Developer Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Developer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Developer daily rate in Southampton is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 7 10 3
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 4.46% 8.47% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.38% 8.47% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 3
10th Percentile £254 £306 £455
25th Percentile £438 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +2.75% +8.11%
75th Percentile £522 £654 £631
90th Percentile £550 £660 £695
Hampshire median daily rate £463 £425 £513
% change year-on-year +9.00% -17.15% -6.73%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 130 118 160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.80% 100.00% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 79 115
10th Percentile £185 £212 £205
25th Percentile £320 £319 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £403 £517
Median % change year-on-year +18.01% -22.15% +3.40%
75th Percentile £559 £533 £629
90th Percentile £660 £595 £682
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 8
10th Percentile £22.50 - £15.81
25th Percentile £25.00 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.75%
75th Percentile £45.06 - £45.00
90th Percentile £73.83 - £65.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -28.57% -37.16% +31.32%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Southampton

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Southampton over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Southampton

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Southampton

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

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, 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 Southampton region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) IFS
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) CAD
4 1 (14.29%) CMS
4 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (14.29%) High Availability
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) HTTP
4 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) JSON
4 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreaded Programming
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
4 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (14.29%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) Protocol Buffers
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) CAD
2 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
2 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
2 1 (14.29%) Data Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Multithreaded Programming
2 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) IFS
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow