Software Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 49 46
Rank change year-on-year +18 -3 -5
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1,086 975 1,421
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.35% 4.24% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.34% 4.73% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 570 759
10th Percentile £358 £406 £400
25th Percentile £425 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% +3.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £696
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £595
% change year-on-year - +0.84% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 160 158
10th Percentile £46.25 £48.55 £42.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.54 £68.23
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +15.04% +25.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,127 20,595 27,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.40% 89.52% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,220 18,919
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,061 1,259 1,357
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.23 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +52 257 £525 -4.55% 297
South East +24 255 £550 +4.76% 345
East of England +9 192 £500 -8.17% 173
South West -6 158 £525 -9.33% 254
North West +66 151 £550 -8.33% 177
Scotland +34 111 £481 +1.32% 117
Midlands +30 93 £492 -6.38% 220
Yorkshire +12 73 £450 -11.11% 94
West Midlands +17 63 £463 -14.19% 100
North East +22 35 £390 -32.17% 29
East Midlands +25 29 £550 +29.41% 119
Wales +4 19 £538 -8.15% 30
Northern Ireland +5 4 £675 +68.75% 35
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (2.39%) Confluence
2 14 (1.29%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.20%) Apache
4 11 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.18%) CICS
5 2 (0.18%) Drupal
5 2 (0.18%) SAS
6 1 (0.092%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.092%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.092%) JBoss
6 1 (0.092%) MetaMask
6 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.092%) MTS
6 1 (0.092%) nginx
6 1 (0.092%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.092%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.092%) WebSphere
Applications
1 108 (9.94%) Chatbot
2 31 (2.85%) Simulink
3 21 (1.93%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.46%) TargetLink
5 3 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.28%) Blender
5 3 (0.28%) Maya
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.092%) CATIA
6 1 (0.092%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.092%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.092%) Sketch
6 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
2 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.092%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 158 (14.55%) AWS
2 95 (8.75%) Azure
3 38 (3.50%) GitHub
4 30 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (2.67%) Serverless
6 28 (2.58%) GCP
7 20 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (1.38%) OpenShift
9 13 (1.20%) Amazon S3
10 11 (1.01%) npm
11 7 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (0.64%) Power Platform
12 6 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.55%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (0.46%) Amazon EMR
13 5 (0.46%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (0.46%) Azure Functions
14 4 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.50%) Modbus
2 37 (3.41%) RS-485
3 36 (3.31%) RS-422
4 29 (2.67%) Software-Defined Radio
5 25 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.75%) SNMP
7 17 (1.57%) HTTP
8 13 (1.20%) Firewall
9 12 (1.10%) VPN
10 11 (1.01%) Ethernet
10 11 (1.01%) SAN
10 11 (1.01%) Wireless
11 9 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.74%) 802.11
12 8 (0.74%) Internet
13 5 (0.46%) FTP
13 5 (0.46%) J1939
13 5 (0.46%) Tactical Data Link
14 4 (0.37%) 4G
14 4 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (3.04%) MySQL
3 23 (2.12%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.57%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (1.47%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.38%) Big Data
6 15 (1.38%) Oracle Database
7 13 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.20%) Oracle Database 11g
8 10 (0.92%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.64%) SQLite
10 6 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.37%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.37%) Couchbase
12 4 (0.37%) DB2
12 4 (0.37%) Parquet
13 3 (0.28%) GIS
Development Applications
1 122 (11.23%) Git
2 89 (8.20%) JIRA
3 75 (6.91%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.41%) GitLab
5 34 (3.13%) SonarQube
6 33 (3.04%) Bitbucket
7 31 (2.85%) Eclipse
8 30 (2.76%) GoogleTest
8 30 (2.76%) Rational DOORS
9 29 (2.67%) Cucumber
10 25 (2.30%) Selenium
11 23 (2.12%) Visual Studio
12 21 (1.93%) REST Assured
13 19 (1.75%) Cypress.io
14 17 (1.57%) Robot Framework
15 15 (1.38%) Rational Rhapsody
16 13 (1.20%) JUnit
17 12 (1.10%) Artifactory
17 12 (1.10%) Subversion
18 5 (0.46%) Storybook
General
1 163 (15.01%) Social Skills
2 92 (8.47%) Electronics
3 73 (6.72%) Aerospace
4 59 (5.43%) Finance
5 57 (5.25%) Public Sector
6 51 (4.70%) Automotive
7 34 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 28 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.49%) Law
11 22 (2.03%) Military
12 21 (1.93%) Legal
12 21 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.20%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.20%) Police
14 12 (1.10%) Aviation
14 12 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.64%) Billing
16 6 (0.55%) Marketing
16 6 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 551 (50.74%) Software Engineer
2 286 (26.34%) Developer
3 133 (12.25%) Software Developer
4 124 (11.42%) Embedded Engineer
5 120 (11.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 104 (9.58%) Senior
7 101 (9.30%) C++ Software Engineer
8 76 (7.00%) Java Engineer
9 70 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
10 60 (5.52%) Java Developer
11 51 (4.70%) Lead
12 42 (3.87%) Full Stack Engineer
12 42 (3.87%) Java Software Engineer
13 35 (3.22%) Ada Engineer
13 35 (3.22%) Ada Software Engineer
14 28 (2.58%) C Software Engineer
14 28 (2.58%) Principal Engineer
15 25 (2.30%) C# Software Engineer
16 24 (2.21%) DevOps Engineer
17 23 (2.12%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (15.56%) HTML
2 93 (8.56%) React
3 62 (5.71%) Node.js
4 61 (5.62%) CSS
4 61 (5.62%) REST
5 56 (5.16%) RESTful
6 52 (4.79%) Spring
7 44 (4.05%) AngularJS
8 40 (3.68%) Spring Boot
9 39 (3.59%) .NET
10 26 (2.39%) Kafka
11 24 (2.21%) Web Services
11 24 (2.21%) XML
12 22 (2.03%) Java EE
13 18 (1.66%) JPA
14 17 (1.57%) .NET Framework
15 16 (1.47%) JSON
16 15 (1.38%) Vue
17 14 (1.29%) .NET Core
17 14 (1.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 41 (3.78%) Algorithms
2 37 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (1.75%) ARM Cortex
5 16 (1.47%) Data Structures
5 16 (1.47%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.29%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.20%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.20%) IoT
8 12 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (0.83%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.74%) CCTV
11 8 (0.74%) Device Driver
12 7 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.46%) CAN bus
14 5 (0.46%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 180 (16.57%) Linux
2 62 (5.71%) Windows
3 23 (2.12%) FreeRTOS
4 19 (1.75%) Embedded Linux
5 13 (1.20%) Unix
6 9 (0.83%) Debian
6 9 (0.83%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.64%) Android
7 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.46%) VxWorks
9 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.37%) SafeRTOS
9 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.18%) zOS
11 1 (0.092%) CentOS
11 1 (0.092%) Solaris
11 1 (0.092%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (33.79%) Agile
2 207 (19.06%) DevOps
3 159 (14.64%) CI/CD
4 145 (13.35%) Artificial Intelligence
5 138 (12.71%) Code Quality
6 127 (11.69%) Continuous Integration
7 114 (10.50%) Scrum
7 114 (10.50%) Test Automation
8 108 (9.94%) Conversational UI
9 107 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
10 95 (8.75%) Validation
11 89 (8.20%) Unit Testing
12 88 (8.10%) SDLC
13 87 (8.01%) Computer Science
13 87 (8.01%) Software Testing
14 84 (7.73%) TDD
15 79 (7.27%) Microservices
16 73 (6.72%) Full Stack Development
17 68 (6.26%) Configuration Management
18 64 (5.89%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 258 (23.76%) Python
2 238 (21.92%) C#
3 217 (19.98%) JavaScript
4 214 (19.71%) Java
5 206 (18.97%) C++
6 196 (18.05%) C
7 193 (17.77%) SQL
8 81 (7.46%) TypeScript
9 58 (5.34%) Embedded C
10 37 (3.41%) Ada
11 36 (3.31%) MATLAB
12 29 (2.67%) Scala
13 25 (2.30%) PL/SQL
14 22 (2.03%) Bash
15 20 (1.84%) PowerShell
16 17 (1.57%) Perl
17 14 (1.29%) PHP
18 13 (1.20%) Kotlin
19 11 (1.01%) Embedded C++
20 10 (0.92%) Go
Qualifications
1 253 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 210 (19.34%) Degree
3 184 (16.94%) SC Cleared
4 74 (6.81%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.38%) PhD
8 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.18%) HND
11 1 (0.092%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.092%) CESG Certified Professional
11 1 (0.092%) CISM
11 1 (0.092%) CISSP
11 1 (0.092%) CLAS
11 1 (0.092%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.76%) QA
2 24 (2.21%) MISRA
3 12 (1.10%) AUTOSAR
4 11 (1.01%) MISRA C
5 9 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.74%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.55%) JTAG
8 5 (0.46%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.18%) DO-178B
10 2 (0.18%) GDPR
10 2 (0.18%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.092%) HL7
11 1 (0.092%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.092%) SLA
11 1 (0.092%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (5.06%) Docker
2 34 (3.13%) Firmware
3 8 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.55%) VirtualBox
5 5 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.37%) zsh
7 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.092%) NFS
8 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.092%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 70 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.24%) Terraform
3 45 (4.14%) Ansible
4 39 (3.59%) Grafana
5 19 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
6 10 (0.92%) Kibana
7 9 (0.83%) Podman
8 8 (0.74%) Argo
8 8 (0.74%) Istio
9 6 (0.55%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.37%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.37%) Zipkin
11 3 (0.28%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.18%) Puppet
13 1 (0.092%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.092%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (9.94%) PayPal
2 67 (6.17%) Microsoft
3 44 (4.05%) Google
4 34 (3.13%) IBM
5 29 (2.67%) Oracle
6 23 (2.12%) Atlassian
7 21 (1.93%) Talend
8 19 (1.75%) Lauterbach
9 17 (1.57%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.57%) VMware
10 16 (1.47%) Denodo
11 10 (0.92%) SAP
12 7 (0.64%) Avaloq
13 5 (0.46%) Informatica
13 5 (0.46%) NVIDIA
14 4 (0.37%) Adobe
14 4 (0.37%) HP
14 4 (0.37%) Intel
14 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.37%) Sparx