Developer Contracts in Darlington

Developer
Durham > Darlington

The median Developer daily rate in Darlington is £470, 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 2 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Darlington 36.36% - 5.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 36.36% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £458 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.31%
75th Percentile - - £460
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median daily rate £470 £650 £410
% change year-on-year -27.69% +58.54% -13.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Darlington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Darlington. 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 Darlington with a recognized job title 11 15 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 71.43% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 15
10th Percentile £385 £263 £166
25th Percentile £451 £303 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £425 £238
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% +78.95% -13.64%
75th Percentile £531 - £445
90th Percentile £618 - £670
Durham median daily rate £463 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +15.63% - +90.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.13 - -
Median hourly rate £18.75 £15.46 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% - -
75th Percentile £19.38 £30.73 -
90th Percentile - £39.89 -
Durham median hourly rate £18.75 £11.27 -
% change year-on-year +66.44% - -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Darlington

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Darlington

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Darlington

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Darlington

Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Darlington

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 Darlington region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 4 (100.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) SPFx
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Darlington 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) React
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft