Software Engineer Contracts in Aberdeen

Software Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Aberdeen is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 14.81% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £256 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £406 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £357 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -22.86% -2.63% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 27 33 31
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 22
10th Percentile £155 - £120
25th Percentile £256 £130 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £260
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +58.65% -48.00%
75th Percentile £591 £538 £464
90th Percentile £634 £585 £535
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £17.26 -
25th Percentile - £17.34 £16.49
Median hourly rate £17.00 £17.47 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile - £17.59 £17.16
90th Percentile - £17.67 -
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Aberdeen

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Aberdeen.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Aberdeen

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Aberdeen.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Aberdeen

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Software Engineer 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 Aberdeen region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) Aviation

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aviation
1 4 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript