Senior Contracts in Wiltshire

Senior
South West > Wiltshire

The median Senior daily rate in Wiltshire is £520 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 66 46 30
Rank change year-on-year -20 -16 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 26 49 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.68% 4.58% 5.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.02% 4.87% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 27 34
10th Percentile £460 £553 £419
25th Percentile £500 £579 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £605 £556
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +8.91% -3.43%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
South West median daily rate £500 £600 £530
% change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% +3.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 860 1,007 833
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.57% 94.02% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 645 827 627
10th Percentile £305 £350 £304
25th Percentile £463 £458 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £638
90th Percentile £725 £723 £690
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 21
10th Percentile £12.79 £21.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.25 £60.00 £25.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £63.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.81% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £68.30
90th Percentile - £87.50 £69.50
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 Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Wiltshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Wiltshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Wiltshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Wiltshire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Wiltshire 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
Swindon +8 8 £500 -23.08% 19
Chippenham +8 4 - -
Malmesbury +3 1 £375 -50.00%
Salisbury +3 1 £450 -22.28% 4
Senior
South West

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

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 Wiltshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 15 (57.69%) Agile
2 11 (42.31%) Finance
3 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
4 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
5 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
6 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 6 (23.08%) Coaching
7 4 (15.38%) User Experience
7 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
8 3 (11.54%) Publishing
8 3 (11.54%) Degree
8 3 (11.54%) Security Architecture
8 3 (11.54%) Business Case
8 3 (11.54%) PMO
9 2 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
9 2 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
9 2 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
9 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (7.69%) Value Proposition
9 2 (7.69%) Interaction Design
9 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
9 2 (7.69%) Accessibility
9 2 (7.69%) Static Application Security Testing
9 2 (7.69%) Incident Response
9 2 (7.69%) Design Patterns
9 2 (7.69%) Terraform
9 2 (7.69%) Service Design
9 2 (7.69%) Wireframes

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 (3.85%) Anypoint
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (7.69%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Matillion
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
2 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JMeter
1 2 (7.69%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (42.31%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
3 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.54%) Publishing
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Agile
2 6 (23.08%) Coaching
2 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
3 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (15.38%) User Experience
4 3 (11.54%) Business Case
4 3 (11.54%) Security Architecture
5 2 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (7.69%) Design Patterns
5 2 (7.69%) ETL
5 2 (7.69%) Incident Response
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (7.69%) Interaction Design
5 2 (7.69%) Performance Testing
5 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.69%) Project Management
5 2 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (7.69%) SIEM
5 2 (7.69%) Static Application Security Testing
5 2 (7.69%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) PMO
2 2 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Adobe
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft
2 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.85%) Splunk