Developer Contracts in the East of England

The median contractor rate for a Developer was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies in the East of England during the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Developer England / East of England
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	2	3	1
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer	482	472	626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England	20.95%	18.93%	20.54%
As % of the Job Titles category	22.33%	19.68%	21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted	314	274	378
Median daily rate	£400	£375	£360
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.66%	+4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£289	£250	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£538	£480	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	13	15	23
Median hourly rate	£40.75	£32.50	£38.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+25.38%	-14.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£35.00	£28.70	£19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£62.50	£38.20	£49.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£40.00	£37.50
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles East of England
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	2159	2398	2905
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England	93.83%	96.15%	95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted	1254	1368	1729
Median daily rate	£425	£400	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£163	£200
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£545	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	170	191	255
Median hourly rate	£17.50	£16.50	£17.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+6.06%	-2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.02	£12.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£45.00	£40.00	£41.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+9.06%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the East of England that featured Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire	0	122	£369	-1.66%	135
Essex	+1	118	£475	+35.71%	40
Hertfordshire	+7	115	£380	-9.25%	81
Bedfordshire	+7	64	£388	+10.71%	17
Suffolk	-1	34	£400	-5.88%	28
Norfolk	-5	29	£350	+7.69%	10
East Anglia	-5	2	£413	-2.94%
Developer England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the East of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1	398 (42.61%)	Agile Software Development
2	344 (36.83%)	JavaScript
3	320 (34.26%)	Java
4	308 (32.98%)	HTML
4	308 (32.98%)	TDD
5	260 (27.84%)	.NET
6	255 (27.30%)	CSS
7	252 (26.98%)	SQL
8	251 (26.87%)	C#
9	218 (23.34%)	XML
10	172 (18.42%)	MVC
11	158 (16.92%)	SQL Server
11	158 (16.92%)	JSON
12	149 (15.95%)	AngularJS
13	139 (14.88%)	Oracle

14	130 (13.92%)	Git (software)
15	129 (13.81%)	Web Services
16	128 (13.70%)	HTML5
17	124 (13.28%)	jQuery
18	119 (12.74%)	Microsoft
19	113 (12.10%)	Continuous Integration
20	111 (11.88%)	Finance
21	108 (11.56%)	RESTful
22	106 (11.35%)	Business Intelligence
23	103 (11.03%)	ASP.NET
24	102 (10.92%)	Spring
25	99 (10.60%)	Web Development
26	93 (9.96%)	Node.js
27	92 (9.85%)	Jenkins
28	91 (9.74%)	REST

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	46 (4.93%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	42 (4.50%)	WebLogic
3	40 (4.28%)	Oracle Service Bus
4	36 (3.85%)	Mule
5	34 (3.64%)	WebSphere
6	32 (3.43%)	CMS
7	30 (3.21%)	JBoss
8	22 (2.36%)	SharePoint
9	21 (2.25%)	Apache
10	17 (1.82%)	IIS
11	16 (1.71%)	BizTalk Server
12	13 (1.39%)	WebSphere Application Server
13	12 (1.28%)	Adobe Experience Manager
14	10 (1.07%)	Tomcat
15	9 (0.96%)	Cloud Foundry
15	9 (0.96%)	Drupal
15	9 (0.96%)	Elasticsearch
16	8 (0.86%)	Sitecore CMS
17	7 (0.75%)	Apache Spark
17	7 (0.75%)	Confluence

Applications
1	9 (0.96%)	Microsoft Office
2	8 (0.86%)	Photoshop
3	7 (0.75%)	MS Visio
4	5 (0.54%)	Adobe Illustrator
4	5 (0.54%)	Microsoft Excel
4	5 (0.54%)	OmniGraffle

