Developer Contracts in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer daily rate in the South East is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 518 612 810
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.38% 10.59% 10.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.16% 11.19% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 453 561
10th Percentile £340 £363 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +12.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 25
10th Percentile £41.75 £52.25 £21.00
25th Percentile £50.55 £57.69 £43.23
Median hourly rate £58.91 £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +32.08% -8.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
90th Percentile £81.78 - £67.18
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.75
% change year-on-year +4.00% +18.48% +6.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,099 5,469 7,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 94.67% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,080 3,816 5,062
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £396 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £616 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 480 242 332
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.86 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.72 £15.91
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.91 £43.95
90th Percentile £77.04 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Thames Valley +1 261 £525 - 117
Berkshire -4 173 £525 +5.00% 46
Surrey +15 94 £488 -2.50% 42
Hampshire -19 80 £475 -8.21% 57
Buckinghamshire +12 67 £516 -6.27% 43
West Sussex +3 33 £406 -1.93% 14
Oxfordshire -1 21 £525 +5.00% 28
East Sussex +3 17 £365 -18.89% 15
Kent +9 16 £470 +13.94% 38
Sussex - 9 £400 - 3
Middlesex -9 3 £325 -67.50% 2
Home Counties +4 1 £475 +14.46%
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 South East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 147 (28.38%) Agile
2 118 (22.78%) Security Cleared
3 116 (22.39%) SQL
4 109 (21.04%) SC Cleared
5 102 (19.69%) DevOps
6 97 (18.73%) Azure
7 83 (16.02%) C#
8 81 (15.64%) JavaScript
9 76 (14.67%) Full Stack Development
10 74 (14.29%) Python
10 74 (14.29%) Git
11 67 (12.93%) Java
12 63 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (11.78%) Microsoft
13 61 (11.78%) Software Engineering
13 61 (11.78%) AWS
14 58 (11.20%) .NET
15 54 (10.42%) Linux
16 52 (10.04%) Social Skills
17 50 (9.65%) Power Platform
18 49 (9.46%) HTML
19 48 (9.27%) PostgreSQL
19 48 (9.27%) Oracle
19 48 (9.27%) CSS
20 46 (8.88%) Scrum
20 46 (8.88%) AngularJS
21 44 (8.49%) Microservices
22 43 (8.30%) Public Sector
23 41 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
23 41 (7.92%) React

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (2.51%) SAS
1 13 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.93%) Drupal
3 8 (1.54%) Apache
4 7 (1.35%) CMS
5 6 (1.16%) Confluence
5 6 (1.16%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.77%) CICS
6 4 (0.77%) Jadu
6 4 (0.77%) Moodle
6 4 (0.77%) WordPress
7 2 (0.39%) FileNet
7 2 (0.39%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.39%) JBoss
7 2 (0.39%) Kentico
7 2 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.19%) Blender
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.19%) Simulink
3 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.97%) Aareon QL
2 4 (0.77%) LabWindows
3 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.58%) Remedy AR System
3 3 (0.58%) Shopify
4 2 (0.39%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 97 (18.73%) Azure
2 61 (11.78%) AWS
3 50 (9.65%) Power Platform
4 39 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (6.37%) Serverless
6 26 (5.02%) Azure Monitor
7 23 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (4.44%) Azure Functions
8 22 (4.25%) Power Automate
9 20 (3.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 16 (3.09%) Entra ID
10 16 (3.09%) GitHub
11 15 (2.90%) SaaS
12 14 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (2.70%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.32%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (1.54%) Azure AKS
16 8 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.83%) TCP/IP
2 16 (3.09%) SAN
3 5 (0.97%) OpenLDAP
4 4 (0.77%) HTTP
4 4 (0.77%) RS-232
5 3 (0.58%) Link 16
5 3 (0.58%) Tactical Data Link
6 2 (0.39%) SNMP
6 2 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (9.27%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 28 (5.41%) NoSQL
4 27 (5.21%) Power BI
5 20 (3.86%) MySQL
6 19 (3.67%) Oracle Database
7 16 (3.09%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.90%) Oracle Database 11g
9 14 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (2.12%) Couchbase
11 8 (1.54%) GIS
11 8 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.35%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.97%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.97%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.97%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (14.29%) Git
2 28 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.63%) Visual Studio
4 19 (3.67%) JIRA
5 12 (2.32%) GitLab
5 12 (2.32%) LabVIEW
6 7 (1.35%) JUnit
6 7 (1.35%) Selenium
7 6 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.97%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.97%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.97%) Subversion
9 3 (0.58%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.39%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.39%) GoogleTest
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.39%) Robot Framework
General
1 52 (10.04%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.30%) Public Sector
3 41 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.34%) Finance
5 11 (2.12%) Billing
6 10 (1.93%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.54%) Marketing
8 7 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.35%) Local Government
8 7 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (0.77%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.77%) Law
9 4 (0.77%) Police
9 4 (0.77%) Retail
10 3 (0.58%) Advertising
10 3 (0.58%) Banking
10 3 (0.58%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.58%) Music Industry
11 2 (0.39%) Aviation
11 2 (0.39%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (11.20%) .NET
2 49 (9.46%) HTML
3 48 (9.27%) CSS
4 46 (8.88%) AngularJS
5 41 (7.92%) React
6 31 (5.98%) REST
7 29 (5.60%) Spring
8 27 (5.21%) ASP.NET
9 24 (4.63%) Kafka
9 24 (4.63%) Spring Boot
10 23 (4.44%) Node.js
11 21 (4.05%) Web Services
12 18 (3.47%) RESTful
13 12 (2.32%) .NET Core
14 11 (2.12%) ASP.NET MVC
14 11 (2.12%) SOAP
14 11 (2.12%) Web Dynpro
15 10 (1.93%) JSON
15 10 (1.93%) XML
16 9 (1.74%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.28%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.32%) Robotics
3 10 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (1.74%) CCTV
5 6 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (0.97%) Housing Association
6 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.77%) IBM Mainframe
7 4 (0.77%) Mainframe
8 3 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.58%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.58%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.39%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.39%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.39%) IoT
9 2 (0.39%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.39%) NHS
9 2 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.39%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 54 (10.42%) Linux
2 19 (3.67%) Ubuntu
3 18 (3.47%) Debian
4 14 (2.70%) Windows
5 10 (1.93%) Unix
6 7 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.77%) Android
8 4 (0.77%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.77%) zOS
9 1 (0.19%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (28.38%) Agile
2 102 (19.69%) DevOps
3 76 (14.67%) Full Stack Development
4 63 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (11.78%) Software Engineering
6 46 (8.88%) Scrum
7 44 (8.49%) Microservices
8 40 (7.72%) Migration
9 38 (7.34%) TDD
10 37 (7.14%) CI/CD
10 37 (7.14%) Unit Testing
11 34 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (6.18%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (5.98%) Data Modelling
14 29 (5.60%) Data Migration
15 26 (5.02%) Analytics
16 24 (4.63%) User Experience
17 23 (4.44%) Clean Code
18 21 (4.05%) Architectural Design
18 21 (4.05%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 116 (22.39%) SQL
2 83 (16.02%) C#
3 81 (15.64%) JavaScript
4 74 (14.29%) Python
5 67 (12.93%) Java
6 39 (7.53%) PL/SQL
7 32 (6.18%) PHP
8 26 (5.02%) C++
9 23 (4.44%) C
10 19 (3.67%) PowerShell
11 14 (2.70%) ABAP
11 14 (2.70%) TypeScript
12 13 (2.51%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.93%) Scala
14 9 (1.74%) ProC
15 7 (1.35%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.16%) Go
16 6 (1.16%) VB
17 5 (0.97%) X++
Qualifications
1 118 (22.78%) Security Cleared
2 109 (21.04%) SC Cleared
3 13 (2.51%) Degree
3 13 (2.51%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.51%) QA
2 8 (1.54%) ISO 9001
2 8 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.97%) GDPR
5 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.39%) IFRS
6 2 (0.39%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.19%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.19%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.19%) MISRA
7 1 (0.19%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.19%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) SLA
7 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (4.63%) Docker
2 17 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (4.83%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.86%) Ansible
3 8 (1.54%) Terraform
4 4 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (0.77%) Podman
5 2 (0.39%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (11.78%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.27%) Oracle
3 23 (4.44%) ServiceNow
3 23 (4.44%) VMware
4 22 (4.25%) Red Hat
5 19 (3.67%) SAP
6 16 (3.09%) Adobe
7 15 (2.90%) Guidewire
8 8 (1.54%) Informatica
9 7 (1.35%) Google
9 7 (1.35%) IBM
9 7 (1.35%) IFS
10 6 (1.16%) Workday
11 5 (0.97%) Aareon
11 5 (0.97%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.97%) Remedy
11 5 (0.97%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.97%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.77%) Snow
12 4 (0.77%) Syncsort