Software Engineer Contracts in the North West

Software Engineer
England > North West

The median Software Engineer daily rate in the North West is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 128 105
Rank change year-on-year +71 -23 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 80 32 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.00% 1.05% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.18% 1.10% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 55
10th Percentile - £410 -
25th Percentile £456 £458 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £538
90th Percentile £695 £688 £623
England median daily rate £638 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 5 7
10th Percentile £37.86 £23.85 £43.31
25th Percentile £42.24 £37.80 £45.43
Median hourly rate £48.00 £40.59 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% -18.41% +17.06%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.75 £52.42
90th Percentile £72.06 £49.65 £57.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +26.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,519 2,904 3,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 95.06% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,622 2,057 2,804
10th Percentile £273 £303 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £585 £575
90th Percentile £675 £660 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 125 170
10th Percentile £11.10 £14.59 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.50 £15.27
Median hourly rate £31.81 £30.54 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +31.51% +29.73%
75th Percentile £47.35 £47.00 £51.28
90th Percentile £71.20 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.42% +7.10%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Manchester +39 41 £525 -4.55% 81
Cumbria - 22 - - 2
Lancashire +14 13 - - 11
Cheshire +9 3 - - 13
Merseyside +13 1 - - 3
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 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 North West region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 80 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (26.25%) AWS
2 21 (26.25%) SDLC
3 18 (22.50%) Java
4 16 (20.00%) Aerospace
5 14 (17.50%) React
6 13 (16.25%) TypeScript
7 11 (13.75%) Test Automation
8 10 (12.50%) Agile
9 9 (11.25%) Spring
9 9 (11.25%) Python
9 9 (11.25%) Node.js
9 9 (11.25%) AngularJS
10 8 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 8 (10.00%) Social Skills
10 8 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (8.75%) RESTful
11 7 (8.75%) Azure
11 7 (8.75%) Front End Development
11 7 (8.75%) PHP
12 6 (7.50%) JavaScript
12 6 (7.50%) Finance
12 6 (7.50%) Misys Midas
12 6 (7.50%) Military
12 6 (7.50%) Microservices
12 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
12 6 (7.50%) Decision-Making
12 6 (7.50%) CI/CD
13 5 (6.25%) Serverless
13 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Automation

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (5.00%) Simulink
1 4 (5.00%) Stateflow
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.50%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.25%) AWS
2 7 (8.75%) Azure
3 5 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 5 (6.25%) Serverless
4 4 (5.00%) npm
5 3 (3.75%) GCP
6 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Batch
7 1 (1.25%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.25%) HTTP
2 1 (1.25%) RS-422
2 1 (1.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) MySQL
2 1 (1.25%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.25%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (3.75%) JIRA
3 2 (2.50%) Git
3 2 (2.50%) GoCD
3 2 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.25%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.25%) JUnit
4 1 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 8 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.50%) Finance
3 6 (7.50%) Military
4 5 (6.25%) Legal
5 4 (5.00%) Automotive
6 3 (3.75%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.25%) Games
8 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.50%) React
2 9 (11.25%) AngularJS
2 9 (11.25%) Node.js
2 9 (11.25%) Spring
3 7 (8.75%) RESTful
4 5 (6.25%) Spring Boot
5 4 (5.00%) AWS CDK
5 4 (5.00%) Jest
6 2 (2.50%) SOAP
7 1 (1.25%) CSS
7 1 (1.25%) HTML
7 1 (1.25%) JDBC
7 1 (1.25%) JPA
7 1 (1.25%) Kafka
7 1 (1.25%) Next.js
7 1 (1.25%) RxJava
7 1 (1.25%) Smart Contracts
7 1 (1.25%) web3js
7 1 (1.25%) WebSockets
7 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.25%) Blockchain
2 1 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.25%) Online Gambling
2 1 (1.25%) Online Games
2 1 (1.25%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (26.25%) SDLC
3 11 (13.75%) Test Automation
4 10 (12.50%) Agile
5 8 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 8 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (8.75%) Front End Development
7 6 (7.50%) CI/CD
7 6 (7.50%) Decision-Making
7 6 (7.50%) Microservices
8 5 (6.25%) Data Security
8 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Automation
8 5 (6.25%) Kanban
9 4 (5.00%) Critical Thinking
9 4 (5.00%) Design Patterns
9 4 (5.00%) Full Stack Development
9 4 (5.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (5.00%) Validation
9 4 (5.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.50%) Java
2 13 (16.25%) TypeScript
3 9 (11.25%) Python
4 7 (8.75%) PHP
5 6 (7.50%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.25%) C
7 4 (5.00%) C++
7 4 (5.00%) MATLAB
8 3 (3.75%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.50%) C#
9 2 (2.50%) SQL
10 1 (1.25%) Bash
10 1 (1.25%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.25%) Fortran
10 1 (1.25%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.25%) Perl
10 1 (1.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.25%) Degree
2 5 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.75%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.50%) MISRA
1 2 (2.50%) MISRA C
2 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.25%) QA
2 1 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.75%) Terraform
3 2 (2.50%) Ansible
4 1 (1.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3 (3.75%) Oracle
2 2 (2.50%) Atlassian
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.25%) SAP