Software Development Engineer Contract Job Trends in Staines

Software Development Engineer
Surrey > Staines

The median Software Development Engineer daily rate in Staines is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staines 1.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
Surrey median daily rate £275 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -42.11% +11.76% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Staines

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staines. 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 Staines with a recognized job title 62 21 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.93% 95.45% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 19 24
10th Percentile £313 - -
25th Percentile £406 £163 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £208 £205
Median % change year-on-year +116.87% +1.22% -24.07%
75th Percentile £528 £438 £444
90th Percentile £588 £675 £573
Surrey median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
Surrey median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +3.77% -6.19%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staines

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Development Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staines.

Software Development Engineer job vacancy trend in Staines

Software Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Staines

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Development Engineer job vacancies in Staines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Development Engineer job vacancies in Staines

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines

For the 6 months to 14 September 2026, Software Development 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 Staines region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA