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The median contractor rate for a Programmer was £450 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
627 |
608 |
581 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-19 |
-27 |
-169 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Programmer |
266 |
276 |
339 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.26% |
0.28% |
0.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.27% |
0.29% |
0.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
183 |
192 |
226 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£450 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+20.00% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£320 |
£301 |
£290 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£613 |
£525 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£400 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.67% |
+7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
9 |
9 |
7 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£45.00 |
£35.00 |
£34.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+28.57% |
+2.94% |
-15.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26.50 |
£24.05 |
£20.62 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.50 |
£53.50 |
£46.45 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£40.00 |
£38.50 |
£33.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.90% |
+14.93% |
-18.79% |
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 |
97,681 |
93,729 |
101,570 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.77% |
94.93% |
94.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
64,134 |
61,203 |
66,369 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£438 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£269 |
£263 |
£255 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£415 |
£400 |
£390 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.75% |
+2.56% |
+4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3,170 |
2,824 |
3,150 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.00 |
£18.70 |
£19.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-3.74% |
-1.58% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
£10.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.75 |
£48.75 |
£46.52 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£18.00 |
£18.75 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.78% |
-4.00% |
+7.14% |
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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 19 September 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 19 September 2018.
Programmer
Top 16 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 19 September 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 19 September 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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