Software Engineering Contracts in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Engineering
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 5 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 15.15% 12.12% 23.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.63% 17.39% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £618
25th Percentile - - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -53.85% +86.89%
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - £683
South London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +19.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile £56.99 - £39.35
25th Percentile £81.25 - £43.80
Median hourly rate £82.50 £50.42 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year +63.63% +3.79% +5.13%
75th Percentile £83.75 £52.33 £51.36
90th Percentile - £57.83 £56.23
South London median hourly rate £82.50 £50.42 £48.58
% change year-on-year +63.63% +3.79% +5.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32 46 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 96.97% 69.70% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 31 29
10th Percentile £190 £133 £306
25th Percentile £300 £331 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £500 £544 £638
90th Percentile - £600 £695
South London median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 12
10th Percentile £56.99 £18.75 £39.34
25th Percentile £81.25 £21.25 £40.93
Median hourly rate £82.50 £50.42 £47.44
Median % change year-on-year +63.63% +6.29% +2.20%
75th Percentile £83.75 - £48.90
90th Percentile - £53.94 £55.29
South London median hourly rate £23.50 £23.46 £47.44
% change year-on-year +0.17% -50.54% +2.20%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Kingston Upon Thames.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Kingston Upon Thames.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Kingston Upon Thames

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Kingston Upon Thames over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 29 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
New Malden -1 1 - - 6
Software Engineering
South London

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Code Quality
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) UML
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Ada
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) VMware