Full-Stack Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Full-Stack Software Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Full-Stack Software Engineer daily rate in Southampton is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Software Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.60% - 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £488 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 157 105 145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 98.13% 84.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 68 88
10th Percentile £171 £144 £200
25th Percentile £295 £313 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £513
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -14.15% +2.50%
75th Percentile £569 £542 £638
90th Percentile £675 £641 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 16
10th Percentile £35.30 - £15.81
25th Percentile £40.00 - £50.47
Median hourly rate £56.39 - £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +183.73%
75th Percentile £65.06 - £80.00
90th Percentile £84.00 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £45.00 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -18.18% -4.10% +11.90%

Full-Stack Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Full-Stack Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Full-Stack Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 14 May 2026, Full-Stack 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 Southampton region featuring Full-Stack Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Protocol Buffers
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets

Full-Stack Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Protocol Buffers
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes