Developer Contract Job Trends in Norwich

Developer
Norfolk > Norwich

The median Developer daily rate in Norwich is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Norwich 5.50% 2.33% 7.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.71% 2.50% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £488 - £379
25th Percentile £513 - £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - +60.28%
75th Percentile £538 - £434
90th Percentile £544 - £436
Norfolk median daily rate £525 - £413
% change year-on-year - - +71.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.50
Norfolk median hourly rate - - £23.45

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Norwich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Norwich. 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 Norwich with a recognized job title 105 40 34
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.33% 93.02% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 12 27
10th Percentile £126 £159 £151
25th Percentile £171 £239 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £258 £348 £375
Median % change year-on-year -25.68% -7.33% +77.51%
75th Percentile £486 £575 £538
90th Percentile £538 £717 £613
Norfolk median daily rate £300 £372 £375
% change year-on-year -19.25% -0.93% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 2 3
10th Percentile £10.73 £15.32 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £16.31 £14.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £18.91 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.97% +26.08% -5.26%
75th Percentile £20.75 £21.81 £16.75
90th Percentile £25.05 £22.97 £17.50
Norfolk median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +21.21% +3.19%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Norwich

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Norwich

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Norwich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Norwich.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Norwich

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Norwich

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Norwich.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Norwich

Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norwich

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 Norwich region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) OOP
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience
1 2 (33.33%) Workday
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Django
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) React
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Workday HCM

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norwich 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 1 (16.67%) Workday HCM
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (16.67%) Django
2 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) OOP
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Workday