Senior Developer Contracts in the North West

Senior Developer
England > North West

The median Senior Developer daily rate in the North West is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 123 110
Rank change year-on-year +36 -13 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 49 33 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.77% 1.02% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.08% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 22 65
10th Percentile £395 £410 £438
25th Percentile £450 £448 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +5.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £617 £625
90th Percentile £720 £662 £663
England median daily rate £575 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £78.05 - -
25th Percentile £78.88 - -
Median hourly rate £81.50 - -
75th Percentile £82.88 - -
90th Percentile £82.95 - -
England median hourly rate £58.91 £62.50 £59.31
% change year-on-year -5.75% +5.38% +74.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

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 2,616 3,047 3,885
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 94.63% 96.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 2,185 2,841
10th Percentile £280 £300 £206
25th Percentile £390 £403 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +7.53% +9.70%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 136 177
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.13 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +49.05% +12.41%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.13 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Manchester +26 35 £506 -2.41% 38
Lancashire +13 9 £720 +47.69% 6
Merseyside +17 3 £450 -24.37% 2
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 17 (34.69%) Java
2 14 (28.57%) React
3 13 (26.53%) ServiceNow
4 12 (24.49%) Public Sector
5 11 (22.45%) ITIL
5 11 (22.45%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (20.41%) Node.js
6 10 (20.41%) Vue
7 9 (18.37%) Front End Development
8 8 (16.33%) MongoDB
8 8 (16.33%) Microservices
8 8 (16.33%) RESTful
8 8 (16.33%) AWS
8 8 (16.33%) Roadmaps
9 7 (14.29%) Agile
9 7 (14.29%) Line Management
9 7 (14.29%) Software Delivery
10 6 (12.24%) Redux
10 6 (12.24%) CSS
10 6 (12.24%) CI/CD
11 5 (10.20%) Social Skills
11 5 (10.20%) Next.js
11 5 (10.20%) Design Patterns
11 5 (10.20%) HTML
11 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
11 5 (10.20%) OO
11 5 (10.20%) TDD
11 5 (10.20%) Spring
11 5 (10.20%) GraphQL
12 4 (8.16%) Kotlin

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) AWS
2 3 (6.12%) Azure
3 2 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.08%) Serverless
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (2.04%) Figma
4 1 (2.04%) Firebase
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) MongoDB
2 3 (6.12%) SQLite
3 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.04%) DynamoDB
4 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) GitLab
2 1 (2.04%) Crashlytics
2 1 (2.04%) Gradle
2 1 (2.04%) Storybook
General
1 12 (24.49%) Public Sector
2 5 (10.20%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Banking
3 3 (6.12%) Finance
4 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (28.57%) React
2 10 (20.41%) Node.js
2 10 (20.41%) Vue
3 8 (16.33%) RESTful
4 6 (12.24%) CSS
4 6 (12.24%) Redux
5 5 (10.20%) GraphQL
5 5 (10.20%) HTML
5 5 (10.20%) Next.js
5 5 (10.20%) Spring
6 4 (8.16%) .NET
7 3 (6.12%) .NET Framework
7 3 (6.12%) Express.js
7 3 (6.12%) MERN Stack
7 3 (6.12%) OAuth
7 3 (6.12%) OAuth2
7 3 (6.12%) OpenID
7 3 (6.12%) Web Services
7 3 (6.12%) XML
8 2 (4.08%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.08%) Algorithms
1 2 (4.08%) Data Structures
1 2 (4.08%) Derivative
1 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.04%) CMDB
2 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Android
2 3 (6.12%) Unix
3 2 (4.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) ITIL
2 9 (18.37%) Front End Development
3 8 (16.33%) Microservices
3 8 (16.33%) Roadmaps
4 7 (14.29%) Agile
4 7 (14.29%) Line Management
4 7 (14.29%) Software Delivery
5 6 (12.24%) CI/CD
6 5 (10.20%) Design Patterns
6 5 (10.20%) OO
6 5 (10.20%) TDD
7 4 (8.16%) Android Development
7 4 (8.16%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (8.16%) MVVM
7 4 (8.16%) Test Automation
8 3 (6.12%) Architectural Patterns
8 3 (6.12%) E-Commerce
8 3 (6.12%) Low Latency
8 3 (6.12%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (34.69%) Java
2 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.16%) Kotlin
3 4 (8.16%) TypeScript
4 3 (6.12%) C#
5 2 (4.08%) Python
5 2 (4.08%) SQL
6 1 (2.04%) ABAP
6 1 (2.04%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.04%) C++
6 1 (2.04%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (8.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.08%) Degree
3 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.04%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) Ansible
2 1 (2.04%) Grafana
Vendors
1 13 (26.53%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.04%) SAP
2 1 (2.04%) Siemens