Senior Software Development Engineer Contracts

Senior Software Development Engineer
UK

The median Senior Software Development Engineer daily rate in the UK is £513 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 588 706 860
Rank change year-on-year +118 +154 -177
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Development Engineer 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £453 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £560
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.00%
75th Percentile £578 - -
90th Percentile £606 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Senior Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Development Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Development Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Software Development Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Development Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Software Development Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Development Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Software Development Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Development Engineer
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +117 3 £513 - 5
London +102 2 £513 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 3
UK excluding London - 1 - - 3

Senior Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MiFID
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) KDB
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Image Processing
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) PhD
2 1 (33.33%) OOD

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) npm
1 1 (33.33%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) KDB
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Babel
1 1 (33.33%) webpack
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) NumPy
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
2 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Grid Computing
2 1 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDET
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 20022
1 1 (33.33%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP