Developer Contracts in Dorset

Developer
South West > Dorset

The median Developer daily rate in Dorset is £419 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 12 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 -7 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 9 24 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 5.03% 11.21% 15.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.08% 12.12% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 13
10th Percentile £298 £288 £410
25th Percentile £378 £372 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +7.50% +26.98%
75th Percentile £456 £578 £550
90th Percentile - £661 £623
South West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £45.75
25th Percentile - - £46.87
Median hourly rate - - £48.74
75th Percentile - - £53.12
90th Percentile - - £55.75
South West median hourly rate £90.00 £56.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% +2.27% +7.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 177 198 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.88% 92.52% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 116 109
10th Percentile £175 £202 £200
25th Percentile £175 £316 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - +22.58%
75th Percentile £630 £604 £588
90th Percentile £731 £681 £655
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 47 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.55 £19.88
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 £43.33
Median hourly rate £18.00 £54.83 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year -67.17% +2.11% -2.22%
75th Percentile £56.49 £61.35 £67.54
90th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £79.64
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £45.20
% change year-on-year -14.26% +41.91% +1.57%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Dorset

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Dorset

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Dorset

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Dorset

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Bournemouth 0 7 £438 -5.41% 6
Dorchester - 1 £325 -
Developer
South West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Dorset region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Node.js
1 4 (44.44%) MongoDB
1 4 (44.44%) TypeScript
1 4 (44.44%) GraphQL
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) REST
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) CockroachDB
3 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
3 2 (22.22%) Operational Stability
3 2 (22.22%) Architectural Design
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Information Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) React
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
4 1 (11.11%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) API Design
4 1 (11.11%) SOLID
4 1 (11.11%) Terraform
4 1 (11.11%) NumPy
4 1 (11.11%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
4 1 (11.11%) Relational Database

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MongoDB
2 2 (22.22%) CockroachDB
3 1 (11.11%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
3 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) GraphQL
1 4 (44.44%) Node.js
2 2 (22.22%) REST
3 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
3 1 (11.11%) Django
3 1 (11.11%) JPA
3 1 (11.11%) Kafka
3 1 (11.11%) NumPy
3 1 (11.11%) Pandas
3 1 (11.11%) React
3 1 (11.11%) Spring
3 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Agile
1 2 (22.22%) Architectural Design
1 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
1 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
1 2 (22.22%) Information Architecture
1 2 (22.22%) Microservices
1 2 (22.22%) Operational Stability
1 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) API Design
2 1 (11.11%) Build Automation
2 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (11.11%) Pair Programming
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) SDLC
2 1 (11.11%) SOLID
2 1 (11.11%) TDD
2 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) TypeScript
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle