Developer Contracts in Basildon

Developer
Essex > Basildon

The median Developer daily rate in Basildon is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 13 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Developer 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basildon 14.81% 4.08% -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.81% 4.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £426 - -
25th Percentile £466 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £488 - -
Essex median daily rate £488 £225 £508
% change year-on-year +116.89% -55.67% -0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Essex median hourly rate - £80.00 -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Basildon with a recognized job title 27 47 30
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 95.92% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 23
10th Percentile £365 £254 £292
25th Percentile £400 £300 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £514
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -22.18% +18.43%
75th Percentile £488 - £590
90th Percentile £488 £420 £599
Essex median daily rate £400 £363 £507
% change year-on-year +10.34% -28.50% +12.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 26 2
10th Percentile £41.90 £29.09 £25.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £54.75 £30.63
Median hourly rate £71.00 £75.00 £40.84
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +83.65% +89.94%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £50.63
90th Percentile - - £55.50
Essex median hourly rate £31.33 £59.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -47.35% +36.37% +102.93%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Basildon

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Basildon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Basildon

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Basildon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Basildon

Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Basildon region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Power Query
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Finance

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft