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The median contractor rate for a Developer was £463 per day in advertised job vacancies in England during the 6 months to 20 April 2018. 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 |
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6 months to 20 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Rank |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
Contract jobs requiring a Developer |
24,330 |
22,056 |
23,251 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England |
26.25% |
25.68% |
23.66% |
As % of the Job Titles category |
27.67% |
27.07% |
24.85% |
Number of daily rates quoted |
18,170 |
15,916 |
16,912 |
England median daily rate |
£463 |
£425 |
£413 |
Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+8.82% |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
10th Percentile |
£313 |
£305 |
£285 |
90th Percentile |
£638 |
£613 |
£600 |
UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£410 |
% change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
Number of hourly rates quoted |
139 |
222 |
307 |
England median hourly rate |
£40.00 |
£40.00 |
£40.00 |
10th Percentile |
£13.10 |
£23.10 |
£18.50 |
90th Percentile |
£69.07 |
£54.38 |
£56.40 |
UK median hourly rate |
£40.00 |
£40.00 |
£40.00 |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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.
All Contract IT Job Vacancies England |
Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title |
87,940 |
81,475 |
93,547 |
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.88% |
94.86% |
95.21% |
Number of daily rates quoted |
58,325 |
53,284 |
61,126 |
England median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£425 |
Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+6.25% |
10th Percentile |
£269 |
£263 |
£255 |
90th Percentile |
£638 |
£613 |
£600 |
UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£420 |
% change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+1.19% |
+5.00% |
Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,717 |
2,755 |
3,080 |
England median hourly rate |
£18.70 |
£19.00 |
£19.00 |
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-1.58% |
- |
+11.76% |
10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.66 |
£10.50 |
90th Percentile |
£48.75 |
£47.83 |
£47.83 |
UK median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£18.96 |
£19.50 |
% change year-on-year |
-2.43% |
-2.77% |
+14.71% |
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Developer Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Developer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Developer in England.
Developer Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Developer in England over the 6 months to 20 April 2018.
Developer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer in England.
Developer Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Developer in England over the 6 months to 20 April 2018.
Developer Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 20 April 2018. 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 Job Vacancies |
London |
0 |
13,925 |
£500 |
+5.26% |
3,316 |
South East |
-1 |
3,696 |
£425 |
+6.25% |
1,468 |
North of England |
-1 |
3,028 |
£388 |
+3.33% |
1,621 |
Midlands |
-1 |
1,625 |
£385 |
+4.76% |
1,016 |
North West |
0 |
1,541 |
£375 |
- |
910 |
Yorkshire |
-1 |
1,291 |
£400 |
+6.67% |
571 |
South West |
0 |
1,166 |
£400 |
+6.38% |
634 |
West Midlands |
-1 |
980 |
£400 |
+6.67% |
548 |
East of England |
-1 |
854 |
£425 |
+13.33% |
703 |
East Midlands |
-1 |
631 |
£375 |
+4.17% |
467 |
North East |
-2 |
203 |
£351 |
-5.70% |
140 |
South Coast |
-1 |
4 |
- |
- |
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Developer UK |
Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 20 April 2018, Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Developer in the job title.
1 |
9,748 (40.07%) |
Agile Software Development |
2 |
8,414 (34.58%) |
JavaScript |
3 |
7,656 (31.47%) |
Java |
4 |
6,459 (26.55%) |
HTML |
5 |
5,914 (24.31%) |
CSS |
6 |
5,702 (23.44%) |
TDD |
7 |
5,616 (23.08%) |
C# |
8 |
5,575 (22.91%) |
SQL |
9 |
5,211 (21.42%) |
.NET |
10 |
4,453 (18.30%) |
AngularJS |
11 |
4,422 (18.18%) |
Finance |
12 |
3,817 (15.69%) |
SQL Server |
13 |
3,551 (14.60%) |
Git (software) |
14 |
3,164 (13.00%) |
MVC |
15 |
3,024 (12.43%) |
HTML5 |
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16 |
2,985 (12.27%) |
React |
17 |
2,829 (11.63%) |
Node.js |
18 |
2,789 (11.46%) |
Scrum |
19 |
2,778 (11.42%) |
Spring |
20 |
2,717 (11.17%) |
Web Services |
21 |
2,621 (10.77%) |
BDD |
22 |
2,608 (10.72%) |
Front End Development |
23 |
2,513 (10.33%) |
REST |
24 |
2,492 (10.24%) |
Banking |
25 |
2,415 (9.93%) |
Continuous Integration |
25 |
2,415 (9.93%) |
Microservices |
26 |
2,398 (9.86%) |
RESTful |
27 |
2,232 (9.17%) |
jQuery |
28 |
2,159 (8.87%) |
OO |
29 |
2,135 (8.78%) |
ASP.NET |
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Developer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in 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:
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Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards |
1 |
6,459 (26.55%) |
HTML |
2 |
5,914 (24.31%) |
CSS |
3 |
5,211 (21.42%) |
.NET |
4 |
4,453 (18.30%) |
AngularJS |
5 |
3,024 (12.43%) |
HTML5 |
6 |
2,985 (12.27%) |
React |
7 |
2,829 (11.63%) |
Node.js |
8 |
2,778 (11.42%) |
Spring |
9 |
2,717 (11.17%) |
Web Services |
10 |
2,513 (10.33%) |
REST |
11 |
2,398 (9.86%) |
RESTful |
12 |
2,232 (9.17%) |
jQuery |
13 |
2,135 (8.78%) |
ASP.NET |
14 |
2,015 (8.28%) |
CSS3 |
15 |
1,562 (6.42%) |
XML |
16 |
1,471 (6.05%) |
JSON |
17 |
1,257 (5.17%) |
ASP.NET Web API |
18 |
1,218 (5.01%) |
SOAP |
19 |
1,194 (4.91%) |
Sass |
20 |
1,142 (4.69%) |
Hibernate |
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Processes & Methodologies |
1 |
9,748 (40.07%) |
Agile Software Development |
2 |
5,702 (23.44%) |
TDD |
3 |
3,164 (13.00%) |
MVC |
4 |
2,789 (11.46%) |
Scrum |
5 |
2,621 (10.77%) |
BDD |
6 |
2,608 (10.72%) |
Front End Development |
7 |
2,415 (9.93%) |
Continuous Integration |
7 |
2,415 (9.93%) |
Microservices |
8 |
2,159 (8.87%) |
OO |
9 |
1,990 (8.18%) |
Test Automation |
10 |
1,830 (7.52%) |
Web Development |
11 |
1,650 (6.78%) |
DevOps |
12 |
1,624 (6.67%) |
Unit Testing |
13 |
1,493 (6.14%) |
E-Commerce |
14 |
1,416 (5.82%) |
Business Intelligence |
15 |
1,400 (5.75%) |
Software Engineering |
16 |
1,180 (4.85%) |
Problem-Solving |
17 |
1,141 (4.69%) |
Multithreading |
18 |
986 (4.05%) |
SDLC |
19 |
968 (3.98%) |
ETL |
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