Developer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Developer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £501, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 14 16
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 126 264 270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.65% 10.05% 9.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.34% 10.84% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 211 216
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £586 £624 £592
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £489 £505
% change year-on-year -2.81% -3.22% +1.00%
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% +8.65%
75th Percentile £65.47 £51.88 -
90th Percentile £72.50 £60.50 -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £60.70 £70.00
% change year-on-year -17.63% -13.28% +47.37%

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 1,349 2,436 2,672
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.69% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 1,384 1,825
10th Percentile £286 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 187 79
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.70 £16.94
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.05 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% -1.86% +176.57%
75th Percentile £66.56 £62.60 £66.21
90th Percentile £79.44 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £48.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -29.41% -4.00% +138.10%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -1 102 £521 -0.76% 750
Buckinghamshire -7 19 £475 -6.03% 306
Oxfordshire -13 5 £313 -40.48% 187
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 50 (39.68%) Azure
2 33 (26.19%) DevOps
2 33 (26.19%) React
3 31 (24.60%) Social Skills
4 30 (23.81%) Python
4 30 (23.81%) Agile
5 28 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 25 (19.84%) SQL
6 25 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (18.25%) .NET
8 22 (17.46%) HTML
8 22 (17.46%) Java
9 20 (15.87%) Microsoft
9 20 (15.87%) REST
10 19 (15.08%) Git
11 18 (14.29%) AWS
11 18 (14.29%) CSS
12 17 (13.49%) C#
12 17 (13.49%) Full-Stack Development
12 17 (13.49%) User Experience
12 17 (13.49%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (12.70%) CI/CD
13 16 (12.70%) Security Cleared
14 15 (11.90%) UX Design
14 15 (11.90%) Test Automation
14 15 (11.90%) Kubernetes
15 14 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
15 14 (11.11%) Microservices
15 14 (11.11%) Docker
15 14 (11.11%) Business Intelligence

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 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.97%) Umbraco
3 4 (3.17%) CMS
4 3 (2.38%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.59%) Confluence
5 2 (1.59%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.79%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.79%) Apache
6 1 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.79%) IIS
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.79%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.79%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.79%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 50 (39.68%) Azure
2 18 (14.29%) AWS
3 17 (13.49%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (10.32%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (5.56%) Azure API Management
6 7 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (5.56%) Figma
6 7 (5.56%) GitHub
6 7 (5.56%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.56%) Serverless
7 6 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (4.76%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.97%) Azure AKS
8 5 (3.97%) GCP
8 5 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.97%) SaaS
9 4 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.17%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (2.38%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) HTTP
2 3 (2.38%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.79%) FTP
3 1 (0.79%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (7.94%) Relational Database
3 9 (7.14%) MySQL
3 9 (7.14%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.35%) Power BI
5 7 (5.56%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.97%) Power Query
7 3 (2.38%) Big Data
7 3 (2.38%) Hadoop
7 3 (2.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (2.38%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.59%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.59%) DocumentDB
8 2 (1.59%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.59%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (15.08%) Git
2 10 (7.94%) Selenium
3 7 (5.56%) GitLab
3 7 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 7 (5.56%) JIRA
4 5 (3.97%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.17%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.17%) REST Assured
5 4 (3.17%) Vite
6 3 (2.38%) JUnit
6 3 (2.38%) Mockito
7 2 (1.59%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.59%) JMeter
7 2 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.59%) UI Automator
7 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.79%) Postman
8 1 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 31 (24.60%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.73%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.76%) Finance
4 6 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.17%) Law
6 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.59%) Publishing
7 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.79%) Marketing
7 1 (0.79%) Military
7 1 (0.79%) Retail
7 1 (0.79%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (26.19%) React
2 23 (18.25%) .NET
3 22 (17.46%) HTML
4 20 (15.87%) REST
5 18 (14.29%) CSS
6 13 (10.32%) RESTful
7 10 (7.94%) GraphQL
7 10 (7.94%) Node.js
7 10 (7.94%) SOAP
8 8 (6.35%) JSON
8 8 (6.35%) XML
9 7 (5.56%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (5.56%) Web Services
10 6 (4.76%) .NET Core
10 6 (4.76%) ADO
10 6 (4.76%) Redux
10 6 (4.76%) Spring Boot
11 5 (3.97%) ARM Templates
11 5 (3.97%) FastAPI
11 5 (3.97%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
1 5 (3.97%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.38%) CMDB
3 3 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.59%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.59%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.79%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.79%) CSOC
5 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.79%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.79%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.79%) Life Science
5 1 (0.79%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.79%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.76%) Linux
2 3 (2.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.79%) Android
3 1 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.79%) OpenVMS
3 1 (0.79%) Unix
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (26.19%) DevOps
2 30 (23.81%) Agile
3 25 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (13.49%) Full-Stack Development
4 17 (13.49%) User Experience
5 16 (12.70%) CI/CD
6 15 (11.90%) Test Automation
6 15 (11.90%) UX Design
7 14 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (11.11%) Microservices
8 10 (7.94%) Front End Development
8 10 (7.94%) Wireframes
9 9 (7.14%) Containerisation
9 9 (7.14%) Unit Testing
10 8 (6.35%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (6.35%) Data Modelling
10 8 (6.35%) Migration
10 8 (6.35%) Software Engineering
10 8 (6.35%) Workflow
11 7 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.81%) Python
2 28 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 25 (19.84%) SQL
4 22 (17.46%) Java
5 17 (13.49%) C#
6 12 (9.52%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.97%) Apex Code
8 3 (2.38%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.38%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.38%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.38%) VBA
9 2 (1.59%) ABAP
9 2 (1.59%) ActionScript
9 2 (1.59%) Bicep
9 2 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.59%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.59%) SOQL
10 1 (0.79%) Fortran
10 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.79%) X++
Qualifications
1 16 (12.70%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.73%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.79%) CEH
4 1 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.79%) Degree
4 1 (0.79%) ECSA
4 1 (0.79%) GCFA
4 1 (0.79%) GCIA
4 1 (0.79%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.97%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.17%) WCAG
3 3 (2.38%) COBIT
3 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.38%) NIST
4 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.59%) QA
4 2 (1.59%) SLA
5 1 (0.79%) HL7
System Software
1 14 (11.11%) Docker
2 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.79%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 15 (11.90%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.14%) Terraform
3 4 (3.17%) Ansible
3 4 (3.17%) Docker Swarm
3 4 (3.17%) Podman
4 2 (1.59%) Kibana
5 1 (0.79%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.79%) Grafana
5 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Oracle
3 7 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.76%) Virgin Media
5 5 (3.97%) OpenAI
5 5 (3.97%) SAP
6 4 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.17%) Sitecore
6 4 (3.17%) Splunk
7 3 (2.38%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.38%) IBM
8 2 (1.59%) Cognos
8 2 (1.59%) Spotify
9 1 (0.79%) Ariba
9 1 (0.79%) BMC
9 1 (0.79%) Foundry
9 1 (0.79%) Jaspersoft
9 1 (0.79%) Palantir
9 1 (0.79%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.79%) Remedy