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The median contractor rate for a Programmer was £450 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 25 April 2018. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Programmer UK |
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6 months to
25 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
657 |
536 |
509 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-121 |
-27 |
-136 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Programmer |
227 |
297 |
413 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.22% |
0.33% |
0.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.24% |
0.34% |
0.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
145 |
220 |
289 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
+10.34% |
| 10th Percentile |
£313 |
£267 |
£256 |
| 90th Percentile |
£731 |
£550 |
£525 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£375 |
£388 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
-3.23% |
-3.13% |
+17.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
10 |
6 |
10 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£37.50 |
£39.88 |
£37.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-5.96% |
+6.33% |
-11.76% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30.43 |
£33.56 |
£15.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£38.75 |
£71.25 |
£44.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£32.50 |
£37.25 |
£35.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-12.75% |
+6.43% |
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The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
95,901 |
86,525 |
101,559 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.91% |
94.89% |
95.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
63,021 |
56,233 |
65,530 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£420 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+1.19% |
+5.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£263 |
£260 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£613 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£410 |
£400 |
£385 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.50% |
+3.90% |
+2.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,957 |
2,968 |
3,322 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£19.00 |
£19.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-2.63% |
-2.56% |
+14.71% |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.78 |
£10.75 |
£10.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.57 |
£48.75 |
£48.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£18.00 |
£19.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.78% |
-5.26% |
+15.15% |
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Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Programmer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Programmer.
Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Programmer over the 6 months to 25 April 2018.
Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer.
Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Programmer over the 6 months to 25 April 2018.
Programmer
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 25 April 2018, Programmer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Programmer in the job title.
Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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