Software Engineering
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 37 | 70 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -24 | +33 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Engineering | 110 | 252 | 172 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 3.35% | 4.44% | 2.92% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.69% | 5.36% | 3.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 67 | 130 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £334 | £400 | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.67% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £688 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £600 | £613 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.04% | +2.08% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 72 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £44.51 | £45.00 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £45.82 | £51.06 | £51.15 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.69 | £66.44 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.19% | +15.54% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.00 | £75.00 | £64.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.52 | - | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +13.04% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South East
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 the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,978 | 4,700 | 5,262 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 90.57% | 82.75% | 89.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,854 | 2,737 | 3,584 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £255 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -0.49% | +3.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £634 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £672 | £700 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £515 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 246 | 445 | 240 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.38 | £13.00 | £15.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.12 | £18.32 | £22.11 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -52.00% | - | +122.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £67.81 | £64.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £78.75 | £75.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £38.12 | £39.55 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.02% | -3.62% | +54.01% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.
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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 Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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 |
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| Thames Valley | -26 | 36 | £500 | -9.91% | 478 |
| Berkshire | -15 | 31 | £501 | -19.92% | 260 |
| Hampshire | -19 | 28 | £520 | +9.47% | 240 |
| Surrey | +11 | 17 | £475 | +2.70% | 118 |
| West Sussex | +6 | 8 | £288 | -28.00% | 56 |
| Oxfordshire | -10 | 3 | £431 | -9.21% | 134 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 | 2 | £525 | -4.55% | 91 |
| Kent | -1 | 2 | £475 | - | 72 |
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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:
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