Software Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 28 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 96 106
Rank change year-on-year +34 +10 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 9 14 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.11% 1.08% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.13% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 9
10th Percentile - £439 -
25th Percentile - £446 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile - £556 £475
90th Percentile - £598 £530
Scotland median daily rate £357 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -22.86% -2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - £52.38 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £54.06 £47.93
Median hourly rate £60.50 £58.75 £51.12
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% +14.93% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.06 £54.31
90th Percentile £64.50 £66.13 -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.25 £57.50 £45.56
% change year-on-year +4.78% +26.21% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 772 1,242 1,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.61% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 885 1,275
10th Percentile £204 £246 £230
25th Percentile £404 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £558
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 12 22
10th Percentile £16.10 £13.62 £11.66
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -10.48% -58.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
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 Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 28 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 Edinburgh region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) PCIe
3 4 (44.44%) Memory Management
3 4 (44.44%) IoT
3 4 (44.44%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (44.44%) Code Optimisation
3 4 (44.44%) MISRA C
3 4 (44.44%) MISRA
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (44.44%) Device Driver Development
3 4 (44.44%) C
3 4 (44.44%) Embedded C
3 4 (44.44%) Intel
3 4 (44.44%) Firmware
3 4 (44.44%) Internet
3 4 (44.44%) VxWorks
3 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
3 4 (44.44%) Electronics
3 4 (44.44%) Device Driver
3 4 (44.44%) Atlassian
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (44.44%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (44.44%) Requirements Management
3 4 (44.44%) VHDL
3 4 (44.44%) Verilog
4 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon S3
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 4 (44.44%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Guice
1 1 (11.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Device Driver
1 4 (44.44%) IoT
1 4 (44.44%) PCIe
1 4 (44.44%) Verilog
1 4 (44.44%) VHDL
2 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (44.44%) VxWorks
3 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Code Optimisation
3 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (44.44%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (44.44%) Device Driver Development
3 4 (44.44%) Memory Management
3 4 (44.44%) Requirements Management
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) OO
4 1 (11.11%) OOD
4 1 (11.11%) Process Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded C
2 3 (33.33%) Ada
3 1 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) MISRA
1 4 (44.44%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Atlassian
1 4 (44.44%) Intel