Software Engineer Contracts in Essex

Software Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Essex is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 34 58
Rank change year-on-year +19 +24 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 21 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 9.29% 1.26% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.77% 1.35% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £485 - -
25th Percentile £495 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £492
% change year-on-year - +1.63% +32.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 1
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £77.32
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% - +27.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 215 223 370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 93.31% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 134 228
10th Percentile £250 £160 £191
25th Percentile £350 £235 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £492
Median % change year-on-year - -8.54% +15.76%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £578
90th Percentile £600 £621 £631
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 16 37
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.40 £14.45
25th Percentile £16.65 £24.09 £18.55
Median hourly rate £40.31 £43.32 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +66.60% +13.31%
75th Percentile £80.00 £63.31 £35.20
90th Percentile - £69.51 £68.18
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -5.62%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Essex

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Essex

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Essex

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Essex

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in Essex

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Basildon +8 17 £600 - 2
Software Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Essex region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (33.33%) React
3 5 (23.81%) TypeScript
3 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
3 5 (23.81%) C
3 5 (23.81%) Embedded C
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (19.05%) HTML
4 4 (19.05%) Java
4 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
4 4 (19.05%) CSS
4 4 (19.05%) VPN
4 4 (19.05%) Firewall
4 4 (19.05%) Identity Management
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) DevOps
4 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (14.29%) Git
5 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Bash
5 3 (14.29%) GitHub
5 3 (14.29%) Jenkins
5 3 (14.29%) GCP
5 3 (14.29%) zsh
5 3 (14.29%) Front End Development
5 3 (14.29%) TDD
5 3 (14.29%) Pair Programming
5 3 (14.29%) Google

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) GCP
1 3 (14.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
1 4 (19.05%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
1 3 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) React
2 4 (19.05%) CSS
2 4 (19.05%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (19.05%) Agile
2 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
2 4 (19.05%) DevOps
2 4 (19.05%) Identity Management
2 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
2 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (14.29%) B2B
3 3 (14.29%) B2C
3 3 (14.29%) Clean Code
3 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 3 (14.29%) Front End Development
3 3 (14.29%) Pair Programming
3 3 (14.29%) TDD
3 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.52%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) C
1 5 (23.81%) Embedded C
1 5 (23.81%) TypeScript
2 4 (19.05%) Java
2 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
3 3 (14.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) zsh
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Google