Developer Contracts in Macclesfield

Developer
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The median Developer daily rate in Macclesfield is £450, 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 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 4.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £490 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £410 £320 £550
% change year-on-year +28.13% -41.82% +19.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Macclesfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Macclesfield. 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 Macclesfield with a recognized job title 42 97 44
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 96.04% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 66 30
10th Percentile £439 £405 £302
25th Percentile £500 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £519 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +15.28% +15.38%
75th Percentile £595 £550 £484
90th Percentile £700 £585 £505
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £16.69 £14.30
25th Percentile - £17.26 £14.38
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year - +16.20% -73.48%
75th Percentile - - £16.38
90th Percentile - £17.74 £16.60
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
% change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Macclesfield

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Macclesfield

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Macclesfield

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

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 Macclesfield region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) API Development
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Workfront
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving

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

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) API Development
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft