Development Specialist Contracts in England

Development Specialist
UK > England

The median Development Specialist daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 651 -
Rank change year-on-year +113 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Development Specialist 5 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.014% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.014% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £415 £410 -
25th Percentile £438 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile £535 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £650 -
% change year-on-year -26.92% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Development Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Specialist in England

Development Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Development Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Development Specialist in England

Development Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Specialist in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Development Specialist in England

Development Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Development Specialist in England.

Hourly rate trend for Development Specialist in England

Development Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
South West - 3 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 £400 -
North of England - 1 £550 -
Midlands - 1 £400 - 2
North West - 1 £550 -
Development Specialist
UK

Development Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Development Specialist 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 England region featuring Development Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Life Science
2 3 (60.00%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 3 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (60.00%) GMP
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) LDAP
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) SAML
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) Hedge funds
3 1 (20.00%) Atlassian

Development Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Life Science
2 1 (20.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GMP
1 3 (60.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Atlassian