Developer
South East > Berkshire
The median Developer daily rate in Berkshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 17 | 17 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | 0 | +2 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Developer | 100 | 178 | 171 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 8.53% | 8.97% | 9.45% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 9.22% | 9.54% | 9.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 143 | 133 |
| 10th Percentile | £368 | £375 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £432 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.71% | +5.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £656 | £580 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £688 | £620 |
| South East median daily rate | £463 | £495 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.57% | -5.71% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £77.19 | £48.75 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.34% | -30.36% | +6.87% |
| South East median hourly rate | £52.50 | £58.91 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.87% | -15.85% | +32.08% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title | 1,085 | 1,866 | 1,720 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 94.05% | 95.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 655 | 992 | 1,104 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £213 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £381 | £415 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £504 | £513 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.76% | -2.38% | +7.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £608 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £713 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +2.42% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 116 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £27.46 | £18.75 | £17.61 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.06 | £41.44 | £22.66 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.37 | £59.50 | £56.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.51% | +4.60% | +170.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £76.77 | £70.42 | £73.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.19 | £86.32 | £79.72 |
| South East median hourly rate | £32.50 | £47.50 | £48.40 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.58% | -1.86% | +130.48% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Berkshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Berkshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
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| Reading | 0 | 61 | £550 | +7.32% | 64 |
| Wokingham | +1 | 14 | £425 | -31.73% | |
| Windsor | -10 | 7 | £450 | -33.33% | |
| Slough | -7 | 2 | £568 | +51.33% | 44 |
| Bracknell | +18 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Maidenhead | +1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
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Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Berkshire region featuring Developer in the job title.
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Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:
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