Backend Developer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Backend Developer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Backend Developer daily rate in Wiltshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Backend Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £455 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -17.27% +29.41% -32.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 757 401 861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 89.31% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 273 644
10th Percentile £400 £270 £263
25th Percentile £450 £461 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £688 £725
South West median daily rate £512 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +2.35% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 4 23
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.62 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.78 £14.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £18.87 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.33% -24.52% -61.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £29.15 £74.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £47.66 -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £63.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.45% +15.45% -15.38%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Backend Developer job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Backend Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Backend Developer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Corsham - 2 £525 - 2
Backend Developer
South West

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 4 May 2026, Backend 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 Wiltshire region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Argo
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Express.js
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) GitOps
1 1 (50.00%) Grafana
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Express.js
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) GitOps
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Argo
1 1 (50.00%) Grafana
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat