Senior Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Senior Software Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 2 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.090% - 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% - 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile £763 - -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +5.00% -23.08% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.50
Median hourly rate - - £36.02
75th Percentile - - £36.57
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £64.75 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.15% +0.77% +23.81%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 2,022 836 1,677
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 86.99% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 437 749
10th Percentile £200 £200 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £514 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.15% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 168 591
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.71 £16.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £31.47 £44.10 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +2.56% +2.85%
75th Percentile £65.88 £73.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.46 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.65
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.14% -18.13%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 May 2026. 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
Essex - 1 £525 - 2
Hertfordshire - 1 £775 - 11
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Senior Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy