) JUnit
2 2 (12.50%) Subversion
3 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 1 (6.25%) Maven
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
2 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (56.25%) Spring
1 9 (56.25%) Spring Boot
2 8 (50.00%) RESTful
3 3 (18.75%) XML
4 2 (12.50%) HTML
4 2 (12.50%) JSON
4 2 (12.50%) Kafka
4 2 (12.50%) REST
5 1 (6.25%) CSS
5 1 (6.25%) Node.js
5 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Microservices
2 8 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Clean Code
4 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (12.50%) SDLC
4 2 (12.50%) TDD
5 1 (6.25%) Android Development
5 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.25%) Front End Development
5 1 (6.25%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (6.25%) Human-Centred Design
5 1 (6.25%) Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Mobile Development
5 1 (6.25%) Multithreading
5 1 (6.25%) Process Management
5 1 (6.25%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (6.25%) User Experience
5 1 (6.25%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Java
2 8 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
4 1 (6.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) IBM
3 1 (6.25%) Atlassian
3 1 (6.25%) MuleSoft
3 1 (6.25%) Pega