Pair Programming Contract Job Trends in the North East

Pair Programming
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Pair Programming skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.01% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £453 - -
90th Percentile £459 - -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £590
% change year-on-year +4.90% -15.25% -5.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

Pair Programming falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 414 293 258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 83.81% 87.46% 83.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 175 128
10th Percentile £176 £305 £187
25th Percentile £363 £358 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £465
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -0.43% -15.55%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £582
90th Percentile £595 £650 £641
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 46
10th Percentile £21.19 £13.75 £11.50
25th Percentile £49.56 £14.74 £12.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £16.25 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +269.23% -2.99% -65.82%
75th Percentile £72.50 £21.44 £48.11
90th Percentile - £46.18 £50.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.31% -2.26%

Pair Programming
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Pair Programming job vacancy trend in the North East

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Pair Programming.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Pair Programming

Pair Programming
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 Pair Programming within the North East region over the 6 months to 26 February 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 - 5 £450 - 1
Pair Programming
England

Pair Programming
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) GitLab
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) Mockito
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Node.js Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Ruby Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Java Scala Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Node.js
1 4 (80.00%) Spring
2 2 (40.00%) Kafka
3 1 (20.00%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (20.00%) Express.js
3 1 (20.00%) Flask
3 1 (20.00%) JAX-RS
3 1 (20.00%) MERN Stack
3 1 (20.00%) React
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) BDD
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (40.00%) Ruby
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) Kotlin
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform