The median contractor rate for a Software Engineer was £335 per day in advertised job vacancies in Bristol during the 6 months to 10 July 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title
897
1,830
1,735
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
95.32%
96.47%
95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted
597
1,221
1,106
Median daily rate
£460
£425
£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.24%
+6.25%
+6.67%
10th Percentile
£291
£263
£256
90th Percentile
£613
£600
£525
South West median daily rate
£463
£435
£400
% change year-on-year
+6.32%
+8.75%
+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted
38
76
63
Median hourly rate
£23.00
£34.75
£27.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.81%
+26.36%
-1.79%
10th Percentile
£13.00
£10.75
£12.80
90th Percentile
£53.25
£52.50
£47.40
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£41.13
£31.00
% change year-on-year
-14.89%
+32.66%
-19.48%
Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.
Software Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Bristol.
Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 July 2020.
Software Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Bristol.
Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Bristol
For the 6 months to 10 July 2020, Software Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
Software Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in Bristol by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
