Software Engineer Contracts in Hampshire

Software Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £540 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 49 74
Rank change year-on-year +16 +25 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 80 57 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 4.91% 4.23% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.44% 4.49% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 32
10th Percentile £66 £434 £408
25th Percentile £279 £511 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £556 £638
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% -12.78% +13.33%
75th Percentile £563 £586 £689
90th Percentile £675 £694 £745
South East median daily rate £450 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -13.88% -5.00% +20.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 14 10
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.38 £35.14
25th Percentile £51.06 £52.15 £44.69
Median hourly rate £62.50 £59.33 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.35% +15.76% +13.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.78 £54.69
90th Percentile £78.00 £70.14 £55.10
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £58.70 £51.50
% change year-on-year +6.47% +13.99% +14.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,470 1,269 1,965
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.07% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 837 832 1,178
10th Percentile £363 £228 £259
25th Percentile £450 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £619 £600
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 105 162
10th Percentile £13.78 £16.64 £13.39
25th Percentile £34.06 £20.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -27.12%
75th Percentile £64.69 £66.00 £43.90
90th Percentile £77.05 £75.00 £61.94
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +140.40% -18.37%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Hampshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Hampshire

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Hampshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Hampshire

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in Hampshire

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Portsmouth +20 46 £67 -86.60% 4
Southampton +5 11 £450 -39.11% 9
Aldershot 0 9 £545 -3.02% 1
Basingstoke -16 8 - - 4
Farnborough -9 2 £661 - 5
Fareham +25 1 - - 8
Romsey -8 1 £750 +9.09% 4
Software Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 Hampshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 80 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 31 (38.75%) Agile
3 28 (35.00%) C++
4 25 (31.25%) Linux
5 23 (28.75%) Security Cleared
5 23 (28.75%) Software-Defined Radio
6 22 (27.50%) Scrum
6 22 (27.50%) Java
7 21 (26.25%) Firmware
8 20 (25.00%) C
9 18 (22.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (21.25%) SC Cleared
11 16 (20.00%) JavaScript
12 15 (18.75%) HTML
12 15 (18.75%) CSS
12 15 (18.75%) Git
13 14 (17.50%) UML
13 14 (17.50%) Aerospace
14 13 (16.25%) Eclipse
14 13 (16.25%) SNMP
14 13 (16.25%) Google
15 12 (15.00%) SysML
15 12 (15.00%) JIRA
15 12 (15.00%) Bitbucket
15 12 (15.00%) Confluence
15 12 (15.00%) Windows
15 12 (15.00%) Validation
16 11 (13.75%) GoogleTest
16 11 (13.75%) Atlassian
16 11 (13.75%) Robot Framework

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (15.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.25%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.25%) MTS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.00%) Azure
2 3 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.50%) GCP
3 2 (2.50%) GitHub
3 2 (2.50%) Google App Engine
4 1 (1.25%) AWS
4 1 (1.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.25%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.25%) npm
4 1 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (28.75%) Software-Defined Radio
2 13 (16.25%) SNMP
3 2 (2.50%) HTTP
3 2 (2.50%) J1939
3 2 (2.50%) RS-232
4 1 (1.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.50%) BigQuery
2 2 (2.50%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.50%) MySQL
3 1 (1.25%) Couchbase
3 1 (1.25%) CouchDB
3 1 (1.25%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.25%) Metadata
3 1 (1.25%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (18.75%) Git
2 13 (16.25%) Eclipse
3 12 (15.00%) Bitbucket
3 12 (15.00%) JIRA
4 11 (13.75%) GoogleTest
4 11 (13.75%) Robot Framework
5 3 (3.75%) LabVIEW
6 1 (1.25%) ClearCase
6 1 (1.25%) ClearQuest
6 1 (1.25%) GitLab
6 1 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (17.50%) Aerospace
2 9 (11.25%) Electronics
3 8 (10.00%) Automotive
4 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.25%) Publishing
5 1 (1.25%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (18.75%) CSS
1 15 (18.75%) HTML
2 5 (6.25%) AngularJS
2 5 (6.25%) Node.js
3 3 (3.75%) RESTful
4 2 (2.50%) .NET
4 2 (2.50%) .NET Core
4 2 (2.50%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.50%) REST
4 2 (2.50%) XML
5 1 (1.25%) CSS3
5 1 (1.25%) Express.js
5 1 (1.25%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.25%) HTML5
5 1 (1.25%) JSON
5 1 (1.25%) Laravel
5 1 (1.25%) OpenAPI
5 1 (1.25%) Spring
5 1 (1.25%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.25%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.50%) CAN bus
1 2 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (1.25%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (1.25%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (31.25%) Linux
2 12 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 31 (38.75%) Agile
3 22 (27.50%) Scrum
4 18 (22.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (17.50%) UML
6 12 (15.00%) SysML
6 12 (15.00%) Validation
7 10 (12.50%) Kanban
7 10 (12.50%) Prototyping
7 10 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
8 9 (11.25%) OO
9 5 (6.25%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (6.25%) DevOps
9 5 (6.25%) Mentoring
9 5 (6.25%) QMS
9 5 (6.25%) Quality Management
9 5 (6.25%) Sprint Backlog
10 4 (5.00%) CI/CD
10 4 (5.00%) SDLC
10 4 (5.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (35.00%) C++
2 22 (27.50%) Java
3 20 (25.00%) C
4 16 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 8 (10.00%) Embedded C
6 4 (5.00%) C#
6 4 (5.00%) Python
7 2 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.25%) Bash
8 1 (1.25%) PHP
8 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.25%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (28.75%) Security Cleared
2 17 (21.25%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.50%) Degree
5 1 (1.25%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.50%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 21 (26.25%) Firmware
2 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.25%) VirtualBox
2 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.25%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 13 (16.25%) Google
2 11 (13.75%) Atlassian
3 2 (2.50%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.25%) Compaq
4 1 (1.25%) HP
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.25%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.25%) Sparx
4 1 (1.25%) VMware