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The median contractor rate for a Programmer was £468 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 18 March 2019. 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
18 Mar 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
599 |
666 |
585 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+67 |
-81 |
-114 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Programmer |
277 |
219 |
267 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.29% |
0.22% |
0.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.30% |
0.23% |
0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
206 |
141 |
192 |
| UK median daily rate |
£468 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.89% |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£313 |
£308 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£750 |
£550 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£440 |
£400 |
£388 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
+3.23% |
-3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
6 |
11 |
6 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£31.50 |
£37.50 |
£37.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-16.00% |
- |
+7.14% |
| 10th Percentile |
£24.50 |
£31.75 |
£34.63 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.38 |
£41.50 |
£58.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£46.25 |
£32.50 |
£37.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+42.31% |
-13.33% |
+7.14% |
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 |
91,585 |
95,621 |
88,967 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.68% |
94.90% |
94.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
60,653 |
63,199 |
57,883 |
| UK median daily rate |
£463 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.78% |
+5.88% |
+2.91% |
| 10th Percentile |
£275 |
£263 |
£255 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£631 |
£610 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£400 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
- |
+4.30% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,821 |
2,865 |
3,147 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£18.70 |
£18.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-1.07% |
+3.89% |
-5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.95 |
£10.73 |
| 90th Percentile |
£49.00 |
£48.00 |
£47.79 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
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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 18 March 2019.
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 18 March 2019.
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 18 March 2019. 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 18 March 2019, 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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