Hybrid/Remote Senior Backend Developer Contract Job Trends

Senior Backend Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Backend Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 314 348
Rank change year-on-year -3 +34 +147
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer 3 4 25
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.029% 0.034% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.037% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £504
25th Percentile - - £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £650
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £58.75
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile - - £69.50
UK median hourly rate - - £58.75

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,552 10,824 16,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 93.13% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,208 6,848 10,998
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 195 356
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.70 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £28.03
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.84% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Senior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Backend Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior Backend Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Backend Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Backend Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Backend Developer job vacancies

Senior Backend Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Backend Developer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Backend Developer job vacancies

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Senior Backend Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Design
2 1 (33.33%) API Management
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) Bicep
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Go
2 1 (33.33%) GraphQL

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) GraphQL
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Design
2 1 (33.33%) API Management
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Bicep
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Go
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform