Software Engineering Contracts in the South East

Software Engineering
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 58 72
Rank change year-on-year +23 +14 -13
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 265 223 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.76% 3.82% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% 4.27% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 140 140
10th Percentile £385 £406 £400
25th Percentile £425 £499 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +2.86% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £703 £720
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 23 39
10th Percentile £45.00 £35.89 £35.00
25th Percentile £49.86 £48.13 £35.13
Median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% +13.86% +12.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £55.64
90th Percentile £74.63 £67.50 £62.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £64.57 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.21% +17.40% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,738 5,226 6,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.09% 89.47% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,767 3,619 4,727
10th Percentile £232 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £698 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 219 290
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.29 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £63.80
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Thames Valley +51 103 £625 +15.74% 147
Hampshire +12 103 £450 -18.18% 102
Berkshire +44 80 £640 +16.36% 43
Surrey 0 23 £500 -3.85% 63
Middlesex +7 16 £450 -60.00%
Buckinghamshire +30 12 £550 - 35
Oxfordshire 0 11 £450 -14.29% 69
West Sussex +1 10 £463 -20.26% 19
Sussex - 4 - - 1
Kent -1 2 £413 -17.50% 25
Home Counties +4 1 £475 -
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (7.92%) Confluence
2 2 (0.75%) Apache
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.38%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.38%) Simulink
2 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.34%) AWS
2 28 (10.57%) Azure
3 9 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (3.40%) OpenShift
4 4 (1.51%) GCP
4 4 (1.51%) GitHub
5 3 (1.13%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.13%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (0.75%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.75%) Google App Engine
6 2 (0.75%) Serverless
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.38%) npm
7 1 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.19%) Software-Defined Radio
2 17 (6.42%) SNMP
3 13 (4.91%) 802.11
3 13 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 8 (3.02%) SAN
6 4 (1.51%) Wireless
7 3 (1.13%) Link 16
7 3 (1.13%) Tactical Data Link
8 2 (0.75%) HTTP
8 2 (0.75%) J1939
8 2 (0.75%) RS-232
9 1 (0.38%) DNS
9 1 (0.38%) Firewall
9 1 (0.38%) Internet
9 1 (0.38%) LAN
9 1 (0.38%) NFC
9 1 (0.38%) PPP
9 1 (0.38%) VoIP
9 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.70%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (7.55%) Oracle Database
3 18 (6.79%) Oracle Database 11g
4 6 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.89%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.89%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.51%) MySQL
7 3 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (1.13%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.75%) Couchbase
8 2 (0.75%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.38%) Metadata
9 1 (0.38%) Redis
9 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (16.98%) Git
2 43 (16.23%) JIRA
3 39 (14.72%) Jenkins
4 23 (8.68%) Selenium
5 22 (8.30%) Bitbucket
5 22 (8.30%) Cucumber
5 22 (8.30%) SonarQube
6 21 (7.92%) REST Assured
7 20 (7.55%) GitLab
8 18 (6.79%) Eclipse
9 16 (6.04%) GoogleTest
10 15 (5.66%) Robot Framework
11 8 (3.02%) Subversion
12 7 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (1.51%) Artifactory
13 4 (1.51%) ClearCase
13 4 (1.51%) ClearQuest
13 4 (1.51%) LabVIEW
13 4 (1.51%) Visual Studio
14 2 (0.75%) NUnit
General
1 53 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.57%) Aerospace
3 26 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.55%) Law
5 16 (6.04%) Electronics
6 14 (5.28%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.91%) Police
8 12 (4.53%) Automotive
9 8 (3.02%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.64%) Billing
11 4 (1.51%) Aviation
11 4 (1.51%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Back Office
13 2 (0.75%) Finance
13 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Local Government
13 2 (0.75%) Marketing
13 2 (0.75%) Military
13 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 137 (51.70%) Software Engineer
2 62 (23.40%) Developer
3 40 (15.09%) Senior
4 37 (13.96%) Embedded Engineer
5 34 (12.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 31 (11.70%) Senior Software Engineer
7 29 (10.94%) C++ Software Engineer
7 29 (10.94%) Java Engineer
8 18 (6.79%) Java Software Engineer
9 16 (6.04%) Lead
10 15 (5.66%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 12 (4.53%) Test Engineer
12 11 (4.15%) Software Test Engineer
13 10 (3.77%) Java Developer
13 10 (3.77%) Software Developer
14 9 (3.40%) Python Developer
14 9 (3.40%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
14 9 (3.40%) Systems Engineer
15 8 (3.02%) Linux Engineer
15 8 (3.02%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.83%) REST
2 22 (8.30%) CSS
2 22 (8.30%) HTML
2 22 (8.30%) Java EE
3 15 (5.66%) Node.js
3 15 (5.66%) React
4 13 (4.91%) 802.1X
4 13 (4.91%) Kafka
5 12 (4.53%) .NET
6 11 (4.15%) ARM Templates
6 11 (4.15%) RESTful
7 10 (3.77%) XML
8 9 (3.40%) AngularJS
9 7 (2.64%) React Native
10 6 (2.26%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.89%) JSON
11 5 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (1.51%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.51%) ASP.NET
12 4 (1.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.02%) CCTV
2 7 (2.64%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.26%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.51%) Device Driver
4 4 (1.51%) IoT
5 3 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.75%) CAN bus
6 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.75%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.38%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.38%) Life Science
7 1 (0.38%) SCADA
7 1 (0.38%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 64 (24.15%) Linux
2 35 (13.21%) Windows
3 8 (3.02%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (2.64%) Debian
4 7 (2.64%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.75%) Android
5 2 (0.75%) Unix
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Solaris
6 1 (0.38%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (33.96%) Agile
2 69 (26.04%) DevOps
3 54 (20.38%) Scrum
4 52 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (14.34%) Continuous Integration
6 37 (13.96%) Software Testing
6 37 (13.96%) Test Automation
7 26 (9.81%) Decision-Making
8 25 (9.43%) Clean Code
8 25 (9.43%) Computer Science
8 25 (9.43%) Kanban
8 25 (9.43%) Prototyping
8 25 (9.43%) Technical Leadership
8 25 (9.43%) Unit Testing
9 24 (9.06%) Performance Tuning
9 24 (9.06%) UML
9 24 (9.06%) Validation
10 23 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (8.30%) Software Architecture
12 21 (7.92%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (27.55%) C++
2 56 (21.13%) Java
3 48 (18.11%) C
4 36 (13.58%) JavaScript
5 33 (12.45%) C#
6 32 (12.08%) Python
7 29 (10.94%) SQL
8 18 (6.79%) PL/SQL
9 17 (6.42%) Perl
10 13 (4.91%) Tcl
11 11 (4.15%) Embedded C
12 7 (2.64%) Bash
12 7 (2.64%) Go
13 6 (2.26%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.89%) Ada
14 5 (1.89%) Assembly Language
14 5 (1.89%) MATLAB
14 5 (1.89%) PowerShell
15 3 (1.13%) Ada 95
15 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 80 (30.19%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.32%) Degree
4 16 (6.04%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.28%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.26%) PhD
7 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.38%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.15%) QA
2 8 (3.02%) ISO 9001
2 8 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.51%) JTAG
4 3 (1.13%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.75%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.75%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.75%) DO-178B
5 2 (0.75%) GDPR
5 2 (0.75%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.38%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.38%) MISRA
6 1 (0.38%) MISRA C
System Software
1 27 (10.19%) Firmware
2 16 (6.04%) Docker
3 6 (2.26%) VirtualBox
4 4 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 24 (9.06%) Ansible
1 24 (9.06%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.53%) Terraform
3 9 (3.40%) Docker Swarm
3 9 (3.40%) Podman
4 6 (2.26%) Argo
4 6 (2.26%) Grafana
4 6 (2.26%) Istio
4 6 (2.26%) Kibana
4 6 (2.26%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.51%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.75%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.38%) Puppet
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (9.81%) Oracle
2 20 (7.55%) Google
3 14 (5.28%) Atlassian
3 14 (5.28%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.77%) VMware
5 9 (3.40%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.51%) HP
6 4 (1.51%) Sparx
7 3 (1.13%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.75%) IBM
8 2 (0.75%) QinetiQ
8 2 (0.75%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.38%) BMC
9 1 (0.38%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.38%) Compaq
9 1 (0.38%) Databricks
9 1 (0.38%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.38%) Remedy
9 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow