Senior Contracts in Oxfordshire

Senior
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Senior daily rate in Oxfordshire is £494 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 16 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 11 21 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 5.00% 9.13% 6.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.91% 9.86% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 12
10th Percentile £418 - £361
25th Percentile £431 £350 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% -14.29% +23.53%
75th Percentile £534 £500 £629
90th Percentile £605 £550 £837
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% +5.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 186 213 258
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.55% 92.61% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 144 212
10th Percentile £131 £213 £169
25th Percentile £173 £346 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £493 £550 £575
90th Percentile £549 £634 £649
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 18 17
10th Percentile £12.92 £18.08 £15.00
25th Percentile £13.97 £19.06 £17.42
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.98 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% +29.88% +6.52%
75th Percentile £26.00 £32.30 £21.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £50.78 £32.10
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 Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Oxfordshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Oxfordshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Oxfordshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Oxfordshire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -2 5 £500 +14.29% 27
Senior
South East

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

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 Oxfordshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) LAN
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) QA
2 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Business Case
2 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 2 (18.18%) Windows
3 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
4 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (9.09%) Wireless
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
4 1 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security
4 1 (9.09%) PeopleSoft HRMS

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) LAN
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Spinnaker
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Military
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Agile
1 3 (27.27%) Business Case
1 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
1 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
1 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
3 1 (9.09%) Containerisation
3 1 (9.09%) Contract Management
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Inventory Management
3 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CCNA
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 1 (9.09%) Grafana
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Prometheus
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) PeopleSoft