Software Engineering Contracts in Bristol

Software Engineering
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 57 105 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 9.71% 9.87% 7.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.54% 12.08% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 33
10th Percentile - £458 £392
25th Percentile £355 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -29.05% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £650
90th Percentile £623 £600 £733
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £577
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.01% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 71 50
10th Percentile £62.05 £52.50 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.91
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +6.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £68.00 - £70.30
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -3.57% +6.87% +0.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 541 869 1,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.16% 81.67% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 481 698
10th Percentile £221 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.22% +3.33%
75th Percentile £561 £600 £638
90th Percentile £649 £675 £719
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 199 203
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £22.10 £45.70 £9.80
Median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% +27.78%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.50 £80.00 £79.30
South West median hourly rate £36.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.55% -8.33% +27.66%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.54%) AWS
2 9 (15.79%) Azure
2 9 (15.79%) GCP
3 2 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.75%) GitHub
4 1 (1.75%) npm
4 1 (1.75%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (1.75%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Artifactory
1 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
1 1 (1.75%) Eclipse
1 1 (1.75%) Git
1 1 (1.75%) GitLab
1 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
1 1 (1.75%) SonarQube
1 1 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.75%) webpack
General
1 11 (19.30%) Finance
1 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Marketing
3 9 (15.79%) Electronics
3 9 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 9 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 6 (10.53%) Law
5 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Banking
6 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Military
6 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 18 (31.58%) Support Engineer
3 14 (24.56%) Developer
4 11 (19.30%) Product Engineer
4 11 (19.30%) Products Support Engineer
4 11 (19.30%) Software Support Engineer
5 9 (15.79%) Java Engineer
5 9 (15.79%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (14.04%) Applications Support
6 8 (14.04%) Java Software Engineer
6 8 (14.04%) Linux Support
6 8 (14.04%) Linux Support Engineer
7 7 (12.28%) Applications Developer
7 7 (12.28%) Applications Engineer
7 7 (12.28%) Applications Support Engineer
8 6 (10.53%) Azure Developer
8 6 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (10.53%) C# Application Developer
8 6 (10.53%) C# Developer
8 6 (10.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (49.12%) Middleware
2 10 (17.54%) Qt
3 9 (15.79%) CSS
3 9 (15.79%) HTML
4 8 (14.04%) .NET
5 5 (8.77%) React
6 2 (3.51%) Spring
6 2 (3.51%) Web Services
7 1 (1.75%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (1.75%) Jest
7 1 (1.75%) Node.js
7 1 (1.75%) REST
7 1 (1.75%) RESTful
7 1 (1.75%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (29.82%) Linux
2 13 (22.81%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.05%) CI/CD
2 11 (19.30%) User Experience
3 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
3 10 (17.54%) Continuous Delivery
3 10 (17.54%) Continuous Integration
3 10 (17.54%) Software Delivery
3 10 (17.54%) Test Automation
4 9 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (15.79%) Digital Marketing
4 9 (15.79%) Programme Management
4 9 (15.79%) TDD
5 8 (14.04%) Agile
5 8 (14.04%) Service Delivery
5 8 (14.04%) Service Management
5 8 (14.04%) Web Development
6 6 (10.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 4 (7.02%) DevOps
7 4 (7.02%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (7.02%) Multithreading
7 4 (7.02%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 35 (61.40%) Ada
2 28 (49.12%) C++
3 27 (47.37%) JavaScript
4 16 (28.07%) Java
5 14 (24.56%) C
6 13 (22.81%) Shell Script
7 10 (17.54%) C#
8 5 (8.77%) TypeScript
9 4 (7.02%) Python
10 2 (3.51%) Go
10 2 (3.51%) SQL
11 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 10 (17.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (17.54%) Degree
4 8 (14.04%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (35.09%) Def Stans
1 20 (35.09%) IEC 61508
2 10 (17.54%) MISRA
2 10 (17.54%) MISRA C
3 2 (3.51%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Ansible
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Red Hat
2 9 (15.79%) SAP
3 8 (14.04%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco
5 1 (1.75%) Genesys
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce