Developer Contracts in Shropshire

Developer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Developer daily rate in Shropshire is £463, 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 15 12 33
Rank change year-on-year -3 +21 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 17 19 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 13.08% 14.18% 18.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.93% 16.81% 20.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 24
10th Percentile £453 £326 £424
25th Percentile £453 £352 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £374 £540
Median % change year-on-year +23.66% -30.74% +1.89%
75th Percentile £528 £509 £595
90th Percentile £539 £536 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +8.82% -15.00% +6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 122 113 153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 84.33% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 75 117
10th Percentile £314 £260 £401
25th Percentile £420 £374 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -7.06% +5.49%
75th Percentile £537 £536 £540
90th Percentile £541 £538 £595
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile - £14.94 -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate £12.18 £15.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% -72.73% +323.08%
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Shropshire

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Shropshire

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Shropshire

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Telford -1 16 £463 +23.66% 3
Developer
West Midlands

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (58.82%) Agile
3 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
4 8 (47.06%) SQL
4 8 (47.06%) DevOps
5 6 (35.29%) Azure
5 6 (35.29%) Java
5 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
5 6 (35.29%) PowerApps
6 5 (29.41%) Kubernetes
6 5 (29.41%) Front End Development
6 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
6 5 (29.41%) Test Strategy
7 4 (23.53%) BDD
7 4 (23.53%) QA
7 4 (23.53%) Problem Management
7 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
7 4 (23.53%) OO
7 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
7 4 (23.53%) Configuration Management
7 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
7 4 (23.53%) React
7 4 (23.53%) Microservices
7 4 (23.53%) Docker
8 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
8 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
8 3 (17.65%) HTML
8 3 (17.65%) User Stories
8 3 (17.65%) CSS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 2 (11.76%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (5.88%) SAP HR
1 1 (5.88%) SAP PSCD
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
1 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
1 6 (35.29%) PowerApps
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) GitLab
1 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
1 2 (11.76%) Maven
2 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) React
2 3 (17.65%) CSS
2 3 (17.65%) HTML
3 2 (11.76%) Apache Camel
3 2 (11.76%) Next.js
3 2 (11.76%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (11.76%) SAPUI5
3 2 (11.76%) Spring
4 1 (5.88%) .NET
4 1 (5.88%) JSON
4 1 (5.88%) Play Framework
4 1 (5.88%) Quarkus
4 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
4 1 (5.88%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (58.82%) Agile
3 8 (47.06%) DevOps
4 5 (29.41%) Front End Development
4 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
4 5 (29.41%) Test Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) BDD
5 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 4 (23.53%) Configuration Management
5 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
5 4 (23.53%) Microservices
5 4 (23.53%) OO
5 4 (23.53%) Problem Management
6 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) User Stories
7 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
7 2 (11.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 6 (35.29%) Java
3 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.76%) ABAP
5 1 (5.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Rancher
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (5.88%) Splunk