Software Engineering Contracts in Nottingham

Software Engineering
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Nottingham 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 14 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +19 -19
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 8 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 7.08% 9.70% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 12.04% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £72 - £367
25th Percentile £326 £663 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £675 £475
Median % change year-on-year -27.41% +42.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £512 £688 £513
90th Percentile £520 - -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £490 £675 £425
% change year-on-year -27.41% +58.82% -15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 99 108 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 87.61% 80.60% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 56 178
10th Percentile £289 £234 £321
25th Percentile £410 £372 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -5.24% +10.53%
75th Percentile £530 £578 £700
90th Percentile £571 £663 £743
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 10
10th Percentile £14.04 £11.95 £10.85
25th Percentile £14.39 £12.75 £11.80
Median hourly rate £14.96 £13.89 £20.84
Median % change year-on-year +7.74% -33.36% +111.09%
75th Percentile £15.54 £17.31 £25.43
90th Percentile £15.88 £23.95 £28.88
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.22% -28.65% +47.28%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Nottingham

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Nottingham.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Nottingham

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Nottingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Nottingham

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Nottingham.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Nottingham

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
2 4 (50.00%) AWS CodeBuild
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) MySQL
1 4 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Git
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (25.00%) NetBeans
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior C# Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) .NET
1 5 (62.50%) React
1 5 (62.50%) REST
2 3 (37.50%) .NET Core
3 2 (25.00%) POSIX
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (12.50%) Express.js
4 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (12.50%) Next.js
4 1 (12.50%) Node.js
4 1 (12.50%) Redux
4 1 (12.50%) Sass
4 1 (12.50%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 5 (62.50%) Microservices
3 4 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (37.50%) Code Quality
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
6 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
6 1 (12.50%) Physics
6 1 (12.50%) Product Management
6 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
6 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
1 5 (62.50%) TypeScript
2 2 (25.00%) C
2 2 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
1 2 (25.00%) MISRA
1 2 (25.00%) MISRA C
1 2 (25.00%) QA
1 2 (25.00%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (12.50%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) QNX
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe