Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Windsor

Software Engineer
Berkshire > Windsor

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Windsor is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Windsor 2.86% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £675 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +17.39% -4.17% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Windsor

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Windsor. 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 Windsor with a recognized job title 69 59 16
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.57% 93.65% 72.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 39 15
10th Percentile £204 £445 £426
25th Percentile £450 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +78.57%
75th Percentile £519 £588 £644
90th Percentile £571 £600 £718
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -0.05%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Windsor

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

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Windsor

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Windsor

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Windsor.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Windsor

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Windsor

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, Software 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 Windsor region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Windsor 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA