Programmer Contracts in Stoke-on-Trent

Programmer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Programmer daily rate in Stoke-on-Trent is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 11.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £475 - -

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 16 24 41
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 82.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 30
10th Percentile £194 £300 £199
25th Percentile £244 £322 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £505
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -30.69% +74.14%
75th Percentile £404 £421 £620
90th Percentile £488 £541 £663
Staffordshire median daily rate £313 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -16.67% -16.67% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.25 - -
Median hourly rate £13.78 £10.93 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £20.04 - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £17.62 £26.60 £22.41
% change year-on-year -33.77% +18.71% +17.64%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in Stoke-on-Trent

Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programmer in Stoke-on-Trent.

Daily rate trend for Programmer in Stoke-on-Trent

Programmer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

Programmer 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco