Software Engineering Contracts in London

Software Engineering
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 38 37
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -14
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 973 1,554 2,515
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.49% 5.74% 6.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.21% 6.30% 7.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 1,140 2,016
10th Percentile £458 £463 £463
25th Percentile £525 £527 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £800 £750 £713
90th Percentile £875 £835 £800
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 31 35
10th Percentile £47.81 £35.00 £33.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.70 £42.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +15.38%
75th Percentile £83.75 £66.34 £60.63
90th Percentile - £80.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 27 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
Central London -5 108 £551 -13.65% 64
West London +18 21 £475 -13.64% 19
East London +2 11 £575 +15.00% 33
South London -15 6 £550 - 11
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 143 (14.70%) Apache Airflow
2 134 (13.77%) Apache
3 14 (1.44%) Confluence
4 13 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.23%) CMS
6 8 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
6 8 (0.82%) IIS
7 6 (0.62%) Tornado
8 5 (0.51%) nginx
9 4 (0.41%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.41%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.21%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.21%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.10%) JBoss
12 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (1.34%) Chatbot
2 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.62%) Simulink
4 6 (0.62%) Stateflow
5 4 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.51%) Endur
2 3 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
2 3 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.21%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.10%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.10%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 382 (39.26%) AWS
2 345 (35.46%) Azure
3 205 (21.07%) GCP
4 82 (8.43%) dbt
5 67 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (6.89%) Snowflake
6 53 (5.45%) Serverless
7 42 (4.32%) GitHub
8 38 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
9 31 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 24 (2.47%) PaaS
12 23 (2.36%) npm
13 22 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (2.26%) SaaS
14 20 (2.06%) Azure Functions
15 19 (1.95%) Azure Key Vault
16 18 (1.85%) Azure API Management
16 18 (1.85%) Azure Storage
16 18 (1.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.03%) Internet
2 8 (0.82%) DNS
3 7 (0.72%) Firewall
4 5 (0.51%) DHCP
4 5 (0.51%) Network Security
5 4 (0.41%) HTTP
5 4 (0.41%) VPN
5 4 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.31%) IPv4
7 1 (0.10%) 5G
7 1 (0.10%) Broadband
7 1 (0.10%) FTP
7 1 (0.10%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.10%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.10%) SMS
7 1 (0.10%) SNMP
7 1 (0.10%) SSL
7 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.10%) VLAN
7 1 (0.10%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (12.74%) Apache Ignite
2 81 (8.32%) Amazon Athena
2 81 (8.32%) Apache Arrow
2 81 (8.32%) Dremio
3 71 (7.30%) SQL Server
4 70 (7.19%) Data Lake
5 58 (5.96%) PostgreSQL
6 51 (5.24%) NoSQL
7 26 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.95%) Apache Cassandra
8 19 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (1.85%) MongoDB
9 18 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (1.75%) MySQL
11 16 (1.64%) Relational Database
11 16 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.34%) Big Data
13 9 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.92%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 85 (8.74%) Git
2 53 (5.45%) JIRA
3 48 (4.93%) Cypress.io
4 41 (4.21%) Jenkins
5 24 (2.47%) webpack
6 20 (2.06%) Postman
7 18 (1.85%) GitLab
7 18 (1.85%) Maven
8 15 (1.54%) Selenium
8 15 (1.54%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.34%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.92%) JUnit
11 8 (0.82%) JMeter
12 7 (0.72%) git-flow
13 6 (0.62%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.62%) MLflow
13 6 (0.62%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.51%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.51%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.51%) MSI
General
1 408 (41.93%) Finance
2 269 (27.65%) Front Office
3 214 (21.99%) Banking
4 198 (20.35%) Social Skills
5 92 (9.46%) Investment Banking
6 61 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (3.49%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.08%) Retail
9 29 (2.98%) Marketing
10 16 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.34%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.03%) Electronics
14 8 (0.82%) Automotive
14 8 (0.82%) Local Government
14 8 (0.82%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.72%) Legal
15 7 (0.72%) Retail Banking
16 6 (0.62%) Games
Job Titles
1 422 (43.37%) Developer
2 407 (41.83%) Software Engineer
3 214 (21.99%) Senior
4 127 (13.05%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 120 (12.33%) Python Developer
6 107 (11.00%) Python Engineer
6 107 (11.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 98 (10.07%) Python Software Engineer
8 96 (9.87%) Lead
9 71 (7.30%) Senior Developer
10 70 (7.19%) React Developer
11 68 (6.99%) Software Developer
12 65 (6.68%) Full Stack Developer
13 58 (5.96%) .NET Developer
13 58 (5.96%) C# Developer
14 53 (5.45%) .NET Software Engineer
15 51 (5.24%) Full Stack Engineer
16 50 (5.14%) Finance Manager
17 49 (5.04%) AWS Engineer
18 48 (4.93%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (26.52%) React
2 182 (18.71%) .NET
3 138 (14.18%) gRPC
4 134 (13.77%) Protocol Buffers
5 120 (12.33%) Pandas
6 113 (11.61%) Redux
7 106 (10.89%) NumPy
8 86 (8.84%) REST
9 85 (8.74%) Node.js
9 85 (8.74%) SciPy
10 79 (8.12%) AngularJS
11 78 (8.02%) Kafka
12 73 (7.50%) HTML
13 67 (6.89%) Material-UI
14 61 (6.27%) .NET Core
15 53 (5.45%) CSS
16 48 (4.93%) WebSockets
17 37 (3.80%) ASP.NET
17 37 (3.80%) Spring
18 36 (3.70%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 203 (20.86%) Fixed Income
2 156 (16.03%) Hedge funds
3 144 (14.80%) Equities
4 139 (14.29%) Derivative
5 116 (11.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 44 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
7 37 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (3.39%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.16%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.95%) Product Ownership
11 18 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 17 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
13 15 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.44%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.34%) Mobile App
16 11 (1.13%) Client/Server
17 10 (1.03%) Public Cloud
18 9 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
18 9 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.86%) Linux
2 37 (3.80%) Windows
3 18 (1.85%) Android
4 15 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.23%) Unix
6 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.21%) VMS
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) tvOS
7 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (44.30%) Agile
2 218 (22.40%) DevOps
3 202 (20.76%) Asset Management
4 184 (18.91%) CI/CD
5 169 (17.37%) Investment Management
6 167 (17.16%) Full Stack Development
7 117 (12.02%) Fintech
8 113 (11.61%) TDD
9 106 (10.89%) SDLC
10 99 (10.17%) Computer Science
11 98 (10.07%) Analytics
12 92 (9.46%) Microservices
13 88 (9.04%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (8.63%) Scrum
15 83 (8.53%) Artificial Intelligence
16 76 (7.81%) Machine Learning
17 75 (7.71%) Design Patterns
17 75 (7.71%) Front End Development
18 73 (7.50%) Test Automation
19 64 (6.58%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 396 (40.70%) Python
2 316 (32.48%) JavaScript
3 301 (30.94%) Java
4 274 (28.16%) TypeScript
5 261 (26.82%) C#
6 246 (25.28%) SQL
7 62 (6.37%) Go
8 59 (6.06%) C++
9 52 (5.34%) PowerShell
10 31 (3.19%) Scala
11 27 (2.77%) Rust
11 27 (2.77%) T-SQL
12 25 (2.57%) Kotlin
13 21 (2.16%) Ruby
14 19 (1.95%) C
15 18 (1.85%) R
16 14 (1.44%) Bicep
16 14 (1.44%) PL/SQL
17 12 (1.23%) PHP
18 8 (0.82%) Perl
Qualifications
1 162 (16.65%) Degree
2 62 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 58 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 45 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.01%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.41%) PhD
8 3 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.21%) MBA
9 2 (0.21%) PgMP
9 2 (0.21%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.21%) PMP
10 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.10%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.10%) CISSP
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.10%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.76%) QA
2 30 (3.08%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.41%) SEPA
6 3 (0.31%) WCAG
7 2 (0.21%) MiFID
8 1 (0.10%) EMIR
8 1 (0.10%) GRC
8 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.10%) JTAG
8 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 96 (9.87%) Docker
2 26 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.51%) ACF2
5 5 (0.51%) IAG
5 5 (0.51%) RACF
6 2 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 119 (12.23%) Kubernetes
2 58 (5.96%) Terraform
3 15 (1.54%) Ansible
4 12 (1.23%) Grafana
5 9 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.62%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.51%) Argo
7 5 (0.51%) Packer
8 4 (0.41%) Puppet
8 4 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 3 (0.31%) Consul
10 2 (0.21%) Podman
11 1 (0.10%) Bugsnag
11 1 (0.10%) Kibana
11 1 (0.10%) logstash
11 1 (0.10%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.10%) systemd
11 1 (0.10%) vRealize
Vendors
1 71 (7.30%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.19%) Oracle
3 61 (6.27%) Google
4 27 (2.77%) Databricks
5 20 (2.06%) SAP
6 16 (1.64%) Bloomberg
6 16 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.44%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.34%) PayPal
9 10 (1.03%) Virgin Media
10 8 (0.82%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.82%) Splunk
10 8 (0.82%) VMware
11 7 (0.72%) Optimizely
11 7 (0.72%) Sybase
12 6 (0.62%) Adobe
13 5 (0.51%) Foundry
13 5 (0.51%) IBM
13 5 (0.51%) Palantir
13 5 (0.51%) Red Hat