Programmer Contracts in the North of England

Programmer
England > North of England

The median Programmer daily rate in the North of England is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 156 177
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 5 27 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.59% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.63% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 3
10th Percentile £416 £405 -
25th Percentile £439 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -0.53% +38.18%
75th Percentile £529 £588 £506
90th Percentile £555 - £518
England median daily rate £400 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile - £15.66 -
25th Percentile £17.08 £16.96 £39.25
Median hourly rate £18.15 £18.13 £42.16
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -56.99% +295.45%
75th Percentile £19.23 £37.35 £45.06
90th Percentile - £43.75 -
England median hourly rate £18.15 £19.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.47% -70.77% +16.07%

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 3,093 4,298 5,373
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.19% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 2,705 3,761
10th Percentile £231 £263 £280
25th Percentile £369 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% -3.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 401 158
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.53 £17.85
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £29.65
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -29.95% +55.68%
75th Percentile £48.75 £46.18 £49.30
90th Percentile £76.50 £62.50 £66.21
England median hourly rate £29.15 £37.18 £44.77
% change year-on-year -21.60% -16.94% +94.63%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in the North of England

Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Programmer in the North of England

Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programmer in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programmer in the North of England

Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Programmer in the North of England

Programmer
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 Programmer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Yorkshire -3 5 £483 +2.12% 6
Programmer
England

Programmer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) REXX
1 3 (60.00%) zOS
1 3 (60.00%) JCL
1 3 (60.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (60.00%) ISPF
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
1 3 (60.00%) Time Sharing Option
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) CLIST
2 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (40.00%) SAS
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) OMEGAMON
3 1 (20.00%) ACF2
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills

Programmer 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 2 (40.00%) SAS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JCL
1 3 (60.00%) REXX
2 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (40.00%) CLIST
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (20.00%) ACF2
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM