Software Engineering
Scotland > Fife
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Fife 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 | 4 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fife | 30.00% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 37.50% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £478 | £498 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.02% | +4.74% | -9.52% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Fife
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 Fife.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fife | 80.00% | 76.92% | 64.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £242 | £158 |
| 25th Percentile | £202 | £268 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £294 | £310 | £185 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.32% | +67.57% | -55.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £391 | £365 | £315 |
| 90th Percentile | £446 | £398 | £510 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £463 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.63% | - | +2.15% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.51 | £21.64 | £59.03 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.46% | -63.34% | +16.27% |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £21.59 | £19.34 | £17.72 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.66% | +9.11% | -55.69% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Fife.
Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Fife
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Fife.
Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Fife
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Fife.
Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Fife
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Fife region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenrothes | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Software Engineering Scotland |
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Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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:
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