Developer Contracts in the East of England

Developer
England > East of England

The median Developer daily rate in the East of England is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 20 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 84 138 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 8.96% 7.23% 7.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.13% 8.07% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 95 99
10th Percentile £338 £275 £311
25th Percentile £434 £338 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% -9.47% -
75th Percentile £613 £500 £550
90th Percentile £675 £600 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 10
10th Percentile - £56.55 £33.75
25th Percentile - £65.00 £55.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +16.07%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £65.56
90th Percentile - £90.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £61.00 £63.75 £61.25
% change year-on-year -4.31% +4.08% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 829 1,710 1,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 89.58% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 773 1,156
10th Percentile £200 £206 £185
25th Percentile £379 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 591 294
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Developer 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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +14 34 £600 +39.53% 42
Cambridgeshire +5 18 £450 - 78
Suffolk +1 11 £325 -45.83% 10
Essex -8 11 £488 +14.82% 34
Norfolk +6 6 £450 +116.35% 8
Bedfordshire -7 4 £500 +29.87% 8
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 38 (45.24%) Python
2 26 (30.95%) SQL
2 26 (30.95%) Artificial Intelligence
2 26 (30.95%) AWS
3 23 (27.38%) Azure
4 22 (26.19%) Degree
5 20 (23.81%) Data Quality
5 20 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (23.81%) Data Science
6 19 (22.62%) Algorithms
6 19 (22.62%) Machine Learning
6 19 (22.62%) Generative AI
6 19 (22.62%) LLM
7 17 (20.24%) Reinforcement Learning
8 16 (19.05%) Seaborn
8 16 (19.05%) TensorFlow
8 16 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (19.05%) PyTorch
8 16 (19.05%) Matplotlib
8 16 (19.05%) R
8 16 (19.05%) Tableau
8 16 (19.05%) Data Munging
8 16 (19.05%) Pandas
8 16 (19.05%) scikit-learn
8 16 (19.05%) Data Analysis
8 16 (19.05%) NumPy
8 16 (19.05%) Visualisation
9 15 (17.86%) Feature Engineering
9 15 (17.86%) Agile
9 15 (17.86%) Analytics

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

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

Application Platforms
1 14 (16.67%) Apache Spark
2 5 (5.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.95%) AWS
2 23 (27.38%) Azure
3 8 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.14%) GCP
4 6 (7.14%) PowerApps
5 5 (5.95%) SaaS
6 3 (3.57%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (2.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.19%) AWS CodeBuild
8 1 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.19%) Boomi
8 1 (1.19%) GitHub
8 1 (1.19%) npm
8 1 (1.19%) Serverless
8 1 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.71%) Wireless
2 2 (2.38%) 3GPP
2 2 (2.38%) 4G
2 2 (2.38%) 5G
3 1 (1.19%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.19%) HTTP
3 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.05%) Tableau
2 14 (16.67%) Big Data
2 14 (16.67%) Hadoop
3 8 (9.52%) MongoDB
4 7 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.57%) Power BI
6 2 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (2.38%) InfluxDB
6 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.19%) QlikView
7 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (9.52%) Git
2 3 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.38%) JIRA
4 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.19%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.19%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.19%) Gerrit
4 1 (1.19%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Finance
2 9 (10.71%) Telecoms
3 5 (5.95%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.38%) Electronics
6 2 (2.38%) Marketing
6 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.19%) Automotive
7 1 (1.19%) Military
7 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.05%) Matplotlib
1 16 (19.05%) NumPy
1 16 (19.05%) Pandas
1 16 (19.05%) PyTorch
1 16 (19.05%) scikit-learn
1 16 (19.05%) Seaborn
1 16 (19.05%) TensorFlow
2 14 (16.67%) REST
3 11 (13.10%) HTML
4 7 (8.33%) CSS
5 6 (7.14%) .NET
5 6 (7.14%) Laravel
5 6 (7.14%) React
5 6 (7.14%) RESTful
6 5 (5.95%) Alpine.js
6 5 (5.95%) Node.js
6 5 (5.95%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (4.76%) POSIX
8 3 (3.57%) JSON
8 3 (3.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.62%) Algorithms
2 4 (4.76%) Device Driver
3 3 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.38%) FMCG
4 2 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (2.38%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.19%) STB
5 1 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.48%) Linux
2 3 (3.57%) Windows
3 2 (2.38%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.19%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.95%) Artificial Intelligence
2 20 (23.81%) Data Science
3 19 (22.62%) Generative AI
3 19 (22.62%) LLM
3 19 (22.62%) Machine Learning
4 17 (20.24%) Reinforcement Learning
5 16 (19.05%) Data Analysis
5 16 (19.05%) Data Munging
5 16 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (19.05%) Visualisation
6 15 (17.86%) Agile
6 15 (17.86%) Analytics
6 15 (17.86%) Decision-Making
6 15 (17.86%) Feature Engineering
7 14 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 14 (16.67%) Data Analytics
7 14 (16.67%) Predictive Analytics
7 14 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
7 14 (16.67%) Time Series Forecasting
8 11 (13.10%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (45.24%) Python
2 26 (30.95%) SQL
3 16 (19.05%) R
4 14 (16.67%) C++
5 13 (15.48%) Java
6 12 (14.29%) C#
7 10 (11.90%) JavaScript
8 6 (7.14%) Go
8 6 (7.14%) PHP
9 4 (4.76%) C
9 4 (4.76%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.38%) Apex Code
10 2 (2.38%) Groovy
11 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (26.19%) Degree
2 12 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 12 (14.29%) PhD
3 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.81%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.19%) GDPR
2 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 9 (10.71%) Docker
2 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.38%) logstash
2 2 (2.38%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 6 (7.14%) PayPal
2 3 (3.57%) Google
2 3 (3.57%) IFS
2 3 (3.57%) SAP
3 2 (2.38%) HP
3 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.19%) Cognos
4 1 (1.19%) IBM
4 1 (1.19%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.19%) Oracle