Developer/Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Software Engineer/Developer
East of England > Suffolk

As of 20 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Engineer/Developer daily rate in Suffolk.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 0.47% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £700 -
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 196 52 90
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 96.30% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 33 43
10th Percentile £313 £208 £188
25th Percentile £370 £275 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £365 £300
Median % change year-on-year +35.62% +21.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £513
90th Percentile £724 £550 £570
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 18
10th Percentile £14.53 £16.42 -
25th Percentile £14.59 - £14.05
Median hourly rate £14.90 £17.79 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% -62.55% +174.88%
75th Percentile £17.88 £18.92 £48.75
90th Percentile £18.75 £35.28 £51.91
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% +8.57%

Developer/Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Developer/Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Developer/Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in Suffolk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in Suffolk

Developer/Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 20 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Ipswich - 1 - - 1
Developer/Software Engineer
East of England

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 20 September 2026, Developer/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 Suffolk region featuring Developer/Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Asterisk PBX
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational AI
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) FreeSWITCH
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Metaswitch
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) RTCP
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WebRTC
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Asterisk PBX
1 1 (100.00%) RTCP
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FreeSWITCH
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
1 1 (100.00%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational AI
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Metaswitch
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle