Developer Contract Job Trends in the North East

Developer
England > North East

The median Developer daily rate in the North East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 10 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 108 35 25
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 12.66% 11.40% 8.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.57% 12.41% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 23 20
10th Percentile £374 £400 £338
25th Percentile £400 £419 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -25.44%
75th Percentile £567 £575 £482
90th Percentile £775 £620 £538
England median daily rate £520 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile £62.50 - -
25th Percentile £64.19 - -
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 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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the North East with a recognized job title 796 282 259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 91.86% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 180 107
10th Percentile £313 £173 £268
25th Percentile £365 £338 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £568
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 11 23
10th Percentile £13.84 £13.75 £15.35
25th Percentile £39.88 £16.19 £32.70
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +237.66% -58.32% +44.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £22.19 £50.00
90th Percentile - £36.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%

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 16 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 IT jobs citing Developer within the North East region over the 6 months to 16 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		 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 +7 103 £450 -10.00% 68
Durham -12 2 £875 +100.00% 4
Northumberland - 2 £875 -
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile68.5%74
2SC Cleared50.9%55
2Security Cleared50.9%55
4Test Automation40.7%44
5CI/CD39.8%43
5Scrum39.8%43
7Java37.0%40
8Kubernetes36.1%39
9AWS32.4%35
10Software Engineering28.7%31
11TDD27.8%30
12QA26.9%29
13DevOps25.9%28
14SDLC25.0%27
15AngularJS24.1%26
16Problem-Solving23.1%25
17Unit Testing22.2%24
18Terraform21.3%23
19Docker20.4%22
20Accessibility19.4%21
20Front End Development19.4%21
20Sprint Planning19.4%21
23DevSecOps18.5%20
23Sprint Review18.5%20
25Argo17.6%19
25Microservices17.6%19
25MongoDB17.6%19
25OpenShift17.6%19
25Red Hat17.6%19
25SonarQube17.6%19

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 Developer30.6%33
2Java Developer26.9%29
3Senior Developer17.6%19
4Lead Developer11.1%12
5Node.js Developer8.3%9
5Python Developer8.3%9
5SC Cleared Java Developer8.3%9
5Software Consultant8.3%9
9Senior Software Developer7.4%8
10Informatica Developer6.5%7
10Robotic Process Automation Developer6.5%7
10Scala Developer6.5%7
10Senior Java Developer6.5%7
14Angular Developer4.6%5
14Senior Consultant4.6%5
16Android Developer3.7%4
16Full-Stack Developer3.7%4
16iOS Developer3.7%4
16SAS Developer3.7%4
16Senior React Developer3.7%4
87 Developer jobs in the North East