Senior Contracts in West Lothian

Senior
Scotland > West Lothian

The median Senior daily rate in West Lothian is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 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
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian 9.09% 1.79% -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.54% 1.96% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £164 - -
25th Percentile £317 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £578 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Lothian

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Lothian. 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 West Lothian with a recognized job title 26 51 46
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.79% 91.07% 97.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 33 22
10th Percentile £82 £118 £108
25th Percentile £130 £130 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £224 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -47.29% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £412 £525 £477
90th Percentile £566 £598 £500
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 6
10th Percentile £13.21 £19.05 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.43 £20.25 £13.62
Median hourly rate £15.80 £26.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.38% +76.67% +6.91%
75th Percentile £20.63 £59.13 -
90th Percentile £26.70 £76.15 £40.00
Scotland median hourly rate £18.38 £18.93 £17.72
% change year-on-year -2.93% +6.83% -8.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in West Lothian

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in West Lothian

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in West Lothian

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in West Lothian over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in West Lothian

Senior
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Livingston +8 3 £575 - 1
Senior
Scotland

Senior Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 West Lothian region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Spring
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Maven
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Spring Batch
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) React

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Spring Batch
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle