Software Developer Contracts in the East Midlands

Software Developer
England > East Midlands

The median Software Developer daily rate in the East Midlands is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 66 78
Rank change year-on-year +21 +12 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 22 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.86% 1.48% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.04% 1.56% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 13
10th Percentile - £340 £416
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £591 £475
Median % change year-on-year -28.08% +24.40% +31.03%
75th Percentile £438 £625 £500
90th Percentile - - £613
England median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.19% +2.24% +12.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 724 959 1,297
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 94.76% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 745 955
10th Percentile £166 £208 £178
25th Percentile £263 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £513
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 52 89
10th Percentile £11.82 £11.89 £9.74
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.55 £14.61
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.65 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +7.29% +30.95%
75th Percentile £26.15 £34.06 £29.38
90th Percentile £51.91 £64.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the East Midlands

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in the East Midlands

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in the East Midlands

Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Nottinghamshire +28 19 - - 11
Lincolnshire +4 1 £425 -29.17% 2
Derbyshire +3 1 £425 - 4
Software Developer
England

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Software 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 East Midlands region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 20 (90.91%) Degree
2 18 (81.82%) Artificial Intelligence
2 18 (81.82%) PayPal
2 18 (81.82%) Chatbot
2 18 (81.82%) Conversational UI
2 18 (81.82%) Code Quality
3 15 (68.18%) HTML
3 15 (68.18%) JavaScript
4 14 (63.64%) C#
5 13 (59.09%) Python
5 13 (59.09%) SQL
6 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
7 3 (13.64%) .NET
7 3 (13.64%) CSS
7 3 (13.64%) Azure
8 2 (9.09%) AWS
8 2 (9.09%) Entity Framework
8 2 (9.09%) MVC
8 2 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (9.09%) RESTful
8 2 (9.09%) SDLC
8 2 (9.09%) DevOps
8 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 2 (9.09%) Microservices
8 2 (9.09%) React
8 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
8 2 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (9.09%) .NET Framework
8 2 (9.09%) jQuery
8 2 (9.09%) .NET Core

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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:

Applications
1 18 (81.82%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (68.18%) HTML
2 3 (13.64%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) CSS
3 2 (9.09%) .NET Core
3 2 (9.09%) .NET Framework
3 2 (9.09%) Entity Framework
3 2 (9.09%) jQuery
3 2 (9.09%) React
3 2 (9.09%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Artificial Intelligence
1 18 (81.82%) Code Quality
1 18 (81.82%) Conversational UI
2 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
3 2 (9.09%) DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 2 (9.09%) Microservices
3 2 (9.09%) MVC
3 2 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (9.09%) SDLC
4 1 (4.55%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (4.55%) ETL
4 1 (4.55%) Front End Development
4 1 (4.55%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (68.18%) JavaScript
2 14 (63.64%) C#
3 13 (59.09%) Python
3 13 (59.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (90.91%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) PayPal
2 1 (4.55%) Databricks