Full-Stack Developer Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Full-Stack Developer
South West > Dorset

The median Full-Stack Developer daily rate in Dorset is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 19 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.63% 4.35% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 4.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £388 -
25th Percentile £375 £396 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £421 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% - -
75th Percentile £425 £449 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £537 £441 £425
% change year-on-year +21.66% +3.76% -5.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 118 92 209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.93% 100.00% 98.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 57 112
10th Percentile £236 £223 £170
25th Percentile £375 £381 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £675
90th Percentile £688 £688 £825
South West median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 63
10th Percentile £22.00 - £13.34
25th Percentile £24.36 £14.41 £15.16
Median hourly rate £54.91 £14.81 £49.11
Median % change year-on-year +270.73% -69.84% -3.95%
75th Percentile £74.68 £20.11 £57.33
90th Percentile - £23.04 £65.98
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Full-Stack Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in Dorset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in Dorset

Full-Stack Developer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Developer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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
Bournemouth -2 1 £400 -4.88% 3
Poole - 1 - -
Full-Stack Developer
South West

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, Full-Stack 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 Dorset region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Android Development
2 1 (50.00%) Artifactory
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Android Development
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker