Developer Contracts in Somerset

Developer
South West > Somerset

The median Developer daily rate in Somerset is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 15 33 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 6.85% 17.93% 16.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.58% 18.23% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 27
10th Percentile £391 £380 £283
25th Percentile £413 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +8.24% -10.05%
75th Percentile £475 £688 £531
90th Percentile £600 £715 £703
South West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
10th Percentile - £49.33 £50.15
25th Percentile - £50.00 £50.75
Median hourly rate - £56.25 £52.38
Median % change year-on-year - +7.40% -
75th Percentile - £61.09 £54.63
90th Percentile - £66.15 £55.60
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
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 198 181 194
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 98.37% 97.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 143 144
10th Percentile £205 £201 £213
25th Percentile £313 £369 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £582 £666 £524
90th Percentile £604 £724 £591
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 16 11
10th Percentile £12.30 £24.88 £15.76
25th Percentile £15.50 £36.22 £31.09
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.74% +1.50% +25.53%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.09 £56.13
90th Percentile £58.60 £76.84 £58.43
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.57 £45.17
% change year-on-year -14.82% +42.95% +1.51%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Somerset

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Somerset

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Somerset over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Somerset

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Somerset

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Bath -3 8 £425 -5.56% 14
Taunton +2 3 £575 -17.09% 4
Yeovil -10 2 - -
Wedmore - 1 £450 -
Cheddar - 1 £450 -
Developer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 Somerset region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Visualisation
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
1 5 (33.33%) TypeScript
1 5 (33.33%) Power BI
1 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 4 (26.67%) AngularJS
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) CSS
3 3 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 3 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (13.33%) Situational Awareness
4 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Power Query
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (13.33%) Tactical Data Link
4 2 (13.33%) Git
4 2 (13.33%) Angular 2
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (13.33%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) SDLC
4 2 (13.33%) Windows
4 2 (13.33%) Linux
4 2 (13.33%) UML
4 2 (13.33%) OO
4 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (13.33%) Power Query
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
1 2 (13.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) AngularJS
2 3 (20.00%) CSS
3 2 (13.33%) Angular 2
3 2 (13.33%) HTML
3 2 (13.33%) HTML5
4 1 (6.67%) GraphQL
4 1 (6.67%) Next.js
4 1 (6.67%) Node.js
4 1 (6.67%) React
4 1 (6.67%) React Native
4 1 (6.67%) REST
4 1 (6.67%) SAML
4 1 (6.67%) Tailwind CSS
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
1 5 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 3 (20.00%) Data Transformation
2 3 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Analytics
3 2 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) OO
3 2 (13.33%) Scrum
3 2 (13.33%) SDLC
3 2 (13.33%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Time Management
3 2 (13.33%) UML
3 2 (13.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (13.33%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On