Developer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Developer daily rate in Leeds is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 12 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 158 74 126
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 15.08% 12.78% 17.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.94% 13.14% 19.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 50 105
10th Percentile £404 £375 £325
25th Percentile £455 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +3.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £593 £550 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £481 £470
% change year-on-year -1.30% +2.39% -10.48%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 991 563 659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 97.24% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 369 433
10th Percentile £363 £306 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -6.76%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £620 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -1.52% -1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 22
10th Percentile £18.39 £25.15 £18.14
25th Percentile £25.88 £25.38 £18.75
Median hourly rate £26.25 £29.56 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +2.80% +51.32%
75th Percentile £35.00 £50.48 £48.75
90th Percentile - £79.33 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £26.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -0.88% -9.57% +51.32%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Leeds

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Leeds

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 13 August 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 Leeds region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 63 (39.87%) Agile
2 54 (34.18%) CI/CD
3 44 (27.85%) Python
4 41 (25.95%) AWS
4 41 (25.95%) Security Cleared
5 35 (22.15%) DevOps
6 34 (21.52%) Java
6 34 (21.52%) SC Cleared
6 34 (21.52%) SQL
7 30 (18.99%) Docker
8 28 (17.72%) React
9 27 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (16.46%) JavaScript
10 26 (16.46%) Microservices
10 26 (16.46%) Serverless
11 25 (15.82%) Terraform
12 24 (15.19%) Kafka
13 23 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (13.92%) Azure
14 22 (13.92%) Full-Stack Development
14 22 (13.92%) Microsoft
15 21 (13.29%) Spring
15 21 (13.29%) Spring Boot
16 20 (12.66%) Observability
17 19 (12.03%) GitHub
17 19 (12.03%) Kubernetes
18 18 (11.39%) Jenkins
18 18 (11.39%) TDD
18 18 (11.39%) Test Automation
18 18 (11.39%) TypeScript

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.27%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) nginx
3 1 (0.63%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.27%) SAP CRM
2 2 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 41 (25.95%) AWS
2 26 (16.46%) Serverless
3 22 (13.92%) Azure
4 19 (12.03%) GitHub
5 16 (10.13%) Power Platform
6 15 (9.49%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (6.33%) OpenShift
7 10 (6.33%) PowerApps
8 9 (5.70%) Cloud Run
8 9 (5.70%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (5.70%) GCP
9 7 (4.43%) Amazon SQS
9 7 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (4.43%) Copilot Studio
9 7 (4.43%) Entra ID
9 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (3.80%) Apigee
10 6 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.80%) Azure Functions
11 5 (3.16%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.70%) MongoDB
2 8 (5.06%) Relational Database
3 7 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.80%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.80%) Redis
5 5 (3.16%) Hazelcast
5 5 (3.16%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.53%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.53%) Power BI
7 3 (1.90%) Metadata
7 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.27%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.63%) OLAP
9 1 (0.63%) OLTP
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.63%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 18 (11.39%) Jenkins
2 15 (9.49%) Git
3 10 (6.33%) Gradle
4 7 (4.43%) GitLab
5 5 (3.16%) Maven
6 4 (2.53%) Mockito
6 4 (2.53%) Snyk
7 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.63%) Gatling
7 1 (0.63%) Hudson
7 1 (0.63%) JUnit
General
1 28 (17.72%) Public Sector
2 23 (14.56%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.39%) Finance
4 5 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.16%) Law
4 5 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.16%) Retail
5 4 (2.53%) Games
6 3 (1.90%) Banking
6 3 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.90%) Social Science
7 2 (1.27%) Military
8 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Legal
8 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (17.72%) React
2 24 (15.19%) Kafka
3 21 (13.29%) Spring
3 21 (13.29%) Spring Boot
4 17 (10.76%) REST
5 13 (8.23%) CSS
5 13 (8.23%) HTML
5 13 (8.23%) Redux
5 13 (8.23%) Vue
6 10 (6.33%) Flask
6 10 (6.33%) Hibernate
6 10 (6.33%) Node.js
6 10 (6.33%) RESTful
7 9 (5.70%) .NET
7 9 (5.70%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (5.06%) OAuth
9 7 (4.43%) OAuth2
9 7 (4.43%) Web Services
10 6 (3.80%) JPA
11 5 (3.16%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.66%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.43%) NHS
2 7 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.16%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.53%) Sports Betting
6 3 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.27%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.53%) Linux
1 4 (2.53%) Unix
2 3 (1.90%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.90%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (39.87%) Agile
2 54 (34.18%) CI/CD
3 35 (22.15%) DevOps
4 27 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (16.46%) Microservices
6 23 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (13.92%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (12.66%) Observability
9 18 (11.39%) TDD
9 18 (11.39%) Test Automation
10 17 (10.76%) Code Quality
10 17 (10.76%) Front End Development
11 15 (9.49%) Software Engineering
12 12 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (7.59%) Validation
13 10 (6.33%) AI
13 10 (6.33%) Containerisation
13 10 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 9 (5.70%) Data Modelling
14 9 (5.70%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 44 (27.85%) Python
2 34 (21.52%) Java
2 34 (21.52%) SQL
3 26 (16.46%) JavaScript
4 18 (11.39%) TypeScript
5 11 (6.96%) C#
6 10 (6.33%) PL/SQL
7 6 (3.80%) Ruby
7 6 (3.80%) Scala
8 4 (2.53%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.90%) ABAP
9 3 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.27%) Go
10 2 (1.27%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.27%) PHP
10 2 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (1.27%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.63%) Bash
11 1 (0.63%) Bicep
11 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (25.95%) Security Cleared
2 34 (21.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.43%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.80%) WCAG
3 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 3 (1.90%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.63%) HL7
System Software
1 30 (18.99%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (15.82%) Terraform
2 19 (12.03%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.70%) Control-M
4 7 (4.43%) Grafana
5 6 (3.80%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.63%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 22 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.59%) Oracle
3 9 (5.70%) Foundry
3 9 (5.70%) SAP
4 4 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.90%) Brio
6 2 (1.27%) Databricks
6 2 (1.27%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.27%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (1.27%) New Relic
6 2 (1.27%) Okta
6 2 (1.27%) Splunk
7 1 (0.63%) Cribl.io
7 1 (0.63%) Pega