Developer Contracts in Manchester

The median contractor rate for a Developer was £375 per day in advertised job vacancies in Manchester during the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Developer North West / Manchester
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	1	1	2
Rank change year-on-year	0	+1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer	350	408	303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester	25.00%	22.95%	20.29%
As % of the Job Titles category	26.70%	24.17%	21.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	232	280	213
Median daily rate	£375	£375	£350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£276	£263	£255
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£498	£513	£468
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	4	2
Median hourly rate	£45.00	£32.25	£40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+39.53%	-19.37%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£40.00	£37.50
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles Manchester
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	1311	1688	1428
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester	93.64%	94.94%	95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	2413	3655	3033
Median daily rate	£388	£400	£350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-3.12%	+14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£207	£250	£208
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£552	£525
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£399	£365
% change year-on-year	+0.25%	+9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted	198	140	233
Median hourly rate	£14.50	£12.79	£13.87
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+13.36%	-7.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.00	£9.27	£10.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£48.75	£30.25	£23.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.50	£16.00
% change year-on-year	-	+9.37%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Developer in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Developer in Manchester over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Developer in Manchester over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Stockport	+1	26	£400	+14.28%	16
Salford	-1	7	£425	+21.42%	9
Altrincham	-	5	£300	-	8
Bury	+1	2	-	-	5
Bolton	-	2	£363	-	9
Cheadle	-1	1	-	-	4
Oldham	-	1	£600	-	4
Developer North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Manchester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1	308 (40.74%)	JavaScript
2	275 (36.38%)	HTML
3	262 (34.66%)	Agile Software Development
4	246 (32.54%)	CSS
5	188 (24.87%)	.NET
6	186 (24.60%)	SQL
7	174 (23.02%)	Java
8	173 (22.88%)	C#
9	157 (20.77%)	HTML5
10	150 (19.84%)	SQL Server
11	145 (19.18%)	MVC
12	137 (18.12%)	AngularJS
13	130 (17.20%)	TDD
14	116 (15.34%)	jQuery
15	101 (13.36%)	Scrum

16	96 (12.70%)	ASP.NET
17	94 (12.43%)	CSS3
18	90 (11.90%)	Git (software)
19	89 (11.77%)	Web Services
20	82 (10.85%)	Front End Development
21	75 (9.92%)	Finance
22	74 (9.79%)	Business Intelligence
23	73 (9.66%)	Node.js
24	65 (8.60%)	PHP
25	62 (8.20%)	Spring
26	60 (7.94%)	User Experience
27	59 (7.80%)	Microsoft
28	57 (7.54%)	ASP.NET MVC
29	55 (7.28%)	Unit Testing
29	55 (7.28%)	Continuous Integration

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	28 (3.70%)	CMS
2	26 (3.44%)	WordPress
3	23 (3.04%)	Umbraco
4	19 (2.51%)	Drupal
5	13 (1.72%)	SharePoint
5	13 (1.72%)	WebSphere
6	12 (1.59%)	SAS
7	10 (1.32%)	EPiServer
8	9 (1.19%)	Apache
8	9 (1.19%)	BizTalk Server
9	8 (1.06%)	Confluence
9	8 (1.06%)	Tomcat
10	3 (0.40%)	Adobe Experience Manager
11	2 (0.26%)	Apache Solr
11	2 (0.26%)	Apache Spark
11	2 (0.26%)	Joomla!
11	2 (0.26%)	Mule
11	2 (0.26%)	OpenEdge
12	1 (0.13%)	Anypoint
12	1 (0.13%)	Mule ESB

Applications
1	21 (2.78%)	Photoshop
2	17 (2.25%)	Adobe Illustrator
3	14 (1.85%)	Microsoft Excel
4	13 (1.72%)	Adobe Creative Suite
5	3 (0.40%)	Microsoft Office
6	2 (0.26%)	InVision
6	2 (0.26%)	MS Visio
6	2 (0.26%)	SPSS
7	1 (0.13%)	Adobe After Effects
7	1 (0.13%)	Fireworks
7	1 (0.13%)	Simulink

Business Applications
1	28 (3.70%)	Dynamics CRM
2	12 (1.59%)	Magento
3	6 (0.79%)	SAP IS-U
4	3 (0.40%)	Oracle BPM
5	2 (0.26%)	Dynamics AX
5	2 (0.26%)	Oracle Applications
5	2 (0.26%)	SAP Oil and Gas
6	1 (0.13%)	BusinessWorks
6	1 (0.13%)	Dynamics NAV
6	1 (0.13%)	Remedy ITSM
6	1 (0.13%)	SAP Business One
6	1 (0.13%)	SAP CRM
6	1 (0.13%)	SAP EWM
6	1 (0.13%)	SAP Hybris
6	1 (0.13%)	SAP WM
6	1 (0.13%)	Unit4 Business World

Cloud Services
1	28 (3.70%)	Amazon AWS
2	14 (1.85%)	GitHub
3	7 (0.93%)	Microsoft Azure
4	5 (0.66%)	Amazon EC2
5	4 (0.53%)	Amazon S3
5	4 (0.53%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	3 (0.40%)	AWS Lambda
6	3 (0.40%)	Cloud Computing
7	2 (0.26%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
7	2 (0.26%)	Amazon CloudSearch
7	2 (0.26%)	Amazon SQS
7	2 (0.26%)	Azure Active Directory
7	2 (0.26%)	Dynamics 365
7	2 (0.26%)	SaaS
7	2 (0.26%)	Virtual Private Cloud
8	1 (0.13%)	Amazon Kinesis
8	1 (0.13%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8	1 (0.13%)	Azure Machine Learning

Communications & Networking
1	7 (0.93%)	HTTP
2	5 (0.66%)	Internet
3	3 (0.40%)	RTSP
4	2 (0.26%)	DNS
4	2 (0.26%)	SSL
5	1 (0.13%)	LDAP
5	1 (0.13%)	Skype
5	1 (0.13%)	TCP/IP
5	1 (0.13%)	tcpdump
5	1 (0.13%)	Wireshark

Database & Business Intelligence
1	150 (19.84%)	SQL Server
2	54 (7.14%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	53 (7.01%)	MySQL
4	46 (6.08%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	39 (5.16%)	Data Warehouse
5	39 (5.16%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
6	27 (3.57%)	Power BI
7	22 (2.91%)	PostgreSQL
8	20 (2.65%)	QlikView
9	18 (2.38%)	Relational Database
10	17 (2.25%)	MongoDB
10	17 (2.25%)	NoSQL
10	17 (2.25%)	SQL Server 2008
10	17 (2.25%)	SQL Server 2014
11	13 (1.72%)	SQL Server 2012
12	12 (1.59%)	Oracle Database
13	11 (1.46%)	Big Data
14	7 (0.93%)	Qlik Sense
14	7 (0.93%)	SQL Server 2000
15	5 (0.66%)	RDBMS

Development Applications
1	90 (11.90%)	Git (software)
2	39 (5.16%)	gulp
3	36 (4.76%)	JIRA
4	34 (4.50%)	Jenkins
5	30 (3.97%)	Grunt
6	28 (3.70%)	JUnit
7	22 (2.91%)	Jasmine
8	21 (2.78%)	Team Foundation Server
9	19 (2.51%)	Mocha
10	17 (2.25%)	Karma Test Runner
11	15 (1.98%)	Selenium
12	14 (1.85%)	Visual Studio
13	13 (1.72%)	Maven
14	12 (1.59%)	Eclipse
14	12 (1.59%)	webpack
15	11 (1.46%)	Cucumber
15	11 (1.46%)	NUnit
16	9 (1.19%)	Gradle
17	8 (1.06%)	Subversion
18	7 (0.93%)	Babel

General
1	75 (9.92%)	Finance
2	25 (3.31%)	Banking
3	12 (1.59%)	Games
4	11 (1.46%)	Marketing
4	11 (1.46%)	Retail
5	10 (1.32%)	Manufacturing
6	7 (0.93%)	Billing
7	5 (0.66%)	Legal
8	3 (0.40%)	Advertising
8	3 (0.40%)	Back Office
8	3 (0.40%)	Financial Institution
9	2 (0.26%)	Automotive
10	1 (0.13%)	Digital Economy
10	1 (0.13%)	Electronics
10	1 (0.13%)	Front Office
10	1 (0.13%)	Investment Banking
10	1 (0.13%)	Law
10	1 (0.13%)	Military
10	1 (0.13%)	Pharmaceutical
10	1 (0.13%)	Telecoms

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	275 (36.38%)	HTML
2	246 (32.54%)	CSS
3	188 (24.87%)	.NET
4	157 (20.77%)	HTML5
5	137 (18.12%)	AngularJS
6	116 (15.34%)	jQuery
7	96 (12.70%)	ASP.NET
8	94 (12.43%)	CSS3
9	89 (11.77%)	Web Services
10	73 (9.66%)	Node.js
11	62 (8.20%)	Spring
12	57 (7.54%)	ASP.NET MVC
13	54 (7.14%)	Sass
14	53 (7.01%)	RESTful
15	52 (6.88%)	REST
16	47 (6.22%)	ASP.NET Web API
16	47 (6.22%)	React
17	44 (5.82%)	JSON
18	36 (4.76%)	XML
19	32 (4.23%)	J2EE

Miscellaneous
1	60 (7.94%)	User Experience
2	50 (6.61%)	Greenfield Project
3	44 (5.82%)	Mobile App
4	30 (3.97%)	Analytical Skills
5	23 (3.04%)	Computer Science
6	7 (0.93%)	NHS
7	6 (0.79%)	Fintech
8	5 (0.66%)	iPad
8	5 (0.66%)	Smartphone
8	5 (0.66%)	Streaming Video
9	4 (0.53%)	Client/Server
9	4 (0.53%)	Data Structures
9	4 (0.53%)	Linux Command Line
9	4 (0.53%)	Replication
9	4 (0.53%)	Video on Demand
9	4 (0.53%)	Web 2.0
10	3 (0.40%)	Augmented Reality
10	3 (0.40%)	Life Science
10	3 (0.40%)	MHEG
10	3 (0.40%)	Mobile Games

Operating Systems
1	46 (6.08%)	Android
2	34 (4.50%)	Linux
3	32 (4.23%)	Apple iOS
4	13 (1.72%)	Windows
5	10 (1.32%)	Unix
6	3 (0.40%)	Solaris
6	3 (0.40%)	Windows Phone
7	2 (0.26%)	AIX
7	2 (0.26%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	2 (0.26%)	VxWorks
8	1 (0.13%)	CentOS
8	1 (0.13%)	Debian
8	1 (0.13%)	HPUX
8	1 (0.13%)	Mac OS
8	1 (0.13%)	Windows 10
8	1 (0.13%)	Windows 7
8	1 (0.13%)	Windows Server
8	1 (0.13%)	Windows Server 2003
8	1 (0.13%)	Windows Server 2012
8	1 (0.13%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	262 (34.66%)	Agile Software Development
2	145 (19.18%)	MVC
3	130 (17.20%)	TDD
4	101 (13.36%)	Scrum
5	82 (10.85%)	Front End Development
6	74 (9.79%)	Business Intelligence
7	55 (7.28%)	Continuous Integration
7	55 (7.28%)	OO
7	55 (7.28%)	Unit Testing
8	49 (6.48%)	ETL
8	49 (6.48%)	Test Automation
9	48 (6.35%)	Data Modelling
10	47 (6.22%)	Web Development
11	45 (5.95%)	BDD
12	42 (5.56%)	CRM
13	41 (5.42%)	Software Engineering
14	36 (4.76%)	E-Commerce
15	34 (4.50%)	Responsive Web Design
16	32 (4.23%)	DevOps
17	30 (3.97%)	Android Development

Programming Languages
1	308 (40.74%)	JavaScript
2	186 (24.60%)	SQL
3	174 (23.02%)	Java
4	173 (22.88%)	C#
5	65 (8.60%)	PHP
6	41 (5.42%)	Python
7	34 (4.50%)	T-SQL
8	19 (2.51%)	C++
9	14 (1.85%)	Apple Swift
10	13 (1.72%)	TypeScript
11	12 (1.59%)	Scala
12	11 (1.46%)	Objective-C
12	11 (1.46%)	PL/SQL
13	10 (1.32%)	C
14	9 (1.19%)	ABAP
14	9 (1.19%)	ES6
15	8 (1.06%)	Groovy
15	8 (1.06%)	VB.NET
16	7 (0.93%)	Ruby
17	6 (0.79%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	28 (3.70%)	Degree
2	12 (1.59%)	Security Cleared
3	8 (1.06%)	SC Cleared
4	4 (0.53%)	Computer Science Degree
4	4 (0.53%)	DV Cleared
5	2 (0.26%)	DBS Check
5	2 (0.26%)	Microsoft Certification
6	1 (0.13%)	A+ Certification
6	1 (0.13%)	CCNA
6	1 (0.13%)	Cisco Certification
6	1 (0.13%)	HND
6	1 (0.13%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
6	1 (0.13%)	MCSE
6	1 (0.13%)	SAS Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	35 (4.63%)	QA
2	7 (0.93%)	Data Quality
3	6 (0.79%)	HL7
4	1 (0.13%)	ISO/IEC 20000
4	1 (0.13%)	SLA

System Software
1	8 (1.06%)	Docker
2	3 (0.40%)	Active Directory
3	1 (0.13%)	HDFS
3	1 (0.13%)	Time Sharing Option
3	1 (0.13%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	1 (0.13%)	Grafana
1	1 (0.13%)	Graphite
1	1 (0.13%)	IBM BigFix
1	1 (0.13%)	Kibana
1	1 (0.13%)	Kubernetes
1	1 (0.13%)	Netcool
1	1 (0.13%)	Plesk
1	1 (0.13%)	Puppet
1	1 (0.13%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	59 (7.80%)	Microsoft
2	55 (7.28%)	Oracle
3	25 (3.31%)	SAP
4	20 (2.65%)	Tableau
5	18 (2.38%)	Adobe
6	16 (2.12%)	Sitecore
7	11 (1.46%)	TIBCO
8	9 (1.19%)	Sybase
8	9 (1.19%)	Xamarin
9	7 (0.93%)	ServiceNow
10	5 (0.66%)	PayPal
11	4 (0.53%)	Google
12	3 (0.40%)	Blue Prism
12	3 (0.40%)	IBM
12	3 (0.40%)	OpenTV
12	3 (0.40%)	Perforce
12	3 (0.40%)	Siebel
12	3 (0.40%)	SOASTA, Inc
13	2 (0.26%)	MuleSoft
13	2 (0.26%)	Salesforce.com