Developer Contracts in Manchester

Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Developer daily rate in Manchester is £453 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 6 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 242 261 580
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 16.78% 14.63% 22.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.56% 15.24% 22.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 212 456
10th Percentile £320 £325 £353
25th Percentile £400 £410 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -9.52% +31.25%
75th Percentile £531 £575 £588
90th Percentile £575 £636 £663
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +24.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile £78.05 - £48.75
25th Percentile £78.88 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £81.50 - £72.50
75th Percentile £82.88 - £79.50
90th Percentile £82.95 - £81.00
North West median hourly rate £81.50 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +141.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,378 1,713 2,561
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.56% 96.02% 97.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,280 1,990
10th Percentile £313 £313 £229
25th Percentile £400 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% +13.37%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 43 63
10th Percentile £12.07 £14.87 £11.44
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £26.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% +33.33% +20.15%
75th Percentile £63.13 £44.38 £34.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £30.54 £23.22
% change year-on-year +7.71% +31.51% +29.37%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend 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 6 months to 31 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stockport +3 7 £500 +81.82% 12
Oldham 0 3 £450 -
Salford -1 2 £450 -30.77% 5
Bolton - 2 £500 - 3
Bury - 1 £325 -
Cheadle - 1 £400 -
Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 53 (21.90%) SQL
2 51 (21.07%) Java
3 50 (20.66%) AWS
4 41 (16.94%) C#
5 39 (16.12%) JavaScript
5 39 (16.12%) Agile
5 39 (16.12%) React
6 34 (14.05%) .NET
7 32 (13.22%) HTML
7 32 (13.22%) Unit Testing
8 30 (12.40%) Security Cleared
9 27 (11.16%) Python
9 27 (11.16%) Azure
9 27 (11.16%) RESTful
10 25 (10.33%) Power Platform
10 25 (10.33%) Front End Development
10 25 (10.33%) Spring
10 25 (10.33%) SC Cleared
11 24 (9.92%) DevOps
11 24 (9.92%) CI/CD
12 23 (9.50%) Scrum
13 22 (9.09%) Node.js
13 22 (9.09%) REST
13 22 (9.09%) Microservices
14 21 (8.68%) Spring Boot
14 21 (8.68%) Kotlin
14 21 (8.68%) Android Development
14 21 (8.68%) Android
15 20 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (7.85%) Problem-Solving

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.48%) Umbraco
2 5 (2.07%) CMS
3 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.24%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.41%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.41%) Camunda
6 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (4.96%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.65%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (20.66%) AWS
2 27 (11.16%) Azure
3 25 (10.33%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.31%) GitHub
6 7 (2.89%) Power Automate
6 7 (2.89%) Serverless
7 5 (2.07%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.65%) npm
8 4 (1.65%) OCI
8 4 (1.65%) SaaS
8 4 (1.65%) Yarn
9 3 (1.24%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.24%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.83%) Intranet
1 2 (0.83%) MQTT
1 2 (0.83%) SSL
1 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.44%) Power BI
2 12 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (4.96%) Relational Database
2 12 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.07%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.07%) MySQL
5 5 (2.07%) Redis
5 5 (2.07%) Tableau
6 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.24%) SQLite
8 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (0.83%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.41%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 18 (7.44%) Git
2 13 (5.37%) Android Studio
3 9 (3.72%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.72%) JUnit
3 9 (3.72%) Mockito
4 7 (2.89%) Mocha
5 5 (2.07%) GitLab
6 4 (1.65%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.65%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (1.65%) webpack
6 4 (1.65%) Xcode
6 4 (1.65%) XCUITest
7 3 (1.24%) Maven
8 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.83%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.41%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (6.20%) Public Sector
1 15 (6.20%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.37%) Finance
3 8 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.89%) Banking
5 4 (1.65%) Law
5 4 (1.65%) Legal
5 4 (1.65%) Marketing
6 3 (1.24%) Local Government
6 3 (1.24%) Retail
7 1 (0.41%) Advertising
7 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.41%) Games
7 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.41%) Retail Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (16.12%) React
2 34 (14.05%) .NET
3 32 (13.22%) HTML
4 27 (11.16%) RESTful
5 25 (10.33%) Spring
6 22 (9.09%) Node.js
6 22 (9.09%) REST
7 21 (8.68%) Spring Boot
8 18 (7.44%) CSS
9 14 (5.79%) Hibernate
9 14 (5.79%) JPA
10 11 (4.55%) AngularJS
10 11 (4.55%) Redux
10 11 (4.55%) Vue
11 10 (4.13%) .NET Framework
12 8 (3.31%) .NET Core
12 8 (3.31%) Django
12 8 (3.31%) Kafka
12 8 (3.31%) Spring Security
13 7 (2.89%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.02%) Mobile App
2 13 (5.37%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (3.31%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.89%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.24%) Derivative
6 3 (1.24%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.41%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.41%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.41%) IoT
8 1 (0.41%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.68%) Android
2 6 (2.48%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.07%) Linux
3 5 (2.07%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (16.12%) Agile
2 32 (13.22%) Unit Testing
3 25 (10.33%) Front End Development
4 24 (9.92%) CI/CD
4 24 (9.92%) DevOps
5 23 (9.50%) Scrum
6 22 (9.09%) Microservices
7 21 (8.68%) Android Development
8 19 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (7.85%) Full Stack Development
8 19 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (7.02%) Software Engineering
10 15 (6.20%) Code Quality
10 15 (6.20%) Design Patterns
11 14 (5.79%) Artificial Intelligence
12 13 (5.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 13 (5.37%) E-Commerce
12 13 (5.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (5.37%) TDD
13 12 (4.96%) Conversational UI
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.90%) SQL
2 51 (21.07%) Java
3 41 (16.94%) C#
4 39 (16.12%) JavaScript
5 27 (11.16%) Python
6 21 (8.68%) Kotlin
7 19 (7.85%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.13%) Go
9 9 (3.72%) PHP
10 6 (2.48%) Swift
11 5 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.65%) ABAP
13 3 (1.24%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.24%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.83%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.83%) C++
14 2 (0.83%) Ruby
15 1 (0.41%) C
15 1 (0.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.61%) Degree
4 8 (3.31%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.13%) QA
2 4 (1.65%) GDPR
3 3 (1.24%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (6.20%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.89%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) Ansible
3 1 (0.41%) Control-M
3 1 (0.41%) Grafana
3 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (5.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.96%) PayPal
3 11 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.89%) Oracle
5 5 (2.07%) SAP
6 4 (1.65%) Nokia
6 4 (1.65%) Siemens
7 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.83%) Sage
8 2 (0.83%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.41%) Ab Initio
9 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.41%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.41%) Google
9 1 (0.41%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.41%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.41%) Xamarin