Technical Debt Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Technical Debt
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Technical Debt skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Technical Debt 0 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire - - 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £322
75th Percentile - - £330
90th Percentile - - £417
East Midlands median daily rate £625 £515 £425
% change year-on-year +21.36% +21.18% +31.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Technical Debt falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 180 91 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 70.04% 81.25% 72.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 54 60
10th Percentile £224 £136 £261
25th Percentile £427 £284 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £533 £498
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% +7.04% +4.74%
75th Percentile £613 £719 £588
90th Percentile £651 £793 £627
East Midlands median daily rate £485 £410 £455
% change year-on-year +18.29% -9.89% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 10
10th Percentile - £15.25 -
25th Percentile £12.76 £25.04 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.60 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% -49.70% +81.82%
75th Percentile £25.75 - -
90th Percentile £29.80 - £50.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £17.00
% change year-on-year -5.30% +11.00% -38.18%

Technical Debt
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Debt relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Technical Debt job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Technical Debt
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Technical Debt.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Technical Debt