Developer Contract Job Trends in North London

Developer
London > North London

The median Developer daily rate in North London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in North London 6.90% - 13.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% - 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £289
25th Percentile £525 - £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.09%
75th Percentile £575 - £534
90th Percentile - - £570
London median daily rate £535 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -2.73% -1.79% -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North London. 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 North London with a recognized job title 27 24 22
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 96.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 18
10th Percentile £214 £376 £248
25th Percentile £400 £490 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £327
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +68.45% -23.18%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £473
90th Percentile £596 £651 £581
London median daily rate £550 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.92% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
London median hourly rate £41.00 £27.50 £35.75
% change year-on-year +49.09% -23.08% -7.65%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in North London.

Developer job vacancy trend in North London

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in North London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in North London

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in North London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in North London

Developer
Contract Job Locations in North London

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 London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Barnet - 1 £550 - 5
Enfield - 1 - - 2
Developer
London

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 London region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Fiddler
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Fiddler
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) Swagger
2 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft