Developer Contract Job Trends in Wrexham

Developer
North Wales > Wrexham

The median Developer daily rate in Wrexham is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Wrexham 50.00% - 40.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £313 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £338 - £541
90th Percentile - - £546
North Wales median daily rate £325 - £488
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Wales median hourly rate £30.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wrexham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wrexham. 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 Wrexham with a recognized job title 8 4 10
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile - £138 £294
25th Percentile £155 £143 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £152 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -67.09% +131.25%
75th Percentile £338 £161 £525
90th Percentile - £166 £544
North Wales median daily rate £186 £195 £463
% change year-on-year -4.49% -57.84% +165.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year -23.64% - -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wrexham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wrexham.

Developer job vacancy trend in Wrexham

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Wrexham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Wrexham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Wrexham

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wrexham

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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 job ads across the Wrexham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) React Native
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) GxP
2 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Intranet
2 1 (25.00%) JSON
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wrexham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) React Native
2 1 (25.00%) JSON
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Spring
2 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft