Software Developer Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Developer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Developer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 6 44
Rank change year-on-year -28 +38 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 2 26 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.90% 12.38% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 13.83% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile - - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.47%
75th Percentile - - £609
90th Percentile - - £679
Tyne and Wear median daily rate - - £488
% change year-on-year - - +14.71%

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 217 188 322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.31% 89.52% 98.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 93 252
10th Percentile £236 £338 £320
25th Percentile £358 £400 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £570 £590 £650
90th Percentile £625 £650 £742
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £455 £500 £555
% change year-on-year -9.00% -9.91% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 22 0
10th Percentile £21.05 £12.66 -
25th Percentile £30.50 £18.69 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 -
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.35 £67.88 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.71% - -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Fargate
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon Lightsail
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) OpenEdge
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) OpenEdge
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon Lightsail
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Fargate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft