Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Software Engineering
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 6.11% - 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.02% - 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £429 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.31%
75th Percentile £483 - -
90th Percentile £488 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £490 £490
% change year-on-year - - -2.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 114 56 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 87.02% 91.80% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 27 31
10th Percentile £279 £300 £350
25th Percentile £296 £430 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -16.28%
75th Percentile £547 £592 £569
90th Percentile £624 £648 £688
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -0.41% -2.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 0
10th Percentile £22.80 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £25.54 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.36% - -
75th Percentile £28.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year +8.40% +64.00% -27.03%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Bradford

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

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

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

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

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

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 6 (75.00%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) Azure AI
3 2 (25.00%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Business Integration Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Agile Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Integration Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) AI Agents
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) AI
2 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (75.00%) DevOps
2 6 (75.00%) Digital Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (37.50%) Data Mapping
4 3 (37.50%) Programme Governance
4 3 (37.50%) Project Governance
4 3 (37.50%) Requirements Management
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Software Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Sprint Review
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (37.50%) Technology Transformation
4 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (37.50%) User Stories
4 3 (37.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Foundry
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft