Software Engineer Contracts in Wiltshire

Software Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 82 62
Rank change year-on-year -5 -20 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 0.32% 1.09% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 1.16% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 5
10th Percentile £563 £450 £520
25th Percentile £581 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +25.71%
75th Percentile £681 £550 £625
90th Percentile £708 £588 -
South West median daily rate £550 £533 £600
% change year-on-year +3.29% -11.25% +20.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.75
Median hourly rate - - £63.50
75th Percentile - - £65.25
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £67.02 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.32% +0.77% +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 861 1,032 860
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 94.07% 95.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 859 623
10th Percentile £263 £350 £290
25th Percentile £459 £459 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +5.77% +9.47%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £619
90th Percentile £725 £723 £675
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 23
10th Percentile - £40.63 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.25 £61.13 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £65.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.83% +19.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £69.05
90th Percentile - £83.75 £69.81
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +41.30% +8.24%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Wiltshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Wiltshire

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Wiltshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Wiltshire

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Corsham - 2 £700 - 2
Malmesbury 0 1 £550 +4.76%
Software Engineer
South West

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 across the Wiltshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) JTAG
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) nginx
3 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Skype
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) VSAN
3 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
3 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
3 1 (33.33%) Acoustics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) QinetiQ
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) nginx
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Skype
1 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Acoustics
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) QinetiQ
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
1 1 (33.33%) VMware