Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Worcester

Software Engineering
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcester requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 14 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -10 +9
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Worcester 7.69% 3.57% 10.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.70% 3.85% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £542 - -
25th Percentile £546 £588 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £586 £613 £575
90th Percentile £587 - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £575 £575 £525
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -11.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £75.00 - £70.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23 26 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 88.46% 92.86% 75.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 18
10th Percentile £163 £138 £213
25th Percentile £438 £145 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +41.18% -17.07%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £574
90th Percentile £582 £900 £694
Worcestershire median daily rate £550 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - £14.33
25th Percentile - £15.22 £18.78
Median hourly rate £13.00 £17.16 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.22% -62.91% +161.30%
75th Percentile - £18.13 £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £45.00 £17.16 £11.73
% change year-on-year +162.31% +46.31% -33.76%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Worcester

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

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

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcester

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

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

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Apache
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat