Software Engineer
West Midlands > Herefordshire
The median Software Engineer daily rate in Herefordshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | - | 16 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Herefordshire | 4.55% | - | 2.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 5.00% | - | 2.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | - | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | - | £420 |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | - | £430 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -7.41% | +6.93% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Herefordshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Herefordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in Herefordshire with a recognized job title | 20 | 34 | 44 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 90.91% | 68.00% | 95.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £380 | £513 | £410 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £525 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £550 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.27% | -12.00% | +38.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £800 | £584 | £681 |
| 90th Percentile | £900 | £850 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £485 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.77% | -2.25% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.51 | £50.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -62.98% | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.07 | £22.25 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.81% | +14.10% | +12.85% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire.
Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Herefordshire.
Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Herefordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Herefordshire.
Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Herefordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Herefordshire 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 |
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| Hereford | - | 1 | £525 | - | 4 |
| Software Engineer West Midlands |
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Herefordshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Herefordshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Herefordshire 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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