Software Engineering Contracts in the South East

Software Engineering
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 57 72
Rank change year-on-year +24 +15 -8
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 255 203 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.69% 3.63% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 4.07% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 122 143
10th Percentile £388 £406 £424
25th Percentile £425 £441 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.11% +17.74%
75th Percentile £650 £580 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £720
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +0.04% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 25 36
10th Percentile £45.00 £45.28 £35.00
25th Percentile £49.86 £50.00 £39.63
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +11.43% +15.38%
75th Percentile £67.02 £67.50 £59.06
90th Percentile £75.75 £70.77 £66.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.75
% change year-on-year -3.85% +16.59% +22.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,584 4,983 6,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.28% 89.17% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,667 3,471 4,653
10th Percentile £250 £250 £228
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 213 284
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.10
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.05
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire +7 106 £450 -14.29% 89
Thames Valley +42 101 £608 +12.50% 125
Berkshire +38 78 £650 +23.81% 47
Surrey +3 20 £488 -6.25% 56
Buckinghamshire +24 12 £550 +2.33% 21
Oxfordshire +7 11 £450 -16.67% 57
Middlesex +5 11 - -
West Sussex +5 8 £400 -29.02% 16
Sussex - 4 - - 1
Home Counties +4 1 £475 -
Kent 0 1 - - 13
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 23 (9.02%) Confluence
2 2 (0.78%) Apache
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.39%) JBoss
3 1 (0.39%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.39%) Simulink
2 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.94%) AWS
2 27 (10.59%) Azure
3 11 (4.31%) OpenShift
4 9 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.57%) GCP
5 4 (1.57%) GitHub
6 3 (1.18%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.18%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.78%) Google App Engine
7 2 (0.78%) Serverless
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.37%) Software-Defined Radio
2 19 (7.45%) SNMP
3 10 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.14%) 802.11
4 8 (3.14%) SAN
4 8 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.57%) Wireless
6 3 (1.18%) Link 16
6 3 (1.18%) Tactical Data Link
7 2 (0.78%) HTTP
7 2 (0.78%) J1939
7 2 (0.78%) RS-232
8 1 (0.39%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.39%) DNS
8 1 (0.39%) Firewall
8 1 (0.39%) LAN
8 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.37%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (5.88%) Oracle Database
3 13 (5.10%) Oracle Database 11g
4 8 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.96%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.96%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.57%) MySQL
6 4 (1.57%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.18%) Couchbase
7 3 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.78%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.78%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.39%) Metadata
9 1 (0.39%) Redis
9 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 47 (18.43%) Git
2 44 (17.25%) JIRA
3 38 (14.90%) Jenkins
4 23 (9.02%) Bitbucket
4 23 (9.02%) Cucumber
4 23 (9.02%) Selenium
5 22 (8.63%) SonarQube
6 21 (8.24%) REST Assured
7 19 (7.45%) Eclipse
7 19 (7.45%) GitLab
8 17 (6.67%) GoogleTest
8 17 (6.67%) Robot Framework
9 7 (2.75%) Subversion
10 6 (2.35%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (1.57%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.57%) ClearCase
11 4 (1.57%) ClearQuest
11 4 (1.57%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.78%) NUnit
13 1 (0.39%) Maven
General
1 45 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.16%) Aerospace
3 25 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.84%) Law
5 16 (6.27%) Electronics
5 16 (6.27%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.10%) Police
7 12 (4.71%) Automotive
8 9 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.75%) Billing
10 4 (1.57%) Aviation
10 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Back Office
12 2 (0.78%) Finance
12 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Local Government
12 2 (0.78%) Marketing
12 2 (0.78%) Military
13 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 134 (52.55%) Software Engineer
2 59 (23.14%) Developer
3 37 (14.51%) Senior
4 36 (14.12%) Embedded Engineer
5 35 (13.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 29 (11.37%) Java Engineer
6 29 (11.37%) Senior Software Engineer
7 28 (10.98%) C++ Software Engineer
8 20 (7.84%) Lead
9 18 (7.06%) Java Software Engineer
10 13 (5.10%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 11 (4.31%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.31%) Software Test Engineer
11 11 (4.31%) Test Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Python Developer
12 9 (3.53%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Software Developer
13 8 (3.14%) Site Engineer
13 8 (3.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 8 (3.14%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.76%) REST
2 22 (8.63%) CSS
2 22 (8.63%) HTML
2 22 (8.63%) Java EE
3 15 (5.88%) Kafka
3 15 (5.88%) Node.js
4 14 (5.49%) React
5 11 (4.31%) .NET
5 11 (4.31%) ARM Templates
5 11 (4.31%) RESTful
6 9 (3.53%) XML
7 8 (3.14%) 802.1X
7 8 (3.14%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.75%) React Native
9 6 (2.35%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.57%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.57%) JSON
10 4 (1.57%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.57%) SOAP
10 4 (1.57%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.53%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.14%) CCTV
3 7 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.96%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.57%) Device Driver
7 3 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.18%) IoT
8 2 (0.78%) CAN bus
8 2 (0.78%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.78%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.39%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.39%) Life Science
9 1 (0.39%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 64 (25.10%) Linux
2 33 (12.94%) Windows
3 7 (2.75%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (2.35%) Debian
4 6 (2.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.78%) Android
5 2 (0.78%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.39%) Solaris
6 1 (0.39%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (36.08%) Agile
2 68 (26.67%) DevOps
3 54 (21.18%) Scrum
4 45 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (14.12%) Continuous Integration
5 36 (14.12%) Test Automation
6 32 (12.55%) Software Testing
7 26 (10.20%) Decision-Making
8 25 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 25 (9.80%) Kanban
8 25 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
8 25 (9.80%) UML
9 24 (9.41%) Computer Science
10 23 (9.02%) Prototyping
10 23 (9.02%) Validation
11 22 (8.63%) Software Architecture
12 21 (8.24%) Performance Tuning
13 20 (7.84%) Configuration Management
13 20 (7.84%) OO
13 20 (7.84%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 70 (27.45%) C++
2 56 (21.96%) Java
3 43 (16.86%) C
4 36 (14.12%) JavaScript
5 31 (12.16%) C#
6 30 (11.76%) Python
7 25 (9.80%) SQL
8 13 (5.10%) PL/SQL
9 12 (4.71%) Perl
10 10 (3.92%) Embedded C
11 8 (3.14%) Tcl
12 7 (2.75%) Bash
13 6 (2.35%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.96%) Ada
14 5 (1.96%) Assembly Language
14 5 (1.96%) Go
14 5 (1.96%) MATLAB
15 4 (1.57%) PowerShell
16 3 (1.18%) Ada 95
16 3 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 92 (36.08%) Security Cleared
2 77 (30.20%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.37%) Degree
4 19 (7.45%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (5.10%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.35%) PhD
7 1 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.39%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.53%) QA
2 8 (3.14%) ISO 9001
2 8 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.57%) JTAG
4 3 (1.18%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.78%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.78%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.78%) DO-178B
5 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 2 (0.78%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.39%) MISRA
6 1 (0.39%) MISRA C
System Software
1 29 (11.37%) Firmware
2 15 (5.88%) Docker
3 6 (2.35%) VirtualBox
4 4 (1.57%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.78%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.78%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 24 (9.41%) Ansible
3 12 (4.71%) Terraform
4 9 (3.53%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (3.53%) Grafana
4 9 (3.53%) Kibana
4 9 (3.53%) Podman
5 8 (3.14%) Argo
5 8 (3.14%) Istio
5 8 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.57%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.78%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.39%) Puppet
8 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (8.63%) Oracle
2 21 (8.24%) Google
3 16 (6.27%) Atlassian
4 14 (5.49%) Microsoft
5 10 (3.92%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.92%) VMware
6 4 (1.57%) HP
6 4 (1.57%) Sparx
7 3 (1.18%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.78%) IBM
8 2 (0.78%) QinetiQ
8 2 (0.78%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.39%) BMC
9 1 (0.39%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.39%) Compaq
9 1 (0.39%) Databricks
9 1 (0.39%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.39%) Remedy
9 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.39%) Splunk