Graduate Developer Contract Job Trends

Graduate Developer
UK

The median Graduate Developer daily rate in the UK is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 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
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £246 - -
25th Percentile £297 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £547 - -
90th Percentile £609 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 - -

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 30,101 35,607 46,389
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 92.92% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,008 21,661 31,742
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,616 1,602 1,499
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.84 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -2.27% +69.23%
75th Percentile £51.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.20 £74.86 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.17
% change year-on-year -41.51% -0.38% +96.20%

Graduate Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Developer in the UK

Graduate Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the UK

Graduate Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graduate Developer over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Graduate Developer in the UK

Graduate Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the UK

Graduate Developer
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 September 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 - 2 £413 - 28
Work from Home - 1 £225 - 15
UK excluding London - 1 £225 - 18
London - 1 £600 - 13
South West - 1 £225 - 4

Graduate Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Graduate 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 Graduate Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Django
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Market Making
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving

Graduate 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Market Making
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle