Software Engineer Contracts in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer daily rate in the South East is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 June 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
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 126 155
Rank change year-on-year +53 +29 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 141 94 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.50% 1.68% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 1.78% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 49 64
10th Percentile £125 £404 £400
25th Percentile £388 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +19.92%
75th Percentile £575 £565 £650
90th Percentile £645 £588 £714
England median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 20 14
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £46.25
25th Percentile £51.06 £50.94 £47.77
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% +8.10% +14.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.63 £55.19
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.88 £57.93
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +30.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,199 5,293 7,364
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.64% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,066 3,665 5,057
10th Percentile £234 £213 £207
25th Percentile £400 £385 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £590
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 234 311
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.27 £16.18
Median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +17 82 £538 +1.42% 34
Thames Valley +21 29 £500 - 58
Berkshire +1 17 £600 +23.08% 20
Oxfordshire +10 9 £450 - 26
Surrey +7 9 £450 -13.88% 16
Middlesex - 7 - -
Sussex - 6 - - 2
West Sussex +7 5 £550 - 17
Buckinghamshire +26 3 £450 -18.18% 12
Kent +3 1 - - 7
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 South East region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 140 (99.29%) Software Engineering
2 53 (37.59%) C++
3 43 (30.50%) Agile
4 37 (26.24%) Linux
5 36 (25.53%) Git
6 35 (24.82%) Scrum
7 34 (24.11%) C
8 32 (22.70%) Security Cleared
9 31 (21.99%) Java
10 30 (21.28%) JIRA
11 26 (18.44%) Firmware
11 26 (18.44%) SC Cleared
12 25 (17.73%) Software-Defined Radio
13 24 (17.02%) Aerospace
14 22 (15.60%) JavaScript
15 21 (14.89%) Windows
16 20 (14.18%) UML
16 20 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
17 19 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 19 (13.48%) Degree
18 18 (12.77%) Computer Science
18 18 (12.77%) Python
18 18 (12.77%) Confluence
18 18 (12.77%) Bitbucket
18 18 (12.77%) Jenkins
19 17 (12.06%) HTML
19 17 (12.06%) CSS
20 16 (11.35%) Validation
20 16 (11.35%) Kanban
20 16 (11.35%) Google

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (12.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) Apache
2 1 (0.71%) Apache Solr
2 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.71%) MTS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.80%) AWS
1 11 (7.80%) Azure
2 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (2.13%) GCP
3 2 (1.42%) GitHub
3 2 (1.42%) Google App Engine
4 1 (0.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.71%) Figma
4 1 (0.71%) npm
4 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (17.73%) Software-Defined Radio
2 16 (11.35%) SNMP
3 6 (4.26%) 802.11
3 6 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.55%) Link 16
4 5 (3.55%) Tactical Data Link
5 4 (2.84%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.84%) Wireless
6 2 (1.42%) HTTP
6 2 (1.42%) J1939
7 1 (0.71%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.71%) RS-232
7 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.13%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.42%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.42%) MySQL
3 2 (1.42%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.71%) Couchbase
4 1 (0.71%) CouchDB
4 1 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.71%) Metadata
4 1 (0.71%) Redis
4 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (25.53%) Git
2 30 (21.28%) JIRA
3 18 (12.77%) Bitbucket
3 18 (12.77%) Jenkins
4 16 (11.35%) Eclipse
5 13 (9.22%) GoogleTest
5 13 (9.22%) Robot Framework
6 7 (4.96%) GitLab
6 7 (4.96%) Selenium
7 6 (4.26%) Cucumber
7 6 (4.26%) Subversion
8 5 (3.55%) REST Assured
8 5 (3.55%) SonarQube
9 4 (2.84%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.42%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.71%) ClearCase
11 1 (0.71%) ClearQuest
11 1 (0.71%) NUnit
11 1 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (17.02%) Aerospace
2 15 (10.64%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.09%) Electronics
4 9 (6.38%) Automotive
5 6 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.55%) Law
7 4 (2.84%) Billing
7 4 (2.84%) Police
8 3 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.42%) Aviation
9 2 (1.42%) Finance
10 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.71%) Publishing
10 1 (0.71%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.06%) CSS
1 17 (12.06%) HTML
2 11 (7.80%) REST
3 10 (7.09%) Node.js
4 9 (6.38%) RESTful
5 7 (4.96%) .NET
6 6 (4.26%) 802.1X
6 6 (4.26%) ARM Templates
6 6 (4.26%) Java EE
6 6 (4.26%) XML
7 5 (3.55%) AngularJS
7 5 (3.55%) Kafka
7 5 (3.55%) React
8 4 (2.84%) React Native
8 4 (2.84%) SOAP
9 3 (2.13%) .NET Core
9 3 (2.13%) .NET Framework
9 3 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.42%) GraphQL
10 2 (1.42%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.55%) Algorithms
2 4 (2.84%) Device Driver
3 2 (1.42%) CAN bus
3 2 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.71%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (0.71%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.71%) GPGPU
4 1 (0.71%) IoT
4 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (26.24%) Linux
2 21 (14.89%) Windows
3 7 (4.96%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.42%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (99.29%) Software Engineering
2 43 (30.50%) Agile
3 35 (24.82%) Scrum
4 20 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (14.18%) UML
5 19 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (12.77%) Computer Science
7 16 (11.35%) Kanban
7 16 (11.35%) Validation
8 15 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
8 15 (10.64%) OO
9 14 (9.93%) SysML
10 12 (8.51%) DevOps
11 11 (7.80%) Test Automation
11 11 (7.80%) Verification and Validation
12 9 (6.38%) Prototyping
13 8 (5.67%) Clean Code
13 8 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (5.67%) Technical Leadership
14 7 (4.96%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (37.59%) C++
2 34 (24.11%) C
3 31 (21.99%) Java
4 22 (15.60%) JavaScript
5 18 (12.77%) Python
6 14 (9.93%) C#
7 10 (7.09%) Embedded C
7 10 (7.09%) Perl
8 6 (4.26%) Bash
8 6 (4.26%) SQL
8 6 (4.26%) Tcl
9 5 (3.55%) Ada
9 5 (3.55%) Ada 95
9 5 (3.55%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.84%) Assembly Language
10 4 (2.84%) MATLAB
11 3 (2.13%) Go
11 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.42%) PHP
12 2 (1.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 26 (18.44%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.48%) Degree
4 8 (5.67%) Master's Degree
5 7 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.26%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.84%) PhD
8 1 (0.71%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.84%) JTAG
2 3 (2.13%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 26 (18.44%) Firmware
2 8 (5.67%) Docker
3 5 (3.55%) VirtualBox
4 4 (2.84%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.96%) Ansible
1 7 (4.96%) Terraform
2 6 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.55%) Docker Swarm
3 5 (3.55%) Podman
4 2 (1.42%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.71%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (11.35%) Google
2 13 (9.22%) Atlassian
3 4 (2.84%) Oracle
4 2 (1.42%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (1.42%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.42%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.71%) Cadence
5 1 (0.71%) Compaq
5 1 (0.71%) HP
5 1 (0.71%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.71%) QNX
5 1 (0.71%) Sparx
5 1 (0.71%) VMware