Developer Contracts in Bournemouth

Developer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Developer daily rate in Bournemouth is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 15 8 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bournemouth 31.25% 9.20% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 31.91% 9.30% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 1
10th Percentile £384 £331 -
25th Percentile £392 £405 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £438 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £488 £456 £375
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £475 £438 £595
% change year-on-year +8.57% -26.47% +19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
Dorset median hourly rate £25.00 - £51.13
% change year-on-year - - +4.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 47 86 85
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.92% 98.85% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 64 61
10th Percentile £306 £172 £159
25th Percentile £384 £175 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £199 £375
Median % change year-on-year +117.15% -46.83% -25.00%
75th Percentile £553 £544 £538
90th Percentile £670 £825 £638
Dorset median daily rate £463 £431 £463
% change year-on-year +7.25% -6.76% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 12
10th Percentile £14.63 £7.85 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.97 £13.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £16.78 £14.50 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.72% -18.31% +18.33%
75th Percentile £20.03 £15.47 £19.48
90th Percentile £23.01 £17.92 £22.79
Dorset median hourly rate £21.63 £15.62 £54.83
% change year-on-year +38.44% -71.51% +0.36%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Bournemouth

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Bournemouth

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bournemouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Bournemouth

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Bournemouth

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Bournemouth region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Java
1 8 (53.33%) CI/CD
2 7 (46.67%) React
3 6 (40.00%) SQL
4 5 (33.33%) AWS
4 5 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 5 (33.33%) Process Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Spring Boot
5 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Terraform
5 4 (26.67%) HTML
5 4 (26.67%) Spring
5 4 (26.67%) CSS
5 4 (26.67%) Agile
6 3 (20.00%) Python
6 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (20.00%) Power BI
6 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (20.00%) Microservices
6 3 (20.00%) AngularJS
7 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
7 2 (13.33%) HTML5
7 2 (13.33%) Relational Database
7 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (13.33%) Kafka
7 2 (13.33%) CSS3
7 2 (13.33%) Design Patterns

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 1 (6.67%) Apache Spark
1 1 (6.67%) Confluence
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.67%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (13.33%) Azure
4 1 (6.67%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
2 2 (13.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (6.67%) CockroachDB
3 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Database
3 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) GitLab
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) React
2 4 (26.67%) CSS
2 4 (26.67%) HTML
2 4 (26.67%) Spring
2 4 (26.67%) Spring Boot
3 3 (20.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (13.33%) CSS3
4 2 (13.33%) HTML5
4 2 (13.33%) Jest
4 2 (13.33%) jQuery
4 2 (13.33%) Kafka
4 2 (13.33%) Middleware
4 2 (13.33%) Redux
4 2 (13.33%) RESTful
5 1 (6.67%) Django
5 1 (6.67%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (6.67%) OpenTracing
5 1 (6.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Unix
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) CI/CD
2 5 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 5 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 2 (13.33%) CAD
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (13.33%) Design Patterns
5 2 (13.33%) ITSM
5 2 (13.33%) Service Design
5 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Visualisation
5 2 (13.33%) Web Development
6 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
6 1 (6.67%) Data Integration
6 1 (6.67%) TDD
6 1 (6.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 6 (40.00%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) Python
4 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO 20022
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Terraform
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Prometheus
2 1 (6.67%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow