Developer Contract Job Trends in the North East

Developer
England > North East

The median Developer daily rate in the North East is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 9 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 70 37 49
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 11.61% 11.49% 15.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.15% 12.05% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 30 21
10th Percentile £400 £328 £338
25th Percentile £425 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £490 £675
90th Percentile £675 £575 £720
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £56.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.45% -15.38% +2.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 576 307 295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.52% 95.34% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 214 132
10th Percentile £306 £204 £193
25th Percentile £388 £346 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -9.18%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £590
90th Percentile £638 £634 £673
England median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -2.01% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 19 61
10th Percentile £17.00 - £10.42
25th Percentile £43.75 £11.60 £11.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% -7.08% -65.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £22.74 £40.91
90th Percentile £72.50 £49.40 £50.00
England median hourly rate £45.59 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +51.95% -18.73% -17.54%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title 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 jobs citing Developer in the North East over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the North East over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer 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 IT jobs citing Developer within the North East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Tyne and Wear -4 69 £475 +2.15% 64
Durham -3 1 - - 10
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2026, 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 North East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 39 (55.71%) Security Cleared
2 37 (52.86%) SC Cleared
3 35 (50.00%) Agile
3 35 (50.00%) Java
4 20 (28.57%) Kubernetes
5 19 (27.14%) Spring
6 18 (25.71%) Python
7 17 (24.29%) TDD
8 16 (22.86%) Software Engineering
8 16 (22.86%) TypeScript
9 15 (21.43%) CI/CD
9 15 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
9 15 (21.43%) React
10 14 (20.00%) AWS
11 13 (18.57%) Accessibility
12 12 (17.14%) Scrum
12 12 (17.14%) Spring Boot
12 12 (17.14%) Test Automation
13 11 (15.71%) Docker
14 10 (14.29%) DevOps
15 9 (12.86%) AngularJS
15 9 (12.86%) Azure
15 9 (12.86%) Next.js
16 8 (11.43%) Microservices
16 8 (11.43%) Node.js
16 8 (11.43%) SDLC
16 8 (11.43%) Unit Testing
17 7 (10.00%) Argo
17 7 (10.00%) Containerisation
17 7 (10.00%) DevSecOps

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.29%) Apache
1 3 (4.29%) Apache Spark
1 3 (4.29%) SAS
2 2 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.86%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.00%) AWS
2 9 (12.86%) Azure
3 7 (10.00%) OpenShift
4 6 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (5.71%) Firebase
5 4 (5.71%) GitHub
5 4 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (2.86%) Google Play
6 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.86%) Serverless
7 1 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.43%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) MongoDB
1 5 (7.14%) NoSQL
1 5 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.29%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.86%) Power BI
3 2 (2.86%) Redis
3 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.43%) Big Data
4 1 (1.43%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.43%) MySQL
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.43%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 7 (10.00%) GitLab
1 7 (10.00%) SonarQube
2 4 (5.71%) fastlane
2 4 (5.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.86%) Android Studio
3 2 (2.86%) Crashlytics
3 2 (2.86%) Git
3 2 (2.86%) Gradle
3 2 (2.86%) JIRA
3 2 (2.86%) Xcode
4 1 (1.43%) Cucumber
General
1 21 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 9 (12.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (5.71%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.86%) Finance
4 2 (2.86%) Legal
5 1 (1.43%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (27.14%) Spring
2 15 (21.43%) React
3 12 (17.14%) Spring Boot
4 9 (12.86%) AngularJS
4 9 (12.86%) Next.js
5 8 (11.43%) Node.js
6 7 (10.00%) Quarkus
6 7 (10.00%) RESTful
7 4 (5.71%) Swagger
8 3 (4.29%) .NET
8 3 (4.29%) Akka
8 3 (4.29%) Express.js
8 3 (4.29%) OpenAPI
8 3 (4.29%) REST
9 2 (2.86%) Android Jetpack
9 2 (2.86%) ASP.NET
9 2 (2.86%) CSS
9 2 (2.86%) HTML
9 2 (2.86%) Kafka
9 2 (2.86%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.71%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.86%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.43%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.43%) MicroBlaze
4 1 (1.43%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Linux
2 2 (2.86%) Android
2 2 (2.86%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.86%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.86%) Unix
3 1 (1.43%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (50.00%) Agile
2 17 (24.29%) TDD
3 16 (22.86%) Software Engineering
4 15 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 15 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 12 (17.14%) Scrum
5 12 (17.14%) Test Automation
6 10 (14.29%) DevOps
7 8 (11.43%) Microservices
7 8 (11.43%) SDLC
7 8 (11.43%) Unit Testing
8 7 (10.00%) Containerisation
8 7 (10.00%) DevSecOps
8 7 (10.00%) Front End Development
9 6 (8.57%) API Development
9 6 (8.57%) API Integration
9 6 (8.57%) Sprint Planning
9 6 (8.57%) Sprint Review
9 6 (8.57%) User Experience
10 5 (7.14%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 35 (50.00%) Java
2 18 (25.71%) Python
3 16 (22.86%) TypeScript
4 7 (10.00%) SQL
5 5 (7.14%) Scala
6 3 (4.29%) C#
6 3 (4.29%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.86%) C
7 2 (2.86%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.86%) Ruby
7 2 (2.86%) Swift
8 1 (1.43%) C++
8 1 (1.43%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.43%) ProC
Qualifications
1 39 (55.71%) Security Cleared
2 37 (52.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.57%) Accessibility
2 7 (10.00%) WCAG
3 6 (8.57%) QA
4 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (15.71%) Docker
2 1 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 7 (10.00%) Argo
3 5 (7.14%) Terraform
4 4 (5.71%) Kibana
5 1 (1.43%) Grafana
5 1 (1.43%) Istio
5 1 (1.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (10.00%) Oracle
1 7 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 6 (8.57%) Informatica
3 4 (5.71%) Dynatrace
3 4 (5.71%) Google
4 2 (2.86%) Apple
4 2 (2.86%) Sitecore
4 2 (2.86%) Trend Micro
5 1 (1.43%) DataFlux