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The median contractor rate for a Programmer was £470 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 10 December 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
10 Dec 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
602 |
674 |
631 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+72 |
-43 |
-220 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Programmer |
286 |
226 |
261 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.27% |
0.22% |
0.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.29% |
0.23% |
0.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
213 |
159 |
162 |
| UK median daily rate |
£470 |
£463 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+1.62% |
+15.63% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£325 |
£303 |
£276 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£650 |
£561 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£435 |
£425 |
£355 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.35% |
+19.72% |
-11.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
7 |
8 |
7 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£33.00 |
£33.56 |
£37.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-1.67% |
-10.51% |
-11.76% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30.45 |
£22.95 |
£29.26 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.25 |
£50.85 |
£43.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£39.00 |
£29.00 |
£37.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+34.48% |
-22.67% |
-11.76% |
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 |
99,545 |
97,274 |
97,328 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.76% |
94.93% |
94.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
65,895 |
64,435 |
63,507 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
+4.94% |
| 10th Percentile |
£270 |
£258 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£400 |
£393 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
+1.91% |
+4.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3,076 |
2,850 |
3,288 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.00 |
£18.70 |
£18.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-3.74% |
+3.89% |
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| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.79 |
£10.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.75 |
£47.83 |
£47.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.74 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.35% |
+1.37% |
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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 10 December 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 10 December 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 10 December 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 10 December 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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