Developer Contract Job Trends in Luton

Developer
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Developer daily rate in Luton is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 3.10% 1.30% 2.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 1.61% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £439 - -
25th Percentile £478 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £313
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.21%
75th Percentile £513 - £416
90th Percentile £535 - £489
Bedfordshire median daily rate £463 £425 £275
% change year-on-year +8.82% +54.55% -51.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 119 62 165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 80.52% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 30 121
10th Percentile £313 £121 £363
25th Percentile £413 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +11.90% -
75th Percentile £588 £700 £550
90th Percentile £650 - £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 3
10th Percentile £56.83 £20.26 £26.50
25th Percentile £72.88 £43.06 £36.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.20 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% +4.00% -24.14%
75th Percentile £86.56 £67.03 £60.25
90th Percentile £91.05 £81.25 £61.90
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +60.00% -4.76% -5.96%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Luton

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Luton

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Luton over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Luton

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Luton

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Luton region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) ForgeRock
2 2 (50.00%) FreeMarker
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) JSON
2 2 (50.00%) mParticle
2 2 (50.00%) OAuth
2 2 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 2 (50.00%) OneTrust
2 2 (50.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Framework Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Report Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos Framework Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos Report Studio
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) DataStage
1 1 (25.00%) DB2
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aviation
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) FreeMarker
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe
1 2 (50.00%) ForgeRock
1 2 (50.00%) mParticle
1 2 (50.00%) OneTrust
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Informatica
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle