Developer Contracts in Telford

Developer
Shropshire > Telford

The median Developer daily rate in Telford is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 13 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 18 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 14.88% 14.05% 23.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.22% 16.67% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 12
10th Percentile £453 £326 £457
25th Percentile £454 £352 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £374 £573
Median % change year-on-year +23.66% -34.67% +6.02%
75th Percentile £538 £509 £595
90th Percentile £539 £536 -
Shropshire median daily rate £463 £374 £536
% change year-on-year +23.66% -30.22% -0.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 111 102 56
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 84.30% 76.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 72 38
10th Percentile £318 £298 £318
25th Percentile £414 £376 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% -5.05% +8.00%
75th Percentile £537 £536 £588
90th Percentile £541 £538 £596
Shropshire median daily rate £467 £502 £513
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.15% +1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -72.73% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate - £15.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -72.73% +279.31%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Telford

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Telford.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Telford

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Telford.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Telford

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Telford region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 10 (55.56%) Agile
3 8 (44.44%) SQL
3 8 (44.44%) DevOps
4 7 (38.89%) Azure
5 6 (33.33%) Java
5 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
5 6 (33.33%) PowerApps
6 5 (27.78%) Kubernetes
6 5 (27.78%) Front End Development
6 5 (27.78%) Process Improvement
6 5 (27.78%) Test Strategy
6 5 (27.78%) QA
7 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
7 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
7 4 (22.22%) BDD
7 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 4 (22.22%) OO
7 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
7 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
7 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
7 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
7 4 (22.22%) React
7 4 (22.22%) Docker
7 4 (22.22%) Microservices
8 3 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (16.67%) SAPUI5
8 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
8 3 (16.67%) SAP

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 2 (11.11%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP HR
1 2 (11.11%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) GitLab
1 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 2 (11.11%) Maven
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) React
2 3 (16.67%) CSS
2 3 (16.67%) HTML
2 3 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (16.67%) SAPUI5
3 2 (11.11%) .NET
3 2 (11.11%) Apache Camel
3 2 (11.11%) Next.js
3 2 (11.11%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (11.11%) Spring
3 2 (11.11%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (5.56%) JSON
4 1 (5.56%) Play Framework
4 1 (5.56%) Quarkus
4 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (55.56%) Agile
3 8 (44.44%) DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) Front End Development
4 5 (27.78%) Process Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) Test Strategy
5 4 (22.22%) BDD
5 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
5 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 4 (22.22%) Microservices
5 4 (22.22%) OO
5 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
6 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 3 (16.67%) User Stories
7 2 (11.11%) CRM
7 2 (11.11%) Pair Programming
7 2 (11.11%) TDD
7 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) Java
3 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 3 (16.67%) ABAP
5 1 (5.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Rancher
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Splunk
300 Developer jobs in Shropshire