Software Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Software Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 46 44
Rank change year-on-year +33 -2 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 154 86 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 8.16% 4.38% 4.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.21% 4.77% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 28 26
10th Percentile £413 £425 £391
25th Percentile £457 £469 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £517
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +7.35% +52.06%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £597
90th Percentile £600 £647 £706
England median daily rate £648 £590 £600
% change year-on-year +9.75% -1.67% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 38 43
10th Percentile £52.50 - £47.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £70.94 £77.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,672 1,804 2,365
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 91.90% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 1,089 1,391
10th Percentile £205 £188 £165
25th Percentile £314 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 592 277 354
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £41.80 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% +165.48% -4.58%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £46.93
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
% change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +18 89 £425 +553.85% 16
Cambridgeshire +7 38 £550 +2.33% 69
Essex +17 24 £575 -1.29% 10
Suffolk - 2 £215 - 1
Bedfordshire -2 1 - - 3
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 154 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 79 (51.30%) C
3 76 (49.35%) C++
4 55 (35.71%) Electronics
5 54 (35.06%) Agile
6 51 (33.12%) C#
7 44 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
8 43 (27.92%) TDD
9 42 (27.27%) Unit Testing
10 41 (26.62%) DevOps
11 38 (24.68%) Pair Programming
11 38 (24.68%) Social Skills
12 37 (24.03%) RS-485
13 35 (22.73%) RS-422
13 35 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (22.73%) Modbus
13 35 (22.73%) Customer Requirements
13 35 (22.73%) Software Testing
14 33 (21.43%) Validation
15 28 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
16 20 (12.99%) Verification and Validation
17 19 (12.34%) Linux
18 17 (11.04%) Ada
18 17 (11.04%) Test Automation
19 16 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
20 15 (9.74%) Python
21 14 (9.09%) Rational Rhapsody
21 14 (9.09%) Visualisation
21 14 (9.09%) Embedded C
21 14 (9.09%) MATLAB

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 14 (9.09%) Simulink
2 7 (4.55%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.95%) GCP
1 3 (1.95%) GitHub
2 2 (1.30%) Azure
2 2 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (24.03%) RS-485
2 35 (22.73%) Modbus
2 35 (22.73%) RS-422
3 5 (3.25%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.25%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.60%) Firewall
4 4 (2.60%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (2.60%) VPN
5 2 (1.30%) Wireless
6 1 (0.65%) 4G
6 1 (0.65%) 5G
6 1 (0.65%) Broadband
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.65%) DVB
6 1 (0.65%) Internet
6 1 (0.65%) MQTT
6 1 (0.65%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 14 (9.09%) Rational Rhapsody
2 12 (7.79%) Visual Studio
3 9 (5.84%) Git
4 8 (5.19%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (3.90%) Eclipse
6 4 (2.60%) GCC
7 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.30%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.65%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.65%) JIRA
9 1 (0.65%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (35.71%) Electronics
2 38 (24.68%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.79%) Manufacturing
4 11 (7.14%) Automotive
5 9 (5.84%) Military
6 6 (3.90%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.60%) Finance
8 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.60%) Legal
9 3 (1.95%) Law
9 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.30%) Aviation
10 2 (1.30%) Marketing
10 2 (1.30%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.30%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.30%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.19%) React
2 7 (4.55%) Web Services
3 5 (3.25%) Node.js
4 4 (2.60%) .NET
4 4 (2.60%) CSS
4 4 (2.60%) HTML
4 4 (2.60%) LLVM
5 3 (1.95%) DirectX
5 3 (1.95%) OpenGL
5 3 (1.95%) OpenGL ES
5 3 (1.95%) Vulkan
6 2 (1.30%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.30%) MFC
6 2 (1.30%) NumPy
6 2 (1.30%) WinForms
6 2 (1.30%) WPF
7 1 (0.65%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.65%) Pandas
7 1 (0.65%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 3 (1.95%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.30%) FPGA
5 1 (0.65%) Digital TV
5 1 (0.65%) Robotics
5 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.34%) Linux
2 10 (6.49%) Windows
3 2 (1.30%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 54 (35.06%) Agile
3 44 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
4 43 (27.92%) TDD
5 42 (27.27%) Unit Testing
6 41 (26.62%) DevOps
7 38 (24.68%) Pair Programming
8 35 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (22.73%) Customer Requirements
8 35 (22.73%) Software Testing
9 33 (21.43%) Validation
10 20 (12.99%) Verification and Validation
11 17 (11.04%) Test Automation
12 16 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (9.09%) Visualisation
14 13 (8.44%) UML
15 12 (7.79%) Code Quality
15 12 (7.79%) Embedded Software Development
15 12 (7.79%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
16 11 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (51.30%) C
2 76 (49.35%) C++
3 51 (33.12%) C#
4 17 (11.04%) Ada
5 15 (9.74%) Python
6 14 (9.09%) Embedded C
6 14 (9.09%) MATLAB
7 11 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.90%) Embedded C++
9 5 (3.25%) Java
9 5 (3.25%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.95%) Bash
10 3 (1.95%) SQL
11 2 (1.30%) C++/CLI
11 2 (1.30%) Rust
11 2 (1.30%) VB
12 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (8.44%) Degree
2 11 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.55%) PhD
3 7 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.95%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (1.95%) zsh
Systems Management
1 1 (0.65%) Ansible
1 1 (0.65%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (6.49%) IBM
2 7 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.95%) Google
3 3 (1.95%) MathWorks
4 2 (1.30%) SAP
4 2 (1.30%) Twitter
5 1 (0.65%) Cisco