Senior Contracts in the South East

Senior
England > South East

The median Senior daily rate in the South East is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 28 34
Rank change year-on-year +13 +6 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 454 399 464
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.99% 7.04% 5.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.67% 7.45% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 278 346
10th Percentile £415 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.73% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £601 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £713
England median daily rate £550 £600 £578
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 28 17
10th Percentile £28.14 - £16.41
25th Percentile £46.25 £42.50 £38.75
Median hourly rate £58.30 £54.56 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% +21.24% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.90 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.39 £74.41 £59.12
England median hourly rate £50.00 £48.50 £43.36
% change year-on-year +3.09% +11.87% +29.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,236 5,359 7,423
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.60% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,090 3,712 5,089
10th Percentile £234 £213 £207
25th Percentile £400 £387 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £590
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £531
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.68% +6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 535 235 313
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £48.40 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £38.14 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -15.26% +88.21% +11.73%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in the South East over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in the South East

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in the South East over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in the South East

Senior
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Thames Valley +5 243 £513 +4.27% 197
Berkshire +15 203 £513 -2.38% 93
Hampshire +14 108 £600 +9.09% 97
Surrey +6 52 £525 -8.70% 69
Buckinghamshire -5 30 £550 +16.40% 49
West Sussex +5 28 £475 -31.95% 12
Kent +19 16 £600 +20.00% 41
Oxfordshire -2 11 £500 +14.29% 56
East Sussex +8 7 £475 -29.63% 26
Home Counties - 2 - -
Middlesex -3 1 £425 - 2
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 6 June 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 South East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 164 (36.12%) Security Cleared
2 88 (19.38%) Agile
3 84 (18.50%) DV Cleared
4 82 (18.06%) Finance
5 80 (17.62%) Microsoft
6 77 (16.96%) Public Sector
7 64 (14.10%) Social Skills
8 63 (13.88%) Windows
9 62 (13.66%) Azure
10 59 (13.00%) Migration
11 58 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (12.33%) SC Cleared
13 53 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
14 50 (11.01%) DevOps
14 50 (11.01%) Cisco
15 47 (10.35%) Project Management
16 40 (8.81%) Linux
17 38 (8.37%) Software Engineering
18 37 (8.15%) Degree
18 37 (8.15%) Roadmaps
19 35 (7.71%) Java
20 33 (7.27%) Technical Leadership
21 32 (7.05%) ITIL
21 32 (7.05%) Firewall
21 32 (7.05%) AWS
22 29 (6.39%) Python
22 29 (6.39%) Cisco Certification
22 29 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
23 28 (6.17%) Project Delivery
23 28 (6.17%) Active Directory

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.76%) Documentum
3 5 (1.10%) SAS
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) MTS
Applications
1 8 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) SPSS
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.42%) Primavera
2 6 (1.32%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.22%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.22%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.22%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 62 (13.66%) Azure
2 32 (7.05%) AWS
3 29 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.64%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.32%) GCP
6 6 (1.32%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.10%) SaaS
8 3 (0.66%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.44%) GitHub
9 2 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.44%) PaaS
9 2 (0.44%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.44%) Slack
9 2 (0.44%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.22%) Datadog
10 1 (0.22%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.05%) Firewall
2 25 (5.51%) DMZ
3 22 (4.85%) WAN
4 17 (3.74%) LAN
5 15 (3.30%) SAN
6 14 (3.08%) BGP
7 13 (2.86%) MPLS
8 11 (2.42%) DHCP
8 11 (2.42%) DNS
9 9 (1.98%) NAS
9 9 (1.98%) Network Security
10 6 (1.32%) SSL
11 5 (1.10%) 3G
11 5 (1.10%) 4G
11 5 (1.10%) 5G
11 5 (1.10%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.10%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 3 (0.66%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.76%) EDMS
3 5 (1.10%) Power BI
4 4 (0.88%) Tableau
5 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.44%) Couchbase
6 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.44%) GIS
6 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.44%) MySQL
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.22%) IDMS
7 1 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (4.63%) JIRA
2 19 (4.19%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.08%) GitLab
4 12 (2.64%) Selenium
5 11 (2.42%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.98%) Git
6 9 (1.98%) REST Assured
6 9 (1.98%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.76%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.88%) JMeter
8 4 (0.88%) Maven
9 3 (0.66%) InstallShield
9 3 (0.66%) MSI
10 2 (0.44%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.44%) VersionOne
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.22%) CMake
11 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.22%) Spinnaker
General
1 82 (18.06%) Finance
2 77 (16.96%) Public Sector
3 64 (14.10%) Social Skills
4 27 (5.95%) Banking
5 24 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.29%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.42%) Marketing
7 11 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.20%) Military
9 9 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.54%) Law
11 7 (1.54%) Police
12 5 (1.10%) Aviation
13 3 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.66%) Local Government
13 3 (0.66%) Retail
14 2 (0.44%) Back Office
14 2 (0.44%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.64%) REST
2 11 (2.42%) Itk
3 8 (1.76%) .NET
3 8 (1.76%) ARM Templates
3 8 (1.76%) Java EE
4 5 (1.10%) .NET Core
4 5 (1.10%) Kafka
5 4 (0.88%) ADO
5 4 (0.88%) JSON
5 4 (0.88%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.66%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.66%) Blazor
6 3 (0.66%) CSS
6 3 (0.66%) D3.js
6 3 (0.66%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.66%) HTML
6 3 (0.66%) Razor View Engine
6 3 (0.66%) React
6 3 (0.66%) XML
7 2 (0.44%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.74%) Data Centre
2 12 (2.64%) Product Ownership
3 8 (1.76%) Management Information System
3 8 (1.76%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.32%) PKI
5 5 (1.10%) Replication
6 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (0.88%) NHS
7 3 (0.66%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.66%) PMI
8 2 (0.44%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.44%) Tandem
9 1 (0.22%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.22%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.22%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.22%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 63 (13.88%) Windows
2 40 (8.81%) Linux
3 19 (4.19%) Unix
4 14 (3.08%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.98%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.98%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.88%) Solaris
8 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.66%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.22%) Android
11 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.38%) Agile
2 59 (13.00%) Migration
3 58 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (11.01%) DevOps
6 47 (10.35%) Project Management
7 38 (8.37%) Software Engineering
8 37 (8.15%) Roadmaps
9 33 (7.27%) Technical Leadership
10 32 (7.05%) ITIL
11 28 (6.17%) Project Delivery
12 25 (5.51%) B2B
12 25 (5.51%) Change Management
12 25 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 24 (5.29%) Configuration Management
13 24 (5.29%) Scrum
14 23 (5.07%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (4.63%) Decision-Making
15 21 (4.63%) Test Automation
16 20 (4.41%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.71%) Java
2 29 (6.39%) Python
3 24 (5.29%) SQL
4 23 (5.07%) C++
5 21 (4.63%) C
6 17 (3.74%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.86%) C#
8 11 (2.42%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.20%) Bash
10 8 (1.76%) VBScript
11 6 (1.32%) R
12 5 (1.10%) Perl
13 4 (0.88%) PHP
14 3 (0.66%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.66%) Scala
15 2 (0.44%) Bourne shell
15 2 (0.44%) Go
15 2 (0.44%) Korn
15 2 (0.44%) VB
15 2 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 164 (36.12%) Security Cleared
2 84 (18.50%) DV Cleared
3 56 (12.33%) SC Cleared
4 37 (8.15%) Degree
5 29 (6.39%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (3.74%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (2.64%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.66%) APMP
10 3 (0.66%) CCNP
10 3 (0.66%) ISEB
10 3 (0.66%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.44%) ACCA
11 2 (0.44%) CCNA
11 2 (0.44%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.44%) CIMA
11 2 (0.44%) PMP
11 2 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.42%) PCI DSS
1 11 (2.42%) QA
2 10 (2.20%) PMO
3 7 (1.54%) GDPR
4 5 (1.10%) NIST
5 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (0.66%) NCSC
6 2 (0.44%) GRC
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.44%) SLA
7 1 (0.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 28 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.08%) Docker
3 13 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.64%) vSphere
5 5 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.88%) XenApp
7 3 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.19%) Ansible
3 17 (3.74%) Terraform
4 9 (1.98%) NetIQ Identity Manager
5 8 (1.76%) Docker Swarm
5 8 (1.76%) Podman
6 5 (1.10%) Endace
7 4 (0.88%) Grafana
7 4 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.88%) SCCM
8 3 (0.66%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.44%) Argo
9 2 (0.44%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.44%) Nagios
9 2 (0.44%) Oracle ZFS
9 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.44%) Puppet
9 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.44%) WSUS
9 2 (0.44%) yum
Vendors
1 80 (17.62%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.01%) Cisco
3 27 (5.95%) CheckPoint
3 27 (5.95%) VMware
4 25 (5.51%) Arista
4 25 (5.51%) Juniper
5 12 (2.64%) Apple
5 12 (2.64%) NetIQ
6 10 (2.20%) F5
6 10 (2.20%) SAP
7 8 (1.76%) Splunk
8 7 (1.54%) Oracle
8 7 (1.54%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.32%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.10%) Citrix
11 4 (0.88%) Ivanti
11 4 (0.88%) Micro Focus
11 4 (0.88%) Symantec
12 3 (0.66%) EMC
12 3 (0.66%) Veritas