The median contractor rate for a Developer was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies in the North West during the 6 months to 20 January 2021.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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
2,277
4,574
5,273
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
93.24%
93.71%
94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,550
2,940
3,354
Median daily rate
£425
£425
£401
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-
+6.05%
+0.19%
10th Percentile
£170
£213
£239
90th Percentile
£594
£576
£586
England median daily rate
£475
£463
£463
% change year-on-year
+2.70%
-
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
122
247
307
Median hourly rate
£17.00
£19.00
£19.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.53%
-1.30%
+10.00%
10th Percentile
£10.92
£11.17
£11.25
90th Percentile
£49.58
£52.50
£47.50
Median hourly rate
£22.50
£18.00
£17.66
% change year-on-year
+25.00%
+1.93%
-1.06%
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.
Developer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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 20 January 2021.
Developer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North West.
Developer Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 20 January 2021.
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 20 January 2021. 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
Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West
For the 6 months to 20 January 2021, Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills 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.
Developer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
