Software Developer Contracts in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Software Developer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 99 110
Rank change year-on-year +53 +11 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 27 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.71% 0.31% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 0.32% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile - £316 £403
25th Percentile - £386 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £516
90th Percentile £590 - £550
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% -2.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 925 1,582 1,881
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 97.47% 97.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 1,101 1,354
10th Percentile £275 £325 £250
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £494
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.33% +9.72%
75th Percentile £577 £600 £556
90th Percentile £668 £700 £644
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 54
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.70 £10.33
25th Percentile £12.25 £15.75 £12.00
Median hourly rate £15.17 £32.50 £17.18
Median % change year-on-year -53.32% +89.23% -21.00%
75th Percentile £22.75 £63.75 £21.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -34.09% +25.71% -9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in West Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Leeds +40 27 £450 -7.69% 6
Software Developer
Yorkshire

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 23 (85.19%) Degree
1 23 (85.19%) Artificial Intelligence
1 23 (85.19%) PayPal
1 23 (85.19%) Conversational UI
1 23 (85.19%) Chatbot
1 23 (85.19%) Code Quality
2 12 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 12 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 12 (44.44%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) C#
3 11 (40.74%) HTML
3 11 (40.74%) Python
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
5 2 (7.41%) TDD
5 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
5 2 (7.41%) Web Design
5 2 (7.41%) Java
5 2 (7.41%) Unix
5 2 (7.41%) Linux
5 2 (7.41%) Web Development
5 2 (7.41%) Microservices
5 2 (7.41%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (7.41%) Kafka
5 2 (7.41%) JAX-RS
5 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.41%) Mockito
5 2 (7.41%) BDD
5 2 (7.41%) MongoDB

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 23 (85.19%) Chatbot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Mockito
General
1 1 (3.70%) Finance
1 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (40.74%) HTML
2 2 (7.41%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (7.41%) JAX-RS
2 2 (7.41%) Kafka
3 1 (3.70%) CSS
3 1 (3.70%) React
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
1 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
1 2 (7.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Artificial Intelligence
1 23 (85.19%) Code Quality
1 23 (85.19%) Conversational UI
2 12 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 2 (7.41%) BDD
4 2 (7.41%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (7.41%) Microservices
4 2 (7.41%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (7.41%) TDD
4 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
4 2 (7.41%) Web Design
4 2 (7.41%) Web Development
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) Data Management
5 1 (3.70%) Fintech
5 1 (3.70%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.70%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) C#
1 12 (44.44%) JavaScript
1 12 (44.44%) SQL
2 11 (40.74%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) Java
4 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (85.19%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) PayPal
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft