Backend Developer Contracts in the Midlands

Backend Developer
England > Midlands

As of 8 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Backend Developer daily rate in the Midlands.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 161 178
Rank change year-on-year +30 +17 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Backend Developer 2 3 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.073% 0.089% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.094% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - - £390
25th Percentile - - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £435
Median % change year-on-year - -19.54% +14.10%
75th Percentile - £431 £469
90th Percentile - £480 £519
England median daily rate £500 £616 £550
% change year-on-year -18.77% +11.91% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -5.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,507 3,198 4,784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 94.70% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,689 2,252 3,504
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £328 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 124 167
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.15 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.07 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.36 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.18
90th Percentile £52.45 £62.75 £34.70
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in the Midlands

Backend Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Backend Developer in the Midlands

Backend Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Backend Developer in the Midlands

Backend Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands - 2 - - 3
Backend Developer
England

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Backend 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 Midlands region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) OSGi
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Sling
1 2 (100.00%) Headless CMS
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) webpack
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Jackrabbit
2 1 (50.00%) Web Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) Headless CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Jackrabbit
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Sling
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (100.00%) OSGi
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft