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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 298 416 531
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 9.40% 12.16% 14.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.08% 13.15% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 321 417
10th Percentile £313 £363 £361
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.82%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £675 £631
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 12
10th Percentile £64.88 £49.24 £45.37
25th Percentile £75.00 £50.04 £49.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.27% +14.58%
75th Percentile - £65.50 £62.25
90th Percentile - £73.09 £63.47
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.78% +17.27% +10.00%

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 2,957 3,163 3,485
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 92.43% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,880 2,361 2,495
10th Percentile £213 £285 £220
25th Percentile £400 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £591
90th Percentile £700 £719 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 250 215
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.72 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £48.99 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.07 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.16% +36.32% +10.59%
75th Percentile £71.25 £70.30 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £69.05
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 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
Bristol 0 153 £419 -6.94% 92
Wiltshire -17 51 £600 +9.29% 13
Gloucestershire -3 42 £488 -15.22% 24
Devon -10 18 £650 +18.18% 34
Somerset -12 13 £450 -2.17% 31
Dorset -9 9 £419 -25.56% 11
Cornwall - 5 £388 - 4
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 South West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 78 (26.17%) JavaScript
2 66 (22.15%) Security Cleared
3 64 (21.48%) Python
4 57 (19.13%) Agile
5 55 (18.46%) TypeScript
6 54 (18.12%) React
7 52 (17.45%) SC Cleared
8 51 (17.11%) Azure
9 50 (16.78%) C#
10 49 (16.44%) .NET
11 47 (15.77%) AWS
12 46 (15.44%) Full Stack Development
13 44 (14.77%) SQL
14 43 (14.43%) Power Platform
15 41 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
16 40 (13.42%) Java
17 39 (13.09%) DevOps
17 39 (13.09%) AngularJS
18 37 (12.42%) HTML
19 36 (12.08%) OO
19 36 (12.08%) Social Skills
20 34 (11.41%) OOP
21 31 (10.40%) CSS
21 31 (10.40%) JIRA
22 30 (10.07%) REST
22 30 (10.07%) CI/CD
23 28 (9.40%) Microsoft
24 27 (9.06%) Jenkins
25 26 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
25 26 (8.72%) Spring

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 25 (8.39%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.05%) Confluence
3 6 (2.01%) CMS
3 6 (2.01%) Umbraco
4 4 (1.34%) 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 15 (5.03%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.67%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.34%) Magento
4 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.34%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.11%) Azure
2 47 (15.77%) AWS
3 43 (14.43%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.71%) Power Automate
5 15 (5.03%) PowerApps
6 13 (4.36%) GCP
7 12 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.01%) GitHub
11 5 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.68%) Azure Storage
11 5 (1.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (1.68%) Serverless
12 4 (1.34%) npm
12 4 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (1.01%) Firebase
13 3 (1.01%) SaaS
13 3 (1.01%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.36%) 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 24 (8.05%) Power BI
2 14 (4.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.35%) MySQL
4 6 (2.01%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.34%) Biml
6 4 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.67%) CockroachDB
8 2 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.34%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.34%) DataStage
9 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.34%) Metadata
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 31 (10.40%) JIRA
2 27 (9.06%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.05%) Bitbucket
4 20 (6.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (3.02%) Git
6 6 (2.01%) Maven
7 5 (1.68%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.01%) GitLab
8 3 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (1.01%) Postman
8 3 (1.01%) Selenium
8 3 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.67%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.67%) JUnit
9 2 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.67%) webpack
10 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 36 (12.08%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.71%) Finance
4 18 (6.04%) Aerospace
5 13 (4.36%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.01%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.68%) Tech for Good
7 5 (1.68%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.34%) Banking
8 4 (1.34%) Marketing
9 3 (1.01%) Law
10 2 (0.67%) Billing
10 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.67%) Military
11 1 (0.34%) Back Office
11 1 (0.34%) Electronics
11 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (18.12%) React
2 49 (16.44%) .NET
3 39 (13.09%) AngularJS
4 37 (12.42%) HTML
5 31 (10.40%) CSS
6 30 (10.07%) REST
7 26 (8.72%) Spring
8 23 (7.72%) .NET Core
9 16 (5.37%) Node.js
10 14 (4.70%) Next.js
11 12 (4.03%) GraphQL
12 11 (3.69%) SAML
12 11 (3.69%) Spring Boot
13 10 (3.36%) ASP.NET
14 8 (2.68%) React Native
15 7 (2.35%) Flask
15 7 (2.35%) GWT
15 7 (2.35%) JAX-RS
15 7 (2.35%) Restlet
16 6 (2.01%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.36%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.34%) Insider Threat
4 4 (1.34%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.01%) FPGA
5 3 (1.01%) VHDL
6 2 (0.67%) IoT
6 2 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.67%) Low-Code
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 (8.39%) Linux
2 11 (3.69%) Android
3 9 (3.02%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.34%) Unix
5 2 (0.67%) Windows
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (19.13%) Agile
2 46 (15.44%) Full Stack Development
3 41 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (13.09%) DevOps
5 36 (12.08%) OO
6 34 (11.41%) OOP
7 30 (10.07%) CI/CD
8 26 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (8.05%) Front End Development
10 23 (7.72%) Project Management
11 22 (7.38%) Configuration Management
12 21 (7.05%) Continuous Integration
12 21 (7.05%) Deployment Automation
13 19 (6.38%) Software Engineering
13 19 (6.38%) Task Automation
14 18 (6.04%) Infrastructure Automation
15 17 (5.70%) Artificial Intelligence
15 17 (5.70%) Code Quality
16 16 (5.37%) Conversational UI
17 15 (5.03%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 78 (26.17%) JavaScript
2 64 (21.48%) Python
3 55 (18.46%) TypeScript
4 50 (16.78%) C#
5 44 (14.77%) SQL
6 40 (13.42%) Java
7 22 (7.38%) PowerShell
8 14 (4.70%) C
9 8 (2.68%) PHP
10 6 (2.01%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.34%) C++
11 4 (1.34%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.34%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.34%) Swift
12 2 (0.67%) Dart
12 2 (0.67%) Go
12 2 (0.67%) PL/1
12 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.67%) SOQL
13 1 (0.34%) ProC
Qualifications
1 66 (22.15%) Security Cleared
2 52 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.38%) Degree
4 11 (3.69%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.36%) QA
2 4 (1.34%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.01%) MISRA
4 2 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (3.69%) Docker
2 8 (2.68%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (6.38%) Ansible
1 19 (6.38%) PowerCLI
2 12 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.01%) Terraform
5 1 (0.34%) rkt
Vendors
1 28 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.71%) Atlassian
3 18 (6.04%) Dell
3 18 (6.04%) HP
4 16 (5.37%) Google
5 15 (5.03%) PayPal
6 12 (4.03%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.35%) Oracle
8 6 (2.01%) Adobe
9 4 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.01%) OutSystems
10 3 (1.01%) Xamarin
10 3 (1.01%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.67%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.34%) IBM
12 1 (0.34%) Marketo
12 1 (0.34%) Pardot
12 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 1 (0.34%) SAP
12 1 (0.34%) VMware