Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Software Engineering
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 12 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 4.55% 23.53% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 28.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £644 £330 -
25th Percentile £653 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% - -
75th Percentile £709 £397 -
90th Percentile £711 £425 -
Suffolk median daily rate £550 £375 -
% change year-on-year +46.67% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 42 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 86.36% 82.35% 97.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 46
10th Percentile £363 £300 £238
25th Percentile £425 £363 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £647
90th Percentile £713 £600 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £450 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +2.86% -7.89% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £15.84 - £16.23
25th Percentile £16.36 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £17.46 £70.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -75.06% +152.25% +73.44%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £35.31
90th Percentile £18.68 - £39.48
Suffolk median hourly rate £23.75 £61.25 £41.50
% change year-on-year -61.22% +47.59% +159.38%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared