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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 318 389 615
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.00% 12.07% 12.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.94% 12.78% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 323 466
10th Percentile £259 £313 £341
25th Percentile £319 £363 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £454
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -0.83% +13.44%
75th Percentile £536 £547 £540
90th Percentile £599 £625 £588
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £22.50 - £36.30
25th Percentile £26.25 £31.69 £43.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £33.39 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% -42.44% +182.93%
75th Percentile £55.00 £35.08 £59.71
90th Percentile £56.25 - £59.84
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +10.00%

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 2,663 3,044 4,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.48% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,785 2,148 3,520
10th Percentile £213 £228 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +1.05% +16.42%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £691 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 111 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.15 £15.12 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.97 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +14.90% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +4 222 £425 -10.53% 207
East Midlands -5 96 £419 -6.94% 129
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 86 (27.04%) SQL
2 80 (25.16%) JavaScript
3 67 (21.07%) C#
4 62 (19.50%) Agile
5 59 (18.55%) HTML
6 49 (15.41%) Social Skills
7 46 (14.47%) Azure
8 45 (14.15%) Python
9 44 (13.84%) .NET
10 42 (13.21%) Full Stack Development
10 42 (13.21%) TypeScript
11 41 (12.89%) Software Engineering
12 37 (11.64%) Degree
12 37 (11.64%) Microsoft
12 37 (11.64%) React
13 35 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (11.01%) CSS
13 35 (11.01%) AWS
14 31 (9.75%) Java
14 31 (9.75%) AngularJS
15 30 (9.43%) Finance
16 28 (8.81%) Oracle
16 28 (8.81%) DevOps
17 25 (7.86%) Artificial Intelligence
17 25 (7.86%) Code Quality
18 24 (7.55%) Power Platform
18 24 (7.55%) Conversational UI
18 24 (7.55%) Chatbot
18 24 (7.55%) PayPal
19 23 (7.23%) CI/CD

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 13 (4.09%) WordPress
2 12 (3.77%) SAS
3 9 (2.83%) CICS
4 6 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.89%) CMS
4 6 (1.89%) OpenEdge
5 4 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.63%) Apache
6 2 (0.63%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) Drupal
7 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (7.55%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Trello
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.89%) SAP CO
1 6 (1.89%) SAP FI
1 6 (1.89%) SAP FI/CO
1 6 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.26%) Exstream
2 4 (1.26%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.63%) Odoo
5 1 (0.31%) OpenCart
5 1 (0.31%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.31%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.31%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 46 (14.47%) Azure
2 35 (11.01%) AWS
3 24 (7.55%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.46%) Power Automate
5 11 (3.46%) PowerApps
6 10 (3.14%) Serverless
7 7 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.89%) Azure App Service
9 5 (1.57%) Azure AKS
9 5 (1.57%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.26%) Boomi
10 4 (1.26%) GCP
11 3 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.94%) GitHub
11 3 (0.94%) SaaS
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.94%) SAN
1 3 (0.94%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.31%) Extranet
2 1 (0.31%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.29%) Power BI
3 13 (4.09%) MySQL
4 11 (3.46%) DB2
5 9 (2.83%) IDMS
6 8 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.20%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.89%) Big Data
8 6 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.89%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.89%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.57%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.94%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.94%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 21 (6.60%) Git
2 14 (4.40%) Rational Rhapsody
3 13 (4.09%) JIRA
4 11 (3.46%) Cypress.io
5 7 (2.20%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.57%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.26%) Ant
8 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.94%) NUnit
8 3 (0.94%) webpack
9 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.63%) Hudson
9 2 (0.63%) Moq
9 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.31%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.31%) JUnit
10 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 49 (15.41%) Social Skills
2 30 (9.43%) Finance
3 13 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.77%) Public Sector
5 5 (1.57%) Banking
5 5 (1.57%) Billing
5 5 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (1.57%) Retail
6 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.63%) Automotive
7 2 (0.63%) Law
7 2 (0.63%) Local Government
7 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.31%) Games
8 1 (0.31%) Marketing
8 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (18.55%) HTML
2 44 (13.84%) .NET
3 37 (11.64%) React
4 35 (11.01%) CSS
5 31 (9.75%) AngularJS
6 19 (5.97%) GraphQL
7 18 (5.66%) Node.js
7 18 (5.66%) RESTful
7 18 (5.66%) Vue
8 10 (3.14%) .NET Framework
8 10 (3.14%) REST
9 9 (2.83%) Express.js
9 9 (2.83%) Spring
10 8 (2.52%) Redux
11 7 (2.20%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.20%) ASP.NET
11 7 (2.20%) Next.js
11 7 (2.20%) XML
12 6 (1.89%) Apollo GraphQL
12 6 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.14%) Data Structures
1 10 (3.14%) IBM Mainframe
1 10 (3.14%) Mainframe
1 10 (3.14%) Product Ownership
2 6 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.26%) Low-Code
4 4 (1.26%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.94%) DataPower
5 3 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.63%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.31%) FMCG
7 1 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.31%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.31%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.83%) Unix
1 9 (2.83%) zOS
2 5 (1.57%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.57%) Linux
3 3 (0.94%) Android
3 3 (0.94%) Debian
3 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (19.50%) Agile
2 42 (13.21%) Full Stack Development
3 41 (12.89%) Software Engineering
4 35 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (8.81%) DevOps
6 25 (7.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 25 (7.86%) Code Quality
7 24 (7.55%) Conversational UI
8 23 (7.23%) CI/CD
8 23 (7.23%) Scrum
9 20 (6.29%) Migration
10 19 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (5.35%) Microservices
12 15 (4.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (4.72%) Workflow
13 14 (4.40%) Analytics
13 14 (4.40%) ETL
13 14 (4.40%) SDLC
14 13 (4.09%) Requirements Gathering
15 12 (3.77%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 86 (27.04%) SQL
2 80 (25.16%) JavaScript
3 67 (21.07%) C#
4 45 (14.15%) Python
5 42 (13.21%) TypeScript
6 31 (9.75%) Java
7 19 (5.97%) PHP
8 16 (5.03%) PL/SQL
9 14 (4.40%) ABAP
10 11 (3.46%) COBOL
11 9 (2.83%) CLIST
11 9 (2.83%) REXX
11 9 (2.83%) SELCOPY
12 7 (2.20%) Bash
12 7 (2.20%) Bourne shell
12 7 (2.20%) Korn
13 5 (1.57%) Bicep
14 4 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.63%) Groovy
15 2 (0.63%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (11.64%) Degree
2 22 (6.92%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.26%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.40%) HL7
2 8 (2.52%) QA
3 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (1.57%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) HDFS
2 1 (0.31%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.26%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.26%) Terraform
2 2 (0.63%) Grafana
3 1 (0.31%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.81%) Oracle
3 24 (7.55%) PayPal
4 23 (7.23%) SAP
5 14 (4.40%) IBM
6 9 (2.83%) Syncsort
7 6 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.57%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.26%) OpenText
9 4 (1.26%) OutSystems
10 3 (0.94%) Informatica
10 3 (0.94%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.94%) Talend
10 3 (0.94%) VMware
11 2 (0.63%) Ab Initio
11 2 (0.63%) Denodo
11 2 (0.63%) Teradata
12 1 (0.31%) Civica
12 1 (0.31%) ICL
12 1 (0.31%) Workday