Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Shefford

Software Engineer
Bedfordshire > Shefford

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Shefford is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shefford 13.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 £650 £425
% change year-on-year -19.23% +52.94% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Shefford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shefford. 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 Shefford with a recognized job title 12 0 0
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £322 - -
25th Percentile £410 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - +5.00%

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shefford

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Shefford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering

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

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering