Software Design Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Design Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Design Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Design Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £102 - -
25th Percentile £168 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - -
75th Percentile £355 - -
90th Percentile £607 - -
UK median daily rate £210 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,163 22,551 29,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.20% 95.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,700 15,818 20,751
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,248 1,160 1,483
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Software Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Design Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Design Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Design Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Design Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Design Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England - 3 £210 - 1
North West - 3 £210 -
South East - 1 £750 -
Software Design Engineer
UK

Software Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Software Design 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Design Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management

Software Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508