Developer Contracts in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer daily rate in the South East is £489 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 526 563 786
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.42% 10.05% 10.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.22% 10.63% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 420 534
10th Percentile £325 £363 £357
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £576 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 27
10th Percentile £42.88 £52.50 £20.40
25th Percentile £52.70 £58.59 £40.48
Median hourly rate £60.70 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% +47.37% -18.10%
75th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £62.20
90th Percentile £84.45 - £65.22
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +7.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,149 5,298 7,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 94.54% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,079 3,678 5,053
10th Percentile £229 £218 £205
25th Percentile £400 £387 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £624 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.79% +7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 231 315
10th Percentile £12.85 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +138.10% -16.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.01 £45.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.31
% change year-on-year -16.67% +93.05% +8.42%

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 28 May 2024.

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 28 May 2024.

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 28 May 2024. 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 +2 264 £525 - 97
Berkshire +1 178 £525 +5.00% 32
Surrey +17 103 £500 -7.92% 46
Hampshire -15 84 £470 -10.48% 69
Buckinghamshire +12 66 £506 -8.09% 36
West Sussex -11 23 £381 -7.97% 12
Oxfordshire +2 20 £525 +12.90% 30
East Sussex +2 20 £380 -15.56% 36
Kent +15 17 £500 +21.21% 31
Sussex - 8 £350 - 5
Middlesex -11 3 £325 -67.50% 2
Home Counties +3 1 £475 +14.46%
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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.

1 137 (26.05%) Agile
2 112 (21.29%) SQL
3 104 (19.77%) Azure
3 104 (19.77%) DevOps
4 102 (19.39%) Security Cleared
5 93 (17.68%) SC Cleared
6 90 (17.11%) Python
7 81 (15.40%) Full Stack Development
8 80 (15.21%) C#
9 79 (15.02%) JavaScript
10 77 (14.64%) Java
10 77 (14.64%) Git
11 58 (11.03%) Software Engineering
12 57 (10.84%) AWS
12 57 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
13 55 (10.46%) .NET
13 55 (10.46%) Linux
13 55 (10.46%) Microsoft
14 52 (9.89%) React
14 52 (9.89%) Power Platform
15 49 (9.32%) HTML
16 48 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
17 47 (8.94%) Microservices
17 47 (8.94%) Finance
18 46 (8.75%) Oracle
18 46 (8.75%) CSS
18 46 (8.75%) Scrum
19 44 (8.37%) AngularJS
19 44 (8.37%) Social Skills
19 44 (8.37%) CI/CD

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 14 (2.66%) SAS
2 12 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.90%) Drupal
4 7 (1.33%) Apache
5 5 (0.95%) Confluence
6 4 (0.76%) CICS
6 4 (0.76%) CMS
6 4 (0.76%) Jadu
6 4 (0.76%) Moodle
6 4 (0.76%) WordPress
7 3 (0.57%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.38%) FileNet
8 2 (0.38%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.38%) JBoss
8 2 (0.38%) Kentico
8 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) Sketch
4 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.19%) Blender
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Aareon QL
2 4 (0.76%) LabWindows
3 3 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.57%) Remedy AR System
3 3 (0.57%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 104 (19.77%) Azure
2 57 (10.84%) AWS
3 52 (9.89%) Power Platform
4 38 (7.22%) Serverless
5 35 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (6.08%) Azure Monitor
7 30 (5.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 30 (5.70%) Azure Functions
8 29 (5.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 23 (4.37%) Entra ID
10 22 (4.18%) Power Automate
11 17 (3.23%) SaaS
12 15 (2.85%) GitHub
12 15 (2.85%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (2.09%) Amazon S3
15 10 (1.90%) Azure AKS
16 9 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
17 8 (1.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.61%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.90%) SAN
3 7 (1.33%) HTTP
4 5 (0.95%) OpenLDAP
5 4 (0.76%) Link 16
5 4 (0.76%) RS-232
5 4 (0.76%) Tactical Data Link
6 2 (0.38%) SNMP
6 2 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.98%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (6.84%) SQL Server
3 33 (6.27%) NoSQL
4 28 (5.32%) Power BI
5 22 (4.18%) MySQL
6 15 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.85%) Oracle Database
7 13 (2.47%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.28%) Oracle Database 11g
9 10 (1.90%) Couchbase
10 9 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.52%) GIS
12 7 (1.33%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.14%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.14%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.14%) Tableau
14 5 (0.95%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.95%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 77 (14.64%) Git
2 25 (4.75%) Jenkins
3 21 (3.99%) Visual Studio
4 20 (3.80%) JIRA
5 14 (2.66%) Selenium
6 12 (2.28%) LabVIEW
7 11 (2.09%) GitLab
8 6 (1.14%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.95%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.95%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.95%) Subversion
10 4 (0.76%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.76%) JUnit
11 3 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.38%) GoogleTest
12 2 (0.38%) JMeter
12 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.38%) VersionOne
General
1 48 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
2 47 (8.94%) Finance
3 44 (8.37%) Social Skills
4 35 (6.65%) Public Sector
5 14 (2.66%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.28%) Billing
7 9 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (1.52%) Local Government
9 7 (1.33%) Banking
9 7 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.14%) Marketing
11 5 (0.95%) Retail
12 4 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.76%) Law
12 4 (0.76%) Police
13 3 (0.57%) Advertising
13 3 (0.57%) Front Office
13 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.57%) Music Industry
14 2 (0.38%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.46%) .NET
2 52 (9.89%) React
3 49 (9.32%) HTML
4 46 (8.75%) CSS
5 44 (8.37%) AngularJS
6 33 (6.27%) REST
7 27 (5.13%) Spring
8 26 (4.94%) ASP.NET
9 25 (4.75%) Kafka
10 22 (4.18%) Node.js
11 21 (3.99%) Spring Boot
12 18 (3.42%) Web Services
13 13 (2.47%) RESTful
13 13 (2.47%) XML
14 11 (2.09%) ASP.NET MVC
14 11 (2.09%) JSON
15 10 (1.90%) .NET Core
15 10 (1.90%) Django
15 10 (1.90%) SOAP
16 9 (1.71%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.99%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.28%) Robotics
3 9 (1.71%) CCTV
4 8 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (0.95%) Housing Association
6 5 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.76%) IBM Mainframe
7 4 (0.76%) Mainframe
7 4 (0.76%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.76%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.57%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (0.57%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.57%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.57%) Derivative
8 3 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.38%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.46%) Linux
2 14 (2.66%) Windows
3 12 (2.28%) Debian
3 12 (2.28%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.09%) Unix
5 6 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.76%) Android
7 4 (0.76%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.76%) zOS
8 1 (0.19%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (26.05%) Agile
2 104 (19.77%) DevOps
3 81 (15.40%) Full Stack Development
4 58 (11.03%) Software Engineering
5 57 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (8.94%) Microservices
7 46 (8.75%) Scrum
8 44 (8.37%) CI/CD
9 39 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (7.22%) Unit Testing
11 33 (6.27%) TDD
12 32 (6.08%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (5.89%) Data Modelling
14 28 (5.32%) Analytics
15 27 (5.13%) Migration
15 27 (5.13%) SDLC
16 26 (4.94%) Test Automation
17 23 (4.37%) User Experience
18 18 (3.42%) Architectural Design
18 18 (3.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (21.29%) SQL
2 90 (17.11%) Python
3 80 (15.21%) C#
4 79 (15.02%) JavaScript
5 77 (14.64%) Java
6 35 (6.65%) PL/SQL
7 33 (6.27%) PHP
8 28 (5.32%) C++
9 24 (4.56%) C
10 18 (3.42%) PowerShell
11 13 (2.47%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.09%) Scala
12 11 (2.09%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.71%) ProC
14 7 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.33%) Go
14 7 (1.33%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.14%) VB
16 5 (0.95%) X++
17 4 (0.76%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 102 (19.39%) Security Cleared
2 93 (17.68%) SC Cleared
3 16 (3.04%) Degree
4 9 (1.71%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.28%) QA
2 8 (1.52%) ISO 9001
2 8 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.95%) GDPR
5 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.38%) IFRS
6 2 (0.38%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.19%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.19%) MISRA
7 1 (0.19%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.19%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (4.56%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.61%) Docker
3 2 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.61%) Ansible
3 7 (1.33%) Terraform
4 4 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (0.76%) Podman
5 2 (0.38%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (10.46%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.75%) Oracle
3 26 (4.94%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.23%) VMware
5 16 (3.04%) Guidewire
6 15 (2.85%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.66%) SAP
8 9 (1.71%) Google
9 8 (1.52%) Informatica
10 7 (1.33%) IFS
11 6 (1.14%) IBM
11 6 (1.14%) Workday
12 5 (0.95%) Aareon
12 5 (0.95%) Adobe
12 5 (0.95%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.76%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.76%) Remedy
13 4 (0.76%) Snow
13 4 (0.76%) Syncsort
13 4 (0.76%) Virgin Media