The median contractor rate for a Software Engineer was £525 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 22 October 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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
29,343
79,860
97,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.28%
94.13%
94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted
18,464
52,400
64,308
Median daily rate
£472
£463
£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.11%
+2.78%
+2.27%
10th Percentile
£258
£263
£268
90th Percentile
£663
£644
£638
UK excluding London median daily rate
£425
£425
£415
% change year-on-year
-
+2.41%
+3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,183
2,875
3,138
Median hourly rate
£28.00
£20.00
£17.86
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00%
+11.98%
-4.49%
10th Percentile
£11.17
£11.17
£11.00
90th Percentile
£53.75
£52.50
£48.75
Median hourly rate
£22.00
£18.19
£17.50
% change year-on-year
+20.95%
+3.94%
-2.78%
Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer.
Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 22 October 2020.
Software Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer.
Software Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 22 October 2020.
Software Engineer Top 17 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 22 October 2020. 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
Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 22 October 2020, Software Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
Software Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
