Software Development Engineer Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Software Development Engineer
Essex > Basildon

As of 21 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Development Engineer daily rate in Basildon.

 6 months to
21 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Essex median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Essex median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. 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 Basildon with a recognized job title 16 12 22
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 14
10th Percentile £110 £315 £236
25th Percentile £195 £316 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £321 £450
Median % change year-on-year +27.07% -28.74% -5.76%
75th Percentile £682 £418 £556
90th Percentile £693 £494 £593
Essex median daily rate £375 £318 £440
% change year-on-year +17.92% -27.65% -1.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £66.00 - £35.65
25th Percentile £67.50 - £39.76
Median hourly rate £70.00 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -45.45% +77.25%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £57.50
90th Percentile £74.00 - £58.50
Essex median hourly rate £22.08 £32.50 £31.08
% change year-on-year -32.08% +4.59% +59.36%

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 21 January 2026, Software Development Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basildon region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Serena
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) WPF

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText
1 1 (100.00%) Serena
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