The median contractor rate for a Developer was £550 per day in advertised job vacancies in the City of London during the 6 months to 12 April 2021.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title
2,252
3,769
6,409
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
93.48%
93.29%
94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,668
2,881
4,982
10th Percentile
£325
£300
£313
25th Percentile
£425
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£500
£513
Median % change year-on-year
+5.00%
-2.44%
+2.50%
75th Percentile
£625
£600
£597
90th Percentile
£700
£675
£675
Central London median daily rate
£525
£500
£513
% change year-on-year
+5.00%
-2.44%
+2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted
24
57
59
10th Percentile
£12.11
£12.42
£11.75
25th Percentile
£15.94
£14.38
£14.25
Median hourly rate
£23.00
£21.00
£18.70
Median % change year-on-year
+9.52%
+12.30%
-
75th Percentile
£27.25
£38.68
£23.45
90th Percentile
£37.03
£52.25
£37.50
Central London median hourly rate
£23.00
£20.50
£19.25
% change year-on-year
+12.20%
+6.49%
+2.94%
Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Developer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the City of London.
Developer Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 April 2021.
Developer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the City of London.
Developer Contract Job Locations in the City of London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the City of London region over the 6 months to 12 April 2021. 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
Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 12 April 2021, Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Developer in the job title.
Developer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
