Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Bath

Software Engineering
Somerset > Bath

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bath requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 12 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 5 5 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bath 10.20% 7.04% 17.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.16% 8.93% 20.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 11
10th Percentile £398 £363 -
25th Percentile £430 £381 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% -16.36% -0.14%
75th Percentile £453 £475 £575
90th Percentile £458 - -
Somerset median daily rate £449 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -0.33% -18.18% +1.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bath

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 Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 56 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 77.55% 78.87% 85.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 45
10th Percentile £140 £188 £204
25th Percentile £225 £234 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £538 £484 £538
90th Percentile £649 £649 £575
Somerset median daily rate £360 £495 £488
% change year-on-year -27.27% +1.54% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.50 £18.38
Median hourly rate - £13.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year - -30.67% -65.28%
75th Percentile - £15.00 £19.13
90th Percentile - £15.90 -
Somerset median hourly rate £62.50 £20.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year +204.88% -60.49% +3.78%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Bath

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

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

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

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Bath

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

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

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath 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 (20.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Dagster
1 1 (20.00%) Prefect
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (80.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Ada Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SPARK Ada Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (20.00%) Django
1 1 (20.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (20.00%) Flask
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Ada
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform