Developer Contracts in Leicestershire

Developer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Developer daily rate in Leicestershire is £338 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 13 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 13 52 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 8.23% 29.21% 19.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.03% 29.89% 21.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 48 46
10th Percentile £281 £313 £345
25th Percentile £294 £333 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £395 £401
Median % change year-on-year -14.56% -1.56% +18.89%
75th Percentile £488 £441 £455
90th Percentile £525 £536 £494
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £438
% change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £60.63 £42.67
25th Percentile £22.50 £61.56 £44.17
Median hourly rate £25.00 £63.75 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -60.78% +36.60% +127.66%
75th Percentile £28.13 £66.56 -
90th Percentile £28.50 £67.88 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £63.75 £46.67
% change year-on-year -60.78% +36.60% +162.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 144 174 252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 97.75% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 148 204
10th Percentile £136 £243 £152
25th Percentile £257 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £475
90th Percentile £634 £561 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 -
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £39.38
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.36 £17.29
% change year-on-year -14.05% +17.74% +17.64%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Leicestershire

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Leicestershire

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Leicestershire

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Leicestershire

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Leicestershire 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
Leicester -6 13 £338 -14.56% 17
Developer
East Midlands

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

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 Leicestershire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) PHP
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) React
3 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
3 3 (23.08%) Full Stack Development
3 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) WordPress
3 3 (23.08%) HTML
3 3 (23.08%) CSS
4 2 (15.38%) MVC
4 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (15.38%) C#
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) .NET
4 2 (15.38%) MySQL
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Symfony
4 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Yii
4 2 (15.38%) CSS3
4 2 (15.38%) Next.js
4 2 (15.38%) Docker
4 2 (15.38%) Laravel
4 2 (15.38%) GitHub
4 2 (15.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 2 (15.38%) IoT
4 2 (15.38%) GCP

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 3 (23.08%) WordPress
2 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) GCP
3 2 (15.38%) GitHub
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MySQL
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Cypress.io
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 1 (7.69%) Automotive
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) React
2 3 (23.08%) CSS
2 3 (23.08%) HTML
3 2 (15.38%) .NET
3 2 (15.38%) CSS3
3 2 (15.38%) Laravel
3 2 (15.38%) Next.js
3 2 (15.38%) Symfony
3 2 (15.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 2 (15.38%) Yii
4 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
4 1 (7.69%) Java EE
4 1 (7.69%) SAML
4 1 (7.69%) Struts
4 1 (7.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Full Stack Development
2 2 (15.38%) Front End Development
2 2 (15.38%) MVC
2 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) SOAR
3 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) PHP
2 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
3 2 (15.38%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Java
4 1 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
1 1 (7.69%) Splunk