Software Engineer Contracts in Portsmouth

Software Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £67 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 33 37
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 44 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 14.62% 4.33% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.88% 4.55% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £59 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £67 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -86.60% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile - £550 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £540 £562 £625
% change year-on-year -3.91% -10.08% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 3 2
10th Percentile £51.06 £54.88 £49.08
25th Percentile £59.00 £54.92 £49.82
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.91 £51.68
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% +13.98% +16.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.12 £54.17
90th Percentile £65.40 £69.61 £55.29
Hampshire median hourly rate £61.25 £59.33 £51.25
% change year-on-year +3.24% +15.76% +13.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 277 242 266
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 95.28% 96.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 147 104
10th Percentile £400 £201 £165
25th Percentile £450 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% +4.71% +4.37%
75th Percentile £663 £570 £588
90th Percentile £825 £643 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 20 61
10th Percentile £48.92 £43.00 £16.30
25th Percentile £53.40 £51.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £59.00 £57.20 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% +37.84% -5.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.86 £70.13 £67.80
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £22.25
% change year-on-year +9.24% +135.96% -21.31%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Portsmouth region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (47.73%) Software-Defined Radio
3 19 (43.18%) Firmware
4 18 (40.91%) Java
5 16 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (34.09%) C++
6 15 (34.09%) Agile
7 13 (29.55%) Linux
8 12 (27.27%) UML
8 12 (27.27%) Validation
9 11 (25.00%) SNMP
9 11 (25.00%) Windows
9 11 (25.00%) Eclipse
9 11 (25.00%) Git
10 10 (22.73%) SysML
10 10 (22.73%) Prototyping
10 10 (22.73%) Verification and Validation
10 10 (22.73%) HTML
10 10 (22.73%) JavaScript
10 10 (22.73%) CSS
11 9 (20.45%) Scrum
11 9 (20.45%) Robot Framework
11 9 (20.45%) Confluence
11 9 (20.45%) GoogleTest
11 9 (20.45%) Bitbucket
11 9 (20.45%) JIRA
11 9 (20.45%) Google
11 9 (20.45%) Atlassian
12 6 (13.64%) Aerospace
13 4 (9.09%) Software Testing

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (20.45%) Confluence
2 1 (2.27%) MTS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (47.73%) Software-Defined Radio
2 11 (25.00%) SNMP
3 2 (4.55%) RS-232
4 1 (2.27%) WAN
Development Applications
1 11 (25.00%) Eclipse
1 11 (25.00%) Git
2 9 (20.45%) Bitbucket
2 9 (20.45%) GoogleTest
2 9 (20.45%) JIRA
2 9 (20.45%) Robot Framework
3 3 (6.82%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (13.64%) Aerospace
2 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.27%) Electronics
3 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.73%) CSS
1 10 (22.73%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (29.55%) Linux
2 11 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 16 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (34.09%) Agile
4 12 (27.27%) UML
4 12 (27.27%) Validation
5 10 (22.73%) Prototyping
5 10 (22.73%) SysML
5 10 (22.73%) Verification and Validation
6 9 (20.45%) Scrum
7 4 (9.09%) Software Testing
8 3 (6.82%) Architectural Design
9 2 (4.55%) Change Management
9 2 (4.55%) Computer Science
9 2 (4.55%) Data Management
9 2 (4.55%) OOD
9 2 (4.55%) SDLC
9 2 (4.55%) User Stories
10 1 (2.27%) OO
10 1 (2.27%) Software Delivery
10 1 (2.27%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.91%) Java
2 15 (34.09%) C++
3 10 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.82%) C
5 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (2.27%) Chartered Engineer
System Software
1 19 (43.18%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) Atlassian
1 9 (20.45%) Google
2 2 (4.55%) Sitecore