Backend Developer Contracts in the West Midlands

Backend Developer
England > West Midlands

As of 19 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Backend Developer daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 - 161
Rank change year-on-year - - -47
Contract jobs requiring a Backend Developer 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.10% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile - - £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.00%
75th Percentile - - £544
90th Percentile - - £578
England median daily rate £500 £600 £545
% change year-on-year -16.67% +10.09% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £58.75 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,754 2,304 3,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 94.54% 96.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,596 2,589
10th Percentile £258 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 69 83
10th Percentile £11.97 £12.50 £12.28
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +9.95% +6.34%
75th Percentile £42.50 £26.38 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.00 £53.50 £23.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Backend Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in the West Midlands

Backend Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Backend Developer in the West Midlands

Backend Developer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham - 2 - - 2
Backend Developer
England

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Backend Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) OSGi
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Sling
1 2 (100.00%) Headless CMS
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) webpack
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Jackrabbit
2 1 (50.00%) Web Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) Headless CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Jackrabbit
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Sling
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (100.00%) OSGi
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft