Developer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Developer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500, 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 21 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 123 267 276
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.14% 9.94% 9.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.75% 10.66% 9.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 215 220
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £583 £621 £581
90th Percentile £638 £688 £629
South East median daily rate £463 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -6.57% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £26.93 £41.75 -
25th Percentile £36.05 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £47.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -32.14% +6.87%
75th Percentile £65.47 £51.88 -
90th Percentile £72.50 £60.50 -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £58.91 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.87% -15.85% +32.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire -3 100 £500 -4.71% 89
Buckinghamshire -11 18 £488 -4.60% 68
Oxfordshire -10 5 £313 -40.48% 75
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 58 (47.15%) Azure
2 37 (30.08%) DevOps
3 35 (28.46%) Python
4 32 (26.02%) React
5 30 (24.39%) Agile
6 28 (22.76%) Full-Stack Development
6 28 (22.76%) .NET
7 27 (21.95%) JavaScript
8 26 (21.14%) SQL
9 25 (20.33%) Social Skills
10 24 (19.51%) HTML
11 23 (18.70%) CI/CD
11 23 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (17.89%) Java
12 22 (17.89%) C#
12 22 (17.89%) CSS
12 22 (17.89%) Git
13 21 (17.07%) Microsoft
14 19 (15.45%) Microservices
15 18 (14.63%) PostgreSQL
15 18 (14.63%) Test Automation
15 18 (14.63%) AWS
16 17 (13.82%) Security Cleared
16 17 (13.82%) Azure DevOps
17 16 (13.01%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (13.01%) User Experience
17 16 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
17 16 (13.01%) Kubernetes
18 15 (12.20%) Docker
18 15 (12.20%) Serverless

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.07%) Umbraco
3 3 (2.44%) CMS
3 3 (2.44%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.63%) Confluence
4 2 (1.63%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.81%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.81%) Apache
5 1 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.81%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.81%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.81%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 58 (47.15%) Azure
2 18 (14.63%) AWS
3 17 (13.82%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (13.01%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (12.20%) Serverless
6 13 (10.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 13 (10.57%) Power Platform
7 11 (8.94%) Azure Functions
8 9 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (6.50%) Azure API Management
10 7 (5.69%) Azure AKS
10 7 (5.69%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (5.69%) Power Automate
11 6 (4.88%) Entra ID
11 6 (4.88%) PowerApps
12 5 (4.07%) Figma
12 5 (4.07%) GCP
12 5 (4.07%) GitHub
12 5 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (3.25%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (1.63%) HTTP
3 1 (0.81%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.63%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.13%) SQL Server
3 9 (7.32%) MySQL
4 8 (6.50%) Power BI
4 8 (6.50%) Relational Database
5 7 (5.69%) MongoDB
6 6 (4.88%) NoSQL
7 5 (4.07%) Power Query
8 4 (3.25%) Big Data
8 4 (3.25%) Redis
9 3 (2.44%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.44%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.63%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.63%) DocumentDB
10 2 (1.63%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.81%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 22 (17.89%) Git
2 13 (10.57%) Selenium
3 7 (5.69%) GitLab
3 7 (5.69%) Jenkins
3 7 (5.69%) JIRA
4 5 (4.07%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.25%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.25%) REST Assured
5 4 (3.25%) Vite
6 3 (2.44%) JUnit
6 3 (2.44%) Mockito
7 2 (1.63%) JMeter
7 2 (1.63%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.81%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.81%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.81%) jMock
8 1 (0.81%) Maven
8 1 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.81%) Subversion
8 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (20.33%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.94%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.25%) Finance
5 4 (3.25%) Law
6 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.63%) Publishing
7 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.81%) Military
7 1 (0.81%) Retail
7 1 (0.81%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (26.02%) React
2 28 (22.76%) .NET
3 24 (19.51%) HTML
4 22 (17.89%) CSS
5 14 (11.38%) REST
6 13 (10.57%) RESTful
7 10 (8.13%) Node.js
8 9 (7.32%) GraphQL
9 8 (6.50%) .NET Core
10 7 (5.69%) ADO
11 6 (4.88%) Redux
11 6 (4.88%) Web Services
12 5 (4.07%) .NET Framework
12 5 (4.07%) ARM Templates
12 5 (4.07%) Entity Framework
12 5 (4.07%) SOAP
13 4 (3.25%) Django
13 4 (3.25%) Java EE
13 4 (3.25%) JSON
13 4 (3.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.88%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (3.25%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.63%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.63%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.81%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.81%) CMDB
6 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.81%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Life Science
6 1 (0.81%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.81%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.07%) Linux
2 2 (1.63%) Windows
3 1 (0.81%) Android
3 1 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.81%) OpenVMS
3 1 (0.81%) Unix
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (30.08%) DevOps
2 30 (24.39%) Agile
3 28 (22.76%) Full-Stack Development
4 23 (18.70%) CI/CD
4 23 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (15.45%) Microservices
6 18 (14.63%) Test Automation
7 16 (13.01%) User Experience
8 14 (11.38%) SDLC
9 12 (9.76%) Front End Development
9 12 (9.76%) Unit Testing
9 12 (9.76%) UX Design
10 11 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (8.13%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (8.13%) Containerisation
12 9 (7.32%) LLM
12 9 (7.32%) Software Engineering
12 9 (7.32%) TDD
13 8 (6.50%) Migration
13 8 (6.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 35 (28.46%) Python
2 27 (21.95%) JavaScript
3 26 (21.14%) SQL
4 22 (17.89%) C#
4 22 (17.89%) Java
5 13 (10.57%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.44%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.44%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.44%) VBA
7 2 (1.63%) ABAP
7 2 (1.63%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.63%) C++
7 2 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.63%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.81%) Bicep
8 1 (0.81%) COBOL
8 1 (0.81%) DataWeave
8 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.81%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 17 (13.82%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.76%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.63%) QA
2 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (12.20%) Docker
2 8 (6.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 16 (13.01%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.50%) Terraform
3 4 (3.25%) Ansible
3 4 (3.25%) Docker Swarm
3 4 (3.25%) Podman
4 2 (1.63%) Kibana
5 1 (0.81%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.81%) Grafana
5 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.81%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.50%) OpenAI
3 6 (4.88%) Virgin Media
4 5 (4.07%) Oracle
4 5 (4.07%) SAP
5 4 (3.25%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.44%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.63%) Cognos
7 2 (1.63%) Databricks
7 2 (1.63%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.63%) Splunk
7 2 (1.63%) Spotify
8 1 (0.81%) Ariba
8 1 (0.81%) BMC
8 1 (0.81%) Foundry
8 1 (0.81%) IBM
8 1 (0.81%) Infor
8 1 (0.81%) Palantir
8 1 (0.81%) Remedy