Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Hartlepool

Software Engineering
Durham > Hartlepool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hartlepool requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hartlepool 28.57% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Durham median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hartlepool

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 Hartlepool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hartlepool 57.14% 100.00% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £142 - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 - -
75th Percentile £227 - -
90th Percentile £244 - -
Durham median daily rate £247 £538 £425
% change year-on-year -54.14% +26.47% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £20.77
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median hourly rate £70.00 £20.75 £15.46
% change year-on-year +237.35% +34.22% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hartlepool

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Hartlepool

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hartlepool 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WinCC
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Motion Control
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) HNC
1 1 (50.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens