Lead Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hook

Lead Software Engineer
Hampshire > Hook

The median Lead Software Engineer daily rate in Hook is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hook 7.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £588 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hook

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hook. 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 Hook with a recognized job title 12 4 8
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 100.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 6
10th Percentile £385 £365 £343
25th Percentile £413 £447 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £510 £580
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -12.07% +0.87%
75th Percentile £850 £548 £595
90th Percentile - £579 -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26.45
25th Percentile - - £27.13
Median hourly rate - - £29.50
75th Percentile - - £31.13
90th Percentile - - £31.35
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.50% -12.82% +4.27%

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hook

For the 6 months to 19 June 2026, Lead Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hook region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hook 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP