Software Engineering Contracts in Essex

Software Engineering
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 16 28
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 +11
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 34 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 15.04% 8.79% 8.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.58% 10.61% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 21
10th Percentile £473 £465 £213
25th Percentile £493 £500 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £512 £574
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -10.89% +27.56%
75th Percentile £599 £549 £599
90th Percentile £600 £650 £603
East of England median daily rate £500 £523 £523
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.03% +19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 4
10th Percentile £65.00 - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £46.66
75th Percentile - - £77.32
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
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 183 198 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 80.97% 82.85% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 125 221
10th Percentile £250 £185 £205
25th Percentile £350 £261 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +16.47%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £575
90th Percentile £600 £622 £631
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £467
% change year-on-year - +1.82% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 15 33
10th Percentile £10.42 £21.78 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.36 £24.62 £18.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £43.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +59.38% +17.87%
75th Percentile £80.00 £60.63 £44.53
90th Percentile - £67.55 £68.99
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -11.43%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Essex

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Essex

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Essex over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Essex

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Essex

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Essex over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Essex

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 25 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
Basildon +2 21 £600 +14.72% 7
Brentwood -10 2 - - 2
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (11.76%) GCP
1 4 (11.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (35.29%) Firewall
1 12 (35.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Git
1 4 (11.76%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (2.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Software Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Principal Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Principal Software Engineer
3 11 (32.35%) Developer
3 11 (32.35%) Full Stack Engineer
4 10 (29.41%) Java Engineer
5 8 (23.53%) Software Developer
6 7 (20.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 7 (20.59%) Senior
6 7 (20.59%) Senior Java Engineer
7 6 (17.65%) Embedded Engineer
7 6 (17.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (17.65%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
8 5 (14.71%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
9 3 (8.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 3 (8.82%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 3 (8.82%) Java Developer
9 3 (8.82%) JavaScript Developer
9 3 (8.82%) JavaScript Engineer
9 3 (8.82%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (52.94%) React
2 12 (35.29%) CSS
2 12 (35.29%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Agile
1 12 (35.29%) CI/CD
1 12 (35.29%) DevOps
1 12 (35.29%) Full Stack Development
1 12 (35.29%) Identity Management
1 12 (35.29%) Load Balancing
1 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (11.76%) Clean Code
2 4 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
2 4 (11.76%) Front End Development
2 4 (11.76%) Pair Programming
2 4 (11.76%) TDD
2 4 (11.76%) Test Automation
3 3 (8.82%) B2B
3 3 (8.82%) B2C
4 2 (5.88%) Prototyping
4 2 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (5.88%) Storyboarding
5 1 (2.94%) Mob Programming
Programming Languages
1 15 (44.12%) TypeScript
2 14 (41.18%) Java
3 5 (14.71%) C
3 5 (14.71%) Embedded C
3 5 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 4 (11.76%) Bash
5 1 (2.94%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) zsh
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Google
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft