Software Developer Contracts in Bristol

Software Developer
South West > Bristol

The median Software Developer daily rate in Bristol is £388 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 80 84
Rank change year-on-year +31 +4 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 29 18 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.78% 1.43% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.93% 1.58% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 10
10th Percentile £326 £504 £429
25th Percentile £347 £538 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £630 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.49% +26.00% -
75th Percentile £422 - £580
90th Percentile £439 £664 £625
South West median daily rate £538 £630 £525
% change year-on-year -14.68% +20.00% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year - -17.45% +43.73%
South West median hourly rate - £52.50 £52.38
% change year-on-year - +0.24% +82.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 990 1,138 1,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 90.17% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 808 924
10th Percentile £249 £300 £267
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 146 114
10th Percentile £36.25 £32.76 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -1.18%
75th Percentile £74.27 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.13 £65.53
South West median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Bristol

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Bristol

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Developer in Bristol

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in Bristol

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software 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 Bristol region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 24 (82.76%) Degree
1 24 (82.76%) Artificial Intelligence
1 24 (82.76%) PayPal
1 24 (82.76%) Conversational UI
1 24 (82.76%) Chatbot
1 24 (82.76%) Code Quality
2 17 (58.62%) JavaScript
3 16 (55.17%) HTML
4 15 (51.72%) C#
4 15 (51.72%) SQL
5 13 (44.83%) Software Engineering
6 12 (41.38%) Python
7 4 (13.79%) SOLID
7 4 (13.79%) TypeScript
7 4 (13.79%) .NET
7 4 (13.79%) CSS
7 4 (13.79%) Agile
7 4 (13.79%) Clean Code
7 4 (13.79%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (13.79%) Tech for Good
8 3 (10.34%) End-to-End Testing
8 3 (10.34%) CMS
8 3 (10.34%) MVC
8 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET
8 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (10.34%) Umbraco
8 3 (10.34%) Azure
9 2 (6.90%) Node.js
10 1 (3.45%) Fintech
10 1 (3.45%) Docker

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (10.34%) CMS
1 3 (10.34%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (82.76%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.45%) MySQL
General
1 4 (13.79%) Tech for Good
2 1 (3.45%) Finance
2 1 (3.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (55.17%) HTML
2 4 (13.79%) .NET
2 4 (13.79%) CSS
3 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET
3 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (6.90%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Artificial Intelligence
1 24 (82.76%) Code Quality
1 24 (82.76%) Conversational UI
2 13 (44.83%) Software Engineering
3 4 (13.79%) Agile
3 4 (13.79%) Clean Code
3 4 (13.79%) Full Stack Development
3 4 (13.79%) SOLID
4 3 (10.34%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (10.34%) MVC
5 1 (3.45%) BDD
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (3.45%) Fintech
5 1 (3.45%) Scrum
5 1 (3.45%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.45%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) JavaScript
2 15 (51.72%) C#
2 15 (51.72%) SQL
3 12 (41.38%) Python
4 4 (13.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (82.76%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) PayPal