Software Developer Contracts in Milton Keynes

Software Developer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Software Developer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £510 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 66 71
Rank change year-on-year +26 +5 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 6 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.54% 0.70% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 0.75% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £501 - £523
25th Percentile £503 - £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £574
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -4.10% +34.94%
75th Percentile £523 - £601
90th Percentile £527 - £614
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £510 £550 £574
% change year-on-year -7.27% -4.10% +31.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 363 668 687
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 93.17% 97.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 545 539
10th Percentile £256 £304 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £575
90th Percentile £699 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 39
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.23 £10.19
25th Percentile £17.91 £11.33 £10.77
Median hourly rate £22.55 £13.16 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.35% +14.43% -14.81%
75th Percentile £27.75 £15.96 £13.90
90th Percentile £48.75 £17.63 £21.70
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.22 £17.50 £12.28
% change year-on-year +32.66% +42.57% -12.32%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Milton Keynes

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Milton Keynes

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in Milton Keynes

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 14 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) LabWindows
2 4 (66.67%) Subversion
2 4 (66.67%) Data Acquisition
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 4 (66.67%) RS-232
3 2 (33.33%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) SAN
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 1 (16.67%) Remedy
4 1 (16.67%) Debian
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (66.67%) LabWindows
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) RS-232
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Subversion
1 4 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Debian
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy
2 1 (16.67%) VMware