Software Developer Contracts in Leeds

Software Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Software Developer daily rate in Leeds is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 91 98
Rank change year-on-year +55 +7 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 27 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 3.38% 0.38% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.67% 0.38% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile - £316 £383
25th Percentile - £386 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £503
90th Percentile £590 - £550
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 736 1,303 1,531
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 97.97% 97.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 948 1,119
10th Percentile £300 £356 £275
25th Percentile £413 £452 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.65% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.60% +9.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 22
10th Percentile £11.24 £12.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £11.75 £16.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £12.53 £62.50 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -79.95% +179.02% +3.04%
75th Percentile £15.25 £70.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £17.67 - £28.60
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.34 £32.50 £16.85
% change year-on-year -55.89% +92.88% -22.49%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Leeds

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Leeds

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Developer in Leeds

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in Leeds

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Software 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 Leeds region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 23 (85.19%) Degree
1 23 (85.19%) Artificial Intelligence
1 23 (85.19%) PayPal
1 23 (85.19%) Conversational UI
1 23 (85.19%) Chatbot
1 23 (85.19%) Code Quality
2 12 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 12 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 12 (44.44%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) C#
3 11 (40.74%) HTML
3 11 (40.74%) Python
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
5 2 (7.41%) TDD
5 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
5 2 (7.41%) Web Design
5 2 (7.41%) Java
5 2 (7.41%) Unix
5 2 (7.41%) Linux
5 2 (7.41%) Web Development
5 2 (7.41%) Microservices
5 2 (7.41%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (7.41%) Kafka
5 2 (7.41%) JAX-RS
5 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.41%) Mockito
5 2 (7.41%) BDD
5 2 (7.41%) MongoDB

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 23 (85.19%) Chatbot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Mockito
General
1 1 (3.70%) Finance
1 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (40.74%) HTML
2 2 (7.41%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (7.41%) JAX-RS
2 2 (7.41%) Kafka
3 1 (3.70%) CSS
3 1 (3.70%) React
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
1 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
1 2 (7.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Artificial Intelligence
1 23 (85.19%) Code Quality
1 23 (85.19%) Conversational UI
2 12 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 2 (7.41%) BDD
4 2 (7.41%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (7.41%) Microservices
4 2 (7.41%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (7.41%) TDD
4 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
4 2 (7.41%) Web Design
4 2 (7.41%) Web Development
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) Data Management
5 1 (3.70%) Fintech
5 1 (3.70%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.70%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) C#
1 12 (44.44%) JavaScript
1 12 (44.44%) SQL
2 11 (40.74%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) Java
4 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (85.19%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) PayPal
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft