Software Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £548 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 97 76
Rank change year-on-year +46 -21 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 47 20 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.24% 1.09% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.38% 1.13% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 65
10th Percentile - £453 -
25th Percentile £456 £469 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +29.41% +1.49%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £500
90th Percentile £645 £675 £640
North West median daily rate £550 £584 £445
% change year-on-year -5.78% +31.18% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £74.50 - -
North West median hourly rate £48.00 £40.59 £50.13
% change year-on-year +18.26% -19.02% +15.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,390 1,768 2,524
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 96.40% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 961 1,317 1,980
10th Percentile £313 £313 £226
25th Percentile £400 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £575
90th Percentile £694 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +12.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 46 59
10th Percentile £12.02 £15.64 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £18.88 £12.02
Median hourly rate £26.76 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +100.00% +8.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.94 £24.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £20.32
% change year-on-year -17.88% +61.84% +13.49%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Manchester

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Manchester

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Manchester

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Manchester

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 Manchester region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 26 (55.32%) AWS
3 15 (31.91%) RESTful
3 15 (31.91%) Java
4 14 (29.79%) Node.js
5 13 (27.66%) CI/CD
6 12 (25.53%) Design Patterns
6 12 (25.53%) React
7 11 (23.40%) TypeScript
7 11 (23.40%) Microservices
7 11 (23.40%) Test Automation
8 9 (19.15%) Agile
8 9 (19.15%) MongoDB
8 9 (19.15%) AngularJS
8 9 (19.15%) Terraform
9 8 (17.02%) Python
10 7 (14.89%) PHP
10 7 (14.89%) Front End Development
10 7 (14.89%) GitLab
11 6 (12.77%) Azure
11 6 (12.77%) SDLC
11 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
11 6 (12.77%) Computer Science
11 6 (12.77%) Finance
12 5 (10.64%) Data Security
12 5 (10.64%) Spring
12 5 (10.64%) Serverless
12 5 (10.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
13 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code

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

Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Simulink
1 4 (8.51%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 26 (55.32%) AWS
2 6 (12.77%) Azure
3 5 (10.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 5 (10.64%) Serverless
4 4 (8.51%) npm
5 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Batch
6 1 (2.13%) BrowserStack
6 1 (2.13%) GCP
6 1 (2.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) MongoDB
2 4 (8.51%) MySQL
3 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.13%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) GitLab
2 4 (8.51%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.26%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) GoCD
4 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.13%) JUnit
General
1 6 (12.77%) Finance
2 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Automotive
3 4 (8.51%) Legal
4 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.26%) Retail
6 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.13%) Games
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (31.91%) RESTful
2 14 (29.79%) Node.js
3 12 (25.53%) React
4 9 (19.15%) AngularJS
5 5 (10.64%) Spring
6 4 (8.51%) AWS CDK
6 4 (8.51%) Jest
6 4 (8.51%) Spring Boot
7 2 (4.26%) Kafka
7 2 (4.26%) SOAP
8 1 (2.13%) CSS
8 1 (2.13%) HTML
8 1 (2.13%) Jetpack Compose
8 1 (2.13%) Next.js
8 1 (2.13%) RxJava
8 1 (2.13%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (2.13%) web3js
8 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.13%) Blockchain
2 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.13%) Online Gambling
2 1 (2.13%) Online Games
2 1 (2.13%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (27.66%) CI/CD
3 12 (25.53%) Design Patterns
4 11 (23.40%) Microservices
4 11 (23.40%) Test Automation
5 9 (19.15%) Agile
6 7 (14.89%) Front End Development
7 6 (12.77%) Computer Science
7 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
7 6 (12.77%) SDLC
8 5 (10.64%) Data Security
9 4 (8.51%) Critical Thinking
9 4 (8.51%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 4 (8.51%) Incident Management
9 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Automation
9 4 (8.51%) Pair Programming
9 4 (8.51%) Refactoring
9 4 (8.51%) Test Strategy
9 4 (8.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.91%) Java
2 11 (23.40%) TypeScript
3 8 (17.02%) Python
4 7 (14.89%) PHP
5 4 (8.51%) C
5 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
5 4 (8.51%) MATLAB
6 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
7 2 (4.26%) SQL
8 1 (2.13%) Bash
8 1 (2.13%) C#
8 1 (2.13%) C++
8 1 (2.13%) Fortran
8 1 (2.13%) Kotlin
8 1 (2.13%) Perl
8 1 (2.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Degree
3 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.13%) QA
1 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (19.15%) Terraform
2 3 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.26%) Ansible
4 1 (2.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft