Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Software Engineering
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Fareham requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 1.71% - 7.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% - 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -47.22%
75th Percentile - - £544
90th Percentile - - £578
Hampshire median daily rate £546 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +6.59% +2.50% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Fareham

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 Fareham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85 24 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham 72.65% 92.31% 69.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 16 12
10th Percentile £281 - £306
25th Percentile £413 £256 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £323 £413
Median % change year-on-year +62.35% -21.61% +0.61%
75th Percentile £538 £465 £509
90th Percentile £580 £488 £598
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £580
% change year-on-year +2.33% -7.33% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile - - £19.13
25th Percentile - - £30.75
Median hourly rate £13.45 - £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +259.16%
75th Percentile £14.97 - £78.75
90th Percentile £16.88 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.75 £37.44 £57.35
% change year-on-year +27.53% -34.71% +9.24%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Fareham

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

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

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

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Fareham

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

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

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Qt Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Qt
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Ada
2 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM