Developer Contract Job Trends in Gatwick

Developer
West Sussex > Gatwick

The median Developer daily rate in Gatwick is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gatwick 50.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 75.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median daily rate £543 £423 £413
% change year-on-year +28.31% +2.37% -29.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gatwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gatwick. 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 Gatwick with a recognized job title 4 2 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 66.67% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £211 £168
25th Percentile £713 £271 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £385 £273
Median % change year-on-year +88.31% +41.28% -49.07%
75th Percentile £738 £511 £337
90th Percentile - £580 £375
West Sussex median daily rate £498 £450 £515
% change year-on-year +10.61% -12.62% +3.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gatwick

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Gatwick

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Gatwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Gatwick.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Gatwick

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Gatwick

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Gatwick.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Gatwick

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gatwick

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 Gatwick region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) API Development
1 3 (100.00%) ArcGIS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 3 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 3 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Next.js
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) React
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gatwick 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 3 (100.00%) ArcGIS
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Next.js
1 3 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Development
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 3 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform