Software Engineering Contracts in Somerset

Software Engineering
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 26 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 -4
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 5 9 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.48% 4.35% 8.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 4.81% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 12
10th Percentile - £484 £401
25th Percentile - £541 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £663 £485
Median % change year-on-year -32.15% +36.75% -1.02%
75th Percentile - £772 £538
90th Percentile - £801 £571
South West median daily rate £525 £579 £550
% change year-on-year -9.33% +5.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £63.56 £46.95
25th Percentile - £63.63 £48.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £65.67 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.91% +32.00% +13.07%
75th Percentile - £69.38 £49.88
90th Percentile - £70.45 £49.95
South West median hourly rate £67.02 £65.50 £63.50
% change year-on-year +2.32% +3.15% +27.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 187 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.74% 90.34% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 140 120
10th Percentile £159 £234 £282
25th Percentile £399 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £664 £534
90th Percentile £613 £724 £616
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 9
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.60 £36.19
25th Percentile - £32.40 £46.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +15.70%
75th Percentile £40.00 £60.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £50.65 £75.70 £57.75
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yeovil -3 2 - - 2
Cheddar - 1 - -
Wedmore - 1 - -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 £450 - 2
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (20.00%) JUnit
3 1 (20.00%) Maven
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) OOD
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Time Management
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA