Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Senior Developer
South West > Somerset

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Somerset is £557, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 29 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 1 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.57% 0.55% 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.63% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 - -
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -9.52% -5.41% -13.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 161 160 180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 87.43% 96.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 112 118
10th Percentile £185 £206 £158
25th Percentile £225 £263 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - -7.22%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £649 £671 £690
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 28
10th Percentile £23.09 - £30.50
25th Percentile £34.33 £12.50 £45.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £16.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -69.17% +3.78%
75th Percentile £62.25 £47.50 £60.82
90th Percentile £67.70 £59.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -50.00% +15.06% -10.33%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Somerset

Senior Developer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. 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
Street - 1 £557 - 2
Senior Developer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, Senior 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 Somerset region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Camel
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Camel
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow