Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Warwick

Software Engineering
Warwickshire > Warwick

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwick requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 26 23
Rank change year-on-year -16 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 0.93% 2.04% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 2.22% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £650
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - -
Warwickshire median daily rate £524 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warwick

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Warwick.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 135 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick 82.41% 91.84% 96.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 86 83
10th Percentile £307 £258 £168
25th Percentile £401 £434 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £545
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% -1.19% +3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £684
90th Percentile £749 £738 £720
Warwickshire median daily rate £513 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -4.83% -2.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £28.42
Median % change year-on-year - - +96.00%
Warwickshire median hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +57.89% -15.56% +56.69%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Warwick

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) REST Assured
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) CyberArk Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Server Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Password Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
1 1 (33.33%) CyberArk