Developer Contract Job Trends in South Croydon

Developer
Croydon > South Croydon

The median Developer daily rate in South Croydon is £521, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Croydon 50.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 58.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 - -
75th Percentile £521 - -
90th Percentile £521 - -
Croydon median daily rate £500 £381 £478
% change year-on-year +31.28% -20.24% +4.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Croydon. 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 South Croydon with a recognized job title 12 0 0
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £521 - -
90th Percentile £524 - -
Croydon median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -1.43%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Croydon

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

Developer job vacancy trend in South Croydon

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in South Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in South Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in South Croydon

Developer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Croydon

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, 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 South Croydon region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon OpenSearch
3 3 (42.86%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Kafka
3 3 (42.86%) Node.js
3 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (42.86%) Spring
3 3 (42.86%) WireMock

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Croydon 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Amazon OpenSearch
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Kafka
1 3 (42.86%) Node.js
1 3 (42.86%) Spring
1 3 (42.86%) WireMock
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
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