Developer Contracts in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £419 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 7 11 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 324 411 606
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.88% 11.95% 11.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.92% 12.62% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 325 474
10th Percentile £259 £313 £334
25th Percentile £313 £363 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% - +18.03%
75th Percentile £509 £553 £534
90th Percentile £595 £625 £575
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £22.50 £37.35 £42.67
25th Percentile £26.25 £45.85 £44.17
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +28.56% +127.66%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.38 -
90th Percentile £56.25 £67.00 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% +7.30%

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 2,508 3,256 4,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.65% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,289 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £223 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +3.83% +14.38%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 177
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.74% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.70
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the Midlands

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 Developer within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +5 226 £425 -15.00% 193
East Midlands -1 96 £400 -5.88% 107
Developer
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 91 (28.09%) SQL
2 68 (20.99%) JavaScript
3 62 (19.14%) C#
4 58 (17.90%) Degree
5 55 (16.98%) Agile
6 53 (16.36%) HTML
7 51 (15.74%) Python
8 50 (15.43%) Artificial Intelligence
8 50 (15.43%) Code Quality
9 49 (15.12%) Azure
9 49 (15.12%) Chatbot
9 49 (15.12%) Conversational UI
10 48 (14.81%) TypeScript
10 48 (14.81%) PayPal
11 44 (13.58%) Social Skills
12 43 (13.27%) Full Stack Development
13 41 (12.65%) Software Engineering
13 41 (12.65%) .NET
14 35 (10.80%) Microsoft
15 32 (9.88%) AWS
15 32 (9.88%) React
15 32 (9.88%) AngularJS
16 31 (9.57%) Java
17 29 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
18 27 (8.33%) CSS
19 25 (7.72%) Finance
19 25 (7.72%) Scrum
19 25 (7.72%) Security Cleared
20 24 (7.41%) CI/CD
21 22 (6.79%) DevOps

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 11 (3.40%) SAS
2 10 (3.09%) WordPress
3 9 (2.78%) CICS
4 6 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.54%) CMS
5 5 (1.54%) OpenEdge
6 2 (0.62%) Apache
6 2 (0.62%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) Drupal
7 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 49 (15.12%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Odoo
2 3 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.62%) Exstream
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Magento
4 1 (0.31%) OpenCart
4 1 (0.31%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.12%) Azure
2 32 (9.88%) AWS
3 21 (6.48%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.09%) Serverless
6 9 (2.78%) GCP
7 8 (2.47%) Azure Functions
8 7 (2.16%) Azure App Service
8 7 (2.16%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.16%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.54%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.23%) Apigee
11 4 (1.23%) Boomi
11 4 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (0.93%) GitHub
12 3 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.54%) SAN
1 5 (1.54%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.31%) Extranet
2 1 (0.31%) FTP
2 1 (0.31%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.56%) Power BI
3 12 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.40%) DB2
5 10 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (2.78%) IDMS
6 9 (2.78%) MySQL
6 9 (2.78%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.85%) Big Data
7 6 (1.85%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.23%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.62%) Power Query
11 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 20 (6.17%) Git
2 15 (4.63%) Rational Rhapsody
3 11 (3.40%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.23%) Ant
4 4 (1.23%) NUnit
4 4 (1.23%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.93%) webpack
6 2 (0.62%) Hudson
6 2 (0.62%) Moq
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.31%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.31%) JIRA
7 1 (0.31%) JUnit
7 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 44 (13.58%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.72%) Finance
3 11 (3.40%) Public Sector
4 8 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (1.85%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.54%) Billing
7 4 (1.23%) Banking
7 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.93%) Law
8 3 (0.93%) Marketing
8 3 (0.93%) Retail
9 2 (0.62%) Automotive
9 2 (0.62%) Local Government
10 1 (0.31%) Advertising
10 1 (0.31%) Electronics
10 1 (0.31%) Games
10 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (16.36%) HTML
2 41 (12.65%) .NET
3 32 (9.88%) AngularJS
3 32 (9.88%) React
4 27 (8.33%) CSS
5 19 (5.86%) GraphQL
6 17 (5.25%) Node.js
7 16 (4.94%) Vue
8 11 (3.40%) RESTful
9 10 (3.09%) Express.js
9 10 (3.09%) Spring
10 9 (2.78%) REST
11 7 (2.16%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.85%) Apollo GraphQL
12 6 (1.85%) Next.js
12 6 (1.85%) NgRx
12 6 (1.85%) RxJS
13 5 (1.54%) .NET Core
13 5 (1.54%) Jest
13 5 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.40%) Mainframe
2 10 (3.09%) IBM Mainframe
2 10 (3.09%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (1.85%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.93%) DataPower
7 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.62%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.62%) IoT
8 2 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.62%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.31%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.31%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.31%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.09%) Unix
2 9 (2.78%) zOS
3 8 (2.47%) Linux
4 5 (1.54%) Debian
4 5 (1.54%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.93%) Android
5 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (16.98%) Agile
2 50 (15.43%) Artificial Intelligence
2 50 (15.43%) Code Quality
3 49 (15.12%) Conversational UI
4 43 (13.27%) Full Stack Development
5 41 (12.65%) Software Engineering
6 29 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (7.72%) Scrum
8 24 (7.41%) CI/CD
9 22 (6.79%) DevOps
10 19 (5.86%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (4.94%) Analytics
11 16 (4.94%) ETL
11 16 (4.94%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (4.63%) Microservices
13 14 (4.32%) Data Modelling
13 14 (4.32%) Front End Development
13 14 (4.32%) Migration
14 13 (4.01%) Requirements Gathering
15 12 (3.70%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 91 (28.09%) SQL
2 68 (20.99%) JavaScript
3 62 (19.14%) C#
4 51 (15.74%) Python
5 48 (14.81%) TypeScript
6 31 (9.57%) Java
7 19 (5.86%) PHP
8 14 (4.32%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.40%) COBOL
10 9 (2.78%) CLIST
10 9 (2.78%) REXX
10 9 (2.78%) SELCOPY
11 7 (2.16%) Bash
11 7 (2.16%) Bourne shell
11 7 (2.16%) Korn
12 5 (1.54%) Bicep
13 4 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.93%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.62%) C++
Qualifications
1 58 (17.90%) Degree
2 25 (7.72%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.48%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.54%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.94%) HL7
2 7 (2.16%) QA
3 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (2.16%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) HDFS
2 1 (0.31%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.54%) Terraform
3 1 (0.31%) CA Endevor
3 1 (0.31%) Grafana
3 1 (0.31%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (14.81%) PayPal
2 35 (10.80%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.79%) Oracle
4 15 (4.63%) IBM
5 10 (3.09%) SAP
6 9 (2.78%) Syncsort
7 6 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.54%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.54%) VMware
9 3 (0.93%) Informatica
10 2 (0.62%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.62%) Ariba
10 2 (0.62%) OpenText
10 2 (0.62%) Teradata
11 1 (0.31%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.31%) JDA
11 1 (0.31%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.31%) QAD
11 1 (0.31%) Sybase