Dagger Contract Job Trends in the South East

Dagger
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Dagger skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 - 211
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Dagger 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% - 0.018%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.66% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £306 - -
90th Percentile £363 - -
England median daily rate £303 £525 -
% change year-on-year -42.38% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

Dagger falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 762 511 796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.14% 16.39% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 322 429
10th Percentile £306 £350 £313
25th Percentile £411 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £637 £610
90th Percentile £675 £671 £678
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 45
10th Percentile £40.00 £58.68 £52.55
25th Percentile £46.25 £61.25 £56.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +0.81% -4.62%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £75.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £66.44 £77.80
England median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%

Dagger
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Dagger relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Dagger job vacancy trend in the South East

Dagger
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Dagger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Dagger

Dagger
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dagger in the South East over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Dagger in the South East

Dagger
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dagger within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 February 2026. 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
West Sussex - 5 £275 -
Dagger
England

Dagger
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) GitHub
1 5 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) CircleCI
1 5 (100.00%) Gradle
1 5 (100.00%) JUnit
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Android Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Android Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Android Jetpack
1 5 (100.00%) Jetpack Compose
1 5 (100.00%) OkHttp
1 5 (100.00%) RAML
1 5 (100.00%) REST
1 5 (100.00%) RxJava
1 5 (100.00%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Legacy Code
1 5 (100.00%) Virtual Team
2 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 5 (100.00%) Open Source
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) Android Development
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA