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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1,385 1,984 3,716
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.41% 8.28% 8.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.07% 8.69% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 934 1,426 2,760
10th Percentile £413 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year - +2.68% +6.67%
75th Percentile £686 £688 £675
90th Percentile £838 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 34 42
10th Percentile £24.45 £40.45 £32.17
25th Percentile £37.18 £42.50 £40.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £51.25 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +5.13% +58.02%
75th Percentile £62.19 £67.50 £69.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £53.78 £42.93
% change year-on-year -5.17% +25.28% +30.68%

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 13,752 22,821 42,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 95.26% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,267 16,183 30,865
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 530 566
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.63
25th Percentile £22.56 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £43.50 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +32.91% +68.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.05 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +15.00%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior in the job title.

1 398 (28.74%) Agile
2 346 (24.98%) Finance
3 285 (20.58%) Azure
4 261 (18.84%) Social Skills
5 243 (17.55%) AWS
6 222 (16.03%) Java
6 222 (16.03%) Python
7 219 (15.81%) DevOps
8 196 (14.15%) Software Engineering
9 194 (14.01%) Security Cleared
10 180 (13.00%) Public Sector
11 176 (12.71%) SQL
12 157 (11.34%) JavaScript
12 157 (11.34%) Microsoft
13 149 (10.76%) SC Cleared
14 145 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
15 136 (9.82%) CI/CD
16 126 (9.10%) TypeScript
17 123 (8.88%) C#
18 122 (8.81%) Banking
19 102 (7.36%) Migration
19 102 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
20 101 (7.29%) Front Office
20 101 (7.29%) Project Management
20 101 (7.29%) React
21 99 (7.15%) .NET
22 97 (7.00%) Degree
23 95 (6.86%) SQL Server
24 93 (6.71%) Test Automation
25 90 (6.50%) Analytical Skills

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 51 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
2 49 (3.54%) Apache
3 31 (2.24%) Confluence
4 21 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.01%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.87%) CMS
7 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.36%) WebSphere Portal
10 4 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.29%) SAS
11 3 (0.22%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.14%) Mule
12 2 (0.14%) nginx
12 2 (0.14%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 16 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.29%) Revit
5 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.29%) Trello
6 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.14%) InDesign
7 2 (0.14%) Simulink
7 2 (0.14%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.072%) Elementor
8 1 (0.072%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.072%) InVision
8 1 (0.072%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 28 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.94%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.58%) Primavera
4 8 (0.58%) SAP SD
5 7 (0.51%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.36%) SimCorp Dimension
8 4 (0.29%) Endur
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.22%) RMDS
10 2 (0.14%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.14%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.14%) Shopify
10 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 1 (0.072%) Aladdin
11 1 (0.072%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 285 (20.58%) Azure
2 243 (17.55%) AWS
3 81 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
4 62 (4.48%) GCP
5 53 (3.83%) dbt
5 53 (3.83%) Serverless
6 51 (3.68%) Snowflake
7 49 (3.54%) Power Platform
8 48 (3.47%) GitHub
9 38 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (2.24%) SaaS
11 27 (1.95%) PaaS
12 26 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
13 25 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (1.81%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 20 (1.44%) Entra ID
15 20 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (1.37%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.84%) Firewall
2 29 (2.09%) Network Security
3 19 (1.37%) VPN
4 17 (1.23%) DNS
5 15 (1.08%) WAN
6 12 (0.87%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.87%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.79%) HTTP
8 9 (0.65%) BGP
8 9 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (0.65%) DHCP
8 9 (0.65%) LAN
8 9 (0.65%) SAN
9 8 (0.58%) Internet
10 7 (0.51%) 4G
10 7 (0.51%) 5G
10 7 (0.51%) InfiniBand
10 7 (0.51%) IPsec
10 7 (0.51%) OSPF
10 7 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 49 (3.54%) Data Lake
3 44 (3.18%) Amazon Athena
4 42 (3.03%) Apache Arrow
4 42 (3.03%) Apache Ignite
4 42 (3.03%) Dremio
5 40 (2.89%) Power BI
6 26 (1.88%) Oracle Database
7 23 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
9 19 (1.37%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.23%) MySQL
11 14 (1.01%) Big Data
11 14 (1.01%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.01%) Tableau
12 13 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.94%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.87%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 75 (5.42%) Git
2 61 (4.40%) JIRA
3 47 (3.39%) Jenkins
4 37 (2.67%) GitLab
5 27 (1.95%) Cucumber
6 26 (1.88%) Selenium
7 19 (1.37%) JUnit
8 16 (1.16%) Mockito
9 15 (1.08%) Bitbucket
10 14 (1.01%) git-flow
11 13 (0.94%) JMeter
11 13 (0.94%) SpecFlow
12 12 (0.87%) Visual Studio
13 11 (0.79%) Postman
13 11 (0.79%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.58%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.51%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.51%) TeamCity
16 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
16 6 (0.43%) Storybook
General
1 346 (24.98%) Finance
2 261 (18.84%) Social Skills
3 180 (13.00%) Public Sector
4 122 (8.81%) Banking
5 101 (7.29%) Front Office
6 90 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (3.47%) Investment Banking
8 41 (2.96%) Back Office
9 34 (2.45%) Marketing
10 30 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (2.09%) Retail
12 28 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.88%) Legal
15 23 (1.66%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.08%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.79%) Law
18 10 (0.72%) Local Government
19 9 (0.65%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (7.29%) React
2 99 (7.15%) .NET
3 62 (4.48%) CSS
4 59 (4.26%) HTML
5 57 (4.12%) AngularJS
6 56 (4.04%) XML
7 55 (3.97%) REST
8 54 (3.90%) Pandas
9 49 (3.54%) gRPC
10 48 (3.47%) Protocol Buffers
11 45 (3.25%) NumPy
12 43 (3.10%) SciPy
13 42 (3.03%) Kafka
13 42 (3.03%) Node.js
14 38 (2.74%) Spring Boot
15 27 (1.95%) .NET Framework
16 24 (1.73%) ASP.NET
16 24 (1.73%) Spring
17 23 (1.66%) .NET Core
17 23 (1.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.27%) Derivative
2 69 (4.98%) Fixed Income
3 68 (4.91%) Hedge funds
4 64 (4.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 52 (3.75%) Equities
6 45 (3.25%) Product Ownership
7 42 (3.03%) Data Centre
8 33 (2.38%) Management Information System
9 25 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 25 (1.81%) Replication
10 22 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 21 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
11 21 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.30%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.23%) NHS
14 16 (1.16%) Pricing Data
15 13 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.99%) Windows
2 76 (5.49%) Linux
3 25 (1.81%) Android
4 23 (1.66%) Unix
5 14 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.43%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Debian
10 2 (0.14%) Solaris
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.072%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (28.74%) Agile
2 219 (15.81%) DevOps
3 196 (14.15%) Software Engineering
4 145 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
5 136 (9.82%) CI/CD
6 102 (7.36%) Migration
6 102 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 101 (7.29%) Project Management
8 93 (6.71%) Test Automation
9 88 (6.35%) Scrum
10 83 (5.99%) Asset Management
11 78 (5.63%) Analytics
12 76 (5.49%) Mentoring
13 74 (5.34%) Roadmaps
13 74 (5.34%) User Experience
14 68 (4.91%) Investment Management
15 67 (4.84%) SDLC
16 63 (4.55%) Project Delivery
17 56 (4.04%) ITIL
18 54 (3.90%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 222 (16.03%) Java
1 222 (16.03%) Python
2 176 (12.71%) SQL
3 157 (11.34%) JavaScript
4 126 (9.10%) TypeScript
5 123 (8.88%) C#
6 72 (5.20%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.31%) Go
8 31 (2.24%) Bash
9 28 (2.02%) Bicep
10 25 (1.81%) C++
11 20 (1.44%) Kotlin
12 14 (1.01%) Scala
13 12 (0.87%) C
13 12 (0.87%) PHP
14 11 (0.79%) Perl
15 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.51%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.51%) Ruby
16 7 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 194 (14.01%) Security Cleared
2 149 (10.76%) SC Cleared
3 97 (7.00%) Degree
4 35 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.08%) CCNP
9 11 (0.79%) CCIE
10 10 (0.72%) CISSP
10 10 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.43%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.43%) PMP
14 5 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.36%) CCNA
15 4 (0.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.10%) Data Quality
2 26 (1.88%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.81%) PCI DSS
4 21 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (1.52%) QA
5 18 (1.30%) PMO
6 11 (0.79%) SLA
7 10 (0.72%) WCAG
8 9 (0.65%) GDPR
9 8 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
10 6 (0.43%) NIST
11 5 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.14%) GRC
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.14%) MiFID
13 2 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 70 (5.05%) Docker
2 62 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.51%) vSphere
7 6 (0.43%) ACF2
7 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.43%) IAG
7 6 (0.43%) RACF
8 5 (0.36%) Firmware
9 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.14%) Squid
11 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.14%) XenApp
12 1 (0.072%) GridGain
12 1 (0.072%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 89 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 78 (5.63%) Terraform
3 45 (3.25%) Ansible
4 21 (1.52%) Grafana
5 11 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
5 11 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.58%) Podman
7 8 (0.58%) Puppet
8 6 (0.43%) SCCM
9 5 (0.36%) Argo
10 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.29%) Kibana
11 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.22%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.22%) VxRail
12 2 (0.14%) CASB
12 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 157 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.12%) Oracle
3 56 (4.04%) SAP
4 32 (2.31%) Cisco
5 28 (2.02%) VMware
6 26 (1.88%) Google
7 25 (1.81%) Palo Alto
8 24 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.23%) Atlassian
9 17 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.01%) F5
10 14 (1.01%) Splunk
11 13 (0.94%) IBM
12 11 (0.79%) Databricks
13 10 (0.72%) Fortinet
14 9 (0.65%) Citrix
14 9 (0.65%) NEC
14 9 (0.65%) Sybase
15 7 (0.51%) Dell
16 6 (0.43%) SolarWinds