Developer Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Developer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Developer daily rate in Stoke-on-Trent is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 12 15
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 9.09% 2.94% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.09% 3.03% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £395 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +35.48%
75th Percentile £475 £405 £538
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £450 £375 £513
% change year-on-year +20.00% -26.83% +32.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 11 33 56
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 97.06% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 38
10th Percentile £313 - £406
25th Percentile £350 £110 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £298 £503
Median % change year-on-year +51.01% -40.70% +47.79%
75th Percentile £500 £405 £575
90th Percentile £688 £476 £612
Staffordshire median daily rate £350 £363 £500
% change year-on-year -3.45% -27.50% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.78 - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £30.00 £34.47 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.96% +37.86% +25.88%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Stoke-on-Trent

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (100.00%) Health Technology

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Health Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce