Software Engineer Contracts in East London

Software Engineer
London > East London

The median Software Engineer daily rate in East London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 29 33
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 2.78% 1.79% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.26% 2.04% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £681 £571 £503
25th Percentile £754 £584 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £610 £525
Median % change year-on-year +47.54% +16.19% -9.48%
75th Percentile £925 £614 £631
90th Percentile - £617 £688
London median daily rate £750 £700 £625
% change year-on-year +7.14% +12.00% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East London. 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 East London with a recognized job title 92 147 232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.19% 87.50% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 131 193
10th Percentile £202 £280 £180
25th Percentile £358 £380 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £485 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -10.19% +2.86%
75th Percentile £591 £586 £650
90th Percentile £683 £644 £770
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - £21.14 £20.64
25th Percentile £23.33 £21.21 £23.20
Median hourly rate £32.00 £22.00 £27.47
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -19.90% +1.80%
75th Percentile £40.00 £22.44 £31.73
90th Percentile £53.50 £23.23 £34.29
London median hourly rate £29.54 £34.25 £38.00
% change year-on-year -13.77% -9.87% +13.43%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in East London

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in East London

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in East London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in East London

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in East London

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the East London region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Docklands, London +4 2 £900 +46.94%
Tower Hamlets - 1 £665 -
Software Engineer
London

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, 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 East London region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Multithreading
2 2 (66.67%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) FX Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (33.33%) Rust
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Go

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) FX Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 2 (66.67%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Go
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Rust
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree