The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lead Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Sheffield region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Software Engineer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
136 139 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 90.67% 95.86% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 71 76
Average daily rate £300 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £165 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 20
Average hourly rate £12.44 £20.06 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.98% -45.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.79 £12.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Lead Software Engineer
South Yorkshire