Developer Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Developer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Developer daily rate in Southampton is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 8 22 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 6.30% 13.25% 11.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.02% 14.10% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 16
10th Percentile £242 £163 £281
25th Percentile £315 £222 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +3.75% +0.50%
75th Percentile £491 £660 £550
90th Percentile £538 - £588
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -7.59% -6.55% +6.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 114 156 168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 93.98% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 103 116
10th Percentile £126 £200 £263
25th Percentile £327 £340 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £578 £619 £623
90th Percentile £684 £650 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 17
10th Percentile £36.90 - -
25th Percentile £58.50 £21.89 -
Median hourly rate £71.50 £65.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +306.25% +54.55%
75th Percentile £73.50 £80.00 £27.00
90th Percentile £74.40 - £36.20
Hampshire median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.92% +4.27% +61.67%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer 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 18 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (25.00%) API Management
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Anypoint
2 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (25.00%) MuleSoft
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) SOLID
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) CSS
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) OOP
2 2 (25.00%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) RESTful
3 1 (12.50%) Moodle
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) IVR
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) JSON

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Anypoint
2 1 (12.50%) Moodle
2 1 (12.50%) Mule
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) MUnit
2 1 (12.50%) RESTful
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IVR
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) API Management
2 2 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) OOP
2 2 (25.00%) SOLID
3 1 (12.50%) API Development
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (12.50%) Multithreading
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Rsyslog
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) MuleSoft