Software Engineer Contracts in Surrey

Software Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 41 60
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 9 23 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.53% 3.47% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 3.65% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 13
10th Percentile £380 £488 -
25th Percentile £416 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -0.95% +12.90%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £638
90th Percentile £525 £580 £688
South East median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +20.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £51.13 £43.20
25th Percentile - £52.81 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £56.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +18.42% +6.15%
75th Percentile - £60.31 £57.00
90th Percentile - £62.38 -
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £54.98 £51.50
% change year-on-year +13.69% +6.75% +14.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 547 630 878
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 95.17% 97.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 462 619
10th Percentile £200 £199 £185
25th Percentile £371 £318 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 38 25
10th Percentile £12.31 £19.53 £11.81
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £18.05
Median hourly rate £18.35 £45.00 £21.93
Median % change year-on-year -59.22% +105.20% -46.51%
75th Percentile £58.00 £59.69 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £62.91 £53.70
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +128.95% -13.40%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Surrey

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Surrey

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Surrey

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Surrey

Software 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 Software Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 - 6 £450 -
Sunbury-on-Thames +19 1 - -
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
2 7 (77.78%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 6 (66.67%) Linux
3 6 (66.67%) Python
3 6 (66.67%) Scrum
3 6 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (66.67%) Git
3 6 (66.67%) Jenkins
4 5 (55.56%) Bitbucket
4 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
4 5 (55.56%) RESTful
4 5 (55.56%) JIRA
4 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (55.56%) XML
4 5 (55.56%) SQL
5 4 (44.44%) Oracle
5 4 (44.44%) SOAP
5 4 (44.44%) Agile
5 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
5 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Performance Management
5 4 (44.44%) Open Source
5 4 (44.44%) Artifactory
5 4 (44.44%) Confluence
5 4 (44.44%) VirtualBox
5 4 (44.44%) API Testing

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) NFC
2 1 (11.11%) PPP
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Git
1 6 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 5 (55.56%) Bitbucket
2 5 (55.56%) JIRA
3 4 (44.44%) Artifactory
4 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
5 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
5 1 (11.11%) GoogleTest
5 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (11.11%) Subversion
5 1 (11.11%) TestRail
5 1 (11.11%) Valgrind
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) RESTful
1 5 (55.56%) XML
2 4 (44.44%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) REST
4 1 (11.11%) JSON
4 1 (11.11%) Kafka
4 1 (11.11%) Spring
4 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (11.11%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
3 6 (66.67%) Scrum
4 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
5 4 (44.44%) Agile
5 4 (44.44%) API Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Clean Code
5 4 (44.44%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Open Source
5 4 (44.44%) Performance Management
5 4 (44.44%) SDET
5 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
6 3 (33.33%) OO
6 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (22.22%) Kanban
7 2 (22.22%) OOD
7 2 (22.22%) Storyboarding
7 2 (22.22%) UML
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) Java
5 1 (11.11%) Bash
5 1 (11.11%) C
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) Perl
5 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (44.44%) VirtualBox
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft