Developer Contracts in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer daily rate in the South East is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 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
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 251 532 559
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 8.40% 9.26% 9.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.23% 10.05% 10.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 394 415
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £407 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £600
90th Percentile £625 £675 £676
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 24
10th Percentile £32.94 £40.63 £50.75
25th Percentile £32.97 £48.40 £57.69
Median hourly rate £45.30 £58.91 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.10% -15.85% +40.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £75.31 £75.00
90th Percentile £70.53 £84.45 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%

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 2,720 5,294 5,344
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 92.15% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,811 3,116 3,698
10th Percentile £225 £243 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £655 £688 £700
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 552 237
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.82 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.90% - +138.10%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £38.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.49% -14.44% +87.50%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -3 140 £501 -2.05% 484
Berkshire 0 104 £538 +2.38% 394
Hampshire +20 72 £475 +1.06% 98
Buckinghamshire -5 29 £475 -5.00% 43
Surrey -14 20 £450 -7.69% 45
West Sussex +2 11 £368 -2.00% 15
East Sussex -6 8 £363 -9.38% 33
Oxfordshire -13 7 £363 -27.50% 53
Kent -16 1 £475 -9.52% 15
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 72 (28.69%) Agile
2 70 (27.89%) Azure
3 68 (27.09%) SQL
3 68 (27.09%) Social Skills
4 53 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (20.72%) React
6 50 (19.92%) JavaScript
7 48 (19.12%) Microsoft
8 46 (18.33%) Python
8 46 (18.33%) DevOps
9 45 (17.93%) CI/CD
10 43 (17.13%) AWS
11 42 (16.73%) Security Cleared
11 42 (16.73%) Java
12 41 (16.33%) C#
13 40 (15.94%) .NET
14 39 (15.54%) REST
15 36 (14.34%) Git
16 34 (13.55%) HTML
17 33 (13.15%) Oracle
17 33 (13.15%) SC Cleared
18 32 (12.75%) CSS
18 32 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
19 30 (11.95%) RESTful
20 29 (11.55%) JIRA
21 27 (10.76%) Finance
22 25 (9.96%) PostgreSQL
22 25 (9.96%) Web Services
22 25 (9.96%) Test Automation
22 25 (9.96%) 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 15 (5.98%) Confluence
2 11 (4.38%) Anypoint
3 9 (3.59%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.99%) Mule
4 5 (1.99%) Umbraco
5 4 (1.59%) CMS
5 4 (1.59%) Mule ESB
6 3 (1.20%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.80%) IIS
7 2 (0.80%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.80%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.40%) Apache
8 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.40%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.40%) Moodle
8 1 (0.40%) nginx
8 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.59%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.59%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.80%) 3ds Max
3 2 (0.80%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.40%) Maximo
2 1 (0.40%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.40%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (27.89%) Azure
2 43 (17.13%) AWS
3 22 (8.76%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.98%) GitHub
6 9 (3.59%) SaaS
7 8 (3.19%) PowerApps
7 8 (3.19%) Serverless
8 7 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (2.79%) Azure API Management
8 7 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.79%) Figma
8 7 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.39%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (2.39%) GCP
9 6 (2.39%) OCI
9 6 (2.39%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.99%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.99%) SAN
2 4 (1.59%) HTTP
2 4 (1.59%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.20%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) FTP
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.40%) SMS
4 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.96%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (8.76%) Relational Database
3 18 (7.17%) MySQL
4 15 (5.98%) Power BI
5 12 (4.78%) MongoDB
5 12 (4.78%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (2.39%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (2.39%) Redis
7 5 (1.99%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.99%) Power Query
8 4 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.20%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.80%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.80%) Big Data
10 2 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (14.34%) Git
2 29 (11.55%) JIRA
3 15 (5.98%) Visual Studio
4 11 (4.38%) Jenkins
5 10 (3.98%) GitLab
6 9 (3.59%) Selenium
7 7 (2.79%) Subversion
8 5 (1.99%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.59%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.59%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.59%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (1.59%) Vite
10 3 (1.20%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (1.20%) JUnit
10 3 (1.20%) Mockito
11 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.80%) Moq
11 2 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.80%) UI Automator
General
1 68 (27.09%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.76%) Finance
3 22 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.18%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.18%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.38%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.79%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.99%) Law
8 3 (1.20%) Military
8 3 (1.20%) Retail
9 2 (0.80%) Automotive
9 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.40%) Banking
10 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Marketing
10 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Publishing
10 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (20.72%) React
2 40 (15.94%) .NET
3 39 (15.54%) REST
4 34 (13.55%) HTML
5 32 (12.75%) CSS
6 30 (11.95%) RESTful
7 25 (9.96%) Web Services
8 18 (7.17%) JSON
8 18 (7.17%) XML
9 17 (6.77%) Node.js
9 17 (6.77%) SOAP
10 15 (5.98%) .NET Core
11 14 (5.58%) AngularJS
12 13 (5.18%) GraphQL
13 12 (4.78%) Spring Boot
14 11 (4.38%) Spring
15 10 (3.98%) Lightning Web Components
15 10 (3.98%) Next.js
16 9 (3.59%) Redux
16 9 (3.59%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.79%) Algorithms
1 7 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
1 7 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (2.39%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (1.99%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.99%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.59%) 3D Graphics
4 4 (1.59%) Vector Graphics
5 3 (1.20%) CMDB
5 3 (1.20%) FPGA
5 3 (1.20%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.20%) Verilog
5 3 (1.20%) VHDL
6 2 (0.80%) Animation
6 2 (0.80%) CSOC
6 2 (0.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (0.80%) Legacy Code
6 2 (0.80%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.80%) Robotics
6 2 (0.80%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.97%) Windows
2 10 (3.98%) Linux
3 6 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.99%) Debian
4 5 (1.99%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.80%) Unix
6 1 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.40%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.69%) Agile
2 53 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (18.33%) DevOps
4 45 (17.93%) CI/CD
5 32 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
6 25 (9.96%) Microservices
6 25 (9.96%) Test Automation
7 24 (9.56%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (9.16%) Front End Development
9 22 (8.76%) Data Modelling
10 20 (7.97%) User Experience
11 19 (7.57%) API Development
12 18 (7.17%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (7.17%) Scrum
12 18 (7.17%) UX Design
13 17 (6.77%) Workflow
14 16 (6.37%) Containerisation
14 16 (6.37%) Software Engineering
15 15 (5.98%) Design Patterns
16 14 (5.58%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (27.09%) SQL
2 50 (19.92%) JavaScript
3 46 (18.33%) Python
4 42 (16.73%) Java
5 41 (16.33%) C#
6 23 (9.16%) TypeScript
7 19 (7.57%) PL/SQL
8 12 (4.78%) Apex Code
8 12 (4.78%) Delphi
9 6 (2.39%) DataWeave
10 5 (1.99%) ABAP
10 5 (1.99%) Perl
10 5 (1.99%) PHP
11 4 (1.59%) C++
11 4 (1.59%) Go
11 4 (1.59%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.20%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.20%) VBA
12 3 (1.20%) X++
Qualifications
1 42 (16.73%) Security Cleared
2 33 (13.15%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.79%) Degree
5 5 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.20%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.20%) OCP
6 3 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.80%) CEH
7 2 (0.80%) ECSA
7 2 (0.80%) GCFA
7 2 (0.80%) GCIA
7 2 (0.80%) GCIH
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.99%) Accessibility
1 5 (1.99%) COBIT
1 5 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (1.99%) NIST
2 4 (1.59%) WCAG
3 3 (1.20%) QA
4 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.80%) SLA
5 1 (0.40%) HL7
System Software
1 25 (9.96%) Docker
2 3 (1.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 24 (9.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.38%) Terraform
3 6 (2.39%) CloudHub
4 5 (1.99%) Ansible
5 4 (1.59%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (1.59%) Podman
6 2 (0.80%) Grafana
6 2 (0.80%) Kibana
6 2 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.40%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.15%) Oracle
3 16 (6.37%) Salesforce
4 14 (5.58%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.59%) Adobe
6 8 (3.19%) SAP
7 7 (2.79%) Splunk
8 6 (2.39%) IBM
8 6 (2.39%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.39%) Virgin Media
9 5 (1.99%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.99%) VMware
10 4 (1.59%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.59%) Autodesk
10 4 (1.59%) Sitecore
11 3 (1.20%) Algorithmics
11 3 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (1.20%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.20%) Intel
11 3 (1.20%) Zend