Backend Developer
UK
The median Backend Developer daily rate in the UK is £525, 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 | 448 | 454 | 494 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | +40 | +5 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Backend Developer | 72 | 128 | 227 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.25% | 0.29% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.27% | 0.32% | 0.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 57 | 82 | 173 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £327 | £421 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £413 | £504 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £488 | £606 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -19.55% | +15.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £550 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £743 | £625 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £425 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.29% | -19.05% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £58.75 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Backend Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Backend Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer.
Backend Developer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backend Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Backend Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer.
Backend Developer
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +12 | 63 | £502 | +0.30% | 88 |
| London | -4 | 44 | £450 | -10.00% | 39 |
| Work from Home | +22 | 33 | £508 | -3.29% | 54 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 16 | £490 | +15.29% | 62 |
| North West | +18 | 5 | £502 | +18.00% | 13 |
| North of England | +17 | 5 | £502 | +5.58% | 16 |
| South West | +48 | 4 | £550 | +29.41% | 13 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £490 | - | 6 |
| South East | +42 | 3 | £409 | -25.64% | 18 |
Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Backend 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 featuring Backend Developer in the job title.
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Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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