Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Eastleigh

Software Engineering
Hampshire > Eastleigh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Eastleigh requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Eastleigh 13.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £530 £450
% change year-on-year +13.21% +17.78% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Eastleigh

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 Eastleigh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19 17 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Eastleigh 63.33% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 9
10th Percentile £451 £249 £389
25th Percentile £463 £281 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 - £500
90th Percentile - £538 -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.00
Median hourly rate - - £12.75
75th Percentile - - £13.00
90th Percentile - - £13.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +9.24%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Eastleigh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Eastleigh.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Eastleigh

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Eastleigh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Eastleigh citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Eastleigh citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Eastleigh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Eastleigh citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Eastleigh citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Eastleigh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#