Systems Developer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

System Developer
England > North of England

The median System Developer daily rate in the North of England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 - 190
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Developer 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.057% - 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% - 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £650
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £444 £550
% change year-on-year +12.68% -19.32% -4.35%

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 4,885 3,039 4,621
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 92.20% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,150 1,874 2,974
10th Percentile £230 £227 £258
25th Percentile £375 £360 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £551 £567 £581
90th Percentile £650 £650 £668
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 137 362
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.22 £11.77
25th Percentile £21.75 £18.63 £13.50
Median hourly rate £42.84 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.79% +30.95% -27.21%
75th Percentile £61.09 £44.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.09 £57.50
England median hourly rate £33.17 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.23% - -12.50%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Systems Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Systems Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Systems Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Systems Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Systems 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 Systems Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 February 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 £450 - 3
Systems Developer
England

Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) NEC
2 2 (66.67%) NEC Housing

Systems 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) NEC