Developer Contracts in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 10 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 327 395 585
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.18% 11.98% 11.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.23% 12.66% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 316 452
10th Percentile £259 £313 £343
25th Percentile £314 £363 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £523 £553 £538
90th Percentile £595 £625 £586
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 5
10th Percentile £22.50 £35.15 £35.42
25th Percentile £26.25 £40.33 £41.67
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.44 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -20.70% +8.08% +127.66%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.33 -
90th Percentile £56.25 £65.38 £54.37
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.78% +17.27% +10.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,472 3,119 4,757
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.63% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,671 2,193 3,470
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £687 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 117 166
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.30 £10.98
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.00 £14.53
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.56 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.55%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
West Midlands +6 229 £425 -10.53% 222
East Midlands -1 96 £425 -1.45% 129
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 92 (28.13%) SQL
2 73 (22.32%) JavaScript
3 64 (19.57%) C#
4 60 (18.35%) Agile
5 56 (17.13%) HTML
6 55 (16.82%) Degree
7 52 (15.90%) Python
8 50 (15.29%) Azure
8 50 (15.29%) Social Skills
9 46 (14.07%) TypeScript
10 44 (13.46%) Full Stack Development
10 44 (13.46%) .NET
11 43 (13.15%) Artificial Intelligence
11 43 (13.15%) Code Quality
12 42 (12.84%) Conversational UI
12 42 (12.84%) Chatbot
12 42 (12.84%) PayPal
13 39 (11.93%) Software Engineering
14 37 (11.31%) Microsoft
15 35 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
16 33 (10.09%) React
16 33 (10.09%) AWS
17 32 (9.79%) Java
18 30 (9.17%) CSS
18 30 (9.17%) AngularJS
19 28 (8.56%) DevOps
20 27 (8.26%) Oracle
21 26 (7.95%) Finance
22 24 (7.34%) Security Cleared
22 24 (7.34%) Power Platform

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

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.36%) SAS
1 11 (3.36%) WordPress
2 9 (2.75%) CICS
3 6 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.83%) CMS
3 6 (1.83%) OpenEdge
4 5 (1.53%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.61%) Apache
5 2 (0.61%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.31%) Confluence
6 1 (0.31%) Drupal
6 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 42 (12.84%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Odoo
2 4 (1.22%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.92%) Exstream
3 3 (0.92%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.92%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.31%) OpenCart
5 1 (0.31%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.29%) Azure
2 33 (10.09%) AWS
3 24 (7.34%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.67%) Power Automate
6 10 (3.06%) PowerApps
6 10 (3.06%) Serverless
7 7 (2.14%) Azure Functions
8 6 (1.83%) Azure App Service
8 6 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.83%) GCP
9 5 (1.53%) Azure AKS
9 5 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.22%) Apigee
10 4 (1.22%) Boomi
11 3 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.92%) GitHub
11 3 (0.92%) SaaS
12 2 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.53%) SAN
1 5 (1.53%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.31%) Extranet
2 1 (0.31%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.42%) Power BI
1 21 (6.42%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.36%) DB2
2 11 (3.36%) MySQL
3 10 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (2.75%) IDMS
4 9 (2.75%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.83%) Big Data
5 6 (1.83%) Hadoop
6 5 (1.53%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.22%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (5.81%) Git
2 14 (4.28%) Rational Rhapsody
3 11 (3.36%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.45%) JIRA
5 5 (1.53%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (1.53%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.22%) Ant
6 4 (1.22%) NUnit
7 3 (0.92%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.92%) webpack
8 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.61%) Hudson
8 2 (0.61%) Moq
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.31%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.31%) JUnit
9 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 50 (15.29%) Social Skills
2 26 (7.95%) Finance
3 13 (3.98%) Public Sector
4 11 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (1.53%) Banking
5 5 (1.53%) Billing
5 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (1.53%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.92%) Retail
7 2 (0.61%) Automotive
7 2 (0.61%) Law
7 2 (0.61%) Local Government
7 2 (0.61%) Marketing
8 1 (0.31%) Advertising
8 1 (0.31%) Games
8 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (17.13%) HTML
2 44 (13.46%) .NET
3 33 (10.09%) React
4 30 (9.17%) AngularJS
4 30 (9.17%) CSS
5 17 (5.20%) GraphQL
5 17 (5.20%) Node.js
6 15 (4.59%) Vue
7 13 (3.98%) RESTful
8 10 (3.06%) Express.js
8 10 (3.06%) Spring
9 9 (2.75%) .NET Framework
9 9 (2.75%) REST
10 8 (2.45%) ASP.NET
11 7 (2.14%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.14%) XML
12 6 (1.83%) Apollo GraphQL
13 5 (1.53%) Jest
13 5 (1.53%) Next.js
13 5 (1.53%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.36%) Mainframe
2 10 (3.06%) IBM Mainframe
2 10 (3.06%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.75%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.92%) DataPower
8 3 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.61%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.61%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.31%) FMCG
10 1 (0.31%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.31%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.31%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.31%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.06%) Unix
2 9 (2.75%) zOS
3 8 (2.45%) Linux
4 5 (1.53%) Debian
4 5 (1.53%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.92%) Android
5 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (18.35%) Agile
2 44 (13.46%) Full Stack Development
3 43 (13.15%) Artificial Intelligence
3 43 (13.15%) Code Quality
4 42 (12.84%) Conversational UI
5 39 (11.93%) Software Engineering
6 35 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (8.56%) DevOps
8 24 (7.34%) CI/CD
9 23 (7.03%) Scrum
10 21 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (5.50%) Migration
12 17 (5.20%) Microservices
12 17 (5.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (4.89%) ETL
14 15 (4.59%) Analytics
15 14 (4.28%) Front End Development
16 13 (3.98%) MVC
16 13 (3.98%) Requirements Gathering
17 12 (3.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 92 (28.13%) SQL
2 73 (22.32%) JavaScript
3 64 (19.57%) C#
4 52 (15.90%) Python
5 46 (14.07%) TypeScript
6 32 (9.79%) Java
7 17 (5.20%) PHP
8 15 (4.59%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.36%) COBOL
10 9 (2.75%) CLIST
10 9 (2.75%) REXX
10 9 (2.75%) SELCOPY
11 7 (2.14%) ABAP
11 7 (2.14%) Bash
11 7 (2.14%) Bourne shell
11 7 (2.14%) Korn
12 5 (1.53%) Bicep
13 4 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (16.82%) Degree
2 24 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.50%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.59%) HL7
2 7 (2.14%) QA
3 3 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (1.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) HDFS
2 1 (0.31%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.22%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.22%) Terraform
2 1 (0.31%) CA Endevor
2 1 (0.31%) Grafana
2 1 (0.31%) Hadoop YARN
2 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (12.84%) PayPal
2 37 (11.31%) Microsoft
3 27 (8.26%) Oracle
4 16 (4.89%) SAP
5 15 (4.59%) IBM
6 9 (2.75%) Syncsort
7 6 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.53%) VMware
9 3 (0.92%) Informatica
9 3 (0.92%) OpenText
10 2 (0.61%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.61%) Ariba
10 2 (0.61%) Teradata
11 1 (0.31%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.31%) JDA
11 1 (0.31%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.31%) QAD
11 1 (0.31%) Sybase