Software Engineer Contracts in Oxford

Software Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Engineer daily rate in Oxford.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 4.17% 3.85% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.44% 4.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate - £450 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -30.77% +23.81% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 45 88 121
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 84.62% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 61 89
10th Percentile £204 £180 £260
25th Percentile £362 £355 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £669 £525 £525
90th Percentile £700 £600 £614
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 6
10th Percentile £22.44 £12.18 -
25th Percentile £23.50 £13.00 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £15.48 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +190.70% -14.38% -9.60%
75th Percentile £46.30 £47.75 £24.02
90th Percentile £46.78 £65.00 £26.75
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £25.95
% change year-on-year +42.36% -24.86% +29.75%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Oxford

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Oxford

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Oxford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford

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 Oxford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) FPGA
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) RS-232
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Intel
2 1 (50.00%) Siemens
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) VHDL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) RS-232
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens