Software Engineering Contracts in Oxford

Software Engineering
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 5 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 4.90% 3.97% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 4.63% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - - £438
25th Percentile - - £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +41.54%
75th Percentile - £540 £690
90th Percentile - £546 £720
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -14.29% -2.14% +26.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +23.81% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86 108 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 84.31% 85.71% 80.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 82 97
10th Percentile £222 £300 £154
25th Percentile £358 £381 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -4.47% +11.76%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £575
90th Percentile £585 £680 £605
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 4
10th Percentile £12.75 £22.05 -
25th Percentile £13.00 £22.13 £17.42
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.50 £18.71
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +30.95% -58.42%
75th Percentile £39.13 £27.13 £20.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £27.35 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £19.50 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.00% -55.56%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Oxford

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Oxford

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Oxford

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
1 4 (80.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) GWT
1 1 (20.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) Restlet
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (80.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (20.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (80.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (80.00%) Software Optimisation
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Assembly Language
1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (80.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (80.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google