Developer Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Developer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Developer daily rate in Gloucester is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 21 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 17 1 20
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 12.59% 1.06% 16.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.18% 1.15% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 19
10th Percentile £566 - £365
25th Percentile £575 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.38%
75th Percentile £675 - £697
90th Percentile £750 - £706
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -11.63% -6.52% -4.17%

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 112 87 113
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.96% 92.55% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 68 82
10th Percentile £219 £140 £378
25th Percentile £372 £409 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -3.93%
75th Percentile £675 £636 £697
90th Percentile £726 £734 £749
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £31.37 - £19.75
25th Percentile £40.70 £22.50 £22.31
Median hourly rate £57.50 £23.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -26.40% -
75th Percentile £64.73 £23.50 £67.25
90th Percentile £68.32 - £78.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -18.80%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Gloucester

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Gloucester over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Gloucester

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Gloucester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Gloucester

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 14 December 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 Gloucester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) CI/CD
1 12 (70.59%) DevOps
1 12 (70.59%) SC Cleared
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 11 (64.71%) Azure
2 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
3 8 (47.06%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (47.06%) Containerisation
3 8 (47.06%) Docker
3 8 (47.06%) Kubernetes
3 8 (47.06%) Microservices
3 8 (47.06%) Python
3 8 (47.06%) Serverless
3 8 (47.06%) SQL
4 7 (41.18%) Azure Key Vault
4 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared
4 7 (41.18%) FastAPI
4 7 (41.18%) Flask
4 7 (41.18%) GitHub
4 7 (41.18%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (41.18%) Go
4 7 (41.18%) Grafana
4 7 (41.18%) GraphQL
4 7 (41.18%) gRPC
4 7 (41.18%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (41.18%) Prometheus
4 7 (41.18%) Redis
4 7 (41.18%) REST
4 7 (41.18%) WebSockets
5 6 (35.29%) JavaScript

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) Azure
2 8 (47.06%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (47.06%) Serverless
3 7 (41.18%) Azure Key Vault
3 7 (41.18%) GitHub
3 7 (41.18%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (17.65%) Power Automate
4 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
4 3 (17.65%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.88%) Azure AKS
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (41.18%) Redis
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
General
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) FastAPI
1 7 (41.18%) Flask
1 7 (41.18%) GraphQL
1 7 (41.18%) gRPC
1 7 (41.18%) REST
1 7 (41.18%) WebSockets
2 4 (23.53%) Node.js
2 4 (23.53%) React
3 2 (11.76%) .NET
4 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
4 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
4 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (5.88%) CSS
4 1 (5.88%) CSS3
4 1 (5.88%) Entity Framework
4 1 (5.88%) HTML
4 1 (5.88%) HTML5
4 1 (5.88%) WPF
4 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) CI/CD
1 12 (70.59%) DevOps
2 8 (47.06%) Containerisation
2 8 (47.06%) Microservices
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Clean Code
5 3 (17.65%) Agile
5 3 (17.65%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
6 1 (5.88%) DevSecOps
6 1 (5.88%) High Availability
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (5.88%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (5.88%) MVC
6 1 (5.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Python
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) Go
3 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
4 5 (29.41%) TypeScript
5 2 (11.76%) C#
6 1 (5.88%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) SC Cleared
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Kubernetes
2 7 (41.18%) Grafana
2 7 (41.18%) Prometheus
3 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft