Senior Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior daily rate in Work from Home is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 18 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,337 2,019 3,727
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.04% 8.20% 8.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.66% 8.61% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 1,446 2,767
10th Percentile £412 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £663
90th Percentile £825 £800 £738
UK median daily rate £559 £593 £575
% change year-on-year -5.65% +3.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 38 38
10th Percentile £24.00 £41.05 £31.85
25th Percentile £35.89 £42.50 £40.63
Median hourly rate £44.74 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% -5.00% +51.52%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.56 £77.50
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,835 23,454 42,149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.29% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,295 16,589 30,493
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 534 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.71 £19.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £64.14 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.76 £68.65
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Senior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior.

Senior daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Senior daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior.

Senior hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Senior hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 17 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior in the job title.

1 380 (28.42%) Agile
2 325 (24.31%) Finance
3 280 (20.94%) Azure
4 268 (20.04%) Social Skills
5 232 (17.35%) AWS
6 213 (15.93%) Python
7 211 (15.78%) DevOps
8 200 (14.96%) Java
9 199 (14.88%) Security Cleared
10 190 (14.21%) Public Sector
11 175 (13.09%) Software Engineering
12 173 (12.94%) SQL
13 155 (11.59%) SC Cleared
14 146 (10.92%) Microsoft
15 141 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
16 139 (10.40%) CI/CD
17 132 (9.87%) JavaScript
18 123 (9.20%) C#
19 107 (8.00%) Banking
20 106 (7.93%) TypeScript
21 103 (7.70%) Stakeholder Management
22 102 (7.63%) Migration
22 102 (7.63%) Project Management
23 96 (7.18%) Degree
24 95 (7.11%) .NET
25 93 (6.96%) Front Office
26 92 (6.88%) React
27 90 (6.73%) SQL Server
27 90 (6.73%) Windows
28 89 (6.66%) Scrum

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 39 (2.92%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (2.77%) Confluence
3 35 (2.62%) Apache
4 22 (1.65%) SharePoint
5 12 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.82%) CMS
7 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.45%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.37%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.37%) WebSphere Portal
10 4 (0.30%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.22%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.22%) SAS
12 2 (0.15%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) Mule
12 2 (0.15%) nginx
12 2 (0.15%) ThingWorx
12 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.30%) Revit
5 4 (0.30%) Trello
6 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.15%) InDesign
7 2 (0.15%) Simulink
7 2 (0.15%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.075%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.075%) InVision
8 1 (0.075%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 28 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.90%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.60%) Primavera
5 8 (0.60%) SAP SD
6 6 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.37%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
8 4 (0.30%) Endur
9 3 (0.22%) RMDS
10 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.15%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.15%) Shopify
10 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 1 (0.075%) Aladdin
11 1 (0.075%) Aligne
11 1 (0.075%) OPENHousing
11 1 (0.075%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 280 (20.94%) Azure
2 232 (17.35%) AWS
3 79 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (4.49%) GCP
5 51 (3.81%) Power Platform
6 41 (3.07%) GitHub
7 40 (2.99%) Serverless
8 39 (2.92%) dbt
9 37 (2.77%) Snowflake
10 35 (2.62%) SaaS
11 32 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
12 30 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
13 27 (2.02%) PaaS
14 23 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 22 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
16 21 (1.57%) Amazon S3
17 19 (1.42%) Entra ID
18 17 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 16 (1.20%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 73 (5.46%) Firewall
2 32 (2.39%) Network Security
3 19 (1.42%) VPN
4 18 (1.35%) WAN
5 17 (1.27%) DNS
6 13 (0.97%) LAN
7 12 (0.90%) SD-WAN
7 12 (0.90%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.75%) BGP
8 10 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (0.75%) DHCP
8 10 (0.75%) HTTP
9 9 (0.67%) OSPF
10 8 (0.60%) Internet
10 8 (0.60%) SAN
11 7 (0.52%) 4G
11 7 (0.52%) 5G
11 7 (0.52%) InfiniBand
11 7 (0.52%) IPsec
11 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.14%) Power BI
3 37 (2.77%) Data Lake
4 32 (2.39%) Amazon Athena
5 30 (2.24%) Apache Arrow
5 30 (2.24%) Apache Ignite
5 30 (2.24%) Dremio
6 23 (1.72%) Oracle Database
7 21 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
7 21 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.42%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (1.35%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.12%) DynamoDB
10 15 (1.12%) MySQL
11 13 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.90%) Big Data
13 10 (0.75%) Relational Database
13 10 (0.75%) Tableau
14 9 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 70 (5.24%) JIRA
2 68 (5.09%) Git
3 47 (3.52%) Jenkins
4 39 (2.92%) GitLab
5 25 (1.87%) Cucumber
6 23 (1.72%) Selenium
7 19 (1.42%) JUnit
8 16 (1.20%) Mockito
9 14 (1.05%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.97%) SpecFlow
11 12 (0.90%) git-flow
12 11 (0.82%) Postman
12 11 (0.82%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.67%) Visual Studio
14 8 (0.60%) JMeter
14 8 (0.60%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.52%) CircleCI
16 6 (0.45%) Maven
16 6 (0.45%) Storybook
General
1 325 (24.31%) Finance
2 268 (20.04%) Social Skills
3 190 (14.21%) Public Sector
4 107 (8.00%) Banking
5 93 (6.96%) Front Office
6 89 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
7 45 (3.37%) Back Office
8 37 (2.77%) Investment Banking
9 35 (2.62%) Marketing
10 30 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.94%) Retail
13 25 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.65%) Legal
15 16 (1.20%) Financial Institution
16 12 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.82%) Law
18 10 (0.75%) Automotive
18 10 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (7.11%) .NET
2 92 (6.88%) React
3 55 (4.11%) CSS
3 55 (4.11%) XML
4 52 (3.89%) AngularJS
5 50 (3.74%) HTML
6 47 (3.52%) REST
7 44 (3.29%) Kafka
8 42 (3.14%) Pandas
9 38 (2.84%) Node.js
10 37 (2.77%) gRPC
10 37 (2.77%) Spring Boot
11 36 (2.69%) Protocol Buffers
12 33 (2.47%) NumPy
13 31 (2.32%) SciPy
14 24 (1.80%) .NET Framework
14 24 (1.80%) RESTful
15 23 (1.72%) .NET Core
15 23 (1.72%) Spring
15 23 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.94%) Derivative
2 59 (4.41%) Hedge funds
3 53 (3.96%) Fixed Income
4 50 (3.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 44 (3.29%) Data Centre
6 42 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 39 (2.92%) Equities
8 31 (2.32%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.80%) Replication
10 23 (1.72%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 20 (1.50%) Onboarding
13 17 (1.27%) NHS
13 17 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.12%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.12%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.90%) Credit Derivative
16 11 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 90 (6.73%) Windows
2 78 (5.83%) Linux
3 24 (1.80%) Unix
4 23 (1.72%) Android
5 12 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.15%) Debian
11 2 (0.15%) Solaris
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.075%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (28.42%) Agile
2 211 (15.78%) DevOps
3 175 (13.09%) Software Engineering
4 141 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
5 139 (10.40%) CI/CD
6 103 (7.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 102 (7.63%) Migration
7 102 (7.63%) Project Management
8 89 (6.66%) Scrum
8 89 (6.66%) Test Automation
9 79 (5.91%) Analytics
10 76 (5.68%) Asset Management
11 75 (5.61%) User Experience
12 72 (5.39%) Mentoring
13 64 (4.79%) SDLC
14 63 (4.71%) Roadmaps
15 62 (4.64%) Investment Management
16 59 (4.41%) Business Intelligence
16 59 (4.41%) Project Delivery
17 56 (4.19%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 213 (15.93%) Python
2 200 (14.96%) Java
3 173 (12.94%) SQL
4 132 (9.87%) JavaScript
5 123 (9.20%) C#
6 106 (7.93%) TypeScript
7 74 (5.53%) PowerShell
8 34 (2.54%) Go
9 31 (2.32%) Bash
10 28 (2.09%) Bicep
11 22 (1.65%) C++
12 19 (1.42%) Kotlin
13 15 (1.12%) Scala
14 12 (0.90%) C
15 11 (0.82%) Perl
15 11 (0.82%) PHP
16 10 (0.75%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.45%) Ruby
17 6 (0.45%) Swift
18 5 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 199 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 155 (11.59%) SC Cleared
3 96 (7.18%) Degree
4 36 (2.69%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (1.35%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.12%) CCNP
9 11 (0.82%) CCIE
10 10 (0.75%) CISSP
10 10 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.45%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.37%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.37%) PMP
14 4 (0.30%) CCNA
14 4 (0.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.54%) Data Quality
2 26 (1.94%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.80%) PCI DSS
4 23 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.57%) QA
6 19 (1.42%) PMO
7 10 (0.75%) GDPR
7 10 (0.75%) SLA
8 9 (0.67%) WCAG
9 8 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
9 8 (0.60%) NIST
10 5 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
12 2 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 71 (5.31%) Docker
2 63 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.52%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.52%) vSphere
7 6 (0.45%) ACF2
7 6 (0.45%) IAG
7 6 (0.45%) RACF
8 4 (0.30%) Firmware
8 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.15%) Squid
10 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.15%) XenApp
11 1 (0.075%) GridGain
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 88 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 73 (5.46%) Terraform
3 45 (3.37%) Ansible
4 22 (1.65%) Grafana
5 12 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
7 10 (0.75%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.67%) Puppet
9 8 (0.60%) Podman
10 6 (0.45%) SCCM
11 5 (0.37%) Argo
11 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.37%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.30%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.30%) Kibana
13 3 (0.22%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.22%) VxRail
13 3 (0.22%) WSUS
14 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 146 (10.92%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.19%) SAP
3 50 (3.74%) Oracle
4 32 (2.39%) Cisco
5 28 (2.09%) VMware
6 27 (2.02%) Google
7 26 (1.94%) Palo Alto
8 20 (1.50%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.27%) Atlassian
10 16 (1.20%) F5
11 15 (1.12%) Splunk
12 13 (0.97%) Databricks
12 13 (0.97%) IBM
13 12 (0.90%) Salesforce
14 11 (0.82%) Fortinet
15 9 (0.67%) Citrix
15 9 (0.67%) Sybase
16 7 (0.52%) NEC
16 7 (0.52%) Red Hat
17 6 (0.45%) BT