Business Applications
1	37 (3.96%)	Dynamics CRM
1	37 (3.96%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	13 (1.39%)	Adobe Campaign
3	11 (1.18%)	Unica
4	7 (0.75%)	Dynamics AX
5	6 (0.64%)	Oracle BPM
5	6 (0.64%)	SDL Web 8
6	4 (0.43%)	Dynamics NAV
6	4 (0.43%)	Magento
6	4 (0.43%)	Payment Gateway
6	4 (0.43%)	SAP HCM
7	3 (0.32%)	Oracle EBS
8	2 (0.21%)	Oracle EBS R12
8	2 (0.21%)	Oracle ERP
9	1 (0.11%)	Lorenzo
9	1 (0.11%)	Oracle Cash Management
9	1 (0.11%)	Oracle General Ledger
9	1 (0.11%)	Oracle Payables
9	1 (0.11%)	Oracle Receivables
9	1 (0.11%)	Salesforce.com CRM

Cloud Services
1	43 (4.60%)	Microsoft Azure
2	35 (3.75%)	Amazon AWS
3	33 (3.53%)	GitHub
4	8 (0.86%)	Adobe Analytics
4	8 (0.86%)	Office 365
5	7 (0.75%)	Amazon S3
5	7 (0.75%)	SaaS
6	6 (0.64%)	AWS Lambda
6	6 (0.64%)	Google Analytics
7	4 (0.43%)	Amazon EC2
7	4 (0.43%)	Amazon SQS
7	4 (0.43%)	Boomi
7	4 (0.43%)	Dynamics 365
7	4 (0.43%)	PaaS
7	4 (0.43%)	SuccessFactors
7	4 (0.43%)	Yammer
8	3 (0.32%)	AWS CloudFormation
9	2 (0.21%)	Route 53
10	1 (0.11%)	Amazon CloudSearch
10	1 (0.11%)	Google Cloud Platform

Communications & Networking
1	29 (3.10%)	HTTP
2	21 (2.25%)	LDAP
3	11 (1.18%)	SSL
4	9 (0.96%)	Internet
5	8 (0.86%)	TCP/IP
6	4 (0.43%)	Intranet
6	4 (0.43%)	VoIP
6	4 (0.43%)	Wi-Fi
6	4 (0.43%)	Wireshark
7	2 (0.21%)	Bluetooth
7	2 (0.21%)	DNS
7	2 (0.21%)	IMAP
7	2 (0.21%)	Skype
7	2 (0.21%)	SMTP
8	1 (0.11%)	HTTPS
8	1 (0.11%)	MQTT
8	1 (0.11%)	RS-232
8	1 (0.11%)	SMPP
8	1 (0.11%)	Wireless
8	1 (0.11%)	X.509

Database & Business Intelligence
1	158 (16.92%)	SQL Server
2	66 (7.07%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	60 (6.42%)	Relational Database
4	58 (6.21%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	57 (6.10%)	MySQL
6	32 (3.43%)	MongoDB
7	30 (3.21%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
8	29 (3.10%)	NoSQL
9	27 (2.89%)	Data Warehouse
10	24 (2.57%)	MariaDB
11	22 (2.36%)	SQL Server 2008
12	20 (2.14%)	Big Data
13	18 (1.93%)	BusinessObjects
13	18 (1.93%)	Oracle Database
14	17 (1.82%)	Crystal Reports
14	17 (1.82%)	PostgreSQL
14	17 (1.82%)	SQL Server 2012
15	16 (1.71%)	Hadoop
16	15 (1.61%)	QlikView
17	13 (1.39%)	SQL Server 2014

Development Applications
1	130 (13.92%)	Git (software)
2	92 (9.85%)	Jenkins
3	60 (6.42%)	Maven
4	56 (6.00%)	JUnit
5	52 (5.57%)	Subversion
6	47 (5.03%)	Team Foundation Server
7	37 (3.96%)	Visual Studio
8	28 (3.00%)	gulp
9	23 (2.46%)	JIRA
10	22 (2.36%)	Gradle
11	21 (2.25%)	Mockito
12	19 (2.03%)	Grunt
13	18 (1.93%)	SoapUI
14	17 (1.82%)	Selenium
15	16 (1.71%)	Calabash
16	14 (1.50%)	Cucumber
16	14 (1.50%)	Jasmine
17	13 (1.39%)	Atlassian Bamboo
17	13 (1.39%)	NUnit
17	13 (1.39%)	Xcode

General
1	111 (11.88%)	Finance
2	57 (6.10%)	Manufacturing
3	56 (6.00%)	Telecoms
4	49 (5.25%)	Electronics
5	43 (4.60%)	Marketing
6	37 (3.96%)	Retail
7	24 (2.57%)	Automotive
8	10 (1.07%)	Advertising
9	9 (0.96%)	Banking
9	9 (0.96%)	Publishing
10	6 (0.64%)	Games
11	5 (0.54%)	Billing
11	5 (0.54%)	Pharmaceutical
12	4 (0.43%)	Interactive Media
12	4 (0.43%)	Law
12	4 (0.43%)	Legal
13	2 (0.21%)	General Ledger
14	1 (0.11%)	French Language
14	1 (0.11%)	Local Government
14	1 (0.11%)	Multimedia

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	308 (32.98%)	HTML
2	260 (27.84%)	.NET
3	255 (27.30%)	CSS
4	218 (23.34%)	XML
5	158 (16.92%)	JSON
6	149 (15.95%)	AngularJS
7	129 (13.81%)	Web Services
8	128 (13.70%)	HTML5
9	124 (13.28%)	jQuery
10	108 (11.56%)	RESTful
11	103 (11.03%)	ASP.NET
12	102 (10.92%)	Spring
13	93 (9.96%)	Node.js
14	91 (9.74%)	REST
15	87 (9.31%)	XSLT
16	86 (9.21%)	CSS3
17	69 (7.39%)	Sass
18	67 (7.17%)	.NET Framework
19	63 (6.75%)	Twitter Bootstrap
20	60 (6.42%)	Hibernate

Miscellaneous
1	73 (7.82%)	Mobile App
2	69 (7.39%)	Greenfield Project
3	37 (3.96%)	Animation
4	35 (3.75%)	User Experience
5	32 (3.43%)	Analytical Skills
6	31 (3.32%)	Enterprise Software
7	26 (2.78%)	Computer Science
8	11 (1.18%)	Data Structures
8	11 (1.18%)	NHS
9	10 (1.07%)	iPhone
10	9 (0.96%)	Algorithms
11	7 (0.75%)	Client/Server
11	7 (0.75%)	DataPower
12	6 (0.64%)	e-Learning
12	6 (0.64%)	W3C
13	5 (0.54%)	Graphic Design
13	5 (0.54%)	Social Media
13	5 (0.54%)	Virtual Team
13	5 (0.54%)	Web 2.0
14	4 (0.43%)	Embedded Systems

Operating Systems
1	86 (9.21%)	Linux
2	76 (8.14%)	Unix
3	61 (6.53%)	Windows
4	59 (6.32%)	Android
5	38 (4.07%)	Apple iOS
6	24 (2.57%)	Mac OS X
7	9 (0.96%)	Solaris
8	7 (0.75%)	Windows Server
9	4 (0.43%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	3 (0.32%)	HPUX
11	2 (0.21%)	Embedded Linux
11	2 (0.21%)	Mac OS
12	1 (0.11%)	Ubuntu
12	1 (0.11%)	Windows 10
12	1 (0.11%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	398 (42.61%)	Agile Software Development
2	308 (32.98%)	TDD
3	172 (18.42%)	MVC
4	113 (12.10%)	Continuous Integration
5	106 (11.35%)	Business Intelligence
6	99 (10.60%)	Web Development
7	90 (9.64%)	OO
8	80 (8.57%)	Scrum
9	79 (8.46%)	E-Commerce
9	79 (8.46%)	SOA
10	68 (7.28%)	BDD
11	65 (6.96%)	Test Automation
12	62 (6.64%)	Front End Development
12	62 (6.64%)	Pair Programming
13	59 (6.32%)	Microservices
14	57 (6.10%)	DevOps
15	50 (5.35%)	CRM
16	49 (5.25%)	Android Development
17	38 (4.07%)	Mentoring
18	37 (3.96%)	OOD

