Control Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Control Software Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Control Software Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Control Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.040% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,254 1,530 2,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 92.62% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 911 1,535
10th Percentile £273 £250 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £615 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 44 182
10th Percentile £16.31 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £19.38 £37.71 £19.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £57.12 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.98% +28.37% +4.71%
75th Percentile £84.00 £64.95 £62.49
90th Percentile £97.50 £76.68 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £43.67
% change year-on-year -17.65% -2.67% -2.97%

Control Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Control Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Control Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Control Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Control Software Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £575 -
Control Software Engineer
South East

Control Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Control 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 Thames Valley region featuring Control Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto

Control Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C