Software Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Software Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 4 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.12% 10.53% 8.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 10.87% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 16
10th Percentile £359 - £400
25th Percentile £373 £525 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% +12.82% +41.30%
75th Percentile £475 £575 £588
90th Percentile - £720 £620
South West median daily rate £538 £538 £590
% change year-on-year - -8.90% +19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £48.32 £55.93
Median hourly rate - £51.89 £57.18
Median % change year-on-year - -9.25% +20.38%
75th Percentile - £55.47 £58.43
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.76% +31.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 166 184 209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.83% 96.84% 98.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 123 161
10th Percentile £200 £158 £164
25th Percentile £263 £316 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -8.16% +15.29%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £600
90th Percentile £680 £706 £725
South West median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 14
10th Percentile - £30.50 £16.96
25th Percentile £12.50 £45.75 £23.06
Median hourly rate £16.00 £51.89 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.17% +3.78% +143.90%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.82 £56.00
90th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £59.31
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £56.49 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.06% -8.15% +29.47%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Somerset

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Somerset

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Somerset

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Bath -9 4 £419 -22.17% 2
Software Engineer
South West

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Somerset region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) Edge Computing
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) React
3 1 (25.00%) API Development
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (25.00%) 5G
3 1 (25.00%) Redux
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) WebGL
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) 5G
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) React
1 1 (25.00%) Redux
1 1 (25.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) API Development
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco