Software Engineering Contracts in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 7 95 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 5.60% 20.74% 25.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% 22.25% 27.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £65
Median % change year-on-year - +515.38% -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - £400 £600
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +41.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 82 52
10th Percentile £62.75 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.88 £65.75
90th Percentile £81.50 £90.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.77% - +14.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 427 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.20% 93.23% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 60
10th Percentile £348 £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £258 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -3.23% -16.22%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £504
90th Percentile £628 £650 £607
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 298 133
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.12 £49.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Stevenage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Ethernet
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 4 (57.14%) Eclipse
3 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Military
3 2 (28.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Node.js
1 3 (42.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (14.29%) VxWorks
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Digital Twin
1 4 (57.14%) Synthetic Environment
1 4 (57.14%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (42.86%) TDD
2 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Information Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) SysML
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C++
2 4 (57.14%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Wind River