Programmer Contracts in Essex

Programmer
East of England > Essex

The median Programmer daily rate in Essex is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 37 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 1.88% 0.41% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 0.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £300 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -45.45% +22.22% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.65 - -
Median hourly rate £17.10 - -
75th Percentile £17.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £19.00 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -69.60% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 202 233 379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 94.72% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 133 232
10th Percentile £250 £184 £188
25th Percentile £350 £272 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £499 £495
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +0.81% +20.73%
75th Percentile £556 £556 £575
90th Percentile £600 £644 £631
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 19 45
10th Percentile £12.86 £19.90 £14.30
25th Percentile £16.55 £23.56 £16.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £43.63 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.06% +81.79% +4.85%
75th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £44.53
90th Percentile - £76.70 £76.09
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £36.03 £15.50
% change year-on-year +19.36% +132.42% -10.14%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in Essex

Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programmer in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Programmer in Essex

Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programmer in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Programmer in Essex

Programmer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 10 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
Wickford - 3 - -
Brentwood -8 1 £600 -
Programmer
East of England

Programmer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Programmer 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 Essex region featuring Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) zOS
1 1 (25.00%) Banking

Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) zOS