Software Optimisation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Optimisation
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 Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Optimisation 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 389 450 -
Rank change year-on-year +61 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Optimisation 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.004% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.005% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £321
% change year-on-year - - -28.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software Optimisation 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 17,416 21,395 27,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.70% 89.57% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,844 19,217
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
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 2,048 1,307 1,356
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Software Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Software Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Optimisation in the UK excluding London

Software Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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 - 4 - - 1
Software Optimisation
UK

Software Optimisation
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (100.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (100.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware