Software Engineering Contracts in the City of London
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 18 January 2021 with a comparison to the 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.
Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
1,831
4,367
6,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
89.19%
88.56%
88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,356
3,427
4,739
Median daily rate
£525
£513
£513
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.44%
-
+2.50%
10th Percentile
£313
£319
£315
90th Percentile
£688
£675
£675
Central London median daily rate
£514
£510
£513
% change year-on-year
+0.78%
-0.49%
+2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted
23
49
66
Median hourly rate
£26.50
£20.00
£19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.50%
+5.26%
+1.60%
10th Percentile
£13.63
£12.03
£13.00
90th Percentile
£46.00
£52.25
£28.75
Median hourly rate
£27.00
£20.42
£19.25
% change year-on-year
+32.26%
+6.05%
-3.75%
Software Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Software Engineering Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the City of London.
Software Engineering Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 January 2021.
Software Engineering Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the City of London.
Software Engineering Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 18 January 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Software Engineering.
Software Engineering Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London 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:
