Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Shefford

Software Engineering
Bedfordshire > Shefford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shefford requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shefford 46.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 63.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 £577 £438
% change year-on-year -17.64% +31.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shefford

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 Shefford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shefford 73.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £313 - -
25th Percentile £405 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -9.09% -3.93%

Software Engineering
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:

Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Platform Engineering