Senior Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior daily rate in the UK excluding London is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 28 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,362 1,512 1,949
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.71% 6.57% 6.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.26% 6.97% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 799 1,089 1,383
10th Percentile £350 £381 £365
25th Percentile £431 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £680
UK median daily rate £559 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -5.25% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 67 52
10th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £20.06
25th Percentile £35.52 £22.63 £27.56
Median hourly rate £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +46.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.36 £59.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.27 £77.48
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £53.53 £43.36
% change year-on-year -6.59% +23.47% +31.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,765 21,693 29,110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,441 15,152 20,402
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,107 1,452
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the UK excluding London

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +7 436 £525 +5.00% 580
North of England +3 343 £513 -8.89% 584
North West +10 250 £520 -2.12% 354
Scotland +2 182 £500 -0.10% 210
South West 0 148 £500 -16.67% 344
Midlands +11 136 £500 -7.41% 398
West Midlands +16 110 £500 -9.09% 275
East of England -13 92 £534 -9.11% 262
Yorkshire -10 87 £515 -10.43% 174
Wales +6 31 £600 +9.09% 75
East Midlands -11 23 £525 - 124
North East +1 19 £600 -7.69% 63
Northern Ireland -5 4 £435 -28.95% 53
Senior
UK

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 351 (25.77%) Security Cleared
2 307 (22.54%) Agile
3 296 (21.73%) Social Skills
4 256 (18.80%) Public Sector
5 202 (14.83%) SC Cleared
6 198 (14.54%) Finance
7 170 (12.48%) Azure
8 164 (12.04%) Microsoft
9 161 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
10 158 (11.60%) Project Management
11 146 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 142 (10.43%) DevOps
13 138 (10.13%) SQL
14 134 (9.84%) Degree
15 124 (9.10%) Windows
16 117 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
17 115 (8.44%) AWS
18 104 (7.64%) Software Engineering
19 103 (7.56%) Java
20 101 (7.42%) DV Cleared
21 99 (7.27%) Python
22 92 (6.75%) ITIL
23 89 (6.53%) Migration
24 88 (6.46%) JIRA
25 86 (6.31%) Linux
26 84 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
27 82 (6.02%) Cisco
27 82 (6.02%) Roadmaps
28 81 (5.95%) CI/CD
29 80 (5.87%) SAP

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 43 (3.16%) Confluence
2 34 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.10%) CMS
5 11 (0.81%) Apache
6 10 (0.73%) SAS
7 9 (0.66%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.44%) Documentum
9 5 (0.37%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.37%) WebSphere Portal
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 1 (0.073%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.073%) Drupal
11 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.073%) Moodle
11 1 (0.073%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.73%) Acrobat
3 8 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.51%) Revit
5 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.29%) SPSS
5 4 (0.29%) Windchill
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) InVision
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) Simulink
7 2 (0.15%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.073%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.073%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.25%) Primavera
3 10 (0.73%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.37%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.29%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.29%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.15%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.15%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.073%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 170 (12.48%) Azure
2 115 (8.44%) AWS
3 70 (5.14%) Power Platform
4 49 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (1.84%) GCP
7 21 (1.54%) Power Automate
8 18 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 16 (1.17%) SaaS
10 15 (1.10%) PaaS
11 14 (1.03%) Snowflake
12 13 (0.95%) Serverless
13 12 (0.88%) OpenShift
14 11 (0.81%) IaaS
14 11 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.59%) GitHub
16 8 (0.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.85%) Firewall
2 35 (2.57%) WAN
3 28 (2.06%) Network Security
4 26 (1.91%) LAN
5 25 (1.84%) DMZ
5 25 (1.84%) DNS
6 23 (1.69%) BGP
7 22 (1.62%) SAN
8 18 (1.32%) DHCP
9 15 (1.10%) Cisco Firepower
9 15 (1.10%) NetScaler
10 14 (1.03%) MPLS
11 12 (0.88%) IPsec
11 12 (0.88%) OSPF
12 11 (0.81%) EIGRP
12 11 (0.81%) HTTP
13 10 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (0.73%) VPN
13 10 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.33%) Power BI
2 44 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 31 (2.28%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.40%) Oracle Database
5 15 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.03%) Metadata
7 12 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.88%) Tableau
8 11 (0.81%) MySQL
9 9 (0.66%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (0.59%) Big Data
10 8 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.51%) Ataccama
11 7 (0.51%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.44%) EDMS
12 6 (0.44%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 88 (6.46%) JIRA
2 45 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 42 (3.08%) Git
4 29 (2.13%) GitLab
5 27 (1.98%) Selenium
6 22 (1.62%) Cucumber
7 18 (1.32%) Postman
8 13 (0.95%) JMeter
8 13 (0.95%) JUnit
8 13 (0.95%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
9 10 (0.73%) REST Assured
10 9 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (0.59%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.51%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.51%) NUnit
12 7 (0.51%) Rational Rhapsody
12 7 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 7 (0.51%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.44%) IntelliJ
General
1 296 (21.73%) Social Skills
2 256 (18.80%) Public Sector
3 198 (14.54%) Finance
4 117 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.33%) Banking
6 39 (2.86%) Telecoms
7 36 (2.64%) Marketing
8 28 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (1.76%) Local Government
11 24 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 18 (1.32%) Law
12 18 (1.32%) Legal
13 15 (1.10%) Military
14 14 (1.03%) Automotive
14 14 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (0.88%) Electronics
15 12 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.82%) React
2 46 (3.38%) .NET
3 37 (2.72%) REST
4 30 (2.20%) HTML
5 29 (2.13%) CSS
6 28 (2.06%) Spring
7 27 (1.98%) RESTful
8 25 (1.84%) Kafka
9 24 (1.76%) Spring Boot
10 22 (1.62%) AngularJS
10 22 (1.62%) Node.js
11 18 (1.32%) Web Services
12 17 (1.25%) GraphQL
13 15 (1.10%) J2EE
14 14 (1.03%) Middleware
15 13 (0.95%) XML
16 12 (0.88%) Redux
17 11 (0.81%) Itk
17 11 (0.81%) Vue
18 10 (0.73%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 38 (2.79%) Product Ownership
2 34 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 30 (2.20%) Data Centre
4 24 (1.76%) NHS
5 18 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.10%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (0.88%) Algorithms
10 12 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 11 (0.81%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 10 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (0.73%) Life Science
12 10 (0.73%) Mobile App
12 10 (0.73%) Replication
13 9 (0.66%) Cyberattack
13 9 (0.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 124 (9.10%) Windows
2 86 (6.31%) Linux
3 32 (2.35%) Unix
4 30 (2.20%) Windows 10
5 29 (2.13%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.81%) Android
7 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.29%) Solaris
12 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.15%) Debian
13 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (22.54%) Agile
2 161 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (11.60%) Project Management
4 146 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 142 (10.43%) DevOps
6 104 (7.64%) Software Engineering
7 92 (6.75%) ITIL
8 89 (6.53%) Migration
9 84 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 82 (6.02%) Roadmaps
11 81 (5.95%) CI/CD
12 79 (5.80%) Project Delivery
13 72 (5.29%) Scrum
14 70 (5.14%) Business Intelligence
15 63 (4.63%) Change Management
15 63 (4.63%) Cybersecurity
16 60 (4.41%) Decision-Making
17 58 (4.26%) Mentoring
17 58 (4.26%) PRINCE2
18 55 (4.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (10.13%) SQL
2 103 (7.56%) Java
3 99 (7.27%) Python
4 52 (3.82%) PowerShell
5 42 (3.08%) C#
6 36 (2.64%) JavaScript
7 32 (2.35%) TypeScript
8 29 (2.13%) C
8 29 (2.13%) C++
9 24 (1.76%) Bash
10 18 (1.32%) Perl
10 18 (1.32%) Scala
11 16 (1.17%) T-SQL
12 12 (0.88%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.73%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.66%) Go
15 8 (0.59%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.59%) R
15 8 (0.59%) Tcl
15 8 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 351 (25.77%) Security Cleared
2 202 (14.83%) SC Cleared
3 134 (9.84%) Degree
4 101 (7.42%) DV Cleared
5 59 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
7 30 (2.20%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.84%) CCNA
10 24 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.62%) CCNP
12 17 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.17%) PMI Certification
14 15 (1.10%) PMP
15 13 (0.95%) CISSP
16 10 (0.73%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.66%) MCSE
17 9 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 8 (0.59%) ISTQB
19 7 (0.51%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.08%) PMO
2 34 (2.50%) QA
3 33 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.40%) GDPR
6 18 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 13 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.81%) NIST
9 8 (0.59%) HL7
10 7 (0.51%) WCAG
11 6 (0.44%) GRC
11 6 (0.44%) NCSC
11 6 (0.44%) SLA
12 5 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (4.33%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.30%) Docker
3 24 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.40%) vSphere
5 13 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.66%) Firmware
8 7 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.51%) XenApp
9 6 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.22%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.073%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.073%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 56 (4.11%) Terraform
2 48 (3.52%) Kubernetes
3 47 (3.45%) Ansible
4 19 (1.40%) SCCM
5 15 (1.10%) Grafana
6 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (0.73%) Kibana
8 8 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (0.59%) Podman
9 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.37%) Endace
11 5 (0.37%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.37%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 5 (0.37%) WSUS
12 4 (0.29%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.29%) Puppet
12 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 164 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 82 (6.02%) Cisco
3 80 (5.87%) SAP
4 62 (4.55%) VMware
5 39 (2.86%) Oracle
6 33 (2.42%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.13%) CheckPoint
8 25 (1.84%) Arista
8 25 (1.84%) Atlassian
8 25 (1.84%) Juniper
9 24 (1.76%) Splunk
10 22 (1.62%) Citrix
11 18 (1.32%) Palo Alto
11 18 (1.32%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.17%) Adobe
13 13 (0.95%) Apple
13 13 (0.95%) F5
14 12 (0.88%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.81%) LogRhythm
16 10 (0.73%) Google