Developer Contracts in the South West

Developer
England > South West

The median Developer daily rate in the South West is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 297 383 525
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 9.14% 11.32% 14.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.86% 12.23% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 295 413
10th Percentile £313 £363 £362
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.82%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 11
10th Percentile £63.13 £50.00 £45.00
25th Percentile £75.00 £51.25 £49.25
Median hourly rate £90.00 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.27% +7.84%
75th Percentile - £63.31 £62.25
90th Percentile - £73.85 £63.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +2.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,011 3,132 3,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 92.58% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,894 2,325 2,533
10th Percentile £213 £281 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £719 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 250 210
10th Percentile £13.86 £17.72 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +41.91% +1.57%
75th Percentile £71.25 £74.69 £63.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.38
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South West

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in the South West

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in the South West

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in the South West

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer in the South West

Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol 0 152 £425 -5.56% 78
Wiltshire -20 50 £525 -4.37% 11
Gloucestershire -1 41 £475 -17.39% 23
Devon -2 18 £650 +8.33% 40
Somerset -11 15 £450 -2.17% 28
Dorset -8 9 £419 -22.09% 14
Cornwall - 5 £388 - 3
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 South West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 74 (24.92%) JavaScript
2 67 (22.56%) Security Cleared
3 65 (21.89%) Python
4 55 (18.52%) Agile
4 55 (18.52%) TypeScript
5 54 (18.18%) React
6 53 (17.85%) SC Cleared
7 52 (17.51%) Azure
8 50 (16.84%) C#
8 50 (16.84%) .NET
9 48 (16.16%) AWS
10 47 (15.82%) Full Stack Development
11 44 (14.81%) Power Platform
12 43 (14.48%) SQL
13 42 (14.14%) Java
14 41 (13.80%) AngularJS
15 39 (13.13%) DevOps
15 39 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
16 37 (12.46%) HTML
17 36 (12.12%) OO
17 36 (12.12%) Social Skills
18 34 (11.45%) OOP
19 31 (10.44%) CSS
19 31 (10.44%) REST
20 30 (10.10%) JIRA
21 29 (9.76%) Microsoft
22 28 (9.43%) Spring
22 28 (9.43%) Jenkins
22 28 (9.43%) CI/CD
23 26 (8.75%) Business Intelligence

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 24 (8.08%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.07%) Confluence
3 6 (2.02%) CMS
3 6 (2.02%) Umbraco
4 4 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.67%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.34%) Mendix
6 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (4.04%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.67%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.34%) Magento
3 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 52 (17.51%) Azure
2 48 (16.16%) AWS
3 44 (14.81%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.73%) Power Automate
5 16 (5.39%) PowerApps
6 14 (4.71%) GCP
7 13 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.68%) Serverless
11 4 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.35%) Azure Storage
11 4 (1.35%) GitHub
11 4 (1.35%) npm
12 3 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.01%) Firebase
12 3 (1.01%) SaaS
12 3 (1.01%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (1.01%) Sumo Logic
13 2 (0.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.03%) Intranet
2 2 (0.67%) Tactical Data Link
3 1 (0.34%) 5G
3 1 (0.34%) DHCP
3 1 (0.34%) DNS
3 1 (0.34%) LTE
3 1 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.34%) SSL
3 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.34%) VPN
3 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.42%) Power BI
2 16 (5.39%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.02%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.02%) MySQL
4 5 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.35%) Biml
5 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.67%) CockroachDB
7 2 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.67%) Power Query
8 1 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.34%) DataStage
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (10.10%) JIRA
2 28 (9.43%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.07%) Bitbucket
4 20 (6.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 11 (3.70%) Git
6 7 (2.36%) Maven
7 5 (1.68%) Visual Studio
8 4 (1.35%) Selenium
9 3 (1.01%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.01%) JUnit
9 3 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (1.01%) Postman
9 3 (1.01%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.67%) webpack
11 1 (0.34%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.34%) GoogleTest
11 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 36 (12.12%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.07%) Finance
4 18 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 13 (4.38%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.02%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.68%) Tech for Good
7 5 (1.68%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.35%) Banking
8 4 (1.35%) Marketing
9 2 (0.67%) Billing
9 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.67%) Law
10 1 (0.34%) Electronics
10 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.34%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (18.18%) React
2 50 (16.84%) .NET
3 41 (13.80%) AngularJS
4 37 (12.46%) HTML
5 31 (10.44%) CSS
5 31 (10.44%) REST
6 28 (9.43%) Spring
7 23 (7.74%) .NET Core
8 17 (5.72%) Node.js
9 13 (4.38%) Next.js
10 12 (4.04%) Spring Boot
11 11 (3.70%) ASP.NET
11 11 (3.70%) GraphQL
11 11 (3.70%) SAML
12 8 (2.69%) React Native
13 7 (2.36%) Flask
13 7 (2.36%) GWT
13 7 (2.36%) JAX-RS
13 7 (2.36%) Restlet
14 6 (2.02%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.37%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.35%) Insider Threat
5 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.01%) FPGA
5 3 (1.01%) IoT
5 3 (1.01%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.01%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.01%) VHDL
6 2 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.34%) Derivative
7 1 (0.34%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.34%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.42%) Linux
2 11 (3.70%) Android
3 9 (3.03%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.67%) Windows
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (18.52%) Agile
2 47 (15.82%) Full Stack Development
3 39 (13.13%) DevOps
3 39 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (12.12%) OO
5 34 (11.45%) OOP
6 28 (9.43%) CI/CD
7 26 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (7.74%) Front End Development
8 23 (7.74%) Project Management
9 22 (7.41%) Configuration Management
9 22 (7.41%) Continuous Integration
10 21 (7.07%) Deployment Automation
11 19 (6.40%) Software Engineering
11 19 (6.40%) Task Automation
12 18 (6.06%) Infrastructure Automation
13 17 (5.72%) SDLC
14 15 (5.05%) Unit Testing
15 14 (4.71%) Artificial Intelligence
15 14 (4.71%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 74 (24.92%) JavaScript
2 65 (21.89%) Python
3 55 (18.52%) TypeScript
4 50 (16.84%) C#
5 43 (14.48%) SQL
6 42 (14.14%) Java
7 22 (7.41%) PowerShell
8 14 (4.71%) C
9 6 (2.02%) PHP
10 4 (1.35%) C++
10 4 (1.35%) Objective-C
10 4 (1.35%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.35%) Swift
11 3 (1.01%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.67%) Dart
12 2 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.67%) Go
12 2 (0.67%) PL/1
12 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 67 (22.56%) Security Cleared
2 53 (17.85%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.06%) Degree
4 11 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.04%) QA
2 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.01%) MISRA
4 2 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (4.04%) Docker
2 8 (2.69%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (6.40%) Ansible
1 19 (6.40%) PowerCLI
2 12 (4.04%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.02%) Terraform
5 1 (0.34%) rkt
Vendors
1 29 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.73%) Atlassian
3 18 (6.06%) Dell
3 18 (6.06%) HP
4 17 (5.72%) Google
5 12 (4.04%) PayPal
6 8 (2.69%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.36%) Oracle
8 6 (2.02%) Adobe
9 3 (1.01%) OutSystems
9 3 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.01%) Xamarin
9 3 (1.01%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.67%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.34%) Marketo
11 1 (0.34%) Pardot
11 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.34%) SAP
11 1 (0.34%) VMware