The median Software Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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 18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
35
14
28
Rank change year-on-year
-21
+14
+20
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer
61
111
109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the 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
1,092
1,352
1,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
84.19%
88.37%
89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted
485
548
985
10th Percentile
£186
£200
£200
25th Percentile
£363
£300
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£450
£488
Median % change year-on-year
+11.11%
-7.69%
+2.63%
75th Percentile
£595
£569
£600
90th Percentile
£688
£603
£712
England median daily rate
£508
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-3.33%
-4.55%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
261
357
261
10th Percentile
£14.50
£14.50
£13.41
25th Percentile
£17.50
£21.37
£17.72
Median hourly rate
£40.00
£47.50
£41.80
Median % change year-on-year
-15.79%
+13.64%
+111.00%
75th Percentile
£65.00
£64.25
£65.00
90th Percentile
£80.00
£69.25
£84.36
England median hourly rate
£25.15
£46.18
£45.00
% change year-on-year
-45.54%
+2.62%
+73.08%
Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.
Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.
Software Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
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 Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England
For the 6 months to 18 September 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 of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
Software Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:
