Developer Contracts in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer daily rate in the North of England is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 686 820 1,139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 14.84% 14.46% 15.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.92% 15.15% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 654 926
10th Percentile £300 £363 £356
25th Percentile £375 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £503 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +5.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £560
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 9 20
10th Percentile £78.05 £39.70 £31.65
25th Percentile £78.88 £48.50 £46.88
Median hourly rate £81.50 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.40% -10.71% +150.00%
75th Percentile £82.88 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.95 £72.00 £81.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% +16.36% +10.55%

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 4,309 5,414 6,954
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 95.45% 96.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,698 3,808 5,104
10th Percentile £263 £279 £200
25th Percentile £388 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £680 £639
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 158 295
10th Percentile £11.04 £14.25 £11.08
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.50 £14.43
Median hourly rate £20.76 £30.54 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% +58.69% +7.51%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.48 £34.31
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +4 371 £453 -6.92% 322
Yorkshire +4 278 £481 -8.33% 150
North East +2 50 £488 -2.50% 68
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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.

1 159 (23.18%) SQL
2 143 (20.85%) JavaScript
3 121 (17.64%) C#
4 119 (17.35%) Degree
5 116 (16.91%) Java
6 114 (16.62%) Python
7 112 (16.33%) AWS
8 111 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
9 110 (16.03%) Code Quality
10 107 (15.60%) Agile
11 106 (15.45%) PayPal
11 106 (15.45%) Conversational UI
11 106 (15.45%) Chatbot
12 102 (14.87%) HTML
13 93 (13.56%) Security Cleared
14 91 (13.27%) Software Engineering
15 81 (11.81%) .NET
16 73 (10.64%) SC Cleared
17 72 (10.50%) React
17 72 (10.50%) Public Sector
18 71 (10.35%) Social Skills
19 69 (10.06%) Azure
20 61 (8.89%) DevOps
21 58 (8.45%) CI/CD
22 56 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
23 53 (7.73%) Microservices
24 51 (7.43%) Unit Testing
24 51 (7.43%) Full Stack Development
25 50 (7.29%) Node.js
26 49 (7.14%) 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 (2.19%) CMS
2 13 (1.90%) Umbraco
3 11 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.31%) Drupal
5 8 (1.17%) Apache
6 4 (0.58%) Mule
7 3 (0.44%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.44%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.15%) Confluence
9 1 (0.15%) Kentico
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 106 (15.45%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.73%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.73%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.44%) Maximo
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 112 (16.33%) AWS
2 69 (10.06%) Azure
3 40 (5.83%) Power Platform
4 23 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (3.06%) GitHub
5 21 (3.06%) Serverless
6 13 (1.90%) Power Automate
7 12 (1.75%) SaaS
8 9 (1.31%) Amazon S3
8 9 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (1.31%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.02%) Azure Functions
10 6 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.58%) AWS Step Functions
11 4 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.58%) Contentstack
11 4 (0.58%) npm
11 4 (0.58%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.44%) SSL
2 2 (0.29%) HTTP
2 2 (0.29%) Intranet
2 2 (0.29%) MQTT
2 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.96%) Power BI
2 31 (4.52%) SQL Server
3 30 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (4.23%) MongoDB
5 19 (2.77%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.75%) MySQL
9 10 (1.46%) Redis
10 9 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.87%) Flink
12 6 (0.87%) GIS
12 6 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.87%) Tableau
13 5 (0.73%) InterSystems Cache
14 4 (0.58%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.44%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (5.54%) Git
2 17 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.33%) JUnit
4 15 (2.19%) Mockito
5 14 (2.04%) Android Studio
6 12 (1.75%) GitLab
7 11 (1.60%) JIRA
8 7 (1.02%) Mocha
9 6 (0.87%) Xcode
9 6 (0.87%) XCUITest
10 5 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.58%) Jasmine
11 4 (0.58%) Karma Test Runner
11 4 (0.58%) Liquibase
11 4 (0.58%) Log4j
11 4 (0.58%) Maven
11 4 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.58%) Selenium
11 4 (0.58%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 72 (10.50%) Public Sector
2 71 (10.35%) Social Skills
3 34 (4.96%) Finance
4 20 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (2.33%) Banking
6 15 (2.19%) Retail
7 7 (1.02%) Law
8 5 (0.73%) Legal
8 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.58%) Marketing
10 3 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.44%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.44%) Local Government
11 2 (0.29%) Advertising
11 2 (0.29%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.15%) Automotive
12 1 (0.15%) Billing
12 1 (0.15%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.15%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.15%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (14.87%) HTML
2 81 (11.81%) .NET
3 72 (10.50%) React
4 50 (7.29%) Node.js
5 48 (7.00%) RESTful
6 45 (6.56%) Spring
7 43 (6.27%) REST
8 42 (6.12%) Spring Boot
9 40 (5.83%) CSS
10 37 (5.39%) Web Services
11 35 (5.10%) AngularJS
12 27 (3.94%) .NET Framework
13 25 (3.64%) Hibernate
14 20 (2.92%) JPA
15 19 (2.77%) Vue
16 18 (2.62%) .NET Core
17 15 (2.19%) Redux
18 14 (2.04%) Kafka
18 14 (2.04%) XML
19 11 (1.60%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.94%) Mobile App
2 16 (2.33%) Algorithms
2 16 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (1.31%) Data Structures
4 8 (1.17%) CMDB
4 8 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.02%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.58%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.58%) NHS
8 4 (0.58%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.58%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.44%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.29%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.29%) Derivative
10 2 (0.29%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.29%) IoT
10 2 (0.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.85%) Android
2 29 (4.23%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.90%) Unix
4 5 (0.73%) Linux
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
2 110 (16.03%) Code Quality
3 107 (15.60%) Agile
4 106 (15.45%) Conversational UI
5 91 (13.27%) Software Engineering
6 61 (8.89%) DevOps
7 58 (8.45%) CI/CD
8 56 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (7.73%) Microservices
10 51 (7.43%) Full Stack Development
10 51 (7.43%) Unit Testing
11 48 (7.00%) Front End Development
12 46 (6.71%) Business Intelligence
13 45 (6.56%) Scrum
14 43 (6.27%) Data Modelling
15 39 (5.69%) Android Development
16 38 (5.54%) ITIL
17 35 (5.10%) TDD
18 30 (4.37%) Stakeholder Management
18 30 (4.37%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 159 (23.18%) SQL
2 143 (20.85%) JavaScript
3 121 (17.64%) C#
4 116 (16.91%) Java
5 114 (16.62%) Python
6 47 (6.85%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.10%) Kotlin
8 20 (2.92%) PHP
8 20 (2.92%) Swift
9 12 (1.75%) ABAP
9 12 (1.75%) Go
10 10 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.17%) Ruby
11 8 (1.17%) Scala
12 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.87%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.87%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.58%) C++
13 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 119 (17.35%) Degree
2 93 (13.56%) Security Cleared
3 73 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.92%) QA
2 10 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.58%) GDPR
4 4 (0.58%) HL7
5 3 (0.44%) SLA
5 3 (0.44%) WCAG
6 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.15%) GRC
System Software
1 32 (4.66%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) Firmware
2 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 38 (5.54%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.48%) Terraform
3 5 (0.73%) Ansible
4 4 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 106 (15.45%) PayPal
2 49 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 37 (5.39%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.77%) SAP
5 18 (2.62%) Oracle
6 13 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.17%) Google
7 8 (1.17%) RedPrairie
8 4 (0.58%) IBM
8 4 (0.58%) Nokia
8 4 (0.58%) Siemens
8 4 (0.58%) Splunk
9 3 (0.44%) ESRI
9 3 (0.44%) Nintex
9 3 (0.44%) Pega
9 3 (0.44%) Talend
10 2 (0.29%) Ariba
10 2 (0.29%) Sage
10 2 (0.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.29%) Sitecore