Developer Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Developer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Developer daily rate in Southampton is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 6 20 18
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.97% 13.16% 9.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.65% 13.61% 9.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 14
10th Percentile £216 £221 £389
25th Percentile £388 £386 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £622 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +18.43% +0.96%
75th Percentile £497 £660 £550
90th Percentile £500 - £593
Hampshire median daily rate £473 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -17.74% +4.55% +4.76%

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 129 147 187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.43% 96.71% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 98 138
10th Percentile £129 £200 £263
25th Percentile £403 £240 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £416 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.12% -20.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £614
90th Percentile £680 £653 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 17
10th Percentile £22.75 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.58 £21.89 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.97% +25.09% +0.85%
75th Percentile £71.88 - £33.75
90th Percentile £74.80 £45.13 £39.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £66.68 £51.96
% change year-on-year -62.28% +28.32% +21.74%

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 25 October 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 & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, 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 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) OOP
2 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (33.33%) SOLID
3 1 (16.67%) Ansible
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) JSON
2 1 (16.67%) Protocol Buffers
2 1 (16.67%) SOAP
2 1 (16.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IVR
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) OOP
2 2 (33.33%) SOLID
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Rsyslog
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM