Software Engineering Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Software Engineering
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 61 66
Rank change year-on-year +25 +5 -22
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 12 16 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.44% 1.80% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 1.92% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile £425 £448 £443
25th Percentile £519 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £469
Median % change year-on-year - +17.33% -11.56%
75th Percentile - £563 £581
90th Percentile £559 £645 £611
South East median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 410 834 705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.50% 94.02% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 679 521
10th Percentile £238 £262 £220
25th Percentile £393 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year - +1.60% +1.08%
75th Percentile £588 £574 £550
90th Percentile £700 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 1 36
10th Percentile £16.21 - £10.56
25th Percentile £19.00 £9.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £25.00 £10.00 £11.14
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -10.19% -14.35%
75th Percentile £30.00 £10.50 £14.88
90th Percentile £48.75 - £25.36
South East median hourly rate £46.87 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.26% +122.22% -11.76%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Buckinghamshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Buckinghamshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Buckinghamshire

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Milton Keynes +23 9 £550 -0.90% 16
Amersham - 3 £550 -
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) SAN
1 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
1 6 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Backend Developer
3 3 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Security Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Debian
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
1 6 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
1 6 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 6 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 6 (50.00%) ITIL
1 6 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 6 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 6 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 3 (25.00%) API Design
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
2 3 (25.00%) OWASP
2 3 (25.00%) SDLC
2 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 6 (50.00%) VMware