Developer Contracts in Peterborough

Developer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Developer daily rate in Peterborough is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 2.20% - 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% - 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £431 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £444 - £528
90th Percentile - - £553
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 68 172 164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 74.73% 78.90% 75.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 64
10th Percentile £190 £170 £202
25th Percentile £336 £178 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £305 £350
Median % change year-on-year +41.39% -12.86% -16.67%
75th Percentile £471 £569 £488
90th Percentile £597 £602 £535
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 141 83
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £15.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £17.84 £21.37 £18.50
90th Percentile £21.46 £31.13 £20.56
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% +13.47%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Peterborough

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Peterborough.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Peterborough

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Peterborough.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Peterborough

Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Peterborough region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) FMCG
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) QlikView
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) QlikView
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft