Senior Developer Contracts in Manchester

Senior Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Manchester is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 92 80
Rank change year-on-year +33 -12 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 32 20 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.21% 1.10% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% 1.14% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 10 52
10th Percentile £385 £402 £463
25th Percentile £450 £410 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £479 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% -12.95% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £614 £628
90th Percentile £656 £640 £663
North West median daily rate £550 £581 £550
% change year-on-year -5.25% +5.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £78.05 - -
25th Percentile £78.88 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £81.50 - £74.50
75th Percentile £82.88 - £81.00
90th Percentile £82.95 - -
North West median hourly rate £81.50 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +120.59%

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 1,389 1,754 2,525
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 96.32% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,301 1,968
10th Percentile £313 £313 £228
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +12.94%
75th Percentile £585 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 45 68
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.44 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £18.50 £13.83
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +93.83% +11.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.10
% change year-on-year -17.88% +36.42% +34.26%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Manchester

Senior Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Developer in Manchester

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Manchester

Senior Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Developer in Manchester

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 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
Salford - 2 £475 -
Stockport - 1 £550 - 3
Senior Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 12 (37.50%) Java
2 10 (31.25%) React
3 8 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 7 (21.88%) Vue
5 6 (18.75%) AWS
5 6 (18.75%) Agile
5 6 (18.75%) Redux
6 5 (15.63%) GraphQL
6 5 (15.63%) Next.js
6 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
6 5 (15.63%) Microservices
6 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow
6 5 (15.63%) TDD
6 5 (15.63%) CSS
6 5 (15.63%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (12.50%) Design Patterns
7 4 (12.50%) OO
7 4 (12.50%) ITIL
7 4 (12.50%) HTML
7 4 (12.50%) .NET
7 4 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (12.50%) MVVM
7 4 (12.50%) Test Automation
7 4 (12.50%) RESTful
7 4 (12.50%) Android
7 4 (12.50%) Android Development
7 4 (12.50%) Kotlin
8 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.38%) Social Skills

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.25%) Serverless
4 1 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (3.13%) Figma
4 1 (3.13%) Firebase
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) SQLite
2 2 (6.25%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.13%) DynamoDB
3 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Crashlytics
1 1 (3.13%) GitLab
1 1 (3.13%) Gradle
1 1 (3.13%) Storybook
General
1 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.38%) Banking
2 3 (9.38%) Finance
2 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (31.25%) React
2 7 (21.88%) Vue
3 6 (18.75%) Redux
4 5 (15.63%) CSS
4 5 (15.63%) GraphQL
4 5 (15.63%) Next.js
5 4 (12.50%) .NET
5 4 (12.50%) HTML
5 4 (12.50%) RESTful
6 3 (9.38%) .NET Framework
6 3 (9.38%) Node.js
6 3 (9.38%) Spring
6 3 (9.38%) XML
7 2 (6.25%) .NET Core
7 2 (6.25%) Entity Framework
7 2 (6.25%) OAuth
7 2 (6.25%) OAuth2
7 2 (6.25%) OpenID
7 2 (6.25%) Web Services
8 1 (3.13%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Algorithms
1 2 (6.25%) Data Structures
1 2 (6.25%) Derivative
1 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Android
2 2 (6.25%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (18.75%) Agile
3 5 (15.63%) CI/CD
3 5 (15.63%) Microservices
3 5 (15.63%) TDD
4 4 (12.50%) Android Development
4 4 (12.50%) Design Patterns
4 4 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
4 4 (12.50%) ITIL
4 4 (12.50%) MVVM
4 4 (12.50%) OO
4 4 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 3 (9.38%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (9.38%) E-Commerce
5 3 (9.38%) Low Latency
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (6.25%) Mob Programming
6 2 (6.25%) Roadmaps
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) Java
2 4 (12.50%) Kotlin
3 3 (9.38%) C#
3 3 (9.38%) TypeScript
4 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.25%) SQL
5 1 (3.13%) ABAP
5 1 (3.13%) Apex Code
5 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) Grafana
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.13%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Siemens