Developer Contracts in the West Midlands

Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Developer daily rate in the West Midlands is £428, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 12 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 223 227 428
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.92% 10.26% 11.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.93% 10.86% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 179 303
10th Percentile £259 £348 £356
25th Percentile £313 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.06% +19.02%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £550
90th Percentile £612 £678 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £38.75 - £56.51
25th Percentile £40.13 £31.69 £56.54
Median hourly rate £49.00 £33.39 £58.14
Median % change year-on-year +46.77% -42.58% +68.47%
75th Percentile £55.94 £35.08 £59.82
90th Percentile £56.25 - £59.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +11.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,870 2,090 3,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.44% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 1,426 2,483
10th Percentile £250 £260 £230
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 63 67
10th Percentile £12.02 £12.50 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.75 £14.75 £14.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £39.69 £28.38 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £56.75 £24.05
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Birmingham +7 129 £400 -11.11% 86
Warwickshire -5 27 £580 +4.27% 24
Shropshire -5 20 £374 -30.22% 8
Coventry -1 13 £425 +4.62% 9
Staffordshire +14 11 £350 -22.22% 35
Worcestershire 0 5 £450 +16.13% 15
Walsall -1 2 £338 -20.59%
Herefordshire -19 2 £500 - 7
West Bromwich - 1 £338 -
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 West Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 62 (27.80%) SQL
2 43 (19.28%) Agile
3 40 (17.94%) Social Skills
4 39 (17.49%) C#
4 39 (17.49%) JavaScript
5 36 (16.14%) Azure
6 32 (14.35%) HTML
6 32 (14.35%) Microsoft
7 30 (13.45%) .NET
8 28 (12.56%) Full Stack Development
9 27 (12.11%) TypeScript
9 27 (12.11%) React
10 25 (11.21%) Python
10 25 (11.21%) Software Engineering
10 25 (11.21%) AngularJS
11 24 (10.76%) AWS
11 24 (10.76%) DevOps
12 22 (9.87%) Power Platform
12 22 (9.87%) Degree
13 21 (9.42%) Finance
13 21 (9.42%) Scrum
13 21 (9.42%) Java
13 21 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (8.97%) CI/CD
14 20 (8.97%) Git
15 19 (8.52%) Oracle
15 19 (8.52%) CSS
15 19 (8.52%) Power BI
16 18 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (8.07%) Business Intelligence

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 10 (4.48%) SAS
2 9 (4.04%) CICS
3 8 (3.59%) WordPress
4 6 (2.69%) OpenEdge
5 5 (2.24%) CMS
6 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.90%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.45%) Drupal
8 1 (0.45%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (5.38%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Exstream
1 4 (1.79%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) Odoo
3 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.45%) OpenCart
4 1 (0.45%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.45%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 36 (16.14%) Azure
2 24 (10.76%) AWS
3 22 (9.87%) Power Platform
4 18 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (4.93%) Power Automate
6 10 (4.48%) PowerApps
6 10 (4.48%) Serverless
7 7 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.69%) Azure App Service
9 5 (2.24%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.24%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.79%) Boomi
11 3 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.35%) GCP
11 3 (1.35%) SaaS
12 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.90%) AWS Step Functions
12 2 (0.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.45%) Extranet
1 1 (0.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.52%) Power BI
2 13 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.93%) DB2
4 10 (4.48%) MySQL
5 9 (4.04%) IDMS
6 8 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.69%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.24%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (2.24%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.35%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.90%) Power Query
12 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
12 1 (0.45%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (8.97%) Git
2 14 (6.28%) Rational Rhapsody
3 6 (2.69%) Cypress.io
4 5 (2.24%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.79%) Ant
6 3 (1.35%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.35%) NUnit
6 3 (1.35%) webpack
7 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.90%) Hudson
7 2 (0.90%) JIRA
7 2 (0.90%) Moq
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.45%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.45%) Xcode
General
1 40 (17.94%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.42%) Finance
3 9 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (2.69%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.24%) Billing
5 5 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.79%) Retail
7 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.90%) Banking
8 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Automotive
9 1 (0.45%) Games
9 1 (0.45%) Law
9 1 (0.45%) Local Government
9 1 (0.45%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.35%) HTML
2 30 (13.45%) .NET
3 27 (12.11%) React
4 25 (11.21%) AngularJS
5 19 (8.52%) CSS
6 13 (5.83%) GraphQL
6 13 (5.83%) Vue
7 11 (4.93%) RESTful
8 9 (4.04%) Spring
9 8 (3.59%) Express.js
9 8 (3.59%) Node.js
9 8 (3.59%) REST
10 7 (3.14%) .NET Framework
11 6 (2.69%) Web Services
11 6 (2.69%) XML
12 5 (2.24%) Apollo GraphQL
12 5 (2.24%) ASP.NET
12 5 (2.24%) XSLT
13 4 (1.79%) Entity Framework
13 4 (1.79%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.48%) IBM Mainframe
1 10 (4.48%) Mainframe
2 9 (4.04%) Data Structures
2 9 (4.04%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.69%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.79%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.35%) DataPower
6 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.90%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.90%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.45%) FMCG
8 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.45%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.04%) Unix
1 9 (4.04%) zOS
2 2 (0.90%) Android
2 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.90%) Linux
3 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.28%) Agile
2 28 (12.56%) Full Stack Development
3 25 (11.21%) Software Engineering
4 24 (10.76%) DevOps
5 21 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (9.42%) Scrum
6 20 (8.97%) CI/CD
7 18 (8.07%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (6.28%) Microservices
9 14 (6.28%) Workflow
10 13 (5.83%) Artificial Intelligence
11 12 (5.38%) Code Quality
11 12 (5.38%) Conversational UI
11 12 (5.38%) Requirements Gathering
12 11 (4.93%) ETL
12 11 (4.93%) Migration
13 10 (4.48%) Computer Science
13 10 (4.48%) CRM
13 10 (4.48%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 62 (27.80%) SQL
2 39 (17.49%) C#
2 39 (17.49%) JavaScript
3 27 (12.11%) TypeScript
4 25 (11.21%) Python
5 21 (9.42%) Java
6 11 (4.93%) COBOL
6 11 (4.93%) PHP
7 10 (4.48%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.04%) CLIST
8 9 (4.04%) REXX
8 9 (4.04%) SELCOPY
9 7 (3.14%) Bash
9 7 (3.14%) Bourne shell
9 7 (3.14%) Korn
10 5 (2.24%) Bicep
11 4 (1.79%) ABAP
12 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.90%) Groovy
13 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (9.87%) Degree
2 14 (6.28%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.83%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.28%) HL7
2 7 (3.14%) QA
3 3 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (1.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.35%) Terraform
2 1 (0.45%) Grafana
Vendors
1 32 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.52%) Oracle
3 14 (6.28%) IBM
4 12 (5.38%) PayPal
5 11 (4.93%) SAP
6 9 (4.04%) Syncsort
7 6 (2.69%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.24%) OutSystems
9 4 (1.79%) OpenText
9 4 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.35%) Informatica
11 1 (0.45%) Adobe
11 1 (0.45%) Denodo
11 1 (0.45%) ICL
11 1 (0.45%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.45%) Pega
11 1 (0.45%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.45%) Sybase
11 1 (0.45%) Talend
11 1 (0.45%) Workday