Control Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Control Software Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Control Software Engineer daily rate in Oxford is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Control Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 1.75% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 53 32 84
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 96.97% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 20 61
10th Percentile £204 £246 £150
25th Percentile £344 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +31.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £603 £525
90th Percentile £633 £700 £575
Oxfordshire median daily rate £445 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -11.00% +25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.00 £14.24
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% +75.56% -43.04%
75th Percentile £26.95 £37.00 £35.75
90th Percentile £28.03 £43.30 £65.00
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £20.18 £27.76 £19.50
% change year-on-year -27.31% +42.36% -25.00%

Control Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Control Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxford region featuring Control Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto

Control Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C