Software Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 48 44
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1,078 1,005 1,469
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.26% 4.28% 4.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.23% 4.78% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 598 789
10th Percentile £358 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £590
% change year-on-year - +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 159 162
10th Percentile £46.25 £48.35 £41.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £64.56
90th Percentile £78.50 £75.00 £68.58
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +21 258 £550 +4.76% 340
North of England +49 255 £525 -4.55% 291
East of England +9 193 £500 -6.89% 193
South West -8 155 £525 -9.33% 233
North West +64 151 £550 -8.33% 173
Scotland +36 106 £498 +4.74% 122
Midlands +22 94 £492 -8.64% 212
Yorkshire +13 71 £450 -12.20% 95
West Midlands +2 63 £456 -15.20% 101
North East +23 35 £390 -32.17% 27
East Midlands +37 30 £550 +29.41% 111
Wales +2 17 £551 -5.97% 25
Northern Ireland +5 3 £675 +68.75% 31
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (2.41%) Confluence
2 14 (1.30%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.11%) Apache
4 11 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.19%) CICS
5 2 (0.19%) Drupal
5 2 (0.19%) SAS
6 1 (0.093%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.093%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.093%) JBoss
6 1 (0.093%) MetaMask
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.093%) MTS
6 1 (0.093%) nginx
6 1 (0.093%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.093%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.093%) WebSphere
Applications
1 108 (10.02%) Chatbot
2 31 (2.88%) Simulink
3 21 (1.95%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.46%) TargetLink
5 3 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.28%) Blender
5 3 (0.28%) Maya
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.093%) CATIA
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.093%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.093%) Sketch
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
2 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.093%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 157 (14.56%) AWS
2 94 (8.72%) Azure
3 33 (3.06%) GitHub
4 30 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (2.50%) GCP
5 27 (2.50%) Serverless
6 17 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (1.21%) OpenShift
8 10 (0.93%) Amazon S3
8 10 (0.93%) npm
9 8 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (0.65%) Power Platform
11 6 (0.56%) Azure Functions
11 6 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (0.56%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.46%) Amazon EMR
12 5 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.46%) IaaS
12 5 (0.46%) PaaS
12 5 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.53%) Modbus
2 37 (3.43%) RS-485
3 36 (3.34%) RS-422
4 29 (2.69%) Software-Defined Radio
5 25 (2.32%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.76%) SNMP
7 17 (1.58%) HTTP
8 13 (1.21%) Firewall
9 12 (1.11%) VPN
10 11 (1.02%) Ethernet
10 11 (1.02%) SAN
10 11 (1.02%) Wireless
11 10 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.83%) 802.11
13 8 (0.74%) Internet
14 6 (0.56%) FTP
15 5 (0.46%) J1939
15 5 (0.46%) Tactical Data Link
16 4 (0.37%) 5G
16 4 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (2.97%) MySQL
3 23 (2.13%) MongoDB
4 18 (1.67%) Oracle Database
4 18 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.48%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.48%) Oracle Database 11g
6 15 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 14 (1.30%) Big Data
8 13 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (1.02%) SQL Server
10 7 (0.65%) SQLite
11 6 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.37%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.37%) CockroachDB
13 4 (0.37%) Couchbase
13 4 (0.37%) DB2
13 4 (0.37%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 122 (11.32%) Git
2 87 (8.07%) JIRA
3 74 (6.86%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.34%) GitLab
5 34 (3.15%) Bitbucket
5 34 (3.15%) SonarQube
6 33 (3.06%) Rational DOORS
7 32 (2.97%) Eclipse
8 29 (2.69%) Cucumber
9 28 (2.60%) GoogleTest
10 25 (2.32%) Selenium
11 23 (2.13%) Visual Studio
12 21 (1.95%) REST Assured
13 17 (1.58%) Cypress.io
13 17 (1.58%) Robot Framework
14 15 (1.39%) Rational Rhapsody
15 13 (1.21%) JUnit
16 12 (1.11%) Artifactory
16 12 (1.11%) Subversion
17 5 (0.46%) GCC
General
1 165 (15.31%) Social Skills
2 94 (8.72%) Electronics
3 72 (6.68%) Aerospace
4 61 (5.66%) Finance
5 56 (5.19%) Public Sector
6 52 (4.82%) Automotive
7 34 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.50%) Law
11 23 (2.13%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.04%) Military
13 21 (1.95%) Legal
14 13 (1.21%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.21%) Police
15 12 (1.11%) Aviation
15 12 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.74%) Marketing
17 7 (0.65%) Billing
18 6 (0.56%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 547 (50.74%) Software Engineer
2 283 (26.25%) Developer
3 132 (12.24%) Software Developer
4 124 (11.50%) Embedded Engineer
5 120 (11.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 108 (10.02%) Senior
7 100 (9.28%) C++ Software Engineer
8 72 (6.68%) Java Engineer
9 71 (6.59%) Senior Software Engineer
10 57 (5.29%) Java Developer
11 50 (4.64%) Lead
12 42 (3.90%) Full Stack Engineer
13 39 (3.62%) Java Software Engineer
14 35 (3.25%) Ada Engineer
14 35 (3.25%) Ada Software Engineer
15 28 (2.60%) C Software Engineer
16 27 (2.50%) Principal Engineer
17 25 (2.32%) C# Software Engineer
18 23 (2.13%) Project Manager
19 22 (2.04%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (15.58%) HTML
2 95 (8.81%) React
3 63 (5.84%) Node.js
4 62 (5.75%) CSS
5 61 (5.66%) REST
6 56 (5.19%) RESTful
7 49 (4.55%) Spring
8 45 (4.17%) AngularJS
9 37 (3.43%) .NET
10 36 (3.34%) Spring Boot
11 28 (2.60%) Kafka
12 24 (2.23%) Web Services
13 23 (2.13%) XML
14 22 (2.04%) Java EE
15 18 (1.67%) JPA
16 17 (1.58%) .NET Framework
16 17 (1.58%) JSON
17 14 (1.30%) .NET Core
17 14 (1.30%) PySpark
17 14 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (3.80%) Algorithms
2 38 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (1.67%) ARM Cortex
5 16 (1.48%) Data Structures
5 16 (1.48%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.30%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.21%) IoT
8 10 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
8 10 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.74%) CCTV
10 8 (0.74%) Device Driver
11 6 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.46%) CAN bus
12 5 (0.46%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 177 (16.42%) Linux
2 63 (5.84%) Windows
3 22 (2.04%) FreeRTOS
4 20 (1.86%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.11%) Unix
6 10 (0.93%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.83%) Debian
8 7 (0.65%) Android
8 7 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.46%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.37%) SafeRTOS
10 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.19%) zOS
12 1 (0.093%) CentOS
12 1 (0.093%) Solaris
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (33.21%) Agile
2 204 (18.92%) DevOps
3 156 (14.47%) CI/CD
4 142 (13.17%) Artificial Intelligence
5 138 (12.80%) Code Quality
6 129 (11.97%) Continuous Integration
7 117 (10.85%) Test Automation
8 115 (10.67%) Scrum
9 112 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (10.02%) Conversational UI
11 98 (9.09%) Validation
12 92 (8.53%) Unit Testing
13 90 (8.35%) Software Testing
14 87 (8.07%) Computer Science
15 86 (7.98%) TDD
16 85 (7.88%) SDLC
17 80 (7.42%) Microservices
18 73 (6.77%) Full Stack Development
19 67 (6.22%) Verification and Validation
20 66 (6.12%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 256 (23.75%) Python
2 240 (22.26%) C#
3 217 (20.13%) JavaScript
4 206 (19.11%) Java
5 203 (18.83%) C++
6 193 (17.90%) C
6 193 (17.90%) SQL
7 77 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 58 (5.38%) Embedded C
9 37 (3.43%) Ada
10 36 (3.34%) MATLAB
11 29 (2.69%) Scala
12 28 (2.60%) PL/SQL
13 22 (2.04%) Bash
14 20 (1.86%) PowerShell
15 18 (1.67%) Perl
16 14 (1.30%) PHP
17 13 (1.21%) Kotlin
18 12 (1.11%) Embedded C++
19 10 (0.93%) Go
Qualifications
1 250 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 212 (19.67%) Degree
3 184 (17.07%) SC Cleared
4 70 (6.49%) DV Cleared
5 45 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (3.25%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.48%) PhD
8 5 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.19%) HND
12 1 (0.093%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.093%) CISM
12 1 (0.093%) CISSP
12 1 (0.093%) CLAS
12 1 (0.093%) HNC
12 1 (0.093%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.69%) QA
2 21 (1.95%) MISRA
3 12 (1.11%) AUTOSAR
4 11 (1.02%) MISRA C
5 9 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.74%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.56%) ISO 26262
7 6 (0.56%) JTAG
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.19%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.19%) DO-178B
9 2 (0.19%) GDPR
9 2 (0.19%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.093%) GRC
10 1 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.093%) NCSC
10 1 (0.093%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (4.82%) Docker
2 35 (3.25%) Firmware
3 8 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.56%) VirtualBox
5 5 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.37%) zsh
7 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.093%) NFS
8 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.093%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 47 (4.36%) Terraform
3 45 (4.17%) Ansible
4 36 (3.34%) Grafana
5 19 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
6 10 (0.93%) Kibana
7 9 (0.83%) Podman
8 8 (0.74%) Argo
8 8 (0.74%) Istio
9 6 (0.56%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.37%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.37%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.19%) Puppet
12 1 (0.093%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (10.02%) PayPal
2 67 (6.22%) Microsoft
3 42 (3.90%) Google
4 33 (3.06%) IBM
5 32 (2.97%) Oracle
6 23 (2.13%) Atlassian
7 20 (1.86%) Talend
8 18 (1.67%) Lauterbach
9 17 (1.58%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.58%) VMware
10 15 (1.39%) Denodo
11 12 (1.11%) SAP
12 7 (0.65%) Avaloq
13 5 (0.46%) Informatica
13 5 (0.46%) NVIDIA
14 4 (0.37%) Adobe
14 4 (0.37%) CA Agile Central
14 4 (0.37%) HP
14 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.37%) Sparx