Backend Developer Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Backend Developer
Essex > Basildon

The median Backend Developer daily rate in Basildon is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Backend Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 7.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £510 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. 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 Basildon with a recognized job title 26 13 39
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 17
10th Percentile £226 - £201
25th Percentile £300 £315 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £318 £575
Median % change year-on-year +43.87% -44.70% +13.86%
75th Percentile £515 £321 £600
90th Percentile £526 £408 £634
Essex median daily rate £375 £328 £450
% change year-on-year +14.50% -27.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 18
10th Percentile £36.14 - £35.65
25th Percentile £46.25 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £57.75
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -48.05% -7.97%
75th Percentile £61.25 - £78.75
90th Percentile £66.50 - £80.00
Essex median hourly rate £22.04 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -37.04% +7.69% -10.34%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Backend Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Backend Developer job vacancy trend in Basildon

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Backend Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basildon region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (100.00%) TDD

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 2 (100.00%) Google