Software Optimisation Contracts in the South East

Software Optimisation
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Software Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Optimisation over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Optimisation 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.071% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £321
% change year-on-year - - -28.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Software Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,789 5,300 7,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.41% 89.48% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,794 3,670 4,753
10th Percentile £231 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +2.02% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £617 £588
90th Percentile £699 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 217 284
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.23 £16.08
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.08 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% +113.69% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.47 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £73.10 £62.15
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Software Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Optimisation in the South East

Software Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Software Optimisation in the South East

Software Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Thames Valley - 4 - -
Software Optimisation
England

Software Optimisation
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (100.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (100.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware