Software Developer Contracts in the Midlands

Software Developer
England > Midlands

The median Software Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 138 140
Rank change year-on-year +55 +2 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 51 26 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.87% 0.77% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 0.81% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 23 36
10th Percentile £368 £340 £338
25th Percentile £375 £444 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +36.99%
75th Percentile £425 £608 £540
90th Percentile £433 £625 £594
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +13.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,507 3,198 4,784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 94.70% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,689 2,252 3,504
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £328 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 124 167
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.15 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.07 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.36 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.18
90th Percentile £52.45 £62.75 £34.70
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the Midlands

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in the Midlands

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in the Midlands

Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
East Midlands +30 26 £425 -28.08% 24
West Midlands +40 25 £375 -28.57% 39
Software Developer
England

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Software 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 Midlands region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 48 (94.12%) Degree
1 48 (94.12%) Artificial Intelligence
1 48 (94.12%) PayPal
1 48 (94.12%) Chatbot
1 48 (94.12%) Conversational UI
1 48 (94.12%) Code Quality
2 25 (49.02%) Python
2 25 (49.02%) HTML
2 25 (49.02%) JavaScript
2 25 (49.02%) SQL
3 24 (47.06%) Software Engineering
3 24 (47.06%) C#
4 2 (3.92%) .NET
5 1 (1.96%) CSS
5 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.96%) ETL
5 1 (1.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (1.96%) Front End Development
5 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) Azure
5 1 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.96%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (1.96%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (1.96%) Databricks
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.96%) Progressive Web App

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 48 (94.12%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.96%) Azure
1 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (49.02%) HTML
2 2 (3.92%) .NET
3 1 (1.96%) CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (94.12%) Artificial Intelligence
1 48 (94.12%) Code Quality
1 48 (94.12%) Conversational UI
2 24 (47.06%) Software Engineering
3 1 (1.96%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (1.96%) ETL
3 1 (1.96%) Front End Development
3 1 (1.96%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (1.96%) Progressive Web App
3 1 (1.96%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (49.02%) JavaScript
1 25 (49.02%) Python
1 25 (49.02%) SQL
2 24 (47.06%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (94.12%) Degree
2 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 48 (94.12%) PayPal
2 1 (1.96%) Databricks