Junior Contracts in Bournemouth

Junior
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Junior daily rate in Bournemouth is £280, 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 16 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bournemouth 2.08% 1.15% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 1.16% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £325 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £350 £225
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +55.56% -
75th Percentile - £375 £238
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £313 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -

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%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Bournemouth

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in Bournemouth

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in Bournemouth

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior 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 Junior in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Junior 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 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle