Systems Developer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

System Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median System Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Developer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% - 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £421
25th Percentile £225 - £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £509
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.42%
75th Percentile £275 - £571
90th Percentile - - £605
West Midlands median daily rate £600 - £509
% change year-on-year - - +31.42%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 837 536 693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 89.33% 96.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 355 453
10th Percentile £313 £177 £201
25th Percentile £404 £328 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £617 £550 £625
90th Percentile £700 £645 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -0.41% -1.60% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 44 16
10th Percentile £14.79 - £15.61
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.62 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.09 £14.00 £34.56
Median % change year-on-year +100.64% -59.49% +81.91%
75th Percentile £55.00 £26.51 £53.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £34.29 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.80 £25.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year +18.49% +19.76% -3.67%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Systems Developer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Systems Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 20 September 2026, Systems 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 Birmingham region featuring Systems Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT

Systems Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET