Software Engineer
Manchester > Salford
The median Software Engineer daily rate in Salford is £380, 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 | 9 | - | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Salford | 15.00% | - | 12.50% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 15.00% | - | 12.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £328 | - | £613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £380 | - | £625 |
| 75th Percentile | £390 | - | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £396 | - | £698 |
| Manchester median daily rate | £438 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | -4.55% | +29.41% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Salford
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salford. 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 Salford with a recognized job title | 20 | 24 | 39 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 100.00% | 92.31% | 97.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 9 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £374 | £248 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £375 | £488 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £425 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.18% | -29.17% | +52.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £716 | - | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £753 | £455 | £700 |
| Manchester median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £18.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -48.57% | +29.63% |
| Manchester median hourly rate | £24.50 | £25.10 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.37% | -28.30% | +100.00% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Salford.
Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Salford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Salford.
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford
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 Salford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford 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: