Developer Contracts in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 269 532 575
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 8.18% 9.37% 9.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.01% 10.13% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 396 432
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £408 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £575 £579 £600
90th Percentile £625 £664 £676
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 22
10th Percentile - £35.00 £50.00
25th Percentile £32.94 £46.25 £53.13
Median hourly rate £37.24 £58.91 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.78% -14.32% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £68.75 £74.69
90th Percentile £66.10 £84.45 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.30 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -38.01% +4.00% +12.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,985 5,252 5,595
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.46% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,932 3,101 3,856
10th Percentile £215 £250 £222
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £662 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 522 249
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.79 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% - +138.10%
75th Percentile £61.71 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.20% +79.82%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Thames Valley -5 152 £525 +2.59% 306
Berkshire 0 115 £550 +4.76% 157
Hampshire +11 71 £485 -0.26% 173
Buckinghamshire -5 31 £475 -5.00% 82
Surrey -14 25 £514 +2.80% 113
East Sussex -6 10 £413 +3.13% 47
West Sussex -5 9 £325 -16.02% 52
Oxfordshire -17 6 £413 -17.50% 69
Kent -11 3 £475 -9.52% 77
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 South East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 76 (28.25%) Azure
2 75 (27.88%) Agile
3 68 (25.28%) SQL
3 68 (25.28%) Social Skills
4 59 (21.93%) React
5 58 (21.56%) CI/CD
6 55 (20.45%) DevOps
7 50 (18.59%) JavaScript
7 50 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (17.47%) Python
8 47 (17.47%) AWS
9 46 (17.10%) REST
10 45 (16.73%) Security Cleared
11 44 (16.36%) Microsoft
12 43 (15.99%) .NET
13 40 (14.87%) Java
13 40 (14.87%) C#
14 39 (14.50%) Git
15 37 (13.75%) HTML
16 36 (13.38%) CSS
16 36 (13.38%) RESTful
16 36 (13.38%) SC Cleared
17 33 (12.27%) Full-Stack Development
18 29 (10.78%) Oracle
19 28 (10.41%) Docker
20 27 (10.04%) PostgreSQL
20 27 (10.04%) JIRA
21 26 (9.67%) Web Services
21 26 (9.67%) TypeScript
21 26 (9.67%) Microservices

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (4.46%) Confluence
2 11 (4.09%) Anypoint
3 7 (2.60%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.86%) Mule
4 5 (1.86%) Umbraco
5 4 (1.49%) CMS
5 4 (1.49%) Mule ESB
6 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.12%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.74%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.74%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.37%) Apache
8 1 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.37%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.37%) IIS
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.37%) Moodle
8 1 (0.37%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.23%) Adobe Illustrator
1 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.23%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.12%) 3ds Max
4 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.37%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.37%) Maximo
2 1 (0.37%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (28.25%) Azure
2 47 (17.47%) AWS
3 22 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (7.43%) Power Platform
5 14 (5.20%) GitHub
6 9 (3.35%) GCP
6 9 (3.35%) Serverless
7 8 (2.97%) SaaS
8 7 (2.60%) Figma
9 6 (2.23%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.23%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.86%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.86%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.86%) OCI
11 4 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.49%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.86%) SAN
2 4 (1.49%) HTTP
2 4 (1.49%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.12%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (1.12%) VPN
4 2 (0.74%) Firewall
5 1 (0.37%) BGP
5 1 (0.37%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.37%) FTP
5 1 (0.37%) MPLS
5 1 (0.37%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.04%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (8.18%) Relational Database
3 18 (6.69%) MySQL
4 15 (5.58%) Power BI
5 14 (5.20%) MongoDB
6 13 (4.83%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.60%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (2.23%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (1.86%) Power Query
9 5 (1.86%) Redis
10 4 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.12%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.12%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.74%) Big Data
12 2 (0.74%) DocumentDB
12 2 (0.74%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 39 (14.50%) Git
2 27 (10.04%) JIRA
3 13 (4.83%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.09%) GitLab
4 11 (4.09%) Visual Studio
5 7 (2.60%) Subversion
6 5 (1.86%) Selenium
6 5 (1.86%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.86%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (1.49%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.49%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.49%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.49%) Vite
8 3 (1.12%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (1.12%) JUnit
8 3 (1.12%) Maven
8 3 (1.12%) Mockito
9 2 (0.74%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.74%) JMeter
9 2 (0.74%) Moq
General
1 68 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (8.92%) Finance
3 14 (5.20%) Telecoms
4 13 (4.83%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.97%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.60%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.86%) Law
8 4 (1.49%) Automotive
8 4 (1.49%) Military
9 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.74%) Retail
10 1 (0.37%) Banking
10 1 (0.37%) Marketing
10 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Publishing
10 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (21.93%) React
2 46 (17.10%) REST
3 43 (15.99%) .NET
4 37 (13.75%) HTML
5 36 (13.38%) CSS
5 36 (13.38%) RESTful
6 26 (9.67%) Web Services
7 21 (7.81%) JSON
7 21 (7.81%) SOAP
8 19 (7.06%) XML
9 17 (6.32%) .NET Core
9 17 (6.32%) Node.js
10 15 (5.58%) AngularJS
10 15 (5.58%) GraphQL
11 14 (5.20%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (4.83%) FastAPI
13 12 (4.46%) Spring Boot
14 11 (4.09%) Spring
15 10 (3.72%) Kafka
15 10 (3.72%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.35%) Algorithms
2 7 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (2.23%) 3D Graphics
3 6 (2.23%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.23%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.23%) Vector Graphics
4 3 (1.12%) Animation
4 3 (1.12%) CMDB
4 3 (1.12%) e-Learning
4 3 (1.12%) FPGA
4 3 (1.12%) Verilog
4 3 (1.12%) VHDL
5 2 (0.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (0.74%) NHS
5 2 (0.74%) N-Tier
5 2 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.74%) Robotics
5 2 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.95%) Windows
2 11 (4.09%) Linux
3 6 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.86%) Debian
4 5 (1.86%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.12%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) CentOS
6 1 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.37%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (27.88%) Agile
2 58 (21.56%) CI/CD
3 55 (20.45%) DevOps
4 50 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (12.27%) Full-Stack Development
6 26 (9.67%) Microservices
7 24 (8.92%) Front End Development
8 23 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (8.55%) Data Modelling
8 23 (8.55%) Test Automation
9 20 (7.43%) Design Patterns
9 20 (7.43%) Scrum
9 20 (7.43%) User Experience
10 19 (7.06%) API Development
10 19 (7.06%) Containerisation
11 18 (6.69%) Software Engineering
11 18 (6.69%) UX Design
12 17 (6.32%) Workflow
13 16 (5.95%) TDD
14 15 (5.58%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 68 (25.28%) SQL
2 50 (18.59%) JavaScript
3 47 (17.47%) Python
4 40 (14.87%) C#
4 40 (14.87%) Java
5 26 (9.67%) TypeScript
6 16 (5.95%) Apex Code
7 14 (5.20%) PL/SQL
8 8 (2.97%) Delphi
9 5 (1.86%) ABAP
9 5 (1.86%) DataWeave
9 5 (1.86%) Go
10 4 (1.49%) C++
10 4 (1.49%) Perl
10 4 (1.49%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.12%) PHP
11 3 (1.12%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.12%) VBA
11 3 (1.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 45 (16.73%) Security Cleared
2 36 (13.38%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.97%) Degree
5 6 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.12%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.12%) OCP
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.74%) CEH
7 2 (0.74%) ECSA
7 2 (0.74%) GCFA
7 2 (0.74%) GCIA
7 2 (0.74%) GCIH
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.37%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.60%) QA
2 5 (1.86%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.86%) COBIT
2 5 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.86%) NIST
3 4 (1.49%) WCAG
4 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.74%) SLA
6 1 (0.37%) HL7
System Software
1 28 (10.41%) Docker
2 3 (1.12%) Firmware
3 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 25 (9.29%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.09%) Terraform
3 6 (2.23%) CloudHub
4 5 (1.86%) Ansible
5 4 (1.49%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (1.49%) Podman
6 2 (0.74%) Grafana
6 2 (0.74%) Kibana
6 2 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.78%) Oracle
3 22 (8.18%) Salesforce
4 16 (5.95%) MuleSoft
5 13 (4.83%) Virgin Media
6 11 (4.09%) Adobe
7 9 (3.35%) SAP
8 7 (2.60%) Databricks
8 7 (2.60%) IBM
8 7 (2.60%) Splunk
9 6 (2.23%) Autodesk
9 6 (2.23%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.86%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.86%) VMware
11 4 (1.49%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (1.49%) Sitecore
12 3 (1.12%) Algorithmics
12 3 (1.12%) Cognos
12 3 (1.12%) Intel