Software Engineering Contracts in Bristol

Software Engineering
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -7
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 59 78 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 11.11% 7.42% 7.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.09% 9.00% 8.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 26
10th Percentile - £458 £395
25th Percentile £355 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -29.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £444 £550 £645
90th Percentile £575 £720 £716
South West median daily rate £585 £525 £579
% change year-on-year +11.43% -9.33% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 46 67
10th Percentile £61.25 £52.50 £60.54
25th Percentile - £57.50 £60.91
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +0.77%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £68.75 - £75.00
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +2.31% -0.76% +0.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 488 867 1,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.90% 82.49% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 502 778
10th Percentile £213 £258 £279
25th Percentile £355 £372 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% +2.85% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £702
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £549
% change year-on-year - -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 155 251
10th Percentile £32.05 £36.25 -
25th Percentile £59.38 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% +46.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £61.50
% change year-on-year +36.84% -22.76% +24.24%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

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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 (1.69%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.25%) AWS
1 9 (15.25%) GCP
2 8 (13.56%) Azure
3 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.69%) GitHub
3 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (1.69%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 11 (18.64%) Electronics
1 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Finance
2 10 (16.95%) Marketing
2 10 (16.95%) Public Sector
3 9 (15.25%) Manufacturing
3 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.86%) Law
5 6 (10.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.69%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 37 (62.71%) Software Engineer
2 17 (28.81%) Embedded Engineer
3 16 (27.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 13 (22.03%) C++ Software Engineer
5 10 (16.95%) Ada Engineer
5 10 (16.95%) Ada Software Engineer
5 10 (16.95%) Developer
5 10 (16.95%) Support Engineer
6 9 (15.25%) Java Engineer
7 8 (13.56%) Applications Support
7 8 (13.56%) Java Software Engineer
8 7 (11.86%) Applications Developer
8 7 (11.86%) Applications Engineer
8 7 (11.86%) Applications Support Engineer
9 6 (10.17%) Azure Developer
9 6 (10.17%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (10.17%) C# Application Developer
9 6 (10.17%) C# Developer
9 6 (10.17%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 6 (10.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (49.15%) Middleware
2 12 (20.34%) Qt
3 9 (15.25%) CSS
3 9 (15.25%) HTML
4 8 (13.56%) .NET
5 2 (3.39%) Web Services
6 1 (1.69%) Angular 2
6 1 (1.69%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (1.69%) HTML5
6 1 (1.69%) Node.js
6 1 (1.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.39%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (35.59%) Linux
2 7 (11.86%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.39%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.34%) CI/CD
1 12 (20.34%) UML
2 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
2 10 (16.95%) Software Delivery
2 10 (16.95%) SysML
2 10 (16.95%) User Experience
3 9 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (15.25%) Continuous Delivery
3 9 (15.25%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (15.25%) Digital Marketing
3 9 (15.25%) Programme Management
3 9 (15.25%) Test Automation
4 8 (13.56%) Service Delivery
4 8 (13.56%) Service Management
4 8 (13.56%) TDD
4 8 (13.56%) Web Development
5 6 (10.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 4 (6.78%) Agile
7 3 (5.08%) DevOps
7 3 (5.08%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 41 (69.49%) Ada
2 24 (40.68%) C++
3 17 (28.81%) JavaScript
4 13 (22.03%) C
5 11 (18.64%) Java
6 8 (13.56%) C#
7 7 (11.86%) Shell Script
8 4 (6.78%) Embedded C++
8 4 (6.78%) Python
9 3 (5.08%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (52.54%) Security Cleared
2 30 (50.85%) SC Cleared
3 10 (16.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (16.95%) Degree
4 8 (13.56%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (37.29%) Def Stans
1 22 (37.29%) IEC 61508
2 12 (20.34%) MISRA
2 12 (20.34%) MISRA C
3 2 (3.39%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Ansible
1 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Google
1 9 (15.25%) SAP
2 8 (13.56%) Red Hat
3 4 (6.78%) IBM
4 2 (3.39%) Lauterbach
5 1 (1.69%) Twitter
282 Software Engineering jobs in the South West