Programming Languages
1	344 (36.83%)	JavaScript
2	320 (34.26%)	Java
3	252 (26.98%)	SQL
4	251 (26.87%)	C#
5	56 (6.00%)	Python
6	50 (5.35%)	T-SQL
7	44 (4.71%)	PHP
7	44 (4.71%)	XPath
8	43 (4.60%)	C++
9	37 (3.96%)	PL/SQL
10	33 (3.53%)	C
11	23 (2.46%)	Objective-C
12	20 (2.14%)	Groovy
12	20 (2.14%)	VB.NET
13	15 (1.61%)	Apple Swift
13	15 (1.61%)	ES6
14	14 (1.50%)	Embedded C
15	11 (1.18%)	Scala
15	11 (1.18%)	VBScript
16	10 (1.07%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	57 (6.10%)	Degree
2	24 (2.57%)	Security Cleared
3	15 (1.61%)	Computer Science Degree
4	11 (1.18%)	SC Cleared
5	7 (0.75%)	Microsoft Certification
6	3 (0.32%)	BPSS Clearance
6	3 (0.32%)	DV Cleared
6	3 (0.32%)	Sun Certification
7	2 (0.21%)	Master's Degree
7	2 (0.21%)	Numerate Degree
8	1 (0.11%)	CISA
8	1 (0.11%)	CISM
8	1 (0.11%)	CISSP
8	1 (0.11%)	GSEC
8	1 (0.11%)	MCP
8	1 (0.11%)	PhD

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	19 (2.03%)	QA
2	5 (0.54%)	Disclosure Scotland
3	3 (0.32%)	Data Quality
3	3 (0.32%)	IFRS
3	3 (0.32%)	IFRS 9
3	3 (0.32%)	SLA
3	3 (0.32%)	WAI
4	1 (0.11%)	GxP
4	1 (0.11%)	ISO 8583
4	1 (0.11%)	MiFID

System Software
1	19 (2.03%)	Docker
2	4 (0.43%)	Active Directory
2	4 (0.43%)	Apache Flume
3	2 (0.21%)	Firmware
4	1 (0.11%)	HDFS
4	1 (0.11%)	KVM
4	1 (0.11%)	LXC
4	1 (0.11%)	Oracle RAC
4	1 (0.11%)	Slurm Workload Manager
4	1 (0.11%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	19 (2.03%)	Opscode Chef
2	16 (1.71%)	Puppet
3	13 (1.39%)	Ansible
4	7 (0.75%)	WebSphere Cast Iron
5	3 (0.32%)	TeamSite
6	1 (0.11%)	CloudHub
6	1 (0.11%)	Hadoop YARN
6	1 (0.11%)	Mesos
6	1 (0.11%)	Oozie
6	1 (0.11%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
6	1 (0.11%)	Tivoli

Vendors
1	139 (14.88%)	Oracle
2	119 (12.74%)	Microsoft
3	57 (6.10%)	SAP
4	40 (4.28%)	WSO2
5	35 (3.75%)	IBM
6	23 (2.46%)	Adobe
7	14 (1.50%)	Google
7	14 (1.50%)	Salesforce.com
8	13 (1.39%)	Xamarin
9	12 (1.28%)	Sitecore
10	10 (1.07%)	Sybase
11	8 (0.86%)	Telerik
12	6 (0.64%)	Atlassian
12	6 (0.64%)	Zend
13	5 (0.54%)	Omniture
13	5 (0.54%)	Red Hat
14	4 (0.43%)	Dell
14	4 (0.43%)	Infor
14	4 (0.43%)	Informatica
14	4 (0.43%)	webMethods