Developer Contracts in Gloucester

Developer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Developer daily rate in Gloucester is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 11 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 7 12 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 9.09% 15.38% 11.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.46% 16.44% 11.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 9
10th Percentile £393 £435 £455
25th Percentile £436 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £706 £700
90th Percentile £700 - £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £488 £438 £575
% change year-on-year +11.43% -23.91% +5.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 74 73 117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 93.59% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 58 78
10th Percentile £129 £351 £296
25th Percentile £225 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £617 £617 £600
90th Percentile £750 £675 £679
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.04% +6.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £21.04 £18.20 £25.18
25th Percentile £21.89 £19.25 £66.31
Median hourly rate £23.30 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £24.71 - £81.00
90th Percentile £25.56 - £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 £78.00
% change year-on-year -2.04% -21.47% +228.42%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Gloucester

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Gloucester

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Gloucester over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Gloucester

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Gloucester

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, 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 Gloucester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) QA
3 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
3 3 (42.86%) PowerApps
3 3 (42.86%) Power Automate
3 3 (42.86%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Ariba
4 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) SAP
4 2 (28.57%) Python
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) NoSQL
4 2 (28.57%) Node.js
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (28.57%) Go
4 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
4 2 (28.57%) Docker
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Power Automate
2 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 3 (42.86%) PowerApps
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (28.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Node.js
1 2 (28.57%) React
1 2 (28.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Deployment Automation
2 3 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) API Design
3 2 (28.57%) API Development
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
3 2 (28.57%) Content Development
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (28.57%) Instructional Design
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Go
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
1 2 (28.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Ariba
2 2 (28.57%) SAP