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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 97 80 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 12.03% 7.71% 11.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.59% 8.82% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 27 33
10th Percentile £460 £380 £375
25th Percentile £475 £513 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.65% +20.53%
75th Percentile £600 £678 £663
90th Percentile £600 £697 £725
South West median daily rate £590 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +7.27% -8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 42 88
10th Percentile £61.10 £62.75 £59.25
25th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £60.91
Median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.05% +24.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.08 £81.13 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% -0.76% +31.00%

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 665 907 1,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 82.51% 87.38% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 581 835
10th Percentile £239 £300 £283
25th Percentile £400 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £600
90th Percentile £739 £700 £676
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 126 195
10th Percentile £35.10 £30.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £60.75 £50.00 £54.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +82.84%
75th Percentile £70.25 £76.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +36.84%

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 October 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
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 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (23.71%) GitHub
2 9 (9.28%) Power Automate
2 9 (9.28%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.28%) PowerApps
3 3 (3.09%) AWS
3 3 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (3.09%) Serverless
4 2 (2.06%) Azure
4 2 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.34%) Ethernet
2 9 (9.28%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.06%) RS-232
3 2 (2.06%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.28%) Power BI
1 9 (9.28%) Power Query
2 2 (2.06%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.03%) Big Data
3 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.03%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (23.71%) JIRA
2 22 (22.68%) Jenkins
3 20 (20.62%) GoogleTest
4 12 (12.37%) Rational Rhapsody
5 11 (11.34%) Visual Studio
6 9 (9.28%) Eclipse
7 3 (3.09%) Git
8 2 (2.06%) GitLab
9 1 (1.03%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.53%) Aerospace
3 12 (12.37%) Electronics
4 9 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.28%) Military
4 9 (9.28%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.12%) Law
6 1 (1.03%) Automotive
6 1 (1.03%) Finance
6 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 89 (91.75%) Software Engineer
2 38 (39.18%) Embedded Engineer
3 37 (38.14%) C++ Software Engineer
3 37 (38.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 22 (22.68%) Java Engineer
4 22 (22.68%) Java Software Engineer
5 13 (13.40%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 12 (12.37%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 11 (11.34%) Lead
8 9 (9.28%) C# Software Engineer
8 9 (9.28%) Lead Software Engineer
9 6 (6.19%) Senior
9 6 (6.19%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (5.15%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 3 (3.09%) C Software Engineer
11 3 (3.09%) C/C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (3.09%) Developer
12 2 (2.06%) Administrator
12 2 (2.06%) Embedded C Engineer
12 2 (2.06%) Embedded C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (21.65%) Qt
2 11 (11.34%) Web Services
3 10 (10.31%) Node.js
4 4 (4.12%) Middleware
5 3 (3.09%) .NET
6 2 (2.06%) WPF
6 2 (2.06%) XML
7 1 (1.03%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.03%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (1.03%) Kendo UI
7 1 (1.03%) Lambda Expressions
7 1 (1.03%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 24 (24.74%) ARM Cortex
2 20 (20.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (18.56%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (6.19%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.03%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.03%) Robotics
5 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 57 (58.76%) Linux
2 24 (24.74%) FreeRTOS
3 11 (11.34%) Windows
4 3 (3.09%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (37.11%) Agile
2 29 (29.90%) CI/CD
3 24 (24.74%) Configuration Management
4 23 (23.71%) DevOps
5 22 (22.68%) Validation
6 13 (13.40%) Code Quality
7 12 (12.37%) Embedded Software Development
7 12 (12.37%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (12.37%) UML
8 10 (10.31%) Visualisation
9 9 (9.28%) Computer Science
9 9 (9.28%) Continuous Delivery
9 9 (9.28%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (9.28%) Digital Twin
9 9 (9.28%) Process Improvement
9 9 (9.28%) Synthetic Environment
9 9 (9.28%) TDD
9 9 (9.28%) Unit Testing
9 9 (9.28%) Workflow
9 9 (9.28%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (52.58%) C++
2 42 (43.30%) C
3 41 (42.27%) Python
4 26 (26.80%) Embedded C
5 23 (23.71%) Java
6 16 (16.49%) Ada
7 13 (13.40%) Embedded C++
8 12 (12.37%) C#
8 12 (12.37%) JavaScript
9 9 (9.28%) R
10 3 (3.09%) Shell Script
11 2 (2.06%) SQL
11 2 (2.06%) TypeScript
12 1 (1.03%) Go
12 1 (1.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (28.87%) Security Cleared
2 22 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.31%) Degree
4 7 (7.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.15%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (21.65%) MISRA
2 2 (2.06%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.03%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.03%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.03%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (2.06%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.06%) Firmware
Vendors
1 36 (37.11%) IBM
2 24 (24.74%) Lauterbach
3 20 (20.62%) Google
4 18 (18.56%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.09%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.03%) Databricks
6 1 (1.03%) SnapLogic
6 1 (1.03%) Talend
6 1 (1.03%) Telerik