Systems Programmer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

System Programmer
England > East Midlands

As of 25 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median System Programmer daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £415 £475
% change year-on-year - -12.63% -

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 910 454 709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.13% 90.62% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 313 483
10th Percentile £190 £200 £160
25th Percentile £360 £320 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £538
90th Percentile £625 £588 £638
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 19 78
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.58 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £18.29 £14.18
Median hourly rate £19.57 £24.18 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +36.51% -5.53%
75th Percentile £25.15 £27.33 £24.25
90th Percentile £30.33 £37.00 £33.78
England median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -23.53%

Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Systems Programmer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Systems Programmer
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 Programmer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 March 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
Leicestershire - 2 - -
Systems Programmer
England

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 March 2026, Systems Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Intranet

Systems Programmer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet