Developer/Software Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Software Engineer/Developer
England > East of England

The median Software Engineer/Developer daily rate in the East of England is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 113 146
Rank change year-on-year +12 +33 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 7 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.37% 0.20% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.21% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - - £492
25th Percentile £485 - £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +1.52% -
75th Percentile - - £493
90th Percentile - - £493
England median daily rate £725 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +20.83% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
England median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,711 1,874 2,389
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.35% 91.50% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 1,144 1,382
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £541
90th Percentile £650 £700 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 592 293 370
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -11.68%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.55
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.88
England median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%

Developer/Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Developer/Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Developer/Software Engineer in the East of England

Developer/Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Developer/Software Engineer in the East of England

Developer/Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer/Software Engineer in the East of England

Developer/Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Developer/Software Engineer in the East of England

Developer/Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Essex +13 7 £600 +20.00%
Developer/Software Engineer
England

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Developer/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 East of England region featuring Developer/Software Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 5 (71.43%) React
3 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 3 (42.86%) B2B
4 3 (42.86%) B2C
4 3 (42.86%) Google
4 3 (42.86%) TDD
4 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
4 3 (42.86%) GCP
4 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
4 3 (42.86%) Clean Code
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (42.86%) Git
4 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 3 (42.86%) Bash
4 3 (42.86%) GitHub
4 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
4 3 (42.86%) zsh
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
5 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) VPN
5 2 (28.57%) CSS

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (42.86%) GCP
1 3 (42.86%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
1 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) React
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) B2B
2 3 (42.86%) B2C
2 3 (42.86%) Clean Code
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
2 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
2 3 (42.86%) TDD
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
3 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) Bash
2 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
3 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) zsh
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Google