Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in High Wycombe

Software Engineering
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in High Wycombe requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in High Wycombe 20.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 - -
75th Percentile £387 - -
90th Percentile £423 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £361 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -35.48% +1.82% -1.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
High Wycombe

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 High Wycombe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in High Wycombe 70.00% 83.33% 73.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 2
10th Percentile - £150 £206
25th Percentile £356 £152 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -33.33%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £440
90th Percentile £638 £624 £494
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £501 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £17.11 - -
25th Percentile £19.34 £23.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -12.73% +77.42%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.50 £29.38
90th Percentile - - £29.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £38.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% +59.38% +50.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in High Wycombe

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in High Wycombe

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Android Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Android Development
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft