Developer Contracts in Coventry

Developer
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Developer daily rate in Coventry is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 8 11 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 8.25% 7.69% 14.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.99% 7.97% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 21
10th Percentile £408 £315 £363
25th Percentile £420 £413 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £470 £475 £500
90th Percentile £532 £478 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +8.82% -15.00% +6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 89 138 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 96.50% 97.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 112 188
10th Percentile £200 £351 £222
25th Percentile £236 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +9.38% +2.13%
75th Percentile £519 £616 £550
90th Percentile £635 £675 £666
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.73%
75th Percentile - - £24.42
90th Percentile - - £26.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Coventry

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Coventry

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Coventry over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Coventry

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Coventry

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 1 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 Coventry region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) HTML
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) CSS
1 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (50.00%) TypeScript
1 4 (50.00%) React
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (50.00%) PowerApps
1 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) SPFx
2 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Open Source
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Azure API Management
4 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (12.50%) Databricks
4 1 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Shiny
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (12.50%) Blazor
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (12.50%) API Development
4 1 (12.50%) API Design

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Azure API Management
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) CSS
1 4 (50.00%) HTML
1 4 (50.00%) React
2 3 (37.50%) SPFx
3 1 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) Blazor
3 1 (12.50%) RESTful
3 1 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (12.50%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
1 3 (37.50%) Web Development
2 2 (25.00%) Open Source
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) API Design
3 1 (12.50%) API Development
3 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 1 (12.50%) ETL
3 1 (12.50%) Front End Development
3 1 (12.50%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) OOP
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Statistics
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) R
2 1 (12.50%) Ruby
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks