Developer Contracts in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer daily rate in the North of England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 706 830 1,128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 14.78% 14.21% 15.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.88% 14.95% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 678 934
10th Percentile £300 £360 £338
25th Percentile £375 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +12.43%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 8
10th Percentile £78.05 £40.00 £26.03
25th Percentile £78.88 £45.00 £30.75
Median hourly rate £81.50 £62.50 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.40% +35.87% +51.97%
75th Percentile £82.88 £70.00 £55.88
90th Percentile £82.95 - £56.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £52.75
% change year-on-year +4.17% +13.74% +9.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 4,446 5,553 6,985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.10% 96.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,815 3,925 5,141
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £381 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £590 £550
90th Percentile £674 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 172 298
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.55 £11.12
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.57 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.64 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.73% +65.62% +2.78%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.40 £30.44
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.98 £50.23
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
North West +3 391 £453 -4.74% 323
Yorkshire +5 276 £463 -11.90% 145
North East +3 52 £500 +0.05% 51
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 160 (22.66%) SQL
2 143 (20.25%) JavaScript
3 133 (18.84%) Degree
4 129 (18.27%) AWS
5 127 (17.99%) Artificial Intelligence
6 125 (17.71%) Code Quality
7 121 (17.14%) Conversational UI
7 121 (17.14%) Chatbot
7 121 (17.14%) PayPal
8 120 (17.00%) C#
9 119 (16.86%) Python
10 115 (16.29%) Java
11 105 (14.87%) Agile
12 97 (13.74%) HTML
13 96 (13.60%) Software Engineering
14 83 (11.76%) .NET
15 82 (11.61%) Security Cleared
16 71 (10.06%) Social Skills
17 70 (9.92%) Azure
18 67 (9.49%) React
19 65 (9.21%) Public Sector
20 63 (8.92%) SC Cleared
21 57 (8.07%) Node.js
21 57 (8.07%) CI/CD
22 55 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
22 55 (7.79%) RESTful
23 54 (7.65%) DevOps
24 53 (7.51%) Full Stack Development
25 51 (7.22%) Microservices
26 48 (6.80%) ServiceNow

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.12%) CMS
2 13 (1.84%) Umbraco
3 10 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.27%) Drupal
5 6 (0.85%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) Mule
7 3 (0.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.14%) Kentico
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 121 (17.14%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.57%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.42%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 129 (18.27%) AWS
2 70 (9.92%) Azure
3 35 (4.96%) Power Platform
4 23 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.12%) GitHub
6 21 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (2.97%) Serverless
7 17 (2.41%) SaaS
8 11 (1.56%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.42%) Amazon S3
9 10 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (0.99%) PowerApps
11 6 (0.85%) Azure Functions
11 6 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.71%) GCP
13 4 (0.57%) Contentstack
13 4 (0.57%) npm
13 4 (0.57%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.42%) SSL
2 2 (0.28%) HTTP
2 2 (0.28%) Intranet
2 2 (0.28%) MQTT
2 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.14%) CTI
3 1 (0.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.53%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.25%) MongoDB
3 29 (4.11%) Power BI
4 24 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (1.98%) MySQL
7 13 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.84%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.56%) Redis
9 10 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.85%) Flink
11 6 (0.85%) GIS
11 6 (0.85%) Tableau
12 5 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
13 4 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.57%) SAP BW
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 32 (4.53%) Git
2 17 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.27%) Mockito
4 15 (2.12%) Android Studio
5 12 (1.70%) GitLab
6 11 (1.56%) JIRA
7 10 (1.42%) JUnit
8 6 (0.85%) Mocha
8 6 (0.85%) Xcode
8 6 (0.85%) XCUITest
9 5 (0.71%) Maven
9 5 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.57%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.57%) Karma Test Runner
10 4 (0.57%) Liquibase
10 4 (0.57%) Log4j
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.57%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.57%) webpack
11 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 71 (10.06%) Social Skills
2 65 (9.21%) Public Sector
3 31 (4.39%) Finance
4 17 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (1.56%) Retail
6 10 (1.42%) Banking
7 8 (1.13%) Law
8 5 (0.71%) Legal
8 5 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.57%) Marketing
10 3 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.42%) Local Government
10 3 (0.42%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.28%) Advertising
12 1 (0.14%) Automotive
12 1 (0.14%) Billing
12 1 (0.14%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.14%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.14%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (13.74%) HTML
2 83 (11.76%) .NET
3 67 (9.49%) React
4 57 (8.07%) Node.js
5 55 (7.79%) RESTful
6 41 (5.81%) Web Services
7 40 (5.67%) Spring
8 39 (5.52%) REST
9 36 (5.10%) Spring Boot
10 34 (4.82%) AngularJS
11 32 (4.53%) CSS
12 27 (3.82%) .NET Framework
13 19 (2.69%) .NET Core
13 19 (2.69%) Hibernate
14 16 (2.27%) Vue
15 14 (1.98%) JPA
15 14 (1.98%) Kafka
15 14 (1.98%) OAuth
16 13 (1.84%) FastAPI
16 13 (1.84%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.54%) Mobile App
2 17 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (2.12%) Algorithms
4 10 (1.42%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.13%) CMDB
5 8 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (0.99%) Onboarding
7 6 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.57%) NHS
9 4 (0.57%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.42%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.42%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.42%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.42%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.28%) Derivative
11 2 (0.28%) Freedom of Information
11 2 (0.28%) IoT
11 2 (0.28%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.37%) Android
2 26 (3.68%) Apple iOS
3 17 (2.41%) Unix
4 7 (0.99%) Windows
5 5 (0.71%) Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (17.99%) Artificial Intelligence
2 125 (17.71%) Code Quality
3 121 (17.14%) Conversational UI
4 105 (14.87%) Agile
5 96 (13.60%) Software Engineering
6 57 (8.07%) CI/CD
7 55 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (7.65%) DevOps
9 53 (7.51%) Full Stack Development
10 51 (7.22%) Microservices
11 47 (6.66%) Unit Testing
12 46 (6.52%) Front End Development
13 41 (5.81%) Data Modelling
13 41 (5.81%) Scrum
14 40 (5.67%) Android Development
15 38 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (5.24%) ITIL
17 34 (4.82%) TDD
18 30 (4.25%) Stakeholder Management
19 28 (3.97%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 160 (22.66%) SQL
2 143 (20.25%) JavaScript
3 120 (17.00%) C#
4 119 (16.86%) Python
5 115 (16.29%) Java
6 48 (6.80%) TypeScript
7 36 (5.10%) Kotlin
8 25 (3.54%) PHP
9 20 (2.83%) Swift
10 13 (1.84%) Go
11 12 (1.70%) ABAP
12 8 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.13%) Ruby
12 8 (1.13%) Scala
13 6 (0.85%) C++
13 6 (0.85%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.85%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.71%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 133 (18.84%) Degree
2 82 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.12%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.13%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.28%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.69%) QA
2 10 (1.42%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.71%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.57%) GDPR
4 4 (0.57%) HL7
5 2 (0.28%) SLA
5 2 (0.28%) WCAG
6 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.14%) GRC
System Software
1 28 (3.97%) Docker
2 2 (0.28%) IAG
3 1 (0.14%) Firmware
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.12%) Terraform
3 10 (1.42%) Ansible
4 5 (0.71%) Progress Chef
4 5 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) Control-M
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 121 (17.14%) PayPal
2 48 (6.80%) ServiceNow
3 36 (5.10%) Microsoft
4 18 (2.55%) SAP
5 16 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.98%) Oracle
7 10 (1.42%) Google
8 6 (0.85%) RedPrairie
9 5 (0.71%) Splunk
10 4 (0.57%) Nokia
10 4 (0.57%) Siemens
10 4 (0.57%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.42%) ESRI
11 3 (0.42%) IBM
11 3 (0.42%) Nintex
11 3 (0.42%) Pega
12 2 (0.28%) JDA
12 2 (0.28%) Sage
12 2 (0.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.28%) Talend