Technical Developer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Technical Developer
England > Midlands

The median Technical Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.052% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -22.73% -8.33% -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 3,472 1,811 2,522
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 91.19% 92.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,205 1,190 1,694
10th Percentile £263 £200 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 73 210
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.77 £11.99
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.67 £14.78
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.59 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +13.63% +7.22%
75th Percentile £27.00 £28.75 £28.88
90th Percentile £40.00 £35.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.45 £33.07
% change year-on-year -1.26% +7.20% -19.41%

Technical Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Technical Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Technical Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Technical Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Technical 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 Technical Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. 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 - 1 £525 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Technical Developer
England

Technical Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, Technical Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Technical Developer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Repair
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Hudson
1 1 (50.00%) IFS
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) Sybase
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML

Technical Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Hudson
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Repair
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IFS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Sybase