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The median contractor rate for a Software Engineer was £510 per day in advertised job vacancies in England during the 6 months to 30 May 2020. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Software Engineer |
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6 months to
30 May 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
154 |
192 |
216 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+38 |
+24 |
+37 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
712 |
1,239 |
1,196 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England |
1.71% |
1.49% |
1.29% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.83% |
1.58% |
1.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
454 |
625 |
646 |
| Median daily rate |
£510 |
£450 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+13.22% |
- |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£357 |
£325 |
£319 |
| 90th Percentile |
£700 |
£600 |
£625 |
| UK median daily rate |
£500 |
£450 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
- |
+5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
83 |
196 |
207 |
| Median hourly rate |
£47.50 |
£45.00 |
£43.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
+4.65% |
+1.18% |
| 10th Percentile |
£37.22 |
£38.75 |
£32.80 |
| 90th Percentile |
£53.66 |
£53.75 |
£50.00 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£47.50 |
£45.00 |
£42.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
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The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies England |
| Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title |
38,996 |
78,515 |
87,562 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.78% |
94.56% |
94.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
24,922 |
52,137 |
57,889 |
| Median daily rate |
£475 |
£475 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.56% |
+4.65% |
| 10th Percentile |
£255 |
£280 |
£275 |
| 90th Percentile |
£663 |
£650 |
£638 |
| UK median daily rate |
£466 |
£472 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.27% |
+4.89% |
+5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1,555 |
2,443 |
2,754 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.50 |
£19.50 |
£18.70 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+10.26% |
+4.28% |
-1.58% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.02 |
£11.17 |
£11.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.75 |
£51.25 |
£48.57 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.50 |
£19.03 |
£18.11 |
| % change year-on-year |
+12.98% |
+5.08% |
-4.58% |
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Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in England.
Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2020.
Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in England.
Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2020.
Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 30 May 2020, Software Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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