Software Engineering Contracts in Hampshire

Software Engineering
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 32 31
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 +16
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 104 91 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 6.51% 6.48% 6.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.77% 7.30% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 49 61
10th Percentile £67 - £406
25th Percentile £400 £406 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £549
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -3.46% +9.80%
75th Percentile £563 £656 £669
90th Percentile £634 £695 £725
South East median daily rate £550 £530 £535
% change year-on-year +3.77% -0.98% +13.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 16 23
10th Percentile £46.25 £48.13 -
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.95 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.70 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.47% +17.41% +11.11%
75th Percentile £66.52 £65.34 £58.02
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.39 £79.65
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £50.25
% change year-on-year +8.70% +14.43% +11.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,338 1,246 1,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.78% 88.75% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 795 1,142
10th Percentile £388 £240 £310
25th Percentile £460 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.86% +5.00% +7.99%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £600
90th Percentile £738 £694 £688
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 104 152
10th Percentile £13.05 £18.25 £13.39
25th Percentile £25.52 £22.85 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £24.90
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +112.89% -23.40%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £48.62
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.63 £63.14
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Portsmouth +12 61 £400 -5.70% 10
Southampton 0 13 £450 -30.10% 19
Aldershot +2 12 £544 -3.25% 5
Basingstoke -13 8 - - 7
Farnborough -10 4 £611 -12.68% 9
Romsey -8 2 £750 +14.29% 11
Fareham +23 1 - - 19
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (0.96%) Apache Solr
2 1 (0.96%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.85%) Azure
2 3 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.92%) GCP
3 2 (1.92%) GitHub
3 2 (1.92%) Google App Engine
4 1 (0.96%) AWS
4 1 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (0.96%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.96%) npm
4 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (25.96%) Software-Defined Radio
2 17 (16.35%) SNMP
3 2 (1.92%) HTTP
3 2 (1.92%) J1939
3 2 (1.92%) RS-232
4 1 (0.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.88%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (2.88%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.88%) MySQL
3 2 (1.92%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.92%) CouchDB
3 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.96%) Couchbase
4 1 (0.96%) Metadata
4 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (20.19%) Git
2 17 (16.35%) Eclipse
3 16 (15.38%) Bitbucket
3 16 (15.38%) JIRA
4 15 (14.42%) GoogleTest
4 15 (14.42%) Robot Framework
5 6 (5.77%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (3.85%) ClearCase
6 4 (3.85%) ClearQuest
7 3 (2.88%) GitLab
7 3 (2.88%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.96%) MagicDraw
8 1 (0.96%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 18 (17.31%) Aerospace
2 12 (11.54%) Public Sector
3 9 (8.65%) Electronics
4 8 (7.69%) Automotive
5 3 (2.88%) Social Skills
6 2 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.92%) Aviation
6 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.92%) Military
7 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.96%) Publishing
7 1 (0.96%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 22 (21.15%) Embedded Engineer
2 22 (21.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 18 (17.31%) Senior
3 18 (17.31%) Senior Software Engineer
4 16 (15.38%) Developer
5 12 (11.54%) C++ Software Engineer
6 11 (10.58%) Software Test Engineer
6 11 (10.58%) Test Engineer
7 10 (9.62%) Java Engineer
7 10 (9.62%) Java Software Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Systems Test Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) C++ Developer
9 7 (6.73%) RF Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) RF Test Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) Software Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Lead
10 5 (4.81%) Principal Engineer
10 5 (4.81%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (18.27%) CSS
1 19 (18.27%) HTML
2 7 (6.73%) AngularJS
2 7 (6.73%) Node.js
3 5 (4.81%) RESTful
4 4 (3.85%) .NET
4 4 (3.85%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.85%) React
4 4 (3.85%) XML
5 3 (2.88%) JSON
6 2 (1.92%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.92%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.92%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (1.92%) Blazor
6 2 (1.92%) REST
6 2 (1.92%) Vue
6 2 (1.92%) WCF
7 1 (0.96%) CSS3
7 1 (0.96%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.96%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.69%) CCTV
2 4 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.92%) CAN bus
4 2 (1.92%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 41 (39.42%) Linux
2 22 (21.15%) Windows
3 1 (0.96%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (46.15%) Agile
2 30 (28.85%) Scrum
3 20 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (18.27%) UML
5 18 (17.31%) Validation
6 16 (15.38%) Prototyping
6 16 (15.38%) Verification and Validation
7 14 (13.46%) Kanban
7 14 (13.46%) SysML
8 12 (11.54%) OO
9 9 (8.65%) Refactoring
9 9 (8.65%) Software Testing
10 8 (7.69%) OCR
10 8 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (5.77%) DevOps
11 6 (5.77%) Full Stack Development
11 6 (5.77%) SDLC
11 6 (5.77%) Sprint Backlog
12 5 (4.81%) CI/CD
12 5 (4.81%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 43 (41.35%) C++
2 24 (23.08%) C
2 24 (23.08%) Java
3 23 (22.12%) JavaScript
4 16 (15.38%) C#
5 8 (7.69%) Embedded C
6 5 (4.81%) Python
7 2 (1.92%) Ada
7 2 (1.92%) Bash
7 2 (1.92%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.96%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.96%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.96%) PHP
8 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (32.69%) Security Cleared
2 26 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.73%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) Degree
5 1 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) ISO 9001
1 8 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.92%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.92%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.92%) DO-178B
2 2 (1.92%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.92%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) MISRA
3 1 (0.96%) MISRA C
System Software
1 23 (22.12%) Firmware
2 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.92%) VirtualBox
2 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.92%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 17 (16.35%) Google
2 13 (12.50%) Atlassian
3 4 (3.85%) HP
4 3 (2.88%) Sparx
5 2 (1.92%) IBM
5 2 (1.92%) QinetiQ
5 2 (1.92%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.92%) VMware
6 1 (0.96%) Compaq
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.96%) NVIDIA