Software Developer Contracts in Devon

Software Developer
South West > Devon

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Developer daily rate in Devon.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 32 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 0
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 0.93% 1.82% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.89% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £749 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +24.83% +1.87%
South West median daily rate £550 £488 £628
% change year-on-year +12.82% -22.31% +19.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 92 264 176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 96.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 181 145
10th Percentile £191 £150 £131
25th Percentile £319 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +10.44%
75th Percentile £556 £513 £550
90th Percentile £630 £600 £672
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 40 7
10th Percentile £25.83 £10.42 £40.20
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.63 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +190.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £70.00 £76.00
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Devon

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Devon

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in Devon

Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter - 1 - - 8
Software Developer
South West

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

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

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon SQS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CodePipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CodeBuild
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon SQS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CodeBuild
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CodePipeline
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) DynamoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform