Developer Contracts in the City of London

Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Developer daily rate in the City of London is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 281 321 737
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 16.61% 14.89% 21.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.74% 15.66% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 215 535
10th Percentile £413 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £691 £725 £775
90th Percentile £813 £838 £875
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £75.49
25th Percentile £34.63 - £76.22
Median hourly rate £34.65 - £82.05
75th Percentile £34.68 - £87.47
90th Percentile - - £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £34.65 - £82.05
% change year-on-year - - +6.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,584 2,050 3,283
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 95.08% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,000 1,430 2,222
10th Percentile £355 £340 £363
25th Percentile £454 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £551 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.09% -8.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 20
10th Percentile £18.70 £14.18 £15.37
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -35.71% -1.41%
75th Percentile £46.25 £29.38 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.50 £40.00 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.26% -22.86% -3.45%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Developer 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the City of London

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.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the City of London

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 30 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 City of London region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 100 (35.59%) Finance
2 89 (31.67%) Agile
3 79 (28.11%) Java
4 74 (26.33%) Social Skills
5 68 (24.20%) SQL
5 68 (24.20%) Python
6 67 (23.84%) C#
7 64 (22.78%) AWS
8 63 (22.42%) JavaScript
9 62 (22.06%) DevOps
10 57 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (18.86%) React
12 52 (18.51%) CI/CD
13 50 (17.79%) Azure
14 49 (17.44%) .NET
15 47 (16.73%) Banking
16 43 (15.30%) Full-Stack Development
17 42 (14.95%) Kubernetes
18 41 (14.59%) HTML
19 39 (13.88%) Microservices
20 38 (13.52%) Security Cleared
21 37 (13.17%) SQL Server
22 34 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
23 33 (11.74%) Git
24 32 (11.39%) SC Cleared
25 31 (11.03%) CSS
25 31 (11.03%) Spring
26 29 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
27 27 (9.61%) NoSQL
28 26 (9.25%) Software Engineering

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 10 (3.56%) Apache
1 10 (3.56%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.20%) Confluence
3 5 (1.78%) CMS
4 3 (1.07%) Headless CMS
4 3 (1.07%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.36%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) Drupal
6 1 (0.36%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.49%) Endur
2 4 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.71%) OpenText MBPM
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.71%) SAP Convergent Charging
3 2 (0.71%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.36%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.36%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 64 (22.78%) AWS
2 50 (17.79%) Azure
3 23 (8.19%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.91%) Amazon S3
4 11 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (3.91%) GCP
5 8 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (2.85%) GitHub
6 7 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.49%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.49%) Serverless
7 6 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (2.14%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.78%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 5 (1.78%) CloudFront
8 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.78%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.78%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.07%) Firewall
1 3 (1.07%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.17%) SQL Server
2 29 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (9.61%) NoSQL
4 19 (6.76%) MongoDB
5 16 (5.69%) Power BI
6 14 (4.98%) Big Data
7 13 (4.63%) Relational Database
8 9 (3.20%) Redis
8 9 (3.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (2.85%) Hadoop
9 8 (2.85%) Tableau
10 7 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.14%) BusinessObjects
11 6 (2.14%) MySQL
11 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.78%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (1.78%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (1.78%) DocumentDB
13 3 (1.07%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.07%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (11.74%) Git
2 17 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.27%) JIRA
4 9 (3.20%) JUnit
5 8 (2.85%) Maven
6 7 (2.49%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (2.14%) Gradle
7 6 (2.14%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (1.78%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.78%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.42%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.07%) GitLab
10 3 (1.07%) NUnit
11 2 (0.71%) Ant
11 2 (0.71%) Babel
11 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.71%) ScriptRunner
11 2 (0.71%) webpack
11 2 (0.71%) Xcode
General
1 100 (35.59%) Finance
2 74 (26.33%) Social Skills
3 47 (16.73%) Banking
4 34 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.25%) Front Office
6 24 (8.54%) Public Sector
7 19 (6.76%) Investment Banking
8 10 (3.56%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.20%) Marketing
9 9 (3.20%) Retail Banking
10 7 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.49%) Retail
11 6 (2.14%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.78%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.78%) Legal
13 4 (1.42%) Back Office
14 3 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.36%) Advertising
15 1 (0.36%) Games
15 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (18.86%) React
2 49 (17.44%) .NET
3 41 (14.59%) HTML
4 31 (11.03%) CSS
4 31 (11.03%) Spring
5 23 (8.19%) AngularJS
5 23 (8.19%) REST
6 22 (7.83%) RESTful
7 21 (7.47%) Kafka
7 21 (7.47%) Spring Boot
7 21 (7.47%) Web Services
8 16 (5.69%) GraphQL
9 12 (4.27%) Node.js
10 10 (3.56%) WPF
11 8 (2.85%) jQuery
11 8 (2.85%) SOAP
12 7 (2.49%) .NET Framework
12 7 (2.49%) ASP.NET
12 7 (2.49%) Django
12 7 (2.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 12 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.20%) Market Risk
3 9 (3.20%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.85%) Derivative
4 8 (2.85%) Fixed Income
5 7 (2.49%) Equities
6 6 (2.14%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.78%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.78%) CMDB
7 5 (1.78%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.78%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.78%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.41%) Linux
2 9 (3.20%) Unix
3 6 (2.14%) Android
4 5 (1.78%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (31.67%) Agile
2 62 (22.06%) DevOps
3 57 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (18.51%) CI/CD
5 43 (15.30%) Full-Stack Development
6 39 (13.88%) Microservices
7 26 (9.25%) Software Engineering
7 26 (9.25%) Unit Testing
8 25 (8.90%) Clean Code
8 25 (8.90%) SOLID
9 23 (8.19%) Analytics
9 23 (8.19%) User Experience
10 20 (7.12%) API Development
10 20 (7.12%) TDD
11 18 (6.41%) Front End Development
12 17 (6.05%) Computer Science
12 17 (6.05%) Web Development
13 16 (5.69%) Data Analysis
14 15 (5.34%) Code Quality
14 15 (5.34%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 79 (28.11%) Java
2 68 (24.20%) Python
2 68 (24.20%) SQL
3 67 (23.84%) C#
4 63 (22.42%) JavaScript
5 26 (9.25%) TypeScript
6 13 (4.63%) C++
7 8 (2.85%) Apex Code
7 8 (2.85%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.78%) Go
8 5 (1.78%) Swift
9 4 (1.42%) Ruby
9 4 (1.42%) VBA
10 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.07%) Groovy
10 3 (1.07%) Perl
10 3 (1.07%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.07%) Scala
11 2 (0.71%) ABAP
11 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.39%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.47%) Degree
4 11 (3.91%) AWS Certified Developer
4 11 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.07%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.07%) PhD
7 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.63%) QA
2 11 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.07%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.07%) EMIR
3 3 (1.07%) MiFID
4 1 (0.36%) GDPR
4 1 (0.36%) GRC
4 1 (0.36%) IFRS
4 1 (0.36%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (8.54%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 42 (14.95%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.98%) Terraform
3 7 (2.49%) Ansible
4 2 (0.71%) Istio
4 2 (0.71%) Kibana
4 2 (0.71%) Puppet
5 1 (0.36%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.36%) Control-M
5 1 (0.36%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.36%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 24 (8.54%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.83%) Oracle
3 19 (6.76%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.85%) OpenLink
5 8 (2.85%) Splunk
6 5 (1.78%) Google
6 5 (1.78%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.42%) Databricks
7 4 (1.42%) IBM
7 4 (1.42%) SAP
7 4 (1.42%) UiPath
8 3 (1.07%) Axway
8 3 (1.07%) webMethods
9 2 (0.71%) Apple
9 2 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.71%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.71%) Calypso
9 2 (0.71%) OpenText
9 2 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud