Developer Contracts in Chester

Developer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Developer daily rate in Chester is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 16 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 4.00% 4.82% 7.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 4.94% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £296 £390 £358
25th Percentile £328 £431 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +29.03% +10.71%
75th Percentile £503 £519 £400
90th Percentile £539 £530 -
Cheshire median daily rate £320 £550 £460
% change year-on-year -41.82% +19.57% +16.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 44 81 62
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.00% 97.59% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 46 29
10th Percentile £199 £269 £200
25th Percentile £225 £293 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £406 £425
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% +43.46%
75th Percentile £675 £509 £538
90th Percentile £738 £669 £630
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £486 £438
% change year-on-year +2.85% +11.11% +0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £36.54 £23.15 £14.37
25th Percentile £41.25 £27.25 £16.49
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.88 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +29.27% +95.41% -6.01%
75th Percentile £47.50 £35.00 £20.42
90th Percentile - £36.50 £24.69
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.50 £23.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year -2.81% +10.24% +17.32%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Chester

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Chester.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Chester

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Chester over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Chester

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Chester.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Chester

Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Chester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (50.00%) Blazor
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (50.00%) Blazor
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL