Software Engineering
Essex > Southend-on-Sea
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southend-on-Sea 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 9 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +18 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southend-on-Sea | - | - | 4.55% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 4.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £539 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.64% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £554 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Essex median daily rate | £488 | £534 | £512 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.61% | +4.40% | -10.89% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Southend-on-Sea
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 Southend-on-Sea.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southend-on-Sea | 100.00% | 100.00% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £250 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £525 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £554 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £583 |
| Essex median daily rate | £400 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.79% | +5.56% | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £19.88 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £21.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £200.00 | £10.42 | £30.63 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1819.39% | -65.98% | +37.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £12.38 | £38.10 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £41.42 |
| Essex median hourly rate | £30.00 | £55.00 | £43.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.45% | +27.91% | +59.38% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Southend-on-Sea
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southend-on-Sea.
Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southend-on-Sea
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Southend-on-Sea.