Software Engineering
West Lothian > Livingston
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Livingston requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 17 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -4 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Livingston | - | - | 4.08% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 4.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £625 |
| West Lothian median daily rate | - | - | £625 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Livingston
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 Livingston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 8 | 46 | 46 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Livingston | 80.00% | 93.88% | 93.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 23 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £140 | £84 | £120 |
| 25th Percentile | £156 | £353 | £130 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £188 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -60.53% | -5.00% | +12.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £194 | £568 | £614 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £590 | £650 |
| West Lothian median daily rate | £188 | £473 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -60.32% | -5.50% | +17.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.29 | - | £15.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.34 | - | £16.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.63 | £48.00 | £40.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.28% | +17.79% | +108.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.84 | - | £73.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.86 | - | £80.50 |
| West Lothian median hourly rate | £17.63 | £48.00 | £40.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -63.28% | +17.79% | +108.97% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Livingston.
Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Livingston
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Livingston.
Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Livingston
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Livingston.