Developer Contracts in the North West

Developer
England > North West

The median Developer daily rate in the North West is £453 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 380 433 697
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 14.08% 13.72% 17.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.93% 14.47% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 337 558
10th Percentile £307 £338 £325
25th Percentile £381 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% - +21.88%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £625 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £78.05 £38.95 £25.80
25th Percentile £78.88 £39.63 £26.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £42.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.76% +23.19% +15.00%
75th Percentile £82.88 £45.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £82.95 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £52.75
% change year-on-year +6.12% +16.11% +6.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,546 2,993 3,902
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 94.84% 96.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 2,145 2,849
10th Percentile £281 £300 £208
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £568
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 130 171
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.64 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +70.73% +14.53%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.04 £42.63
90th Percentile £67.63 £66.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the North West

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Manchester +4 274 £475 - 194
Merseyside +20 44 £450 - 31
Cheshire -17 34 £313 -43.18% 66
Lancashire -1 18 £715 +37.50% 20
Cumbria -19 4 £473 +11.24% 4
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 North West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 81 (21.32%) SQL
2 75 (19.74%) AWS
3 70 (18.42%) Java
4 67 (17.63%) JavaScript
5 66 (17.37%) C#
6 59 (15.53%) Agile
7 57 (15.00%) React
8 54 (14.21%) Degree
9 53 (13.95%) Code Quality
10 52 (13.68%) Artificial Intelligence
11 51 (13.42%) HTML
12 49 (12.89%) .NET
12 49 (12.89%) PayPal
12 49 (12.89%) Chatbot
12 49 (12.89%) Conversational UI
13 48 (12.63%) Python
14 43 (11.32%) RESTful
14 43 (11.32%) Security Cleared
15 41 (10.79%) Public Sector
16 40 (10.53%) CI/CD
17 39 (10.26%) Unit Testing
18 38 (10.00%) Microservices
19 37 (9.74%) Azure
20 35 (9.21%) Software Engineering
20 35 (9.21%) Social Skills
21 34 (8.95%) Node.js
21 34 (8.95%) Front End Development
22 33 (8.68%) REST
23 32 (8.42%) DevOps
24 29 (7.63%) Android

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (2.11%) CMS
2 7 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.58%) Umbraco
4 4 (1.05%) Mule
5 3 (0.79%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.79%) IIS
6 2 (0.53%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Camunda
7 1 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 49 (12.89%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.05%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.79%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.26%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 75 (19.74%) AWS
2 37 (9.74%) Azure
3 27 (7.11%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.16%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.37%) GitHub
6 9 (2.37%) Serverless
7 7 (1.84%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.84%) SaaS
8 5 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.05%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.05%) npm
9 4 (1.05%) OCI
9 4 (1.05%) Yarn
10 3 (0.79%) Contentstack
10 3 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.53%) Intranet
1 2 (0.53%) MQTT
1 2 (0.53%) SSL
1 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.79%) Power BI
2 17 (4.47%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.68%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.16%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.58%) MySQL
8 5 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.32%) Redis
9 4 (1.05%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.05%) Tableau
10 3 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.79%) SQLite
11 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.53%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.05%) Git
2 14 (3.68%) Android Studio
3 12 (3.16%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.16%) Mockito
4 11 (2.89%) GitLab
5 9 (2.37%) JUnit
6 7 (1.84%) Mocha
7 5 (1.32%) Xcode
7 5 (1.32%) XCUITest
8 4 (1.05%) Jasmine
8 4 (1.05%) Karma Test Runner
8 4 (1.05%) Liquibase
8 4 (1.05%) Log4j
8 4 (1.05%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.05%) webpack
9 3 (0.79%) JIRA
9 3 (0.79%) Maven
9 3 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 41 (10.79%) Public Sector
2 35 (9.21%) Social Skills
3 20 (5.26%) Finance
4 12 (3.16%) Banking
5 10 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.32%) Law
6 5 (1.32%) Legal
7 4 (1.05%) Marketing
7 4 (1.05%) Retail
8 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.79%) Local Government
9 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.26%) Retail Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (15.00%) React
2 51 (13.42%) HTML
3 49 (12.89%) .NET
4 43 (11.32%) RESTful
5 34 (8.95%) Node.js
6 33 (8.68%) REST
7 27 (7.11%) CSS
8 25 (6.58%) Spring
9 22 (5.79%) Spring Boot
10 20 (5.26%) .NET Framework
11 18 (4.74%) Hibernate
12 17 (4.47%) Web Services
13 15 (3.95%) AngularJS
13 15 (3.95%) Vue
14 14 (3.68%) JPA
15 12 (3.16%) .NET Core
15 12 (3.16%) Redux
16 11 (2.89%) Kafka
16 11 (2.89%) XML
17 10 (2.63%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.53%) Mobile App
2 16 (4.21%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (1.84%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.58%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.05%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.05%) NHS
6 4 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.53%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.53%) CMDB
8 2 (0.53%) Derivative
8 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.26%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.63%) Android
2 11 (2.89%) Unix
3 9 (2.37%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.79%) Linux
5 2 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (15.53%) Agile
2 53 (13.95%) Code Quality
3 52 (13.68%) Artificial Intelligence
4 49 (12.89%) Conversational UI
5 40 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 39 (10.26%) Unit Testing
7 38 (10.00%) Microservices
8 35 (9.21%) Software Engineering
9 34 (8.95%) Front End Development
10 32 (8.42%) DevOps
11 28 (7.37%) Android Development
11 28 (7.37%) Scrum
12 26 (6.84%) Full Stack Development
13 24 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (5.53%) Design Patterns
15 20 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (4.74%) ITIL
16 18 (4.74%) User Experience
17 14 (3.68%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 81 (21.32%) SQL
2 70 (18.42%) Java
3 67 (17.63%) JavaScript
4 66 (17.37%) C#
5 48 (12.63%) Python
6 28 (7.37%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.05%) Kotlin
8 14 (3.68%) PHP
9 11 (2.89%) Go
10 7 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.84%) Ruby
10 7 (1.84%) Swift
11 4 (1.05%) ABAP
11 4 (1.05%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.05%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.05%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.79%) C++
13 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 54 (14.21%) Degree
2 43 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 29 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.21%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.26%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.89%) QA
2 4 (1.05%) GDPR
2 4 (1.05%) HL7
3 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.79%) SLA
4 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 11 (2.89%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (4.47%) Terraform
2 16 (4.21%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.79%) Ansible
4 2 (0.53%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.26%) Control-M
5 1 (0.26%) Grafana
5 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (12.89%) PayPal
2 22 (5.79%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.53%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.89%) Oracle
4 11 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.11%) SAP
6 4 (1.05%) Nokia
6 4 (1.05%) Siemens
7 3 (0.79%) Google
7 3 (0.79%) IBM
7 3 (0.79%) Nintex
7 3 (0.79%) Pega
7 3 (0.79%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.53%) Sage
8 2 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.26%) Ab Initio
9 1 (0.26%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.26%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.26%) VMware
9 1 (0.26%) Xamarin