Developer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Developer
England > East of England

The median Developer daily rate in the East of England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 26 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 156 83 130
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.47% 6.37% 8.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.13% 7.57% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 54 68
10th Percentile £374 £374 £271
25th Percentile £452 £463 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +40.00% -17.81%
75th Percentile £600 £574 £450
90th Percentile £638 £621 £529
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 10
10th Percentile £40.55 £33.96 -
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.83 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +0.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile - £67.00 -
90th Percentile £70.20 - £65.38
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +6.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 2,187 1,097 1,320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 84.19% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 878 492 526
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £699 £625
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 638 265 314
10th Percentile £14.66 £14.36 £14.89
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.30 £21.37
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.74 £45.70
Median % change year-on-year +52.74% -28.37% +4.46%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.75 £67.85
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.92%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

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 6 months to 30 September 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
Essex +10 50 £544 +11.53% 27
Hertfordshire -27 33 £475 -12.12% 46
Bedfordshire +17 27 £570 +3.64% 4
Suffolk -3 26 £495 +16.47% 22
Cambridgeshire +2 20 £525 +4.48% 71
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 30 September 2026, 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 of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 63 (40.38%) Software Engineering
2 54 (34.62%) Java
3 49 (31.41%) CI/CD
4 46 (29.49%) DevOps
5 40 (25.64%) Agile
6 32 (20.51%) Azure
7 28 (17.95%) GCP
8 27 (17.31%) Git
8 27 (17.31%) Microservices
9 26 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (16.03%) SQL
11 24 (15.38%) TDD
12 21 (13.46%) Microsoft
13 20 (12.82%) Oracle
13 20 (12.82%) Python
14 19 (12.18%) Identity Access Management
15 17 (10.90%) Analytics
15 17 (10.90%) Power Platform
16 16 (10.26%) AWS
16 16 (10.26%) C#
16 16 (10.26%) Relational Database
17 15 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
17 15 (9.62%) Docker
17 15 (9.62%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (8.97%) JavaScript
18 14 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
18 14 (8.97%) SDLC
18 14 (8.97%) Spring Boot
18 14 (8.97%) Test Automation
19 13 (8.33%) Customer Service

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.92%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (4.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 4 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.51%) Azure
2 28 (17.95%) GCP
3 17 (10.90%) Power Platform
4 16 (10.26%) AWS
5 15 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (9.62%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (5.13%) Google Ads
6 8 (5.13%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.21%) GitHub
7 5 (3.21%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.56%) Apple Pay
8 4 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.92%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.28%) npm
10 2 (1.28%) Yarn
11 1 (0.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.69%) Firewall
1 12 (7.69%) VPN
2 11 (7.05%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.49%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.56%) 5G
4 4 (2.56%) DNS
4 4 (2.56%) HTTP
4 4 (2.56%) SSH
4 4 (2.56%) VoIP
5 3 (1.92%) 4G
5 3 (1.92%) Asterisk PBX
5 3 (1.92%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.92%) RS-232
5 3 (1.92%) RS-485
5 3 (1.92%) RTCP
5 3 (1.92%) RTP
6 2 (1.28%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.64%) DSL
7 1 (0.64%) FTP
7 1 (0.64%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.26%) Relational Database
2 14 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (7.05%) Power BI
4 8 (5.13%) MySQL
5 5 (3.21%) BigQuery
5 5 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.21%) Looker
5 5 (3.21%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.21%) Redis
6 4 (2.56%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.92%) Couchbase
8 2 (1.28%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.64%) QlikView
9 1 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 27 (17.31%) Git
2 12 (7.69%) GitLab
3 9 (5.77%) Gradle
3 9 (5.77%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.92%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.92%) Selenium
4 3 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.28%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.64%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.64%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.64%) JIRA
6 1 (0.64%) JUnit
6 1 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (23.08%) Finance
2 25 (16.03%) Banking
3 24 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 19 (12.18%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.41%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.21%) Retail
8 4 (2.56%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.92%) Electronics
9 3 (1.92%) Military
9 3 (1.92%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.64%) Local Government
10 1 (0.64%) Marketing
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.97%) Spring Boot
2 13 (8.33%) RESTful
3 12 (7.69%) .NET
3 12 (7.69%) REST
4 11 (7.05%) OAuth
4 11 (7.05%) Spring
5 10 (6.41%) OpenID
6 9 (5.77%) Web Services
7 8 (5.13%) CSS
7 8 (5.13%) HTML
8 7 (4.49%) Kafka
9 5 (3.21%) .NET Core
9 5 (3.21%) Node.js
9 5 (3.21%) WPF
10 4 (2.56%) .NET Framework
10 4 (2.56%) FastAPI
10 4 (2.56%) Jinja
10 4 (2.56%) React
10 4 (2.56%) Silverlight
10 4 (2.56%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (6.41%) CMDB
3 4 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.56%) Life Science
4 3 (1.92%) Genomics
4 3 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.64%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.64%) Lidar
6 1 (0.64%) NHS
6 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.64%) Robotics
6 1 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.77%) Linux
2 8 (5.13%) Windows
3 1 (0.64%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.38%) Software Engineering
2 49 (31.41%) CI/CD
3 46 (29.49%) DevOps
4 40 (25.64%) Agile
5 27 (17.31%) Microservices
6 26 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (15.38%) TDD
8 19 (12.18%) Identity Access Management
9 17 (10.90%) Analytics
10 14 (8.97%) SDLC
10 14 (8.97%) Test Automation
11 13 (8.33%) Customer Service
11 13 (8.33%) Web Development
12 12 (7.69%) Customer Experience
12 12 (7.69%) Data Modelling
12 12 (7.69%) Migration
13 11 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (7.05%) Identity Management
13 11 (7.05%) Load Balancing
13 11 (7.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 54 (34.62%) Java
2 25 (16.03%) SQL
3 20 (12.82%) Python
4 16 (10.26%) C#
5 14 (8.97%) JavaScript
6 11 (7.05%) C++
7 4 (2.56%) Bash
7 4 (2.56%) C
7 4 (2.56%) Google Apps Script
7 4 (2.56%) XAML
8 3 (1.92%) Clojure
8 3 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.92%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.92%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.64%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (7.05%) Degree
1 11 (7.05%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.77%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.49%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.56%) PhD
5 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 4 (2.56%) PCI DSS
1 4 (2.56%) QA
1 4 (2.56%) SLA
2 3 (1.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (9.62%) Docker
2 3 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (1.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (6.41%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (5.77%) Ansible
3 7 (4.49%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.92%) Grafana
4 3 (1.92%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.82%) Oracle
3 7 (4.49%) IBM
3 7 (4.49%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.85%) Google
5 4 (2.56%) Remedy
6 3 (1.92%) Databricks
6 3 (1.92%) Metaswitch
7 2 (1.28%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.64%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.64%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.64%) Checkmarx
8 1 (0.64%) Genesys
8 1 (0.64%) JDA
8 1 (0.64%) New Relic
8 1 (0.64%) Splunk