Software Delivery Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Software Delivery
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Software Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 2.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £483 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 - -
75th Percentile £609 - -
90th Percentile £649 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £521 £545 £575
% change year-on-year -4.36% -5.22% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

Software Delivery 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 145 87 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 83.33% 82.08% 60.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 51 68
10th Percentile £169 £200 £300
25th Percentile £310 £329 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -17.39% +11.65%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £650
90th Percentile £676 £638 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.46% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 10
10th Percentile £12.21 - £13.13
25th Percentile £12.29 - £66.88
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +170.50%
75th Percentile £62.23 - -
90th Percentile £77.33 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +9.24%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in Southampton

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Software Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery in Southampton over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Software Delivery in Southampton

Software Delivery
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) People Management
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR