Digital Developer Contracts in Dorset

Digital Developer
South West > Dorset

The median Digital Developer daily rate in Dorset is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 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
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Developer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 3.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 94 178 205
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.91% 98.34% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 112 122
10th Percentile £191 £175 £200
25th Percentile £306 £175 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £550 £630 £584
90th Percentile £583 £733 £674
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 41 48
10th Percentile £14.57 £11.87 £13.60
25th Percentile £15.23 £13.69 £17.50
Median hourly rate £15.50 £18.00 £55.08
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -67.32% +2.57%
75th Percentile £35.63 £56.49 £61.03
90th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £68.56
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £64.15
% change year-on-year -0.01% -14.26% +39.45%

Digital Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Developer in Dorset

Digital Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Developer in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Digital Developer in Dorset

Digital Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 8 June 2025, Digital 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 Dorset region featuring Digital Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) API Development
1 3 (100.00%) API Design
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) ARM Templates
1 3 (100.00%) API Management

Digital Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ARM Templates
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Design
1 3 (100.00%) API Development
1 3 (100.00%) API Management
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#