Senior Backend Developer Contracts in England

Senior Backend Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Backend Developer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 599 734
Rank change year-on-year +99 +135 -110
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer 43 39 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.082% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.087% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 37 43
10th Percentile £418 £577 -
25th Percentile £430 £625 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £545 £706 £719
90th Percentile £575 £850 £766
UK median daily rate £500 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Senior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Backend Developer in England

Senior Backend Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Backend Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for Senior Backend Developer in England

Senior Backend Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Backend Developer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Backend Developer in England

Senior Backend Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Backend Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Backend Developer in England

Senior Backend Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Backend Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +92 42 £500 -23.08% 7
North West - 1 £425 - 1
North of England - 1 £425 - 1
Senior Backend Developer
UK

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 34 (79.07%) Agile
2 33 (76.74%) C#
3 30 (69.77%) .NET
3 30 (69.77%) SQL Server
3 30 (69.77%) Azure
3 30 (69.77%) DevOps
4 29 (67.44%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (67.44%) .NET Core
4 29 (67.44%) Active Directory
5 27 (62.79%) Microsoft
5 27 (62.79%) PowerShell
5 27 (62.79%) Bicep
6 25 (58.14%) CI/CD
7 23 (53.49%) Entra ID
7 23 (53.49%) Scrum
7 23 (53.49%) XML
8 22 (51.16%) B2C
9 19 (44.19%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (41.86%) JavaScript
11 16 (37.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 14 (32.56%) React
12 14 (32.56%) TypeScript
12 14 (32.56%) HTML
12 14 (32.56%) ASP.NET
13 13 (30.23%) CSS
13 13 (30.23%) Redis
13 13 (30.23%) ASP.NET Core
14 10 (23.26%) Public Sector
14 10 (23.26%) Product Ownership
15 7 (16.28%) Git

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (4.65%) CICS
2 1 (2.33%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 30 (69.77%) Azure
2 29 (67.44%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (53.49%) Entra ID
4 19 (44.19%) Azure Service Bus
5 16 (37.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (13.95%) AWS
7 4 (9.30%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (6.98%) Serverless
9 1 (2.33%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (2.33%) AWS CodeBuild
9 1 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.33%) GitHub
9 1 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (69.77%) SQL Server
2 13 (30.23%) Redis
3 2 (4.65%) DB2
3 2 (4.65%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) Pylint
General
1 10 (23.26%) Public Sector
2 5 (11.63%) Back Office
3 3 (6.98%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.65%) Local Government
5 1 (2.33%) Banking
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (69.77%) .NET
2 29 (67.44%) .NET Core
3 23 (53.49%) XML
4 14 (32.56%) ASP.NET
4 14 (32.56%) HTML
4 14 (32.56%) React
5 13 (30.23%) ASP.NET Core
5 13 (30.23%) CSS
6 2 (4.65%) ISPF
6 2 (4.65%) JSON
6 2 (4.65%) Kafka
6 2 (4.65%) Node.js
7 1 (2.33%) Apache Commons
7 1 (2.33%) JSON Schema
7 1 (2.33%) OpenAPI
7 1 (2.33%) pytest
7 1 (2.33%) REST
7 1 (2.33%) Spring Boot
7 1 (2.33%) Swagger
7 1 (2.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Product Ownership
2 5 (11.63%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (11.63%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.98%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.65%) Mainframe
4 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) IoT
5 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) zOS
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (79.07%) Agile
2 30 (69.77%) DevOps
3 25 (58.14%) CI/CD
4 23 (53.49%) Scrum
5 22 (51.16%) B2C
6 7 (16.28%) OO
7 6 (13.95%) API Management
7 6 (13.95%) OOD
7 6 (13.95%) SDLC
7 6 (13.95%) TDD
8 5 (11.63%) Clean Code
8 5 (11.63%) Front End Development
8 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering
9 4 (9.30%) Design Patterns
10 3 (6.98%) Content Management
10 3 (6.98%) Database Optimisation
10 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (6.98%) Software Architecture
11 2 (4.65%) Containerisation
11 2 (4.65%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (76.74%) C#
2 27 (62.79%) Bicep
2 27 (62.79%) PowerShell
3 18 (41.86%) JavaScript
4 14 (32.56%) TypeScript
5 6 (13.95%) Java
6 5 (11.63%) SQL
7 3 (6.98%) Python
8 2 (4.65%) C
8 2 (4.65%) C++
8 2 (4.65%) COBOL
9 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (4.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (67.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (4.65%) CA Endevor
2 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (62.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) IBM