Software Engineering Contracts in Farnborough

Software Engineering
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Farnborough requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 22 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 +16
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 4 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Farnborough 2.20% 2.90% 11.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 3.64% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £611 £700
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% -12.68% +16.67%
75th Percentile £475 £682 -
90th Percentile - £700 -
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £450 £540
% change year-on-year +17.78% -16.67% -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £52.44
25th Percentile - - £54.88
Median hourly rate - - £59.75
75th Percentile - - £64.63
90th Percentile - - £66.06
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £58.70
% change year-on-year - +6.47% +17.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90 110 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 98.90% 79.71% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 39 69
10th Percentile £379 £371 £309
25th Percentile £425 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £538
90th Percentile £646 £750 £640
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 22
10th Percentile £70.50 - £36.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £59.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +73.19%
75th Percentile - - £68.44
90th Percentile £76.13 - £74.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Farnborough

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Farnborough.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Farnborough

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Farnborough.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Farnborough

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Farnborough 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Go
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware