Software Engineering
Somerset > Taunton
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Taunton 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 16 | 16 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Engineering | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Taunton | - | 6.06% | 9.80% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 6.15% | 11.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £636 | £510 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £654 | £511 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £730 | £536 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +36.16% | +8.23% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £800 | £580 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £801 | £588 |
| Somerset median daily rate | £450 | £663 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.15% | +27.55% | +6.12% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Taunton
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 Taunton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 28 | 65 | 45 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton | 96.55% | 98.48% | 88.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 60 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £564 | £469 | £330 |
| 25th Percentile | £573 | £578 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £650 | £522 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +24.64% | +9.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £717 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £755 | £668 |
| Somerset median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | +13.89% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £15.60 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £12.50 | £15.84 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £13.00 | £17.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.71% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £14.25 | £19.13 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £15.60 | £19.35 | - |
| Somerset median hourly rate | £25.00 | £50.00 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -50.00% | +0.50% | +15.70% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Taunton.
Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Taunton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Taunton.