Software Engineer Contracts in Leeds

Software Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Leeds is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 82 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 11 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.35% 0.67% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 0.68% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 14
10th Percentile £271 £450 £425
25th Percentile £291 £456 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £485 £488
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% -0.51% +30.43%
75th Percentile £450 £606 £536
90th Percentile £475 £693 £670
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -16.67% +1.05% +27.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 752 1,170 1,479
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 98.48% 97.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 848 1,099
10th Percentile £300 £361 £262
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £626 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 22
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £15.16
25th Percentile £12.25 £15.75 £18.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £21.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.42% +1.18% +1.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £56.00 £26.50
90th Percentile - £63.75 £28.60
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.27 £20.00 £18.25
% change year-on-year -8.65% +9.59% -12.05%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Leeds.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 17 June 2024, 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 Leeds region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
3 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
4 4 (36.36%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (36.36%) AWS
5 3 (27.27%) jQuery
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
5 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
6 2 (18.18%) Full Stack Development
6 2 (18.18%) Microservices
6 2 (18.18%) React
6 2 (18.18%) React Native
6 2 (18.18%) Kotlin
6 2 (18.18%) Node.js
6 2 (18.18%) GCP
6 2 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (18.18%) Drupal
6 2 (18.18%) DevOps
6 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 2 (18.18%) Python
6 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 2 (18.18%) PHP
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) C#
6 2 (18.18%) HTML
6 2 (18.18%) CSS
6 2 (18.18%) Android
7 1 (9.09%) Domain-Driven Design

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) jQuery
2 2 (18.18%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 2 (18.18%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) Node.js
2 2 (18.18%) React
2 2 (18.18%) React Native
3 1 (9.09%) .NET Core
3 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET
3 1 (9.09%) CSS3
3 1 (9.09%) FHIR
3 1 (9.09%) HTML5
3 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (18.18%) Microservices
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (9.09%) CQRS
6 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
6 1 (9.09%) Domain-Driven Design
6 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
6 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Software Architecture
6 1 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Kotlin
2 2 (18.18%) PHP
2 2 (18.18%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) Scala
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) HL7
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes