Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Senior Developer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Bournemouth is £409, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 6 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 7.06% 6.00% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% 6.00% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £398 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £409 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 84 50 95
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.82% 100.00% 98.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 32 64
10th Percentile £310 £306 £172
25th Percentile £375 £384 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £441 £327
Median % change year-on-year +13.38% +34.97% -33.49%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £769
90th Percentile £688 £665 £825
Dorset median daily rate £500 £446 £499
% change year-on-year +12.23% -10.68% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 22
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £14.41 £14.06
Median hourly rate £22.00 £14.81 £15.31
Median % change year-on-year +48.55% -3.27% -12.51%
75th Percentile £33.41 £20.11 £17.49
90th Percentile £40.25 £23.04 £18.50
Dorset median hourly rate £65.00 £14.81 £47.83
% change year-on-year +338.89% -69.04% -13.16%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 13 February 2026, Senior Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bournemouth region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) AWS
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (66.67%) MVC
2 4 (66.67%) MySQL
2 4 (66.67%) SDLC
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Spring
2 4 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 4 (66.67%) Spring MVC
3 2 (33.33%) CSS
3 2 (33.33%) CSS3
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (33.33%) HTML5
3 2 (33.33%) Jest
3 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 2 (33.33%) React
3 2 (33.33%) Redux

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) MySQL
2 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Spring
1 4 (66.67%) Spring Boot
1 4 (66.67%) Spring MVC
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) CSS3
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) HTML5
2 2 (33.33%) Jest
2 2 (33.33%) React
2 2 (33.33%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 4 (66.67%) MVC
1 4 (66.67%) SDLC
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
30 Senior Developer jobs in the South West