Software Engineer
UK
The median Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 91 | 144 | 135 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +53 | -9 | -8 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 1,035 | 1,109 | 1,811 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 2.39% | 1.85% | 2.04% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.58% | 1.96% | 2.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 536 | 699 | 1,217 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | £438 | £411 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £500 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £590 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.93% | +2.61% | +13.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £538 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.06% | +7.60% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 313 | 139 | 151 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.25 | £46.00 | £41.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £53.75 | £47.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £56.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +10.62% | +25.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £75.60 | £65.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £65.00 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +13.04% | +27.78% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer.
Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer.
Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Software Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
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| England | +56 | 961 | £630 | +6.78% | 1,209 |
| UK excluding London | +56 | 527 | £500 | -7.06% | 877 |
| London | +41 | 414 | £675 | +8.00% | 424 |
| Work from Home | +29 | 357 | £650 | +16.84% | 818 |
| East of England | +41 | 152 | £500 | - | 135 |
| South East | +46 | 137 | £450 | -13.88% | 189 |
| North of England | +61 | 106 | £525 | -8.70% | 153 |
| South West | +7 | 90 | £550 | +4.76% | 188 |
| North West | +58 | 77 | £548 | -8.67% | 87 |
| Scotland | +22 | 24 | £357 | -22.86% | 84 |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 16 | £350 | -30.00% | 51 |
| North East | +12 | 13 | £390 | -32.17% | 17 |
| Midlands | -35 | 10 | £513 | -4.92% | 115 |
| West Midlands | -23 | 7 | £496 | -8.19% | 69 |
| Wales | +11 | 6 | £458 | -20.43% | 15 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 3 | £575 | +35.29% | 46 |
| Northern Ireland | +10 | 3 | £675 | - | 18 |
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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