Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Software Engineering
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 5.88% - 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% - 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Essex median daily rate £641 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +6.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basildon

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17 7 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 100.00% 70.00% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 15
10th Percentile £124 £316 £215
25th Percentile £247 £318 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £320 £450
Median % change year-on-year +44.92% -28.89% -7.69%
75th Percentile £642 £385 £463
90th Percentile £691 £424 £545
Essex median daily rate £425 £317 £400
% change year-on-year +34.28% -20.88% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £71.40 - £44.59
25th Percentile £72.75 - £45.66
Median hourly rate £75.00 £30.00 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -41.89% -12.13%
75th Percentile - - £55.52
90th Percentile - - £55.54
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 £20.61 £21.00
% change year-on-year -8.44% -1.86% -16.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Basildon

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
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 (100.00%) SAS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) R Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree