Developer Contracts in Manchester

Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Developer daily rate in Manchester is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 140 258 513
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 12.04% 15.78% 20.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.84% 17.03% 21.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 229 442
10th Percentile £375 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £588
90th Percentile £588 £633 £675
North West median daily rate £438 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile - £72.25 £58.50
25th Percentile - £73.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £77.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +3.33% +55.44%
75th Percentile - £80.63 £81.00
90th Percentile - £81.75 -
North West median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +51.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,090 1,515 2,415
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 92.66% 96.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 1,123 1,892
10th Percentile £315 £274 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £579 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 63 70
10th Percentile £15.79 £15.72 £10.65
25th Percentile £22.00 £16.74 £16.01
Median hourly rate £32.50 £19.50 £21.07
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -7.43% +25.76%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.88 £69.00
90th Percentile £72.70 £66.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +55.56% +25.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Salford -5 1 £475 +5.56% 2
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Manchester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 37 (26.43%) SQL
2 31 (22.14%) Java
3 28 (20.00%) Finance
4 27 (19.29%) Agile
5 23 (16.43%) AWS
6 22 (15.71%) JavaScript
7 20 (14.29%) Power Platform
8 18 (12.86%) TDD
8 18 (12.86%) .NET
9 17 (12.14%) C#
10 16 (11.43%) Microsoft
10 16 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (10.71%) React
12 14 (10.00%) Azure
12 14 (10.00%) OOP
12 14 (10.00%) Python
12 14 (10.00%) Spring
12 14 (10.00%) Social Skills
13 13 (9.29%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (9.29%) SQL Server
13 13 (9.29%) DevOps
14 12 (8.57%) Spring Boot
14 12 (8.57%) AngularJS
14 12 (8.57%) RESTful
14 12 (8.57%) Data Modelling
14 12 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (8.57%) CI/CD
15 11 (7.86%) Design Patterns
15 11 (7.86%) Unit Testing
15 11 (7.86%) Node.js

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (2.14%) WordPress
2 2 (1.43%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.71%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 7 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.43%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.71%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.43%) AWS
2 20 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 14 (10.00%) Azure
4 13 (9.29%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.57%) GCP
5 5 (3.57%) npm
5 5 (3.57%) PowerApps
5 5 (3.57%) Yarn
6 4 (2.86%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.43%) GitHub
8 2 (1.43%) SaaS
8 2 (1.43%) Serverless
8 2 (1.43%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.14%) Power BI
3 7 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.86%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.14%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.14%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.14%) MySQL
6 3 (2.14%) Redis
6 3 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.43%) GIS
7 2 (1.43%) OLTP
7 2 (1.43%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.43%) Power Query
7 2 (1.43%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.43%) Tableau
7 2 (1.43%) Yellowfin
Development Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Mocha
2 6 (4.29%) GitLab
2 6 (4.29%) Jasmine
3 5 (3.57%) JIRA
3 5 (3.57%) JUnit
3 5 (3.57%) Karma Test Runner
3 5 (3.57%) webpack
4 4 (2.86%) Git
4 4 (2.86%) Maven
5 3 (2.14%) Android Studio
5 3 (2.14%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.14%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.43%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.43%) Mockito
7 1 (0.71%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.71%) Grunt
7 1 (0.71%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.71%) Selenium
7 1 (0.71%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (20.00%) Finance
2 14 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.57%) Banking
5 5 (3.57%) Games
5 5 (3.57%) Retail
6 4 (2.86%) Law
6 4 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (0.71%) Marketing
7 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.86%) .NET
2 15 (10.71%) React
3 14 (10.00%) Spring
4 12 (8.57%) AngularJS
4 12 (8.57%) RESTful
4 12 (8.57%) Spring Boot
5 11 (7.86%) Node.js
6 10 (7.14%) Django
6 10 (7.14%) HTML
7 9 (6.43%) CSS
8 7 (5.00%) Kafka
8 7 (5.00%) React Native
9 6 (4.29%) .NET Core
9 6 (4.29%) Android SDK
9 6 (4.29%) Jest
9 6 (4.29%) Web Services
10 5 (3.57%) .NET Framework
11 4 (2.86%) Angular 2
12 3 (2.14%) Guice
12 3 (2.14%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.86%) Mobile App
2 8 (5.71%) Algorithms
2 8 (5.71%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.86%) CMDB
6 2 (1.43%) Derivative
6 2 (1.43%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.43%) iPad
6 2 (1.43%) iPhone
7 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.71%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.71%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.00%) Android
2 6 (4.29%) Apple iOS
3 5 (3.57%) Linux
3 5 (3.57%) Unix
4 1 (0.71%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (19.29%) Agile
2 18 (12.86%) TDD
3 16 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (10.00%) OOP
5 13 (9.29%) DevOps
6 12 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (8.57%) CI/CD
6 12 (8.57%) Data Modelling
7 11 (7.86%) Design Patterns
7 11 (7.86%) Microservices
7 11 (7.86%) SDLC
7 11 (7.86%) Unit Testing
8 10 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (7.14%) Scrum
9 9 (6.43%) OO
10 8 (5.71%) CRM
10 8 (5.71%) Test Automation
11 7 (5.00%) Analytics
11 7 (5.00%) BDD
11 7 (5.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 37 (26.43%) SQL
2 31 (22.14%) Java
3 22 (15.71%) JavaScript
4 17 (12.14%) C#
5 14 (10.00%) Python
6 9 (6.43%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.57%) PHP
7 5 (3.57%) PL/SQL
7 5 (3.57%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.86%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.14%) Swift
9 3 (2.14%) VB.NET
9 3 (2.14%) VBA
10 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.71%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (4.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (4.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.86%) Degree
3 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.14%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.14%) QA
2 2 (1.43%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.43%) WCAG
3 1 (0.71%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.43%) Terraform
3 1 (0.71%) Podman
Vendors
1 16 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.43%) Oracle
3 5 (3.57%) Google
3 5 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.14%) Informatica
5 2 (1.43%) BMC
5 2 (1.43%) ESRI
5 2 (1.43%) Remedy
5 2 (1.43%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.43%) SnapLogic
5 2 (1.43%) Virgin Media
5 2 (1.43%) WooCommerce
6 1 (0.71%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.71%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.71%) Pega
6 1 (0.71%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.71%) SAP
6 1 (0.71%) Solace
6 1 (0.71%) Spotify
6 1 (0.71%) Verint