Senior Software Development Engineer Contracts in Surrey

Senior Software Development Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Senior Software Development Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 283 545 665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.93% 92.69% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 401 502
10th Percentile £195 £245 £205
25th Percentile £280 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -1.48% +1.50%
75th Percentile £543 £625 £625
90th Percentile £656 £694 £725
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 55 33
10th Percentile £20.00 £12.36 £32.10
25th Percentile £24.18 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -33.33% +87.50%
75th Percentile £38.57 £57.75 £62.52
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £64.75
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +142.00%

Senior Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings that featured Senior Software Development Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Development Engineer in Surrey

Senior Software Development Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Development Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 17 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
Redhill - 1 £475 -
Senior Software Development Engineer
South East

Senior Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Senior Software Development Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Senior Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) PPP
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) NFC
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Valgrind
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming

Senior Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NFC
1 1 (100.00%) PPP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Valgrind
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python