Developer Contract Job Trends in the North East

Developer
England > North East

The median Developer daily rate in the North East is £426, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 -7
Contract Developer jobs 109 38 26
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 12.78% 12.03% 9.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.78% 13.01% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 26 21
10th Percentile £363 £400 £338
25th Percentile £400 £419 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £494 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.82% +16.18% -21.30%
75th Percentile £511 £575 £480
90th Percentile £775 £625 £538
England median daily rate £520 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.92% -3.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 0
10th Percentile £62.50 - -
25th Percentile £69.25 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the North East matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the North East matching a recognised job title 791 292 251
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.73% 92.41% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 191 107
10th Percentile £313 £170 £268
25th Percentile £363 £339 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £568
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 12 22
10th Percentile £13.84 £13.83 £18.85
25th Percentile £40.56 £17.03 £38.27
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +237.66% -58.32% +44.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £26.81 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £49.95 £70.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -6.69%

Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Developer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Developer job vacancy trend in the North East

Developer Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North East

Developer Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for Developer jobs in the North East over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the North East

Developer Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North East

Developer Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Developer jobs within the North East region over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear +1 104 £425 -15.00% 81
Durham -13 2 £875 +100.00% 3
Northumberland - 2 £875 -
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Developer contract job ads cited 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 Developer job ads across the North East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile69.7%76
2SC Cleared50.5%55
2Security Cleared50.5%55
4CI/CD43.1%47
5Test Automation41.3%45
6Java39.4%43
7Kubernetes38.5%42
7Scrum38.5%42
9AWS33.9%37
10TDD29.4%32
11DevOps27.5%30
12Software Engineering26.6%29
13QA25.7%28
14SDLC24.8%27
15AngularJS23.9%26
16Docker22.9%25
16Problem-Solving22.9%25
18Accessibility21.1%23
18Terraform21.1%23
18Unit Testing21.1%23
21Microservices20.2%22
21MongoDB20.2%22
23Front End Development18.3%20
23Sprint Planning18.3%20
25DevSecOps17.4%19
25RESTful17.4%19
25SonarQube17.4%19
25Sprint Review17.4%19
25User-Centered Design (UCD)17.4%19
30Argo16.5%18

Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Software Developer30.3%33
2Java Developer28.4%31
3Senior Developer18.3%20
4Lead Developer10.1%11
5Node.js Developer9.2%10
6Senior Software Developer8.3%9
6Software Consultant8.3%9
8Python Developer7.3%8
8SC Cleared Java Developer7.3%8
10Robotic Process Automation Developer6.4%7
10Scala Developer6.4%7
10Senior Java Developer6.4%7
13Informatica Developer5.5%6
14Angular Developer4.6%5
14Full-Stack Developer4.6%5
14Senior Consultant4.6%5
17Android Developer3.7%4
17iOS Developer3.7%4
17SAS Developer3.7%4
17Senior React Developer3.7%4
96 Developer jobs in the North East