Every day you’ll be presented with new challenges. You’re an engineer working on potentially very complex problems. You need to know how to figure things out, and if you don’t, you need to learn it on the job. Good developers are in high demand. Local companies are desperate to find talent. Many times you experiment with technologies, only to find that’s not a good way, so you choose a different path. Every time you write a new program, you learn something new.

Front-End: With strong hand-coding skills, you’ll be working with new code (often in an Agile and TDD environment) or you may be maintaining existing code. Core duties can include; skinning and personalising new ad formats based on user behaviours and data insights, creating dynamic land page builder, building search engine term optimised ads and landing page formats and a greenfield ad builder solution for banners and dynamic ads.

Back-End: You often contribute to technical design discussions formulating your own ideas and experimenting with cutting edge tech. Your main responsibility will be to design and develop layers of applications and to coordinate with a team working on different layers of the infrastructure. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is essential. Together with a team, you may be responsible for core development of products and services. You may be developing one core platform or develop new products and services.

Front-End Developer
UI Developer
UX Developer
Full-Stack Developer
Web Developer
Back-End Developer
PHP Developer
Ruby Developer
JavaScript Developer
Python Developer
.Net Developer
Mobile Developer
iOS Developer
Android Developer
React Developer
Angular Developer
Node Developer
Front-End Engineer
Software Engineer
Software Developer
Java Developer
C++ Developer

Senior Developer
Lead Developer
Senior Software Engineer
Tech Lead
Development Manager
Software Engineering Manager
Head of Development
Head of Mobile Development

Here, we aim to provide an overall range of day rates and salaries.
There are always factors to consider when assigning a day rate and salary to a role, such as the skill demand, location, complexity, level of responsibility as well as what other benefits are on offer, such as remote working. It’s also worth noting that the ‘number of years’ of experience is not an ideal measure. However, as a general guide, it should provide some ballparks and pointers…

Junior Developer roles tend to range from £26-40K with midweight roles from £40-55K and senior positions beginning from £55K+.

At an entry-level, for a junior/graduate a typical day rate would be around the £300 mark, at the mid-level around the £400 mark and seniors can expect a day rate of £450+ as a benchmark.

Popular skills required for these roles include:

Java | .Net / C# | PHP | Front-End | JavaScript | Python | Ruby | Objective-C / Swift | Android | TypeScript  | Go | HTML | CSS.

A BSc/MS degree in IT, computer science or computer engineering is often desirable but by no means essential. There are many certifications available within different tech stacks, in particular for Microsoft.Net, PHP CMS, Java and others.

Salary: £28k – £35k
What They Do:
Assists in developing and maintaining software or web applications, writing clean code, fixing bugs, and learning best practices from senior engineers.

Skills Needed:

• Basic understanding of programming languages (JavaScript, Python, Java, C#)
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Basic database knowledge (SQL, NoSQL)
• Version control (Git)
• Eagerness to learn and problem-solv

Salary: £35k – £45k
What They Do:
Builds and maintains applications or websites, collaborates with designers and backend teams, and contributes to new features and functionality.

Skills Needed:

• Proficiency in at least one programming language and web stack
• Experience with APIs and third-party integrations
• Knowledge of responsive design and accessibility
• Testing and debugging skills
• Agile development practices

Salary: £45k – £60k
What They Do:
Leads development on projects, mentors junior developers, and contributes to architecture and technology choices.

Skills Needed:

• Advanced coding and design patterns
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
• Performance optimisation and security best practices
• Collaboration with product managers and stakeholders

Salary: £60k – £75k
What They Do:
Oversees teams of developers, sets coding standards, and manages project delivery.

Skills Needed:

• Leadership and team management
• Architectural design and decision-making
• Strong understanding of system integrations and scalability
• Project and resource management
• Stakeholder communication and planning

Salary: £75k – £95k
What They Do:
Owns the development strategy, manages budgets and teams, and ensures technology supports business goals.

Skills Needed:

• Department-level leadership and vision
• Budget and resource planning
• Building high-performing engineering teams
• Long-term product and architecture planning
• Collaboration across product, design, and business teams

Salary: £100k – £140k+
What They Do:
Defines the overall technology vision, ensures scalable solutions, and drives innovation at the board level.

Skills Needed:

• Executive-level leadership and strategic vision
• Enterprise architecture and technology investment planning
• Experience leading digital transformation
• Building global engineering capabilities
• Influencing board-level technology decision