Developer Contracts in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer daily rate in the North of England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 649 808 1,139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 14.07% 14.36% 15.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.10% 15.04% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 645 925
10th Percentile £300 £363 £356
25th Percentile £375 £420 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £503 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +5.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £563
90th Percentile £625 £650 £641
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 20
10th Percentile £78.05 £45.95 £34.73
25th Percentile £78.88 £58.06 £48.75
Median hourly rate £81.50 £66.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.02% -5.36% +150.00%
75th Percentile £82.88 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.95 £73.00 £81.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% +16.36% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,298 5,373 6,936
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 95.47% 96.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,705 3,761 5,082
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £388 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £560
90th Percentile £675 £688 £644
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 158 292
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.18 £11.21
25th Percentile £12.53 £17.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £29.65 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year -29.95% +55.68% +7.18%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.30 £33.96
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North West +3 352 £450 -10.00% 339
Yorkshire +4 267 £488 -7.14% 186
North East +2 43 £475 -5.00% 70
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 North of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 157 (24.19%) SQL
2 140 (21.57%) JavaScript
3 120 (18.49%) C#
4 116 (17.87%) Python
5 108 (16.64%) Java
6 104 (16.02%) AWS
7 101 (15.56%) HTML
8 98 (15.10%) Agile
9 90 (13.87%) Software Engineering
9 90 (13.87%) Degree
10 89 (13.71%) Security Cleared
11 82 (12.63%) .NET
12 81 (12.48%) Artificial Intelligence
13 80 (12.33%) Code Quality
14 76 (11.71%) Conversational UI
14 76 (11.71%) Chatbot
14 76 (11.71%) PayPal
15 73 (11.25%) SC Cleared
16 70 (10.79%) React
16 70 (10.79%) Public Sector
17 69 (10.63%) Social Skills
18 67 (10.32%) Azure
19 60 (9.24%) DevOps
20 57 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
21 52 (8.01%) CI/CD
22 51 (7.86%) ServiceNow
23 50 (7.70%) Unit Testing
23 50 (7.70%) Full Stack Development
24 47 (7.24%) Android
24 47 (7.24%) Business Intelligence

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (2.31%) CMS
2 13 (2.00%) Umbraco
3 11 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.39%) Drupal
5 8 (1.23%) Apache
6 4 (0.62%) Mule
7 3 (0.46%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.46%) IIS
8 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.15%) Confluence
9 1 (0.15%) Kentico
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 76 (11.71%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.77%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.62%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.46%) Maximo
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 104 (16.02%) AWS
2 67 (10.32%) Azure
3 38 (5.86%) Power Platform
4 22 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (3.24%) GitHub
6 20 (3.08%) Serverless
7 12 (1.85%) Power Automate
7 12 (1.85%) SaaS
8 8 (1.23%) Amazon S3
8 8 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (1.23%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.08%) Azure Functions
10 6 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.62%) Contentstack
11 4 (0.62%) npm
11 4 (0.62%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.46%) SSL
2 2 (0.31%) HTTP
2 2 (0.31%) Intranet
2 2 (0.31%) MQTT
2 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.15%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.08%) Power BI
2 31 (4.78%) SQL Server
3 30 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.24%) MongoDB
5 20 (3.08%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.85%) MySQL
9 10 (1.54%) Redis
10 9 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.08%) Tableau
12 6 (0.92%) Flink
12 6 (0.92%) GIS
12 6 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.77%) InterSystems Cache
14 4 (0.62%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.46%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (5.86%) Git
2 18 (2.77%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.47%) JUnit
4 15 (2.31%) Mockito
5 14 (2.16%) Android Studio
6 11 (1.69%) JIRA
7 7 (1.08%) Mocha
8 6 (0.92%) Xcode
8 6 (0.92%) XCUITest
9 5 (0.77%) GitLab
9 5 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.62%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.62%) Karma Test Runner
10 4 (0.62%) Liquibase
10 4 (0.62%) Log4j
10 4 (0.62%) Maven
10 4 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.62%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.62%) webpack
11 3 (0.46%) Selenium
General
1 70 (10.79%) Public Sector
2 69 (10.63%) Social Skills
3 36 (5.55%) Finance
4 22 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (2.62%) Banking
6 16 (2.47%) Retail
7 7 (1.08%) Law
8 5 (0.77%) Legal
8 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.62%) Marketing
10 3 (0.46%) Advertising
10 3 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.46%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.46%) Local Government
11 2 (0.31%) Games
11 2 (0.31%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.15%) Automotive
12 1 (0.15%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.15%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.15%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (15.56%) HTML
2 82 (12.63%) .NET
3 70 (10.79%) React
4 44 (6.78%) Spring
5 43 (6.63%) Node.js
6 42 (6.47%) REST
7 39 (6.01%) CSS
7 39 (6.01%) RESTful
7 39 (6.01%) Spring Boot
8 36 (5.55%) Web Services
9 35 (5.39%) AngularJS
10 28 (4.31%) .NET Framework
11 25 (3.85%) Hibernate
12 20 (3.08%) JPA
13 18 (2.77%) .NET Core
13 18 (2.77%) Vue
14 14 (2.16%) Kafka
14 14 (2.16%) Redux
14 14 (2.16%) XML
15 11 (1.69%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.31%) Mobile App
2 16 (2.47%) Algorithms
2 16 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (1.39%) Data Structures
4 8 (1.23%) CMDB
4 8 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.08%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.62%) NHS
8 4 (0.62%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.62%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.46%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.31%) Derivative
10 2 (0.31%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.31%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.31%) IoT
10 2 (0.31%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.24%) Android
2 30 (4.62%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.00%) Unix
4 5 (0.77%) Linux
5 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (15.10%) Agile
2 90 (13.87%) Software Engineering
3 81 (12.48%) Artificial Intelligence
4 80 (12.33%) Code Quality
5 76 (11.71%) Conversational UI
6 60 (9.24%) DevOps
7 57 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (8.01%) CI/CD
9 50 (7.70%) Full Stack Development
9 50 (7.70%) Unit Testing
10 47 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
11 46 (7.09%) Front End Development
12 45 (6.93%) Microservices
13 42 (6.47%) Data Modelling
13 42 (6.47%) Scrum
14 39 (6.01%) Android Development
15 38 (5.86%) ITIL
16 33 (5.08%) TDD
17 30 (4.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 29 (4.47%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 157 (24.19%) SQL
2 140 (21.57%) JavaScript
3 120 (18.49%) C#
4 116 (17.87%) Python
5 108 (16.64%) Java
6 45 (6.93%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.39%) Kotlin
8 21 (3.24%) Swift
9 20 (3.08%) PHP
10 12 (1.85%) ABAP
10 12 (1.85%) Go
11 11 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.23%) Ruby
12 8 (1.23%) Scala
13 7 (1.08%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.92%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.62%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (13.87%) Degree
2 89 (13.71%) Security Cleared
3 73 (11.25%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (2.16%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.08%) QA
2 9 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.77%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.62%) GDPR
4 4 (0.62%) HL7
5 3 (0.46%) SLA
5 3 (0.46%) WCAG
6 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.15%) GRC
System Software
1 32 (4.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) Firmware
2 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 39 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.54%) Terraform
3 6 (0.92%) Ansible
4 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.31%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 76 (11.71%) PayPal
2 51 (7.86%) ServiceNow
3 35 (5.39%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.93%) SAP
5 18 (2.77%) Oracle
6 13 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.39%) RedPrairie
8 8 (1.23%) Google
9 4 (0.62%) IBM
9 4 (0.62%) Nokia
9 4 (0.62%) Siemens
9 4 (0.62%) Splunk
10 3 (0.46%) ESRI
10 3 (0.46%) Nintex
10 3 (0.46%) Pega
10 3 (0.46%) Talend
11 2 (0.31%) Ariba
11 2 (0.31%) JDA
11 2 (0.31%) Sage
11 2 (0.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud