Senior Backend Developer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Senior Backend Developer
England > East Midlands

As of 16 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Backend Developer daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.090% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £600 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -23.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 991 509 715
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.44% 89.14% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 348 479
10th Percentile £199 £200 £166
25th Percentile £391 £325 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £431 £410
Median % change year-on-year +7.25% +5.18% -8.89%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £550
90th Percentile £628 £600 £625
England median daily rate £513 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -2.19% -0.19% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 35 80
10th Percentile £13.51 £12.03 £11.82
25th Percentile £15.34 £18.44 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.30% +31.43% -15.05%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £51.25 £38.18 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.56 £30.00 £37.18
% change year-on-year +51.85% -19.31% -17.38%

Senior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Backend Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Senior Backend Developer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Senior Backend Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Backend Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Backend Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Senior Backend Developer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Backend Developer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Senior Backend Developer
England

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 May 2026, Senior Backend Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks