Developer Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Developer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Developer daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 51 77 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 20.82% 22.13% 13.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.87% 22.51% 13.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 61 45
10th Percentile £336 £370 £399
25th Percentile £363 £433 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £715 £600 £550
90th Percentile £720 £725 £620
North East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +0.05% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate - £49.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year - -1.01% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 223 342 384
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 98.28% 97.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 265 304
10th Percentile £271 £311 £165
25th Percentile £377 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £598
90th Percentile £650 £736 £688
North East median daily rate £475 £540 £475
% change year-on-year -12.04% +13.68% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 0 11
10th Percentile £11.50 - £11.17
25th Percentile £12.13 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.30%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £18.13
90th Percentile £60.00 - £19.91
North East median hourly rate £13.99 £40.75 £17.00
% change year-on-year -65.67% +139.71% +19.03%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Tyne and Wear

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Tyne and Wear

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Tyne and Wear

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Tyne and Wear

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +6 49 £500 +0.05% 22
Sunderland -2 2 £475 - 7
Developer
North East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 26 (50.98%) Artificial Intelligence
1 26 (50.98%) Degree
1 26 (50.98%) PayPal
1 26 (50.98%) Chatbot
1 26 (50.98%) Conversational UI
1 26 (50.98%) Code Quality
2 19 (37.25%) C#
3 17 (33.33%) HTML
3 17 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 15 (29.41%) SQL
5 14 (27.45%) Python
5 14 (27.45%) Software Engineering
6 11 (21.57%) Public Sector
7 7 (13.73%) ServiceNow
8 6 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (11.76%) Agile
8 6 (11.76%) ITIL
9 4 (7.84%) Line Management
9 4 (7.84%) Software Delivery
9 4 (7.84%) Roadmaps
9 4 (7.84%) Data Modelling
9 4 (7.84%) .NET
10 3 (5.88%) ABAP
10 3 (5.88%) Java
10 3 (5.88%) ETL
10 3 (5.88%) SAP
10 3 (5.88%) Scrum
10 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
10 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
10 3 (5.88%) Test Automation

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (1.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (50.98%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.88%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.96%) AWS
3 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.96%) dbt
3 1 (1.96%) GitHub
3 1 (1.96%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.92%) Power BI
2 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Git
General
1 11 (21.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (1.96%) Advertising
2 1 (1.96%) Billing
2 1 (1.96%) Law
2 1 (1.96%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (33.33%) HTML
2 4 (7.84%) .NET
3 3 (5.88%) AngularJS
4 2 (3.92%) CSS
5 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.96%) Express.js
5 1 (1.96%) Laravel
5 1 (1.96%) NestJS
5 1 (1.96%) Node.js
5 1 (1.96%) RESTful
5 1 (1.96%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) CMDB
3 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.96%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) Artificial Intelligence
1 26 (50.98%) Code Quality
1 26 (50.98%) Conversational UI
2 14 (27.45%) Software Engineering
3 6 (11.76%) Agile
3 6 (11.76%) ITIL
4 4 (7.84%) Data Modelling
4 4 (7.84%) Line Management
4 4 (7.84%) Roadmaps
4 4 (7.84%) Software Delivery
5 3 (5.88%) ETL
5 3 (5.88%) Scrum
5 3 (5.88%) Test Automation
6 2 (3.92%) Analytics
6 2 (3.92%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (3.92%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
6 2 (3.92%) Data Extraction
6 2 (3.92%) DevOps
6 2 (3.92%) Technology Transformation
6 2 (3.92%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (37.25%) C#
2 17 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 15 (29.41%) SQL
4 14 (27.45%) Python
5 3 (5.88%) ABAP
5 3 (5.88%) Java
6 2 (3.92%) Scala
7 1 (1.96%) PHP
7 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (50.98%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.92%) WCAG
2 1 (1.96%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Vendors
1 26 (50.98%) PayPal
2 7 (13.73%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.88%) SAP
4 2 (3.92%) Talend
4 2 (3.92%) Virgin Media
5 1 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.96%) mParticle
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce