Developer Contract Job Trends in Dunstable

Developer
Bedfordshire > Dunstable

The median Developer daily rate in Dunstable is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dunstable 50.00% 16.67% -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £481 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £375 -
90th Percentile £608 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -15.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dunstable

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dunstable. 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 Dunstable with a recognized job title 6 18 6
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 6
10th Percentile £428 £192 £416
25th Percentile £450 £290 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £363 £485
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -25.26% -3.00%
75th Percentile £515 £500 £500
90th Percentile £581 - £569
Bedfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +30.77% +18.18% -3.51%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dunstable

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Dunstable

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Dunstable

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Dunstable

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Dunstable

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Dunstable over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Dunstable

Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, 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 Dunstable region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Chatbot
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
1 3 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Understanding
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Conversational AI
2 2 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (66.67%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (66.67%) Amazon S3
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
2 2 (66.67%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Amazon RDS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 3 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Understanding
2 2 (66.67%) Conversational AI
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python