Developer Contracts in the North East

Developer
England > North East

The median Developer daily rate in the North East is £488 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 2 4 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 49 65 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 15.08% 17.66% 13.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.50% 18.06% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 49 54
10th Percentile £335 £358 £382
25th Percentile £359 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £685 £588 £550
90th Percentile £720 £725 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £42.85
25th Percentile - £48.50 £45.25
Median hourly rate - £49.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.01% +266.67%
75th Percentile - £49.50 £52.75
90th Percentile - - £54.55
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +10.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 297 360 474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 97.83% 96.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 279 367
10th Percentile £192 £231 £142
25th Percentile £363 £384 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £590 £625 £550
90th Percentile £670 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 2 15
10th Percentile £10.42 £32.98 £12.90
25th Percentile £11.50 £35.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £13.99 £40.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.67% +139.71% +25.93%
75th Percentile £40.91 £45.56 £19.33
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £47.35
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North East

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the North East

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the North East

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the North East

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear +6 47 £488 -2.50% 46
Durham -1 2 £500 +21.95% 11
Developer
England

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

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 North East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 23 (46.94%) Artificial Intelligence
1 23 (46.94%) Degree
1 23 (46.94%) PayPal
1 23 (46.94%) Chatbot
1 23 (46.94%) Conversational UI
1 23 (46.94%) Code Quality
2 18 (36.73%) C#
2 18 (36.73%) HTML
3 17 (34.69%) JavaScript
4 15 (30.61%) SQL
5 14 (28.57%) Python
5 14 (28.57%) Software Engineering
6 11 (22.45%) Public Sector
7 7 (14.29%) ServiceNow
8 6 (12.24%) ITIL
8 6 (12.24%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (10.20%) Agile
10 4 (8.16%) ETL
10 4 (8.16%) Line Management
10 4 (8.16%) Software Delivery
10 4 (8.16%) Roadmaps
11 3 (6.12%) Data Structures
11 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
11 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
11 3 (6.12%) Test Automation
11 3 (6.12%) Talend
11 3 (6.12%) SAP
11 3 (6.12%) CSS
11 3 (6.12%) ABAP
11 3 (6.12%) .NET

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (2.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (46.94%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.12%) Azure
2 1 (2.04%) AWS
2 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.04%) GitHub
2 1 (2.04%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.04%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.04%) GIS
1 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 11 (22.45%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.04%) Advertising
2 1 (2.04%) Law
2 1 (2.04%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.04%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (36.73%) HTML
2 3 (6.12%) .NET
2 3 (6.12%) CSS
3 2 (4.08%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.04%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (2.04%) CSS3
4 1 (2.04%) Express.js
4 1 (2.04%) HTML5
4 1 (2.04%) Laravel
4 1 (2.04%) NestJS
4 1 (2.04%) Node.js
4 1 (2.04%) Quasar
4 1 (2.04%) RESTful
4 1 (2.04%) Sass
4 1 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) CMDB
3 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.94%) Artificial Intelligence
1 23 (46.94%) Code Quality
1 23 (46.94%) Conversational UI
2 14 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 6 (12.24%) ITIL
4 5 (10.20%) Agile
5 4 (8.16%) ETL
5 4 (8.16%) Line Management
5 4 (8.16%) Roadmaps
5 4 (8.16%) Software Delivery
6 3 (6.12%) Data Modelling
6 3 (6.12%) Test Automation
7 2 (4.08%) Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
7 2 (4.08%) Data Extraction
7 2 (4.08%) DevOps
7 2 (4.08%) Product Backlog
7 2 (4.08%) Scrum
7 2 (4.08%) Technology Transformation
7 2 (4.08%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.73%) C#
2 17 (34.69%) JavaScript
3 15 (30.61%) SQL
4 14 (28.57%) Python
5 3 (6.12%) ABAP
5 3 (6.12%) Java
6 2 (4.08%) Scala
7 1 (2.04%) PHP
7 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (46.94%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.08%) WCAG
2 1 (2.04%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) PayPal
2 7 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.12%) SAP
3 3 (6.12%) Talend
4 2 (4.08%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.04%) ESRI
5 1 (2.04%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.04%) mParticle
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce