Software Engineer Contracts in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Worcestershire is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 4.00% 4.96% 2.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% 5.08% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £558 £468
25th Percentile £513 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £590 £507
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +16.43% +35.13%
75th Percentile £538 - £528
90th Percentile - £595 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £496 £540 £516
% change year-on-year -8.19% +4.65% +37.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Worcestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire with a recognized job title 72 118 107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 97.52% 97.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 88 76
10th Percentile £200 £350 £196
25th Percentile £400 £434 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £360
Median % change year-on-year - +45.83% -6.49%
75th Percentile £575 £632 £476
90th Percentile £670 £675 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £486 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.75% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 12
10th Percentile - £15.96 £12.38
25th Percentile £10.50 £17.12 £13.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.70 £15.68
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% +12.88% +4.53%
75th Percentile £23.75 £17.72 £17.25
90th Percentile £72.50 - £19.19
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% +6.25%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Worcester +8 2 - - 8
Malvern +3 1 £525 -11.02% 1
Software Engineer
West Midlands

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire

For the 6 months to 25 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 across the Worcestershire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Neural Network
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (66.67%) NVIDIA
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Degree

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Neural Network
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) NVIDIA