Development Consultant Contracts in England

Development Consultant
UK > England

The median Development Consultant daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 655 786
Rank change year-on-year +125 +131 -166
Contract jobs requiring a Development Consultant 6 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.010% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £436 £520 £316
25th Percentile £479 £526 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £388
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +48.39% +122.70%
75th Percentile £631 £613 £441
90th Percentile £650 - £469
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £313
% change year-on-year -5.66% +69.60% -17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

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.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Development Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Consultant in England

Development Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Development Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Development Consultant in England

Development Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Consultant in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Development Consultant in England

Development Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Development Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Development Consultant in England

Development Consultant
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 Development Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
London +103 2 £475 - 5
South East +12 2 £650 +13.04%
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
East of England - 1 £495 - 1
Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
Development Consultant
UK

Development Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Development Consultant 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 England region featuring Development Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow Management
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) OWASP
2 2 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Application Security
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) Market Segmentation
3 1 (16.67%) Appian
3 1 (16.67%) Camunda
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Alfresco
3 1 (16.67%) BPMN
3 1 (16.67%) Drools
3 1 (16.67%) Pega
3 1 (16.67%) jBPM

Development Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (16.67%) Alfresco
1 1 (16.67%) Appian
1 1 (16.67%) Camunda
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Drools
1 1 (16.67%) jBPM
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (33.33%) Application Security
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (33.33%) OWASP
2 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow Management
3 1 (16.67%) BPMN
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Market Segmentation
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Pega