Developer Contracts in the East of England

Developer
England > East of England

The median Developer daily rate in the East of England is £430 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 26 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 134 146 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 7.10% 7.44% 9.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.01% 8.09% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 99 149
10th Percentile £275 £311 £325
25th Percentile £350 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £700 £631
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 14
10th Percentile £56.55 £33.75 £38.38
25th Percentile £65.00 £55.13 £47.81
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.56
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +7.34% +37.63%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.56 £76.29
90th Percentile £90.00 £73.75 £76.89
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +10.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,672 1,804 2,365
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 91.90% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 1,089 1,391
10th Percentile £205 £188 £165
25th Percentile £314 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 592 277 354
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £41.80 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% +165.48% -4.58%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £46.93
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
% change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Hertfordshire +3 49 £430 -14.00% 41
Essex +9 41 £432 -13.55% 21
Cambridgeshire -11 26 £450 - 44
Bedfordshire -5 11 £395 +21.54% 9
Norfolk +1 4 £208 -36.00% 13
Suffolk -1 3 £600 -14.29% 7
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 31 (23.13%) SQL
2 27 (20.15%) JavaScript
3 23 (17.16%) HTML
3 23 (17.16%) CSS
3 23 (17.16%) Social Skills
4 22 (16.42%) Java
5 21 (15.67%) C++
6 20 (14.93%) C#
6 20 (14.93%) Python
7 19 (14.18%) React
8 18 (13.43%) C
8 18 (13.43%) Finance
8 18 (13.43%) Agile
8 18 (13.43%) Git
9 17 (12.69%) TDD
9 17 (12.69%) Software Engineering
9 17 (12.69%) .NET
10 16 (11.94%) REST
10 16 (11.94%) TypeScript
10 16 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.19%) Linux
12 14 (10.45%) Spring
12 14 (10.45%) Power Platform
12 14 (10.45%) Spring Boot
13 13 (9.70%) Microsoft
13 13 (9.70%) Web Development
14 12 (8.96%) Migration
14 12 (8.96%) Microservices
14 12 (8.96%) Full Stack Development
15 10 (7.46%) SQL Server

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (5.22%) ColdFusion
2 2 (1.49%) IIS
2 2 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Camtasia
1 1 (0.75%) InfoPath
1 1 (0.75%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 3 (2.24%) SAP FI-AP
1 3 (2.24%) Shopify
2 2 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.75%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.45%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.46%) Azure
3 6 (4.48%) AWS
3 6 (4.48%) GCP
3 6 (4.48%) Power Automate
3 6 (4.48%) PowerApps
4 5 (3.73%) GitHub
4 5 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.73%) SaaS
5 3 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.49%) Boomi
6 2 (1.49%) Serverless
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.75%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.75%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.72%) 5G
1 9 (6.72%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (3.73%) Firewall
2 5 (3.73%) NAS
2 5 (3.73%) VPN
3 4 (2.99%) 4G
3 4 (2.99%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.75%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.75%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.75%) HTTP
4 1 (0.75%) RTMP
4 1 (0.75%) RTP
4 1 (0.75%) RTSP
4 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.97%) NoSQL
2 8 (5.97%) Power BI
3 6 (4.48%) QlikView
4 3 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.24%) MySQL
5 2 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (1.49%) MariaDB
5 2 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.75%) Big Data
6 1 (0.75%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.75%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.75%) Power Query
6 1 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (13.43%) Git
2 7 (5.22%) JIRA
2 7 (5.22%) JUnit
2 7 (5.22%) Mockito
3 5 (3.73%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.73%) Subversion
4 4 (2.99%) gcov
4 4 (2.99%) GDB
4 4 (2.99%) Gradle
4 4 (2.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (2.99%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.49%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.75%) CMake
6 1 (0.75%) Gerrit
6 1 (0.75%) GitLab
6 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.75%) Xcode
6 1 (0.75%) XCTest
General
1 23 (17.16%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.43%) Finance
3 10 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.46%) Manufacturing
4 7 (5.22%) Marketing
5 6 (4.48%) Multimedia
5 6 (4.48%) Retail
5 6 (4.48%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.73%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.99%) Urdu Language
8 3 (2.24%) Automotive
9 2 (1.49%) Games
9 2 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Electronics
10 1 (0.75%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (17.16%) CSS
1 23 (17.16%) HTML
2 19 (14.18%) React
3 17 (12.69%) .NET
4 16 (11.94%) REST
5 14 (10.45%) Spring
5 14 (10.45%) Spring Boot
6 10 (7.46%) RESTful
7 8 (5.97%) AngularJS
7 8 (5.97%) Yocto
8 7 (5.22%) Drools
8 7 (5.22%) Quarkus
9 6 (4.48%) .NET Framework
9 6 (4.48%) Angular 2
9 6 (4.48%) HTML5
9 6 (4.48%) Java Concurrency
9 6 (4.48%) Spring MVC
10 5 (3.73%) Entity Framework
11 4 (2.99%) ASP.NET
11 4 (2.99%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.99%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.24%) STB
3 2 (1.49%) CMDB
3 2 (1.49%) FMCG
3 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.75%) Blog
4 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.75%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.75%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.75%) MPEG
4 1 (0.75%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (0.75%) PropTech
4 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.19%) Linux
2 4 (2.99%) Windows
3 2 (1.49%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (13.43%) Agile
2 17 (12.69%) Software Engineering
2 17 (12.69%) TDD
3 16 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.70%) Web Development
5 12 (8.96%) Full Stack Development
5 12 (8.96%) Microservices
5 12 (8.96%) Migration
6 10 (7.46%) Containerisation
6 10 (7.46%) DevOps
7 9 (6.72%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (6.72%) ERP
7 9 (6.72%) MVC
8 8 (5.97%) CI/CD
8 8 (5.97%) Mentoring
8 8 (5.97%) Workflow
9 7 (5.22%) API Integration
9 7 (5.22%) Decision Table
9 7 (5.22%) Release Management
9 7 (5.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.13%) SQL
2 27 (20.15%) JavaScript
3 22 (16.42%) Java
4 21 (15.67%) C++
5 20 (14.93%) C#
5 20 (14.93%) Python
6 18 (13.43%) C
7 16 (11.94%) TypeScript
8 9 (6.72%) Bash
9 4 (2.99%) Apex Code
10 3 (2.24%) ABAP
11 2 (1.49%) Embedded C
11 2 (1.49%) PHP
12 1 (0.75%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.75%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.75%) R
12 1 (0.75%) Scala
12 1 (0.75%) Swift
12 1 (0.75%) XAML
Qualifications
1 8 (5.97%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.22%) Degree
3 6 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.99%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.49%) PMP
7 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.75%) PhD
7 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.24%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (5.97%) Docker
2 4 (2.99%) zsh
Systems Management
1 10 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.75%) HAProxy
2 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (9.70%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.97%) IFS
3 6 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.73%) SAP
5 4 (2.99%) Google
5 4 (2.99%) Klocwork
5 4 (2.99%) Perforce
5 4 (2.99%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 3 (2.24%) OpenText
6 3 (2.24%) Oracle
6 3 (2.24%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.49%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.75%) Adobe
8 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.75%) Avaya
8 1 (0.75%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.75%) Genesys
8 1 (0.75%) Roku
8 1 (0.75%) Typelevel