Systems Developer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

System Developer
England > East Midlands

The median System Developer daily rate in the East Midlands is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Developer 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
England median daily rate £500 £448 £475
% change year-on-year +11.73% -5.79% +9.84%

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 980 459 720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.99% 89.13% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 306 481
10th Percentile £199 £200 £166
25th Percentile £382 £331 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £413
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +8.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £543 £525 £550
90th Percentile £611 £600 £625
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 29 79
10th Percentile £13.45 £11.44 £11.81
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.20 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.94 £23.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% +31.43% -14.05%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.16 £26.15
90th Percentile £51.25 £32.16 £51.91
England median hourly rate £46.50 £31.70 £35.83
% change year-on-year +46.69% -11.53% -20.38%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Systems Developer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Systems Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Systems Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Systems 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 Systems Developer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 - 5 £500 -
Systems Developer
England

Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) ContrOCC
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (80.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow

Systems 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) ContrOCC
General
1 4 (80.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Liquidlogic