Developer Contracts in the North West

Developer
England > North West

The median Developer daily rate in the North West is £455, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 224 340 383
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.65% 12.31% 12.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.48% 13.05% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 248 297
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £375 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £545 £525 £575
90th Percentile £625 £575 £625
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £47.12 £80.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.10% +60.00% -33.33%
England median hourly rate £40.30 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -38.01% +4.00% +13.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,951 2,606 2,918
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.32% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,607 2,043
10th Percentile £266 £268 £289
25th Percentile £373 £382 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -4.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £588
90th Percentile £664 £669 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 304 144
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £14.76
25th Percentile £15.99 £15.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.27 £32.90 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +13.43% +16.00%
75th Percentile £59.24 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.25 £71.76 £57.17
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.57% +76.02%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the North West

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Manchester -8 112 £475 +4.97% 503
Cheshire -2 62 £370 +8.42% 137
Merseyside -5 26 £550 +22.22% 81
Lancashire -7 7 £525 +40.00% 194
Cumbria +9 2 - - 20
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 68 (30.36%) Agile
2 62 (27.68%) Java
3 58 (25.89%) SQL
4 54 (24.11%) AWS
5 53 (23.66%) Security Cleared
5 53 (23.66%) Social Skills
6 49 (21.88%) JavaScript
7 42 (18.75%) Git
7 42 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (18.30%) SC Cleared
9 39 (17.41%) React
9 39 (17.41%) Node.js
10 38 (16.96%) Microservices
10 38 (16.96%) CI/CD
11 35 (15.63%) HTML
11 35 (15.63%) Public Sector
12 34 (15.18%) CSS
13 33 (14.73%) Spring Boot
14 32 (14.29%) Microsoft
14 32 (14.29%) Finance
15 31 (13.84%) TDD
15 31 (13.84%) Spring
15 31 (13.84%) Jenkins
16 30 (13.39%) Scrum
17 29 (12.95%) Banking
17 29 (12.95%) DevOps
18 28 (12.50%) REST
18 28 (12.50%) Python
19 26 (11.61%) Azure
19 26 (11.61%) Full-Stack Development

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (5.36%) Tomcat
2 10 (4.46%) Confluence
3 7 (3.13%) JBoss
4 4 (1.79%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.34%) Apache
5 3 (1.34%) CMS
5 3 (1.34%) nginx
6 2 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.89%) CICS
6 2 (0.89%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.89%) Moodle
6 2 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.89%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.45%) Camunda
7 1 (0.45%) Documentum
7 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.45%) Mule
7 1 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.89%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.89%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.89%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.89%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 54 (24.11%) AWS
2 26 (11.61%) Azure
3 21 (9.38%) Serverless
4 16 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.25%) GitHub
6 9 (4.02%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (3.57%) OpenShift
7 8 (3.57%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.34%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.34%) Figma
10 3 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.34%) npm
10 3 (1.34%) SaaS
10 3 (1.34%) ShareGate
11 2 (0.89%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.23%) HTTP
2 2 (0.89%) Firewall
2 2 (0.89%) Intranet
2 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (4.46%) Power BI
4 9 (4.02%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.13%) Siebel EIM
6 6 (2.68%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.23%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.79%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.79%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.34%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.34%) Metadata
9 3 (1.34%) MySQL
9 3 (1.34%) Oracle Database 10g
9 3 (1.34%) Oracle Database 11g
9 3 (1.34%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.34%) WebFOCUS
10 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.89%) DB2
10 2 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 42 (18.75%) Git
2 31 (13.84%) Jenkins
3 25 (11.16%) GitLab
3 25 (11.16%) JUnit
4 23 (10.27%) JIRA
5 17 (7.59%) Gradle
6 12 (5.36%) Maven
7 11 (4.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 9 (4.02%) Cucumber
9 8 (3.57%) Mockito
9 8 (3.57%) SonarQube
10 7 (3.13%) Bitbucket
11 6 (2.68%) Subversion
12 5 (2.23%) Liquibase
12 5 (2.23%) Selenium
13 4 (1.79%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.79%) gulp
13 4 (1.79%) Xcode
14 3 (1.34%) Gerrit
14 3 (1.34%) Grunt
General
1 53 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.63%) Public Sector
3 32 (14.29%) Finance
4 29 (12.95%) Banking
5 17 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.68%) Marketing
8 5 (2.23%) Electronics
8 5 (2.23%) Law
8 5 (2.23%) Retail
8 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.89%) Military
11 1 (0.45%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.45%) Publishing
11 1 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (17.41%) Node.js
1 39 (17.41%) React
2 35 (15.63%) HTML
3 34 (15.18%) CSS
4 33 (14.73%) Spring Boot
5 31 (13.84%) Spring
6 28 (12.50%) REST
7 23 (10.27%) RESTful
8 21 (9.38%) Kafka
9 19 (8.48%) SOAP
10 18 (8.04%) .NET
11 17 (7.59%) AngularJS
12 16 (7.14%) Web Services
13 11 (4.91%) HTML5
13 11 (4.91%) JMS
14 10 (4.46%) Jest
15 8 (3.57%) Middleware
15 8 (3.57%) Spring Cloud
15 8 (3.57%) XML
16 7 (3.13%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 6 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (2.68%) Virtual Team
3 5 (2.23%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.23%) Low-Code
3 5 (2.23%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 5 (2.23%) Mobile Banking
4 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.34%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.34%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.34%) Shadow IT
6 2 (0.89%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.89%) SCADA
6 2 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (0.89%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.82%) Linux
2 11 (4.91%) Unix
3 10 (4.46%) Android
4 5 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.89%) Solaris
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.36%) Agile
2 42 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (16.96%) CI/CD
3 38 (16.96%) Microservices
4 31 (13.84%) TDD
5 30 (13.39%) Scrum
6 29 (12.95%) DevOps
7 26 (11.61%) Full-Stack Development
8 25 (11.16%) Migration
9 24 (10.71%) SDLC
10 20 (8.93%) Front End Development
11 19 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (8.48%) Containerisation
12 18 (8.04%) Software Engineering
12 18 (8.04%) Test Automation
13 16 (7.14%) Performance Tuning
14 14 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (6.25%) User Experience
15 13 (5.80%) Event-Driven
16 12 (5.36%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 62 (27.68%) Java
2 58 (25.89%) SQL
3 49 (21.88%) JavaScript
4 28 (12.50%) Python
5 18 (8.04%) TypeScript
6 17 (7.59%) C#
7 11 (4.91%) ABAP
8 10 (4.46%) Kotlin
8 10 (4.46%) PL/SQL
9 7 (3.13%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.68%) C++
10 6 (2.68%) Ruby
11 5 (2.23%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.79%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.79%) C
12 4 (1.79%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.79%) Scala
12 4 (1.79%) Swift
13 3 (1.34%) Clojure
13 3 (1.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 53 (23.66%) Security Cleared
2 41 (18.30%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (3.13%) Degree
5 5 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.89%) CCNA
6 2 (0.89%) CCNP
6 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.45%) MCSA
7 1 (0.45%) MCSE
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.02%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.13%) QA
3 5 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.79%) HL7
5 2 (0.89%) WCAG
6 1 (0.45%) GDPR
6 1 (0.45%) GRC
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (8.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.13%) Terraform
3 3 (1.34%) Ansible
4 2 (0.89%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.45%) Puppet
5 1 (0.45%) SCCM
5 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.82%) Oracle
3 18 (8.04%) SAP
4 13 (5.80%) Siebel
5 8 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.68%) Google
8 5 (2.23%) AVEVA
9 4 (1.79%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.34%) Nintex
10 3 (1.34%) Perforce
10 3 (1.34%) Veracode
11 2 (0.89%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.89%) Infoblox
11 2 (0.89%) Rockwell
11 2 (0.89%) Siemens
11 2 (0.89%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.89%) Workday
12 1 (0.45%) Checkmarx
12 1 (0.45%) Databricks