Software Engineering Contracts in Somerset

Software Engineering
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 28 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 5 34 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.65% 17.89% 12.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 20.73% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 22
10th Percentile £363 £525 £400
25th Percentile £381 £535 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £475 £644 £599
90th Percentile - £727 £620
South West median daily rate £590 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +7.27% -8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £48.32 £55.93
Median hourly rate - £54.23 £57.18
Median % change year-on-year - -5.16% +20.38%
75th Percentile - £64.48 £58.43
90th Percentile - £65.00 -
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
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 164 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.66% 86.32% 86.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 109 146
10th Percentile £200 £158 £199
25th Percentile £316 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.75% +22.24%
75th Percentile £625 £610 £618
90th Percentile £715 £717 £740
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 26 14
10th Percentile £12.50 £35.00 £16.96
25th Percentile £13.25 £46.71 £23.06
Median hourly rate £20.50 £51.89 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.49% +3.78% +112.77%
75th Percentile £41.88 £62.22 £56.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £59.31
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 Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
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 Engineering 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 5 £450 -16.36% 4
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
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 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) 5G
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) IPv4
2 1 (20.00%) IPv6
2 1 (20.00%) MQTT
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (20.00%) X.509
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3D Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) Protocol Buffers
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) Redux
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
1 1 (20.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (20.00%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) 3D Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
1 1 (20.00%) KVM
1 1 (20.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco