Software Engineering Contracts in Suffolk

Software Engineering
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 19 10 24
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 -9
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 2.70% 6.56% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 8.16% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £200
Median % change year-on-year - +175.00% -62.26%
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £523
% change year-on-year -2.35% -4.40% -0.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.38% - +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 57 49 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 77.03% 80.33% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 34 108
10th Percentile £200 £105 £400
25th Percentile £208 £199 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £465 £650
Median % change year-on-year -46.24% -28.46% +33.68%
75th Percentile £459 £569 £700
90th Percentile £600 £650 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £53.33 £11.25 £13.38
25th Percentile £64.05 £12.69 £13.78
Median hourly rate £70.00 £29.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +139.32% +88.71% -3.13%
75th Percentile - £53.69 £17.33
90th Percentile - £68.34 £19.27
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Suffolk

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Suffolk

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Suffolk

Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 -2 2 - - 50
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (50.00%) React Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Immutable.js
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) JWT
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Redux
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Insurtech
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft