Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Software Engineer
Essex > Basildon

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Basildon is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 11.11% - 4.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% - 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £600
Essex median daily rate £641 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
Essex median hourly rate £70.00 - -

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 18 9 21
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 16
10th Percentile £124 £317 £217
25th Percentile £247 £319 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £385 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% -14.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £642 £472 £481
90th Percentile £691 £511 £588
Essex median daily rate £375 £318 £400
% change year-on-year +17.92% -20.50% -6.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £70.15 - £38.12
25th Percentile £70.38 - £41.82
Median hourly rate £73.00 £30.00 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year +143.33% -41.89% +193.99%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £56.63
90th Percentile - - £58.65
Essex median hourly rate £23.61 £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -21.29% +42.86% +8.92%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Basildon

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Basildon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Basildon

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Basildon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Basildon

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Software 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SAS
2 1 (50.00%) Scorecard
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scorecard
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared