Developer Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Developer
Berkshire > Bracknell

The median Developer daily rate in Bracknell is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 33
Rank change year-on-year -3 +19 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 7 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 6.80% 6.67% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% 7.14% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £430 - £455
25th Percentile £475 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £390 £475
Median % change year-on-year +31.41% -17.89% -
75th Percentile £553 - £488
90th Percentile £581 - £495
Berkshire median daily rate £480 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% +1.01%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bracknell

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bracknell. 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 Bracknell with a recognized job title 98 70 281
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.15% 93.33% 97.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 44 81
10th Percentile £140 £300 £114
25th Percentile £405 £407 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +20.59% -13.27%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £525
90th Percentile £640 £643 £738
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 17
10th Percentile - £32.75 £18.95
25th Percentile - £42.88 £20.49
Median hourly rate - £48.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +83.67%
75th Percentile - £58.75 £61.50
90th Percentile - £75.73 £62.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +21.96% +5.48% -4.08%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Bracknell

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bracknell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bracknell

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Bracknell over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Bracknell

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bracknell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bracknell

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, 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 Bracknell region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) API Design
3 2 (28.57%) Atlassian
3 2 (28.57%) Component Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Eclipse
3 2 (28.57%) Maven
3 2 (28.57%) Node.js
3 2 (28.57%) REST
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Subversion
3 2 (28.57%) VoIP
3 2 (28.57%) XML
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) API Development
4 1 (14.29%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (14.29%) CentOS
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
4 1 (14.29%) Datadog
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Express.js
4 1 (14.29%) FreeSWITCH

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Eclipse
1 2 (28.57%) Maven
1 2 (28.57%) Subversion
2 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Node.js
1 2 (28.57%) REST
1 2 (28.57%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) Express.js
2 1 (14.29%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (14.29%) Spring
2 1 (14.29%) Spring Batch
2 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) API Design
2 2 (28.57%) Component Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) API Development
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Low Latency
3 1 (14.29%) Observability
3 1 (14.29%) Refactoring
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Atlassian