Software Engineer Contracts in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Nottinghamshire is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 3.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £203 - -
25th Percentile £410 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
75th Percentile £510 - -
90th Percentile £519 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £575 £425
% change year-on-year -17.39% +35.29% -15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Nottinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire with a recognized job title 120 153 252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.11% 96.23% 99.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 83 207
10th Percentile £208 £205 £290
25th Percentile £376 £345 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -10.00% +5.71%
75th Percentile £522 £575 £700
90th Percentile £571 £660 £743
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 15
10th Percentile - £12.28 £11.32
25th Percentile - £12.75 £13.73
Median hourly rate £11.44 £14.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -30.00% +47.28%
75th Percentile £12.55 £14.99 £26.48
90th Percentile £23.34 £16.90 £30.75
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
% change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottinghamshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottingham - 5 £490 - 51
Software Engineer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Nottinghamshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) REST
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) React
2 4 (80.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Relational Database
3 3 (60.00%) .NET Core
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) AWS CodeBuild
3 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (60.00%) C#
3 3 (60.00%) .NET
3 3 (60.00%) MySQL
3 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 3 (60.00%) Git
3 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) JIRA
4 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
5 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (20.00%) A/B Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Next.js
5 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Algorithms

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) AWS CodeBuild
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL
1 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (60.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (20.00%) NetBeans
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) React
1 4 (80.00%) REST
2 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 3 (60.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (20.00%) Express.js
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) Next.js
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js
3 1 (20.00%) POSIX
3 1 (20.00%) Redux
3 1 (20.00%) Sass
3 1 (20.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (20.00%) A/B Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (80.00%) TypeScript
2 3 (60.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) MISRA
1 1 (20.00%) MISRA C
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) QNX