Software Engineering Contracts in Bristol

Software Engineering
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 19 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 105 92 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 9.82% 8.00% 8.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.07% 9.06% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 33 30
10th Percentile £458 £392 £413
25th Percentile £481 £463 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £650 £574
90th Percentile £600 £733 £638
South West median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 50 39
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile £65.00 £60.91 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +42.86%
75th Percentile - £70.30 -
90th Percentile - - £75.00
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 870 1,016 1,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 81.38% 88.35% 87.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 695 856
10th Percentile £250 £300 £321
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £720 £656
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 202 114
10th Percentile £39.63 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £67.50 £57.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +27.78% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £79.53 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £47.64
% change year-on-year -8.33% +25.96% +5.86%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.95%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (11.43%) Chatbot
2 5 (4.76%) Simulink
2 5 (4.76%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.19%) GitHub
2 13 (12.38%) AWS
3 8 (7.62%) Azure
4 7 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.90%) GCP
5 2 (1.90%) Pulumi
5 2 (1.90%) Serverless
6 1 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.76%) Ethernet
1 5 (4.76%) HTTP
1 5 (4.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (4.76%) SQLite
2 2 (1.90%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (16.19%) Jenkins
1 17 (16.19%) JIRA
2 15 (14.29%) GoogleTest
3 11 (10.48%) SonarQube
4 7 (6.67%) Artifactory
4 7 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (5.71%) Git
6 5 (4.76%) Checkstyle
6 5 (4.76%) Eclipse
6 5 (4.76%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.95%) GitLab
General
1 11 (10.48%) Legal
2 8 (7.62%) Aerospace
3 6 (5.71%) Automotive
3 6 (5.71%) Social Skills
4 5 (4.76%) Military
4 5 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.81%) Tech for Good
6 2 (1.90%) Law
6 2 (1.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.95%) Aviation
7 1 (0.95%) Electronics
7 1 (0.95%) Finance
7 1 (0.95%) Marketing
7 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (78.10%) Software Engineer
2 30 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 30 (28.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 17 (16.19%) Java Engineer
3 17 (16.19%) Java Software Engineer
4 16 (15.24%) C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (13.33%) Developer
6 13 (12.38%) Software Developer
7 9 (8.57%) Ada Engineer
7 9 (8.57%) Ada Software Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) C# Software Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.81%) Senior
10 3 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
11 2 (1.90%) .NET Software Engineer
11 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 2 (1.90%) Python Engineer
11 2 (1.90%) Python Software Engineer
12 1 (0.95%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 1 (0.95%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.29%) Qt
2 13 (12.38%) HTML
3 8 (7.62%) .NET
4 7 (6.67%) Node.js
5 6 (5.71%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.71%) .NET Framework
5 6 (5.71%) REST
5 6 (5.71%) Web Services
5 6 (5.71%) XML
5 6 (5.71%) YAML
6 5 (4.76%) JSON
7 2 (1.90%) Flask
7 2 (1.90%) SQLAlchemy
8 1 (0.95%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.95%) CSS
8 1 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.95%) Next.js
8 1 (0.95%) React
8 1 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.90%) ARM Cortex
2 15 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (11.43%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.76%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.81%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.81%) IoT
6 3 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.95%) Robotics
7 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (41.90%) Linux
2 26 (24.76%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (5.71%) Windows
4 4 (3.81%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.48%) DevOps
2 31 (29.52%) CI/CD
3 28 (26.67%) Agile
4 24 (22.86%) Configuration Management
5 17 (16.19%) Code Quality
6 15 (14.29%) Validation
7 12 (11.43%) Artificial Intelligence
7 12 (11.43%) Conversational UI
8 10 (9.52%) Test Automation
8 10 (9.52%) Verification and Validation
9 8 (7.62%) Software Delivery
9 8 (7.62%) TDD
10 6 (5.71%) Computer Science
10 6 (5.71%) Data Protection
10 6 (5.71%) OO
10 6 (5.71%) SDLC
10 6 (5.71%) Visualisation
11 5 (4.76%) Continuous Delivery
11 5 (4.76%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (4.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (29.52%) C
1 31 (29.52%) Python
2 29 (27.62%) C++
3 24 (22.86%) C#
4 23 (21.90%) Embedded C
5 20 (19.05%) JavaScript
6 18 (17.14%) Java
7 14 (13.33%) SQL
8 9 (8.57%) Ada
9 8 (7.62%) PowerShell
10 7 (6.67%) Bash
11 5 (4.76%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.90%) Go
12 2 (1.90%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.95%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 24 (22.86%) SC Cleared
3 19 (18.10%) Degree
4 10 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.81%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.90%) HND
7 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.29%) MISRA
2 1 (0.95%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.52%) Terraform
2 8 (7.62%) Ansible
3 4 (3.81%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.95%) Grafana
4 1 (0.95%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.95%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (21.90%) IBM
1 23 (21.90%) Lauterbach
2 15 (14.29%) Google
3 12 (11.43%) PayPal
4 11 (10.48%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.95%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.95%) SAP