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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 12 15
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 10 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bournemouth 28.57% 8.33% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.30% 8.43% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £346 £331 £349
25th Percentile £413 £405 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £438 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% -5.41% -11.90%
75th Percentile £478 £456 £534
90th Percentile £556 - £566
Dorset median daily rate £475 £419 £550
% change year-on-year +13.43% -23.86% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
Dorset median hourly rate £25.00 - £52.21
% change year-on-year - - +7.12%

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 33 83 77
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 98.81% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 61 58
10th Percentile £202 £172 £159
25th Percentile £280 £175 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £185 £375
Median % change year-on-year +129.97% -50.72% -25.00%
75th Percentile £488 £456 £538
90th Percentile £743 £700 £650
Dorset median daily rate £463 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +5.71% -7.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 13
10th Percentile £14.86 £7.21 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.20 £13.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £15.50 £14.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.77% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £17.06 £15.32 £20.93
90th Percentile £21.03 £18.21 £24.90
Dorset median hourly rate £15.50 £18.00 £54.83
% change year-on-year -13.89% -67.17% +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 29 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 29 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 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) Java
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) AngularJS
3 4 (40.00%) React
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (30.00%) Python
4 3 (30.00%) Oracle
4 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Build Automation
5 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (20.00%) AWS
5 2 (20.00%) Web Development
5 2 (20.00%) REST
5 2 (20.00%) Spring
5 2 (20.00%) Django
5 2 (20.00%) jQuery
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (20.00%) RESTful
5 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
5 2 (20.00%) CAD
5 2 (20.00%) ITSM
5 2 (20.00%) TDD
5 2 (20.00%) Pair Programming
5 2 (20.00%) CSS

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 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) CockroachDB
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (40.00%) React
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (20.00%) Django
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) jQuery
2 2 (20.00%) REST
2 2 (20.00%) RESTful
2 2 (20.00%) Spring
2 2 (20.00%) Spring Boot
3 1 (10.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) API Design
4 2 (20.00%) Build Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) CAD
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) Microservices
4 2 (20.00%) Pair Programming
4 2 (20.00%) SOLID
4 2 (20.00%) TDD
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Java
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow