Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Redhill

Software Engineering
Surrey > Redhill

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Redhill requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 4 14 2
As % of all contract jobs in Redhill 10.26% 22.22% 8.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.81% 25.45% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £525
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Redhill

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 Redhill.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37 55 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Redhill 94.87% 87.30% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 44 19
10th Percentile £463 £358 £313
25th Percentile £475 £444 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% - -
75th Percentile £673 £552 £563
90th Percentile £700 £575 £565
Surrey median daily rate £475 £475 £513
% change year-on-year - -7.32% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £58.50
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - -78.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile - £13.75 £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £63.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -61.62% +40.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Redhill

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Redhill.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Redhill

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Redhill

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Redhill citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Redhill citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Redhill

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Redhill citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Redhill citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Redhill 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) NFC
1 4 (100.00%) PPP
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (100.00%) Valgrind
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Development Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Software Development Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) JSON
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 4 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Python