Software Engineer Contracts in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Cheltenham is £556 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 26 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 10 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 5.32% 7.45% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.85% 7.69% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 4
10th Percentile - £513 £436
25th Percentile £525 £522 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £638 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.75% +21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £733 £681 £588
90th Percentile £775 £753 -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £71.63 - -
25th Percentile £72.19 - -
Median hourly rate £73.75 - -
75th Percentile £74.69 - -
90th Percentile £74.88 - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £72.50 £75.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -3.97% +41.12% +7.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 171 156 117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 96.89% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 110 98
10th Percentile £363 £324 £176
25th Percentile £475 £506 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £584 £506
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +15.26% +6.58%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £588
90th Percentile £748 £750 £679
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.65 £67.10 £12.08
25th Percentile £70.38 £67.25 £12.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.00 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +535.29% -74.50%
75th Percentile £72.06 £92.25 £13.69
90th Percentile £74.13 £93.60 £14.03
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -45.21% +143.33% -40.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheltenham.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheltenham.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) DV Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) C
3 7 (70.00%) Java
4 6 (60.00%) AWS
4 6 (60.00%) Docker
5 5 (50.00%) Spring
5 5 (50.00%) Kubernetes
5 5 (50.00%) React
5 5 (50.00%) Spring Boot
5 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (40.00%) RESTful
6 4 (40.00%) Node.js
6 4 (40.00%) TypeScript
7 2 (20.00%) Jenkins
7 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 2 (20.00%) DevOps
7 2 (20.00%) Open Source
7 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
7 2 (20.00%) Agile
7 2 (20.00%) Linux
8 1 (10.00%) Python
8 1 (10.00%) PhD
8 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
8 1 (10.00%) Assembly Language
8 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
8 1 (10.00%) Unix
8 1 (10.00%) C++
8 1 (10.00%) Software Testing

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 (10.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (10.00%) Rational Team Concert
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) React
1 5 (50.00%) Spring
1 5 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 4 (40.00%) Node.js
2 4 (40.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (10.00%) Kafka
3 1 (10.00%) Lucene
3 1 (10.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) CentOS
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) BDD
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Product Management
3 1 (10.00%) Records Management
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Storyboarding
3 1 (10.00%) TDD
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (10.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C
1 7 (70.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (40.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (10.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PhD
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (10.00%) Wind River