Developer Contract Job Trends in Blackpool

Developer
Lancashire > Blackpool

The median Developer daily rate in Blackpool is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 12 4
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 4 2 32
As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool 22.22% 8.00% 38.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.22% 8.00% 43.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 27
10th Percentile £385 - £600
25th Percentile £418 - £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - £710
Median % change year-on-year - - +49.47%
75th Percentile £526 - £720
90th Percentile £532 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £551 £500 £674
% change year-on-year +10.10% -25.79% +41.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Blackpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Blackpool. 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 Blackpool with a recognized job title 18 25 74
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 59
10th Percentile £156 £259 £500
25th Percentile £364 £272 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £300 £645
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -53.49% +13.66%
75th Percentile £507 £563 £720
90th Percentile £546 £650 -
Lancashire median daily rate £498 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +4.74% -17.39% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.38% - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +15.39%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Blackpool

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Blackpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Blackpool over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Blackpool

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Blackpool

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Blackpool

Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, 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 Blackpool region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) CA Endevor
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) DB2
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) IMS/DB
2 1 (25.00%) JCL
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) MVS
2 1 (25.00%) PL/1
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) Syncsort
2 1 (25.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (25.00%) Validation

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) DB2
1 1 (25.00%) IMS/DB
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Code
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (25.00%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JCL
1 1 (25.00%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Syncsort