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The median contractor rate for a Programmer was £540 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 17 February 2020. 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
17 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
604 |
591 |
668 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-13 |
+77 |
-57 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Programmer |
133 |
286 |
205 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.19% |
0.29% |
0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.21% |
0.31% |
0.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
95 |
213 |
142 |
| UK median daily rate |
£540 |
£470 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+14.89% |
+4.44% |
+11.80% |
| 10th Percentile |
£363 |
£313 |
£306 |
| 90th Percentile |
£750 |
£638 |
£675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£450 |
£438 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
+9.38% |
+6.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
6 |
5 |
9 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£29.25 |
£31.50 |
£37.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-7.14% |
-16.00% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£18.25 |
£24.30 |
£29.10 |
| 90th Percentile |
£42.50 |
£33.90 |
£44.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£33.00 |
£32.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-43.94% |
+1.54% |
-13.33% |
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 |
64,362 |
92,468 |
95,476 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.89% |
94.68% |
94.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
41,663 |
61,198 |
63,345 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£460 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-2.17% |
+2.22% |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£238 |
£275 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£644 |
£625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,563 |
2,896 |
2,843 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£19.18 |
£18.70 |
£18.70 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+2.57% |
- |
+3.89% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.50 |
£11.00 |
£10.88 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.75 |
£48.75 |
£48.07 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£18.00 |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
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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 17 February 2020.
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 17 February 2020.
Programmer
Top 13 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 17 February 2020. 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 17 February 2020, 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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