Software Engineering
Central London > City of Westminster
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +3 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Engineering | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of Westminster | 4.44% | 2.08% | 3.45% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.26% | 2.17% | 4.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £543 | - | £515 |
| 25th Percentile | £550 | - | £556 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | - | £675 |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | - | £806 |
| 90th Percentile | £658 | - | £855 |
| Central London median daily rate | £650 | £588 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.64% | -9.62% | +6.56% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
City of Westminster
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 the City of Westminster.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 38 | 46 | 43 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster | 84.44% | 95.83% | 74.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 25 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £357 | £440 | £264 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £450 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £563 | £540 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -10.00% | +26.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £647 | £594 | £850 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £753 | £868 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -4.17% | +4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | - | £26.00 |
| Central London median hourly rate | £28.33 | £35.00 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.07% | +34.62% | -38.10% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.
Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Software Engineering.
Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | - | 1 | £575 | - | 2 |
| Mayfair | - | 1 | £625 | - | |
| Software Engineering Central London |
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Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:
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