Developer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer daily rate in the North of England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 663 354 650
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.87% 10.48% 13.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.75% 11.21% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 287 460
10th Percentile £358 £338 £300
25th Percentile £413 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £466 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +3.56% -10.45%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £625 £616 £613
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 0 2
10th Percentile £25.49 - £78.05
25th Percentile £38.07 - £78.88
Median hourly rate £45.56 - £81.50
75th Percentile £60.00 - £82.88
90th Percentile £67.50 - £82.95
England median hourly rate £52.50 £51.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.44% -21.15% +0.78%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 6,165 3,157 4,458
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 93.46% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,643 2,089 2,728
10th Percentile £313 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £367 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% -5.03% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £674 £638 £669
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 169 443
10th Percentile £17.13 £12.76 £11.11
25th Percentile £25.77 £14.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.14 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.84% -3.74% -17.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £48.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £74.00 £66.61
England median hourly rate £45.78 £30.00 £38.14
% change year-on-year +52.60% -21.33% -15.26%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 of England.

Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies 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 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 7 June 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
North West -3 304 £475 +2.43% 163
Yorkshire +8 283 £476 +0.21% 85
North East -4 79 £475 +2.15% 64
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 218 (32.88%) Agile
2 212 (31.98%) Java
3 186 (28.05%) CI/CD
4 130 (19.61%) AWS
5 121 (18.25%) Python
6 119 (17.95%) DevOps
7 117 (17.65%) Microservices
8 104 (15.69%) Kubernetes
9 103 (15.54%) Azure
10 101 (15.23%) Security Cleared
11 100 (15.08%) SQL
12 95 (14.33%) Docker
13 94 (14.18%) Full-Stack Development
14 92 (13.88%) JavaScript
15 90 (13.57%) React
15 90 (13.57%) Spring
16 89 (13.42%) Test Automation
17 83 (12.52%) SC Cleared
18 82 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
19 76 (11.46%) Spring Boot
20 74 (11.16%) TDD
21 71 (10.71%) TypeScript
22 70 (10.56%) API Development
23 68 (10.26%) Node.js
24 67 (10.11%) RESTful
25 65 (9.80%) Software Engineering
26 63 (9.50%) REST
27 61 (9.20%) Front End Development
27 61 (9.20%) Microsoft
28 60 (9.05%) Terraform

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (2.56%) Confluence
2 10 (1.51%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.21%) Apache
3 8 (1.21%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.90%) SAS
5 5 (0.75%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.45%) CMS
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.30%) JBoss
7 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.15%) Appian
8 1 (0.15%) Camunda
8 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Mule
8 1 (0.15%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.06%) Maximo
3 2 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.30%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.15%) Odoo
4 1 (0.15%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 130 (19.61%) AWS
2 103 (15.54%) Azure
3 52 (7.84%) GitHub
4 45 (6.79%) Serverless
5 44 (6.64%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.98%) GCP
7 32 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
8 21 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.56%) Amazon S3
11 16 (2.41%) OpenShift
12 15 (2.26%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.11%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.81%) Amazon SQS
14 12 (1.81%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.51%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.36%) Cloud Run
17 8 (1.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.15%) Firewall
2 1 (0.15%) HTTP
2 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.13%) MongoDB
2 34 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 27 (4.07%) Power BI
4 26 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (3.02%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.71%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.51%) Power Query
8 8 (1.21%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.21%) OLTP
9 7 (1.06%) MySQL
9 7 (1.06%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.06%) Redis
10 6 (0.90%) DocumentDB
10 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.75%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.75%) Metadata
11 5 (0.75%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.60%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 45 (6.79%) GitLab
1 45 (6.79%) JIRA
2 43 (6.49%) Git
3 32 (4.83%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.41%) Mockito
5 15 (2.26%) JUnit
6 14 (2.11%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.66%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.51%) Gradle
9 8 (1.21%) fastlane
9 8 (1.21%) Mocha
10 7 (1.06%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.06%) Maven
11 6 (0.90%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.60%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.60%) Crashlytics
12 4 (0.60%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.60%) Snyk
12 4 (0.60%) Xcode
13 3 (0.45%) ClearCase
General
1 124 (18.70%) Public Sector
2 84 (12.67%) Social Skills
3 78 (11.76%) Finance
4 63 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (6.18%) Banking
6 14 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.21%) Law
8 7 (1.06%) Aviation
8 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.06%) Military
8 7 (1.06%) Retail
9 6 (0.90%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.75%) Legal
11 4 (0.60%) Front Office
11 4 (0.60%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.60%) Publishing
12 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.45%) Games
12 3 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.45%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (13.57%) React
1 90 (13.57%) Spring
2 76 (11.46%) Spring Boot
3 68 (10.26%) Node.js
4 67 (10.11%) RESTful
5 63 (9.50%) REST
6 49 (7.39%) .NET
7 38 (5.73%) AngularJS
7 38 (5.73%) HTML
8 31 (4.68%) Kafka
9 29 (4.37%) CSS
10 26 (3.92%) Vue
11 24 (3.62%) OpenTelemetry
12 21 (3.17%) FastAPI
13 20 (3.02%) Jest
14 19 (2.87%) OAuth
15 18 (2.71%) Redux
16 17 (2.56%) OAuth2
17 15 (2.26%) YAML
18 14 (2.11%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.39%) Cloud Native
2 35 (5.28%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.17%) Mobile App
4 18 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.56%) NHS
6 13 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.60%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) Equities
12 3 (0.45%) Fixed Income
12 3 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.45%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.30%) IoT
13 2 (0.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.37%) Linux
2 26 (3.92%) Unix
3 17 (2.56%) Windows
4 11 (1.66%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.66%) Mac OS X
5 10 (1.51%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.06%) Android
7 3 (0.45%) AIX
7 3 (0.45%) VMS
7 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (32.88%) Agile
2 186 (28.05%) CI/CD
3 119 (17.95%) DevOps
4 117 (17.65%) Microservices
5 94 (14.18%) Full-Stack Development
6 89 (13.42%) Test Automation
7 82 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (11.16%) TDD
9 70 (10.56%) API Development
10 65 (9.80%) Software Engineering
11 61 (9.20%) Front End Development
12 55 (8.30%) Containerisation
13 53 (7.99%) Analytics
14 51 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
15 48 (7.24%) Code Quality
16 46 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (6.94%) Data Modelling
17 43 (6.49%) Observability
17 43 (6.49%) Scrum
18 41 (6.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 212 (31.98%) Java
2 121 (18.25%) Python
3 100 (15.08%) SQL
4 92 (13.88%) JavaScript
5 71 (10.71%) TypeScript
6 54 (8.14%) C#
7 30 (4.52%) Kotlin
8 13 (1.96%) Go
8 13 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (1.51%) PHP
11 8 (1.21%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.21%) Ruby
11 8 (1.21%) Scala
11 8 (1.21%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.06%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.90%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.90%) Swift
14 4 (0.60%) ProC
14 4 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 101 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 83 (12.52%) SC Cleared
3 25 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (2.87%) Degree
5 5 (0.75%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.15%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.79%) Accessibility
2 27 (4.07%) WCAG
3 22 (3.32%) QA
4 16 (2.41%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.45%) GRC
5 3 (0.45%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.45%) PSD2
5 3 (0.45%) SEPA
6 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.15%) GDPR
7 1 (0.15%) HL7
System Software
1 95 (14.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.15%) Firmware
2 1 (0.15%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 104 (15.69%) Kubernetes
2 60 (9.05%) Terraform
3 30 (4.52%) Grafana
4 26 (3.92%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.11%) Control-M
5 14 (2.11%) IBM Guardium
5 14 (2.11%) Nessus
6 12 (1.81%) Ansible
6 12 (1.81%) Argo
7 4 (0.60%) Kibana
8 2 (0.30%) Consul
8 2 (0.30%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.15%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.15%) Istio
9 1 (0.15%) Kiali
Vendors
1 61 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.98%) Oracle
3 20 (3.02%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.56%) Google
5 14 (2.11%) Tenable
6 12 (1.81%) SAP
6 12 (1.81%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.51%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.51%) Okta
8 9 (1.36%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.06%) Foundry
9 7 (1.06%) Informatica
10 6 (0.90%) Pega
11 5 (0.75%) Automation Anywhere
12 4 (0.60%) Brio
12 4 (0.60%) Splunk
12 4 (0.60%) Virgin Media
13 3 (0.45%) Adobe
13 3 (0.45%) Apple
13 3 (0.45%) Atlassian