Developer Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Developer
Somerset > Taunton

The median Developer daily rate in Taunton is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 8.33% - 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% - 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £451 - -
25th Percentile £453 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.93%
75th Percentile £553 - £625
90th Percentile £574 - -
Somerset median daily rate £419 £431 £438
% change year-on-year -2.90% -1.43% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 48 6 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 5 27
10th Percentile £400 - £461
25th Percentile £431 £620 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £865 £600
Median % change year-on-year -47.98% +44.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £588 £900 £606
90th Percentile £618 - £625
Somerset median daily rate £410 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £40.54 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.62% -4.23% -25.71%
75th Percentile £43.84 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -44.44%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Taunton

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Taunton

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Taunton

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 Taunton region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (25.00%) ATL
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS CDK
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) Bicep
3 1 (25.00%) Blazor
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 (25.00%) IIS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Figma
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
1 1 (25.00%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) MSI
2 1 (25.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) ATL
2 1 (25.00%) AWS CDK
2 1 (25.00%) Blazor
2 1 (25.00%) COM
2 1 (25.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) GeoJSON
2 1 (25.00%) MFC
2 1 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (25.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Bicep
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Google