Developer Contracts in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 313 393 612
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.21% 12.10% 12.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.17% 12.80% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 326 464
10th Percentile £259 £313 £345
25th Percentile £320 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £540
90th Percentile £599 £625 £588
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £22.50 - £36.30
25th Percentile £26.25 £31.69 £43.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £33.39 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% -42.44% +182.93%
75th Percentile £55.00 £35.08 £59.71
90th Percentile £56.25 - £59.84
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +2.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,572 3,071 4,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 94.52% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 2,168 3,508
10th Percentile £213 £228 £212
25th Percentile £336 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +1.60% +15.43%
75th Percentile £587 £594 £569
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 108 155
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.55
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.52 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.41 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +15.31% +18.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.63
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +4 220 £425 -10.53% 208
East Midlands -4 93 £425 -5.56% 121
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Developer 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 Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 87 (27.80%) SQL
2 76 (24.28%) JavaScript
3 67 (21.41%) C#
4 62 (19.81%) Agile
5 57 (18.21%) HTML
6 50 (15.97%) Social Skills
7 49 (15.65%) Python
8 48 (15.34%) Azure
9 44 (14.06%) .NET
9 44 (14.06%) TypeScript
10 42 (13.42%) Full Stack Development
11 39 (12.46%) Software Engineering
12 38 (12.14%) Microsoft
13 37 (11.82%) Degree
13 37 (11.82%) AWS
14 35 (11.18%) React
15 34 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (10.22%) CSS
17 31 (9.90%) Java
18 30 (9.58%) AngularJS
19 29 (9.27%) Oracle
20 28 (8.95%) Finance
20 28 (8.95%) DevOps
21 25 (7.99%) Code Quality
21 25 (7.99%) Artificial Intelligence
22 24 (7.67%) Conversational UI
22 24 (7.67%) Power Platform
22 24 (7.67%) Chatbot
22 24 (7.67%) PayPal
23 23 (7.35%) CI/CD

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (3.83%) SAS
1 12 (3.83%) WordPress
2 9 (2.88%) CICS
3 6 (1.92%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.92%) CMS
3 6 (1.92%) OpenEdge
4 4 (1.28%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.64%) Apache
5 2 (0.64%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.32%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) Drupal
6 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 24 (7.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.64%) Trello
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) SAP CO
1 5 (1.60%) SAP FI
1 5 (1.60%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (1.28%) Exstream
2 4 (1.28%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.28%) Odoo
3 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.32%) OpenCart
4 1 (0.32%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.34%) Azure
2 37 (11.82%) AWS
3 24 (7.67%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.51%) Power Automate
5 11 (3.51%) PowerApps
6 10 (3.19%) Serverless
7 7 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.92%) Azure App Service
9 5 (1.60%) Azure AKS
9 5 (1.60%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.28%) Boomi
10 4 (1.28%) GCP
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.96%) GitHub
11 3 (0.96%) SaaS
12 2 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.64%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.28%) SAN
1 4 (1.28%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.32%) Extranet
2 1 (0.32%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.39%) Power BI
3 12 (3.83%) MySQL
4 11 (3.51%) DB2
5 9 (2.88%) IDMS
5 9 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (2.24%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.92%) Big Data
8 6 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.92%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.92%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.60%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.28%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.64%) Power Query
11 2 (0.64%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.32%) GIS
Development Applications
1 20 (6.39%) Git
2 14 (4.47%) Rational Rhapsody
3 11 (3.51%) Cypress.io
3 11 (3.51%) JIRA
4 7 (2.24%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (1.60%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.28%) Ant
7 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.96%) NUnit
7 3 (0.96%) webpack
8 2 (0.64%) Hudson
8 2 (0.64%) Moq
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.32%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.32%) JUnit
9 1 (0.32%) Xcode
General
1 50 (15.97%) Social Skills
2 28 (8.95%) Finance
3 12 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.51%) Public Sector
5 5 (1.60%) Banking
5 5 (1.60%) Billing
5 5 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.28%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.28%) Retail
7 2 (0.64%) Automotive
7 2 (0.64%) Law
7 2 (0.64%) Local Government
7 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.32%) Games
8 1 (0.32%) Marketing
8 1 (0.32%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (18.21%) HTML
2 44 (14.06%) .NET
3 35 (11.18%) React
4 32 (10.22%) CSS
5 30 (9.58%) AngularJS
6 18 (5.75%) GraphQL
6 18 (5.75%) Node.js
7 15 (4.79%) RESTful
7 15 (4.79%) Vue
8 10 (3.19%) .NET Framework
8 10 (3.19%) Express.js
8 10 (3.19%) REST
8 10 (3.19%) Spring
9 7 (2.24%) .NET Core
9 7 (2.24%) ASP.NET
9 7 (2.24%) Redux
9 7 (2.24%) XML
10 6 (1.92%) Apollo GraphQL
10 6 (1.92%) Next.js
10 6 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.19%) Data Structures
1 10 (3.19%) IBM Mainframe
1 10 (3.19%) Mainframe
1 10 (3.19%) Product Ownership
2 6 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (1.92%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.96%) DataPower
5 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.64%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.64%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.64%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.32%) FMCG
7 1 (0.32%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.32%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.32%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.19%) Unix
2 9 (2.88%) zOS
3 6 (1.92%) Linux
4 4 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.28%) Debian
4 4 (1.28%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.96%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (19.81%) Agile
2 42 (13.42%) Full Stack Development
3 39 (12.46%) Software Engineering
4 34 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (8.95%) DevOps
6 25 (7.99%) Artificial Intelligence
6 25 (7.99%) Code Quality
7 24 (7.67%) Conversational UI
8 23 (7.35%) CI/CD
8 23 (7.35%) Scrum
9 19 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
9 19 (6.07%) Migration
10 17 (5.43%) Microservices
11 15 (4.79%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (4.47%) Front End Development
13 13 (4.15%) Analytics
13 13 (4.15%) ETL
14 12 (3.83%) Data Modelling
14 12 (3.83%) Requirements Gathering
15 11 (3.51%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 87 (27.80%) SQL
2 76 (24.28%) JavaScript
3 67 (21.41%) C#
4 49 (15.65%) Python
5 44 (14.06%) TypeScript
6 31 (9.90%) Java
7 18 (5.75%) PHP
8 16 (5.11%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.51%) COBOL
10 9 (2.88%) ABAP
10 9 (2.88%) CLIST
10 9 (2.88%) REXX
10 9 (2.88%) SELCOPY
11 7 (2.24%) Bash
11 7 (2.24%) Bourne shell
11 7 (2.24%) Korn
12 5 (1.60%) Bicep
13 4 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.64%) Groovy
14 2 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (11.82%) Degree
2 21 (6.71%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.60%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.47%) HL7
2 7 (2.24%) QA
3 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (1.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) HDFS
2 1 (0.32%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.28%) Terraform
2 1 (0.32%) Grafana
2 1 (0.32%) Hadoop YARN
2 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.27%) Oracle
3 24 (7.67%) PayPal
4 19 (6.07%) SAP
5 14 (4.47%) IBM
6 9 (2.88%) Syncsort
7 7 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.28%) OpenText
9 4 (1.28%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.28%) VMware
10 3 (0.96%) Informatica
11 2 (0.64%) Ab Initio
11 2 (0.64%) Ariba
11 2 (0.64%) Teradata
12 1 (0.32%) Civica
12 1 (0.32%) ICL
12 1 (0.32%) JDA
12 1 (0.32%) PeopleSoft
12 1 (0.32%) Sybase