Software Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 49 44
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1,070 1,029 1,488
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.18% 4.31% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.12% 4.81% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 611 799
10th Percentile £358 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £588
% change year-on-year - +2.13% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 161 166
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.75 £41.21
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £48.49
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £64.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £69.29
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £64.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.56% +16.63% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,480 21,395 27,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.68% 89.58% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,444 14,842 19,202
10th Percentile £250 £256 £231
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,054 1,309 1,355
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.24 £15.63 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.36
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +22 262 £550 +4.76% 374
North of England +47 249 £525 -4.55% 307
East of England +15 191 £500 -4.58% 215
South West -10 152 £525 -9.33% 248
North West +68 147 £550 -8.33% 186
Scotland +26 106 £498 +4.74% 134
Midlands +17 92 £492 -8.64% 239
Yorkshire +7 69 £400 -21.95% 98
West Midlands -2 62 £450 -16.51% 119
North East +26 35 £390 -32.17% 27
East Midlands +31 30 £550 +29.41% 119
Wales 0 18 £551 -5.97% 26
Northern Ireland +7 3 £675 +68.75% 36
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (2.34%) Confluence
2 14 (1.31%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.12%) Apache
4 11 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.19%) CICS
5 2 (0.19%) Drupal
5 2 (0.19%) SAS
6 1 (0.093%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.093%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.093%) JBoss
6 1 (0.093%) MetaMask
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.093%) MTS
6 1 (0.093%) nginx
6 1 (0.093%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.093%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.093%) WebSphere
Applications
1 108 (10.09%) Chatbot
2 31 (2.90%) Simulink
3 21 (1.96%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.47%) TargetLink
5 3 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.28%) Blender
5 3 (0.28%) Maya
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.093%) CATIA
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.093%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.093%) Sketch
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.093%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.093%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 157 (14.67%) AWS
2 93 (8.69%) Azure
3 33 (3.08%) GitHub
4 29 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (2.71%) Serverless
5 26 (2.43%) GCP
6 19 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (1.12%) Amazon S3
7 12 (1.12%) OpenShift
8 10 (0.93%) npm
9 9 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (0.65%) Power Platform
11 6 (0.56%) Azure Functions
11 6 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (0.56%) IaaS
11 6 (0.56%) PaaS
11 6 (0.56%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.47%) Amazon EMR
12 5 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.64%) Modbus
2 37 (3.46%) RS-422
2 37 (3.46%) RS-485
3 28 (2.62%) Software-Defined Radio
4 24 (2.24%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.68%) SNMP
6 17 (1.59%) HTTP
7 13 (1.21%) Firewall
8 12 (1.12%) VPN
9 11 (1.03%) SAN
9 11 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (1.03%) Wireless
10 10 (0.93%) 802.11
10 10 (0.93%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.75%) Internet
12 6 (0.56%) FTP
13 5 (0.47%) J1939
13 5 (0.47%) Tactical Data Link
14 4 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
15 3 (0.28%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (2.99%) MySQL
3 23 (2.15%) MongoDB
4 20 (1.87%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.68%) Oracle Database 11g
6 17 (1.59%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.50%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (1.31%) Big Data
10 11 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.84%) SQL Server
12 7 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.65%) SQLite
13 6 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.37%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.37%) CockroachDB
15 4 (0.37%) Couchbase
15 4 (0.37%) DB2
15 4 (0.37%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 121 (11.31%) Git
2 85 (7.94%) JIRA
3 75 (7.01%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.46%) GitLab
5 34 (3.18%) Rational DOORS
5 34 (3.18%) SonarQube
6 33 (3.08%) Bitbucket
7 30 (2.80%) Eclipse
8 29 (2.71%) Cucumber
9 26 (2.43%) GoogleTest
10 25 (2.34%) Selenium
11 21 (1.96%) REST Assured
11 21 (1.96%) Visual Studio
12 18 (1.68%) Cypress.io
13 16 (1.50%) Robot Framework
14 15 (1.40%) Rational Rhapsody
15 13 (1.21%) JUnit
16 12 (1.12%) Artifactory
16 12 (1.12%) Subversion
17 7 (0.65%) Mercurial
General
1 161 (15.05%) Social Skills
2 94 (8.79%) Electronics
3 69 (6.45%) Aerospace
4 62 (5.79%) Finance
5 58 (5.42%) Public Sector
6 52 (4.86%) Automotive
7 33 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.52%) Law
11 23 (2.15%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.96%) Legal
13 20 (1.87%) Military
14 13 (1.21%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.21%) Police
15 12 (1.12%) Aviation
16 11 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.84%) Marketing
18 8 (0.75%) Multimedia
19 7 (0.65%) Billing
Job Titles
1 535 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 285 (26.64%) Developer
3 132 (12.34%) Software Developer
4 122 (11.40%) Embedded Engineer
5 118 (11.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 107 (10.00%) Senior
7 99 (9.25%) C++ Software Engineer
8 71 (6.64%) Java Engineer
9 68 (6.36%) Senior Software Engineer
10 56 (5.23%) Java Developer
11 53 (4.95%) Lead
12 41 (3.83%) Full Stack Engineer
13 38 (3.55%) Java Software Engineer
14 35 (3.27%) Ada Engineer
14 35 (3.27%) Ada Software Engineer
15 30 (2.80%) C Software Engineer
16 26 (2.43%) Principal Engineer
17 24 (2.24%) C# Software Engineer
18 23 (2.15%) Project Manager
19 21 (1.96%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (15.89%) HTML
2 96 (8.97%) React
3 64 (5.98%) CSS
3 64 (5.98%) REST
4 60 (5.61%) Node.js
5 55 (5.14%) RESTful
6 45 (4.21%) AngularJS
6 45 (4.21%) Spring
7 35 (3.27%) .NET
8 33 (3.08%) Spring Boot
9 28 (2.62%) Kafka
10 23 (2.15%) XML
11 22 (2.06%) Java EE
11 22 (2.06%) Web Services
12 18 (1.68%) JPA
13 17 (1.59%) JSON
14 16 (1.50%) .NET Framework
15 13 (1.21%) PySpark
15 13 (1.21%) Vue
16 12 (1.12%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 41 (3.83%) Algorithms
2 38 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (1.59%) ARM Cortex
5 16 (1.50%) Data Structures
5 16 (1.50%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.31%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.21%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.21%) IoT
8 10 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
8 10 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (0.84%) Device Driver
9 9 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (0.84%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.75%) CCTV
11 7 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.47%) CAN bus
13 5 (0.47%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 173 (16.17%) Linux
2 64 (5.98%) Windows
3 21 (1.96%) Embedded Linux
3 21 (1.96%) FreeRTOS
4 12 (1.12%) Unix
5 10 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.84%) Debian
7 7 (0.65%) Android
7 7 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.47%) VxWorks
9 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.37%) SafeRTOS
9 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.19%) zOS
11 1 (0.093%) CentOS
11 1 (0.093%) Solaris
11 1 (0.093%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (32.71%) Agile
2 202 (18.88%) DevOps
3 152 (14.21%) CI/CD
4 144 (13.46%) Artificial Intelligence
5 136 (12.71%) Code Quality
6 133 (12.43%) Continuous Integration
7 118 (11.03%) Test Automation
8 115 (10.75%) Scrum
9 112 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (10.09%) Conversational UI
11 98 (9.16%) Validation
12 93 (8.69%) Software Testing
12 93 (8.69%) Unit Testing
13 87 (8.13%) TDD
14 83 (7.76%) Computer Science
14 83 (7.76%) SDLC
15 78 (7.29%) Microservices
16 73 (6.82%) Full Stack Development
17 67 (6.26%) Verification and Validation
18 65 (6.07%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 255 (23.83%) Python
2 238 (22.24%) C#
3 220 (20.56%) JavaScript
4 205 (19.16%) C++
5 201 (18.79%) Java
6 195 (18.22%) C
6 195 (18.22%) SQL
7 76 (7.10%) TypeScript
8 58 (5.42%) Embedded C
9 37 (3.46%) Ada
10 36 (3.36%) MATLAB
11 30 (2.80%) PL/SQL
12 28 (2.62%) Scala
13 23 (2.15%) Bash
14 20 (1.87%) PowerShell
15 19 (1.78%) Perl
16 14 (1.31%) PHP
17 13 (1.21%) Embedded C++
17 13 (1.21%) Kotlin
18 12 (1.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 248 (23.18%) Security Cleared
2 210 (19.63%) Degree
3 184 (17.20%) SC Cleared
4 69 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 43 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.18%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.40%) PhD
8 5 (0.47%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.28%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.19%) HND
12 1 (0.093%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.093%) CISM
12 1 (0.093%) CISSP
12 1 (0.093%) CLAS
12 1 (0.093%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.093%) HNC
12 1 (0.093%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.52%) QA
2 20 (1.87%) MISRA
3 12 (1.12%) AUTOSAR
4 11 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.03%) MISRA C
5 9 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.75%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.56%) ISO 26262
7 6 (0.56%) JTAG
8 3 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.19%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.19%) DO-178B
9 2 (0.19%) GDPR
9 2 (0.19%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.093%) GRC
10 1 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.093%) NCSC
10 1 (0.093%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (4.95%) Docker
2 35 (3.27%) Firmware
3 8 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.56%) VirtualBox
5 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.37%) zsh
6 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.093%) NFS
7 1 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.093%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 66 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 48 (4.49%) Terraform
3 45 (4.21%) Ansible
4 36 (3.36%) Grafana
5 18 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
7 9 (0.84%) Podman
8 8 (0.75%) Kibana
9 7 (0.65%) Argo
9 7 (0.65%) Istio
10 6 (0.56%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.37%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.37%) Zipkin
12 2 (0.19%) Puppet
13 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.093%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (10.09%) PayPal
2 65 (6.07%) Microsoft
3 40 (3.74%) Google
4 34 (3.18%) Oracle
5 32 (2.99%) IBM
6 22 (2.06%) Atlassian
7 20 (1.87%) Talend
8 17 (1.59%) Lauterbach
8 17 (1.59%) Red Hat
8 17 (1.59%) VMware
9 15 (1.40%) Denodo
10 13 (1.21%) SAP
11 7 (0.65%) Avaloq
12 5 (0.47%) Informatica
12 5 (0.47%) NVIDIA
13 4 (0.37%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.37%) HP
13 4 (0.37%) Intel
13 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.37%) Sparx