Developer Contracts in Birmingham

Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 124 107 158
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.67% 11.89% 12.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.77% 12.33% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 89 129
10th Percentile £259 £311 £355
25th Percentile £262 £375 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £494 £600 £556
90th Percentile £575 £700 £625
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -10.53% - +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £38.75 - -
25th Percentile £40.13 £31.69 -
Median hourly rate £49.00 £33.39 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.77% - -
75th Percentile £55.94 £35.08 -
90th Percentile £56.25 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £49.00 £33.39 £58.14
% change year-on-year +46.77% -42.58% +29.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 698 868 1,249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 96.44% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 571 903
10th Percentile £250 £263 £226
25th Percentile £338 £375 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.00% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 35 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.20 £12.72
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.10 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +15.94% -4.17%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.77 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -1.15% +17.65% +13.33%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Birmingham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 40 (32.26%) SQL
2 25 (20.16%) Python
2 25 (20.16%) JavaScript
3 23 (18.55%) Social Skills
4 21 (16.94%) HTML
5 20 (16.13%) Java
6 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
6 19 (15.32%) Degree
7 18 (14.52%) C#
8 16 (12.90%) Software Engineering
9 15 (12.10%) AngularJS
10 14 (11.29%) Rational Rhapsody
10 14 (11.29%) React
10 14 (11.29%) HL7
10 14 (11.29%) Finance
11 12 (9.68%) Code Quality
11 12 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
11 12 (9.68%) Chatbot
11 12 (9.68%) Full Stack Development
11 12 (9.68%) Conversational UI
11 12 (9.68%) PayPal
11 12 (9.68%) TypeScript
12 11 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (8.87%) Power Platform
13 10 (8.06%) Power BI
13 10 (8.06%) Spring
13 10 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (7.26%) Migration
14 9 (7.26%) CSS
14 9 (7.26%) Agile

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (4.84%) OpenEdge
1 6 (4.84%) WordPress
2 3 (2.42%) CMS
3 2 (1.61%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.81%) SAS
4 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Odoo
2 2 (1.61%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) OpenCart
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.87%) Power Platform
2 9 (7.26%) Azure
3 7 (5.65%) AWS
4 5 (4.03%) Power Automate
4 5 (4.03%) Serverless
5 4 (3.23%) Boomi
5 4 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.42%) GCP
6 3 (2.42%) SaaS
7 2 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.61%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.61%) Apigee
7 2 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.61%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub
8 1 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.06%) Power BI
2 8 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.23%) MySQL
4 4 (3.23%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.42%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.42%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.81%) DB2
6 1 (0.81%) Flink
6 1 (0.81%) Jackrabbit
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.81%) Power Query
6 1 (0.81%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 1 (0.81%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (11.29%) Rational Rhapsody
2 4 (3.23%) Git
3 3 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.42%) webpack
4 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.81%) Hudson
General
1 23 (18.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.29%) Finance
3 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.61%) Banking
6 1 (0.81%) Billing
6 1 (0.81%) Marketing
6 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.81%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (16.94%) HTML
2 15 (12.10%) AngularJS
3 14 (11.29%) React
4 10 (8.06%) Spring
5 9 (7.26%) CSS
6 8 (6.45%) Vue
7 7 (5.65%) .NET
8 5 (4.03%) Node.js
9 4 (3.23%) Express.js
9 4 (3.23%) GraphQL
9 4 (3.23%) REST
9 4 (3.23%) RESTful
10 3 (2.42%) Hibernate
10 3 (2.42%) Next.js
10 3 (2.42%) React Native
11 2 (1.61%) Apache Sling
11 2 (1.61%) KnockoutJS
11 2 (1.61%) OSGi
11 2 (1.61%) RxJS
11 2 (1.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (4.03%) Data Structures
2 4 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.61%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.61%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.81%) FMCG
4 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.81%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) Linux
1 2 (1.61%) Unix
2 1 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (12.90%) Software Engineering
2 12 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
2 12 (9.68%) Code Quality
2 12 (9.68%) Conversational UI
2 12 (9.68%) Full Stack Development
3 11 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (7.26%) Agile
5 9 (7.26%) Microservices
5 9 (7.26%) Migration
6 7 (5.65%) CI/CD
6 7 (5.65%) Computer Science
6 7 (5.65%) DevOps
6 7 (5.65%) Web Development
7 6 (4.84%) Analytics
7 6 (4.84%) ERP
7 6 (4.84%) ETL
7 6 (4.84%) TDD
8 5 (4.03%) BDD
8 5 (4.03%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 40 (32.26%) SQL
2 25 (20.16%) JavaScript
2 25 (20.16%) Python
3 20 (16.13%) Java
4 18 (14.52%) C#
5 12 (9.68%) TypeScript
6 7 (5.65%) PHP
7 2 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.61%) Groovy
7 2 (1.61%) Perl
7 2 (1.61%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.81%) ABAP
8 1 (0.81%) COBOL
8 1 (0.81%) Go
8 1 (0.81%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (15.32%) Degree
2 7 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.61%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.29%) HL7
2 2 (1.61%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.68%) PayPal
3 5 (4.03%) SAP
3 5 (4.03%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.23%) Oracle
5 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.81%) IBM
6 1 (0.81%) ICL
6 1 (0.81%) Informatica
6 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.81%) Sybase