Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Senior Developer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Gloucester is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 2.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £588 £550 £626
% change year-on-year +6.82% -12.07% -16.60%

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 88 74 135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.24% 93.67% 97.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 52 92
10th Percentile £204 £401 £400
25th Percentile £325 £462 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £694 £653 £675
90th Percentile £700 £734 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £28.26 £18.00 £54.20
25th Percentile £32.93 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £41.33 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.79% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £50.35 £22.75 £84.00
90th Percentile £55.39 £23.20 £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £34.34 £67.50 £73.00
% change year-on-year -49.13% -7.53% +77.92%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Gloucester

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

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

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) React
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD

Senior 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared