Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Developer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 33 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 -13 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 7 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.42% 1.08% 4.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.51% 1.26% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - - £566
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £590 £720
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -18.06% +20.00%
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £600 £590 £720
% change year-on-year +1.69% -18.06% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 279 159 157
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.54% 85.48% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 85 104
10th Percentile £163 £181 £200
25th Percentile £338 £325 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £476
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -10.71% -13.45%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £576
90th Percentile £600 £642 £717
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £425 £452
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.97% -17.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 7
10th Percentile £14.05 £17.01 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.88 £42.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £60.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +87.50% +161.22%
75th Percentile £52.63 £70.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £53.75 - £60.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £22.50 £60.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year -62.50% +142.42% +98.00%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Senior 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Microservices
2 5 (71.43%) BDD
2 5 (71.43%) TDD
2 5 (71.43%) Web Development
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
4 3 (42.86%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (42.86%) AWS
4 3 (42.86%) Azure
4 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Deployment
4 3 (42.86%) CSS
4 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
4 3 (42.86%) HTML
4 3 (42.86%) Java
4 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 3 (42.86%) JAX-RS
4 3 (42.86%) Jest
4 3 (42.86%) Kafka
4 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 3 (42.86%) Mac OS X
4 3 (42.86%) Mocha
4 3 (42.86%) Mockito
4 3 (42.86%) MongoDB
4 3 (42.86%) NoSQL
4 3 (42.86%) Open Source
4 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
4 3 (42.86%) Redis

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MongoDB
1 3 (42.86%) NoSQL
1 3 (42.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Mocha
1 3 (42.86%) Mockito
General
1 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
1 3 (42.86%) JAX-RS
1 3 (42.86%) Jest
1 3 (42.86%) Kafka
2 2 (28.57%) Express.js
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) React
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Mac OS X
1 3 (42.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Microservices
2 5 (71.43%) BDD
2 5 (71.43%) TDD
2 5 (71.43%) Web Development
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Deployment
4 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
4 3 (42.86%) Open Source
4 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
4 3 (42.86%) Responsive Web Design
4 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 3 (42.86%) Web Design
5 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Line Management
5 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) Progressive Enhancement
5 2 (28.57%) User Experience
5 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle