Software Development Engineer Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

Software Development Engineer
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The median Software Development Engineer daily rate in Welwyn Garden City is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Welwyn Garden City 2.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £675 - £425

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Welwyn Garden City

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City. 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 Welwyn Garden City with a recognized job title 35 40 24
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 100.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 10 5
10th Percentile £403 £239 £499
25th Percentile £475 £246 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £375 £650
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -42.31% -
75th Percentile £688 £447 £838
90th Percentile £818 £548 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +14.16% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £16.08 £15.51 £62.13
25th Percentile £16.86 £15.52 £63.44
Median hourly rate £19.29 £16.75 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -74.72% +20.45%
75th Percentile £22.08 £19.29 £68.44
90th Percentile £22.37 £20.42 £69.38
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £48.29 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.52% -7.69% +8.33%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Development Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City.

Software Development Engineer job vacancy trend in Welwyn Garden City

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Software Development Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Welwyn Garden City region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Parquet
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Tealium
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Parquet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Tealium