Developer Contracts in Watford

Developer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Developer daily rate in Watford is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 19 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 8 5 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 6.84% 3.42% 16.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% 3.57% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 16
10th Percentile £416 - £381
25th Percentile £427 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £468
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +39.04% +3.89%
75th Percentile £480 - £538
90th Percentile £513 - £544
Hertfordshire median daily rate £430 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -14.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% +10.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 112 140 152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 95.89% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 98 108
10th Percentile £276 £186 £144
25th Percentile £325 £400 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +41.18% -
75th Percentile £550 £747 £538
90th Percentile £720 £895 £638
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 6
10th Percentile - - £18.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £21.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% -37.14% +112.12%
75th Percentile £14.75 £35.08 £36.88
90th Percentile - £35.80 £43.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Watford

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Watford

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Watford region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) SaaS
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Product Backlog
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (37.50%) Data Design
3 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
3 3 (37.50%) REST
3 3 (37.50%) Apex Code
3 3 (37.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 3 (37.50%) QlikView
3 3 (37.50%) Visualforce
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (37.50%) ETL
3 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) CSS
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) SAP

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (37.50%) QlikView
2 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Qlik Sense
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Marketing
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Games
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (37.50%) REST
1 3 (37.50%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Data Design
2 3 (37.50%) ETL
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Product Backlog
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Storage Management
3 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Apex Code
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (37.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) IFS