Software Engineering Contracts in Kent

Software Engineering
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 11 24 39
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 -11
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 13 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 7.10% 2.69% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.29% 3.45% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £468
25th Percentile - £51 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £53 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -89.50% +27.39%
75th Percentile - £54 £525
90th Percentile - - £533
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £586
% change year-on-year -4.76% -10.41% +17.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £47.75 £52.55 £44.25
25th Percentile £51.75 £53.75 £45.00
Median hourly rate £54.18 £55.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% +15.79% +6.74%
75th Percentile £56.75 £55.25 £53.10
90th Percentile £62.28 £58.85 £54.21
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year +27.27% -13.04% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 174 291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 76.50% 78.03% 83.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 135 240
10th Percentile £155 £165 £106
25th Percentile £219 £240 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £455
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +9.89% +15.92%
75th Percentile £623 £556 £613
90th Percentile £688 £638 £716
South East median daily rate £511 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -1.70% +1.46% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 6
10th Percentile - £20.08 £24.90
25th Percentile £15.00 £45.13 £37.13
Median hourly rate £31.39 £55.00 £42.32
Median % change year-on-year -42.93% +29.98% -4.91%
75th Percentile £54.09 £65.69 £50.63
90th Percentile £57.22 £79.17 £53.10
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £52.30 £37.13
% change year-on-year +11.47% +40.86% +35.02%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Kent

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Kent

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Kent

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Kent

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

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Kent

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Kent region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Rochester +3 9 - - 4
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (38.46%) VectorCAST
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Avionics
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Software Test Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Test Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
3 1 (7.69%) UI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Embedded Software Development
2 9 (69.23%) UML
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (38.46%) Validation
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (23.08%) Requirements Management
5 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
6 2 (15.38%) User Experience
6 2 (15.38%) UX Design
6 2 (15.38%) Wireframes
7 1 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (7.69%) Backlog Refinement
7 1 (7.69%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (7.69%) Scrum
7 1 (7.69%) SDLC
7 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (7.69%) Sprint Retrospective
7 1 (7.69%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C
2 6 (46.15%) C++
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) MISRA
2 4 (30.77%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Atlassian