Software Engineering Contracts in Bedfordshire

Software Engineering
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 29 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -12
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.82% 2.16% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 2.37% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £452 -
25th Percentile £425 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% - -
75th Percentile £475 £502 -
90th Percentile - £512 -
East of England median daily rate £500 £523 £523
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.03% +19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £67.50
75th Percentile £73.75 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 210 169 262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 86.42% 91.35% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 120 134
10th Percentile £301 £207 £263
25th Percentile £403 £311 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -3.06% +15.29%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £538
90th Percentile £664 £626 £634
East of England median daily rate £465 £475 £468
% change year-on-year -2.11% +1.50% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 19
10th Percentile £15.33 £18.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £21.50 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.27% +15.91% +243.75%
75th Percentile £38.33 £87.50 £61.38
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -11.93%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Bedfordshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Bedfordshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Bedfordshire

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Luton -4 1 £450 -4.86% 2
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared