Developer Contracts in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer daily rate in the South East is £490 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 12 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 517 588 784
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.46% 10.43% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.24% 11.02% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 444 542
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.44% +4.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £696 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 25
10th Percentile £41.75 £52.50 £20.10
25th Percentile £50.55 £58.59 £40.25
Median hourly rate £58.91 £70.00 £46.20
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +51.52% -14.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.78 - £64.30
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,047 5,336 7,401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 94.63% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,032 3,724 5,067
10th Percentile £213 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £392 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 486 234 319
10th Percentile £12.80 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +143.49% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £42.63
90th Percentile £77.25 £75.00 £58.46
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +3 259 £525 - 109
Berkshire -2 175 £525 +5.00% 41
Surrey +15 99 £500 -3.47% 59
Hampshire -14 83 £473 -10.00% 87
Buckinghamshire +10 63 £511 -7.09% 37
West Sussex -13 25 £394 -4.95% 13
Oxfordshire +3 21 £525 +12.90% 31
Kent +16 18 £470 +13.94% 31
East Sussex +4 17 £365 -18.89% 31
Sussex - 8 £350 - 5
Middlesex -10 3 £325 -67.50% 1
Home Counties +4 1 £475 +14.46%
Developer
England

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

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 South East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 136 (26.31%) Agile
2 117 (22.63%) SQL
3 107 (20.70%) Security Cleared
4 105 (20.31%) DevOps
5 102 (19.73%) Azure
6 98 (18.96%) SC Cleared
7 82 (15.86%) Python
8 81 (15.67%) C#
8 81 (15.67%) JavaScript
9 75 (14.51%) Full Stack Development
10 73 (14.12%) Git
11 71 (13.73%) Java
12 59 (11.41%) Software Engineering
13 58 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
14 56 (10.83%) Microsoft
14 56 (10.83%) AWS
15 55 (10.64%) .NET
16 54 (10.44%) Linux
17 51 (9.86%) HTML
17 51 (9.86%) Power Platform
18 49 (9.48%) CSS
19 48 (9.28%) Oracle
20 47 (9.09%) Scrum
21 45 (8.70%) React
21 45 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
21 45 (8.70%) Social Skills
22 43 (8.32%) Microservices
22 43 (8.32%) PostgreSQL
22 43 (8.32%) Finance
23 42 (8.12%) AngularJS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (2.71%) SAS
2 13 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.93%) Drupal
4 8 (1.55%) Apache
5 6 (1.16%) CMS
6 5 (0.97%) Confluence
7 4 (0.77%) CICS
7 4 (0.77%) Jadu
7 4 (0.77%) Moodle
7 4 (0.77%) WordPress
8 3 (0.58%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.39%) FileNet
9 2 (0.39%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.39%) JBoss
9 2 (0.39%) Kentico
9 2 (0.39%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) Sketch
4 1 (0.19%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.19%) Blender
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (0.97%) Aareon QL
2 4 (0.77%) LabWindows
3 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.58%) Remedy AR System
3 3 (0.58%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 102 (19.73%) Azure
2 56 (10.83%) AWS
3 51 (9.86%) Power Platform
4 40 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (6.96%) Serverless
6 30 (5.80%) Azure Monitor
7 28 (5.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (5.42%) Azure Functions
8 25 (4.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 22 (4.26%) Power Automate
10 20 (3.87%) Entra ID
11 15 (2.90%) GitHub
11 15 (2.90%) SaaS
12 14 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (2.71%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.32%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.74%) Azure AKS
14 9 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.68%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.93%) SAN
3 6 (1.16%) HTTP
4 5 (0.97%) OpenLDAP
5 4 (0.77%) Link 16
5 4 (0.77%) RS-232
5 4 (0.77%) Tactical Data Link
6 2 (0.39%) SNMP
6 2 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.32%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (7.16%) SQL Server
3 31 (6.00%) NoSQL
4 28 (5.42%) Power BI
5 22 (4.26%) MySQL
6 17 (3.29%) Oracle Database
7 15 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (2.71%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.51%) Oracle Database 11g
10 10 (1.93%) Couchbase
11 9 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.55%) GIS
12 8 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (1.35%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (1.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (1.16%) Data Lake
14 6 (1.16%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.16%) Tableau
15 5 (0.97%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 73 (14.12%) Git
2 24 (4.64%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.45%) Visual Studio
4 18 (3.48%) JIRA
5 12 (2.32%) LabVIEW
6 11 (2.13%) GitLab
6 11 (2.13%) Selenium
7 6 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.97%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.97%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.97%) Subversion
9 4 (0.77%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.77%) JUnit
10 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.39%) GoogleTest
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.39%) Postman
11 2 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.39%) VersionOne
General
1 45 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
1 45 (8.70%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.32%) Finance
3 37 (7.16%) Public Sector
4 12 (2.32%) Billing
4 12 (2.32%) Telecoms
5 8 (1.55%) Local Government
5 8 (1.55%) Marketing
5 8 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (0.97%) Banking
8 4 (0.77%) Aerospace
8 4 (0.77%) Law
8 4 (0.77%) Police
8 4 (0.77%) Retail
9 3 (0.58%) Advertising
9 3 (0.58%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.58%) Music Industry
10 2 (0.39%) Automotive
10 2 (0.39%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.64%) .NET
2 51 (9.86%) HTML
3 49 (9.48%) CSS
4 45 (8.70%) React
5 42 (8.12%) AngularJS
6 33 (6.38%) REST
7 27 (5.22%) ASP.NET
8 26 (5.03%) Spring
9 24 (4.64%) Kafka
10 21 (4.06%) Node.js
10 21 (4.06%) Spring Boot
11 20 (3.87%) Web Services
12 14 (2.71%) RESTful
12 14 (2.71%) XML
13 12 (2.32%) JSON
14 11 (2.13%) .NET Core
14 11 (2.13%) ASP.NET MVC
14 11 (2.13%) SOAP
15 10 (1.93%) Django
16 9 (1.74%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.68%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.32%) Robotics
3 9 (1.74%) CCTV
4 7 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (0.97%) Housing Association
6 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.77%) IBM Mainframe
7 4 (0.77%) Mainframe
7 4 (0.77%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.58%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.58%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.39%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.39%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.39%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.39%) IoT
9 2 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (10.44%) Linux
2 14 (2.71%) Windows
3 12 (2.32%) Debian
3 12 (2.32%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.93%) Unix
5 7 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.77%) Android
7 4 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.77%) zOS
8 1 (0.19%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (26.31%) Agile
2 105 (20.31%) DevOps
3 75 (14.51%) Full Stack Development
4 59 (11.41%) Software Engineering
5 58 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (9.09%) Scrum
7 43 (8.32%) Microservices
8 42 (8.12%) CI/CD
9 36 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (6.96%) Unit Testing
10 34 (6.58%) TDD
11 33 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
12 29 (5.61%) Data Modelling
12 29 (5.61%) Migration
13 28 (5.42%) Analytics
14 25 (4.84%) User Experience
15 24 (4.64%) SDLC
15 24 (4.64%) Test Automation
16 19 (3.68%) Architectural Design
16 19 (3.68%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 117 (22.63%) SQL
2 82 (15.86%) Python
3 81 (15.67%) C#
3 81 (15.67%) JavaScript
4 71 (13.73%) Java
5 37 (7.16%) PL/SQL
6 33 (6.38%) PHP
7 27 (5.22%) C++
8 24 (4.64%) C
9 19 (3.68%) PowerShell
10 13 (2.51%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.51%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.93%) Scala
12 9 (1.74%) ProC
13 7 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.35%) Go
13 7 (1.35%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.16%) ABAP
14 6 (1.16%) VB
15 5 (0.97%) X++
Qualifications
1 107 (20.70%) Security Cleared
2 98 (18.96%) SC Cleared
3 13 (2.51%) Degree
4 9 (1.74%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.32%) QA
2 8 (1.55%) ISO 9001
2 8 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.97%) GDPR
5 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.39%) IFRS
6 2 (0.39%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.19%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.19%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.19%) MISRA
7 1 (0.19%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.19%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) SLA
7 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (4.06%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.87%) Docker
3 2 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.68%) Ansible
3 8 (1.55%) Terraform
4 4 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (0.77%) Podman
5 2 (0.39%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.28%) Oracle
3 24 (4.64%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.29%) VMware
5 16 (3.09%) Guidewire
5 16 (3.09%) Red Hat
6 15 (2.90%) SAP
7 10 (1.93%) Google
8 8 (1.55%) Adobe
8 8 (1.55%) Informatica
9 7 (1.35%) IBM
9 7 (1.35%) IFS
10 6 (1.16%) Workday
11 5 (0.97%) Aareon
11 5 (0.97%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.77%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.77%) Remedy
12 4 (0.77%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.77%) Snow
12 4 (0.77%) Syncsort