The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
3
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorchester
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 Dorchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
2
0
1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorchester
66.67%
-
50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted
2
0
1
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
£663
-
-
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£675
-
£160
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
-69.95%
75th Percentile
£688
-
-
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Dorset median daily rate
£475
£425
£488
% change year-on-year
+11.76%
-12.82%
+2.63%
Software Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Dorchester
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorchester.
Software Engineering Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Dorchester.
Software Engineering Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Dorchester.
Software Engineering Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Software Engineering also mentioned 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 Dorchester region with a requirement for Software Engineering.
Software Engineering Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorchester 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:
