Developer Contracts in Lancaster

Developer
Lancashire > Lancaster

The median Developer daily rate in Lancaster is £500, 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 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancaster 10.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £535 £715 £520
% change year-on-year -25.14% +37.50% +19.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancaster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancaster. 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 Lancaster with a recognized job title 9 6 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £515 £170 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £180 £350
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -48.57% -
75th Percentile £630 £545 -
90th Percentile £730 £758 -
Lancashire median daily rate £530 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £47.09 -
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £42.91 £41.37
% change year-on-year -33.00% +3.72% +16.13%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Lancaster

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancaster

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Lancaster.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Lancaster

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancaster

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Lancaster.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Lancaster

Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancaster

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 Lancaster region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) UIKit
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) AVFoundation
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Nanotechnology

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancaster 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) AVFoundation
1 1 (100.00%) UIKit
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) Nanotechnology
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin