Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Leatherhead

Software Engineering
Surrey > Leatherhead

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leatherhead 3.95% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile £695 - -
Surrey median daily rate £525 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -12.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63 25 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leatherhead 82.89% 100.00% 97.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 25 47
10th Percentile £351 £180 £177
25th Percentile £463 £208 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -9.52% +162.50%
75th Percentile £538 £506 £638
90th Percentile £621 £560 £688
Surrey median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 11
10th Percentile £60.00 - -
25th Percentile - - £30.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.72%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £66.99 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +139.25% -37.78% -5.26%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Leatherhead

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

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

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

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

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leatherhead 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 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) OpenShift
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Programming
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kibana
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes