Developer Contracts in Kent

Developer
South East > Kent

The median Developer daily rate in Kent is £485 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 20 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 15 13 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 7.39% 5.94% 10.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 6.07% 11.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 28
10th Percentile £364 £307 £338
25th Percentile £434 £377 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £431 £375
Median % change year-on-year +12.46% +15.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £533 £520
90th Percentile £583 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.85 - -
Median hourly rate £58.91 - -
75th Percentile £62.96 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £58.91 £70.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -15.85% +35.92% -4.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 188 214 271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 97.72% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 174 234
10th Percentile £203 £128 £173
25th Percentile £211 £200 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -17.65% +25.93%
75th Percentile £523 £484 £575
90th Percentile £575 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 14
10th Percentile £11.45 £37.48 £17.84
25th Percentile £19.50 £42.32 £22.45
Median hourly rate £55.20 £56.24 £33.12
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +69.79% -14.53%
75th Percentile £78.58 £57.12 £40.75
90th Percentile £82.43 £61.35 £45.31
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Kent

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Kent

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Kent over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Kent

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Kent

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 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
Dartford 0 3 - - 2
Gravesend - 2 - -
West Malling - 2 £446 -
Canterbury - 1 £600 - 3
Faversham - 1 £500 -
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Kent region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (26.67%) Azure
4 3 (20.00%) AngularJS
4 3 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
4 3 (20.00%) C++
5 2 (13.33%) HTML
5 2 (13.33%) .NET
5 2 (13.33%) CSS
5 2 (13.33%) UML
5 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
5 2 (13.33%) Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) Web Development
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Blazor
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) User Experience
5 2 (13.33%) Front End Development
5 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) .NET Core
5 2 (13.33%) Git
5 2 (13.33%) CMS
5 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (13.33%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Jadu
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
General
1 2 (13.33%) Marketing
1 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Legal
2 1 (6.67%) Retail
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) .NET Core
2 2 (13.33%) Blazor
2 2 (13.33%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) Entity Framework
2 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 2 (13.33%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (6.67%) REST
3 1 (6.67%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
2 2 (13.33%) Agile
2 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
2 2 (13.33%) DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Front End Development
2 2 (13.33%) SysML
2 2 (13.33%) UML
2 2 (13.33%) User Experience
2 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (13.33%) Web Development
3 1 (6.67%) Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (6.67%) Information Architecture
3 1 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (6.67%) SDLC
3 1 (6.67%) UX Design
3 1 (6.67%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (33.33%) C#
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (6.67%) Java
4 1 (6.67%) PHP
4 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Google