Developer Contracts in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer daily rate in the North of England is £466, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 378 536 693
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 9.55% 12.86% 13.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.32% 13.95% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 418 541
10th Percentile £329 £300 £356
25th Percentile £375 £367 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% -12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £611
90th Percentile £578 £600 £675
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £47.12 £59.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +19.00% -28.57%
England median hourly rate £52.50 £65.00 £59.30
% change year-on-year -19.23% +9.62% +1.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,662 3,843 5,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 92.20% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,354 2,387 3,436
10th Percentile £251 £263 £263
25th Percentile £368 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% -1.40% +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £638 £669 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 285 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.56 £15.39
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.65
Median hourly rate £22.32 £31.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.02% +18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £46.42 £51.88 £44.64
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £56.24
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +68.63%

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 2 August 2025.

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 2 August 2025. 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 -3 214 £430 -4.44% 403
Yorkshire -14 134 £475 - 200
North East +3 30 £480 +12.94% 69
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, 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.

1 119 (31.48%) Agile
2 98 (25.93%) Java
3 93 (24.60%) AWS
4 84 (22.22%) SQL
4 84 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 81 (21.43%) JavaScript
6 73 (19.31%) Git
7 72 (19.05%) Security Cleared
8 71 (18.78%) DevOps
9 67 (17.72%) Public Sector
10 65 (17.20%) Social Skills
11 61 (16.14%) Microservices
12 60 (15.87%) React
12 60 (15.87%) Finance
13 59 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
14 58 (15.34%) Python
14 58 (15.34%) Node.js
15 55 (14.55%) Full-Stack Development
16 54 (14.29%) Azure
16 54 (14.29%) Microsoft
17 53 (14.02%) HTML
17 53 (14.02%) SC Cleared
18 51 (13.49%) Jenkins
19 49 (12.96%) RESTful
19 49 (12.96%) CSS
20 45 (11.90%) Spring Boot
21 44 (11.64%) Banking
22 43 (11.38%) PostgreSQL
22 43 (11.38%) Spring
23 41 (10.85%) TDD

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 (3.97%) Confluence
2 12 (3.17%) CMS
2 12 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.17%) Tomcat
3 7 (1.85%) CICS
3 7 (1.85%) JBoss
4 4 (1.06%) Moodle
4 4 (1.06%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.06%) nginx
5 3 (0.79%) Apache
5 3 (0.79%) Documentum
5 3 (0.79%) FileNet
5 3 (0.79%) OpenEdge
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.53%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.26%) Camunda
7 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.59%) VisionPLUS
3 4 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.53%) Sage CRM
5 1 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 93 (24.60%) AWS
2 54 (14.29%) Azure
3 31 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 26 (6.88%) Serverless
5 22 (5.82%) GitHub
6 20 (5.29%) Power Automate
7 17 (4.50%) PowerApps
8 15 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (3.70%) GCP
10 13 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.38%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (2.12%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.85%) SaaS
15 6 (1.59%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (1.59%) npm
16 5 (1.32%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.12%) HTTP
2 3 (0.79%) Intranet
3 2 (0.53%) Firewall
3 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.38%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (7.67%) MySQL
3 26 (6.88%) MongoDB
4 21 (5.56%) NoSQL
5 20 (5.29%) Relational Database
5 20 (5.29%) SQL Server
6 17 (4.50%) Power BI
7 7 (1.85%) Siebel EIM
8 5 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.32%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.32%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.06%) DB2
9 4 (1.06%) Redis
10 3 (0.79%) Big Data
10 3 (0.79%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database 10g
10 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (0.79%) WebFOCUS
Development Applications
1 73 (19.31%) Git
2 51 (13.49%) Jenkins
3 41 (10.85%) GitLab
4 34 (8.99%) JIRA
5 26 (6.88%) JUnit
6 22 (5.82%) Gradle
7 18 (4.76%) SonarQube
7 18 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
8 17 (4.50%) Maven
9 9 (2.38%) Cucumber
9 9 (2.38%) Mockito
10 8 (2.12%) Artifactory
10 8 (2.12%) gulp
10 8 (2.12%) Xcode
11 7 (1.85%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.85%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.59%) Selenium
12 6 (1.59%) Subversion
13 5 (1.32%) Android Studio
13 5 (1.32%) Liquibase
General
1 67 (17.72%) Public Sector
2 65 (17.20%) Social Skills
3 60 (15.87%) Finance
4 44 (11.64%) Banking
5 22 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.91%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.59%) Marketing
8 5 (1.32%) Electronics
8 5 (1.32%) Law
8 5 (1.32%) Retail
8 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.06%) Legal
9 4 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.53%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.53%) Military
11 2 (0.53%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.26%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.26%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (15.87%) React
2 58 (15.34%) Node.js
3 53 (14.02%) HTML
4 49 (12.96%) CSS
4 49 (12.96%) RESTful
5 45 (11.90%) Spring Boot
6 43 (11.38%) Spring
7 37 (9.79%) REST
8 34 (8.99%) .NET
9 31 (8.20%) AngularJS
10 29 (7.67%) Kafka
11 24 (6.35%) SOAP
12 18 (4.76%) Web Services
13 17 (4.50%) Jest
14 15 (3.97%) Express.js
15 13 (3.44%) Android Jetpack
15 13 (3.44%) JSON
16 11 (2.91%) HTML5
16 11 (2.91%) Jetpack Compose
16 11 (2.91%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.05%) Mobile App
2 16 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.65%) Mainframe
5 9 (2.38%) NHS
6 7 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.59%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.59%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.59%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.32%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.32%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 5 (1.32%) Mobile Banking
9 4 (1.06%) VSAM
10 3 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.79%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.47%) Linux
2 25 (6.61%) Android
3 21 (5.56%) Apple iOS
4 12 (3.17%) Unix
5 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.53%) MVS
6 2 (0.53%) Solaris
7 1 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (31.48%) Agile
2 84 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 71 (18.78%) DevOps
4 61 (16.14%) Microservices
5 59 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (14.55%) Full-Stack Development
7 41 (10.85%) TDD
8 40 (10.58%) Migration
9 37 (9.79%) Scrum
10 33 (8.73%) SDLC
11 30 (7.94%) Test Automation
12 29 (7.67%) Front End Development
13 28 (7.41%) User Experience
14 26 (6.88%) Business Intelligence
15 24 (6.35%) Containerisation
16 23 (6.08%) Architectural Patterns
17 22 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (5.82%) Mentoring
18 21 (5.56%) Clean Code
18 21 (5.56%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 98 (25.93%) Java
2 84 (22.22%) SQL
3 81 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 58 (15.34%) Python
5 30 (7.94%) TypeScript
6 29 (7.67%) C#
7 26 (6.88%) Kotlin
8 15 (3.97%) Swift
9 11 (2.91%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.38%) COBOL
10 9 (2.38%) Objective-C
10 9 (2.38%) PHP
11 8 (2.12%) C++
11 8 (2.12%) Ruby
11 8 (2.12%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.85%) C
12 7 (1.85%) JCL
13 6 (1.59%) Bash
14 5 (1.32%) Apex Code
14 5 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 72 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 53 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (3.17%) Degree
5 11 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.53%) CCNA
7 2 (0.53%) CCNP
7 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.26%) MCSA
8 1 (0.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.50%) QA
2 13 (3.44%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.12%) WCAG
4 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.06%) HL7
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (8.20%) Docker
2 4 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.53%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.14%) Terraform
3 8 (2.12%) Ansible
4 5 (1.32%) CA Endevor
5 3 (0.79%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.26%) Control-M
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Istio
6 1 (0.26%) Kiali
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
6 1 (0.26%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.67%) Oracle
3 13 (3.44%) Siebel
4 12 (3.17%) SAP
5 10 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.65%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.12%) Google
7 5 (1.32%) AVEVA
8 4 (1.06%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.06%) GoldenSource
8 4 (1.06%) Perforce
9 3 (0.79%) IBM
9 3 (0.79%) Nintex
9 3 (0.79%) Veracode
9 3 (0.79%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.53%) Confluent
10 2 (0.53%) Databricks
10 2 (0.53%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.53%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.53%) Syncsort