Software Engineering Contracts in Yorkshire

Software Engineering
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 41 53 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 73 70 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 4.38% 3.15% 3.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 3.46% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 40 63
10th Percentile £298 £410 £400
25th Percentile £300 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £506 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -1.22% +25.38%
75th Percentile £572 £625 £563
90th Percentile £650 £653 £700
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +0.04% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile - £42.69 £37.32
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.74 £38.55
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.11 £41.85
Median % change year-on-year +13.87% +10.18% +11.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.77 £43.89
90th Percentile - £51.58 £44.37
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
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,435 2,021 2,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.08% 91.00% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,338 1,770
10th Percentile £275 £275 £260
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +8.25% +10.86%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £556
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 63 81
10th Percentile £11.30 - £10.63
25th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -40.94% -9.74%
75th Percentile £22.00 £20.97 £22.75
90th Percentile £53.75 £55.23 £27.50
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 Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Yorkshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Yorkshire

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Yorkshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Yorkshire

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +20 47 £475 -5.00% 45
South Yorkshire +4 17 £650 +13.04% 26
East Yorkshire - 5 £400 -
North Yorkshire +1 3 £375 -21.05% 21
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (2.74%) ArcGIS
1 2 (2.74%) Drupal
Applications
1 22 (30.14%) Chatbot
2 3 (4.11%) Adobe After Effects
2 3 (4.11%) Blender
2 3 (4.11%) Maya
2 3 (4.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.70%) AWS
2 4 (5.48%) GCP
2 4 (5.48%) GitHub
3 1 (1.37%) Azure
3 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (5.48%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.74%) GIS
2 2 (2.74%) MySQL
2 2 (2.74%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.37%) DB2
3 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Git
2 2 (2.74%) JUnit
3 1 (1.37%) GitLab
General
1 17 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.85%) Finance
2 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.11%) Games
5 2 (2.74%) Back Office
6 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (63.01%) Developer
2 23 (31.51%) Software Developer
3 18 (24.66%) Software Engineer
4 11 (15.07%) Senior
5 8 (10.96%) Java Developer
6 6 (8.22%) iOS Developer
7 5 (6.85%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) PLC Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) PLC Software Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Full Stack Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Developer
10 2 (2.74%) C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (2.74%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 2 (2.74%) GIS Developer
10 2 (2.74%) IT Manager
10 2 (2.74%) IT Project Manager
10 2 (2.74%) Project Manager
10 2 (2.74%) SAP Manager
10 2 (2.74%) SAP Project Manager
10 2 (2.74%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (39.73%) HTML
2 9 (12.33%) React
3 7 (9.59%) CSS
4 5 (6.85%) AngularJS
5 4 (5.48%) Spring Boot
6 3 (4.11%) .NET
6 3 (4.11%) jQuery
6 3 (4.11%) LDAP
6 3 (4.11%) RESTful
6 3 (4.11%) Spring
6 3 (4.11%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (4.11%) Web Services
7 2 (2.74%) Hibernate
7 2 (2.74%) J2EE
7 2 (2.74%) JPA
7 2 (2.74%) JSP
7 2 (2.74%) Node.js
7 2 (2.74%) React Native
7 2 (2.74%) REST
7 2 (2.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.11%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (4.11%) CMDB
1 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (4.11%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.37%) iSeries
3 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.74%) Android
2 2 (2.74%) Unix
2 2 (2.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Code Quality
2 22 (30.14%) Agile
2 22 (30.14%) Artificial Intelligence
2 22 (30.14%) Conversational UI
3 14 (19.18%) Mentoring
4 11 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (9.59%) DevOps
5 7 (9.59%) Performance Metrics
5 7 (9.59%) Test Automation
6 6 (8.22%) Computer Science
6 6 (8.22%) Data Modelling
6 6 (8.22%) iOS Development
6 6 (8.22%) Scrum
7 5 (6.85%) CI/CD
7 5 (6.85%) Full Stack Development
7 5 (6.85%) Interaction Design
7 5 (6.85%) Microservices
7 5 (6.85%) TDD
7 5 (6.85%) User Stories
8 4 (5.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 41 (56.16%) JavaScript
2 29 (39.73%) Python
3 27 (36.99%) SQL
4 23 (31.51%) C#
5 12 (16.44%) Java
6 7 (9.59%) TypeScript
7 6 (8.22%) Swift
8 4 (5.48%) C
8 4 (5.48%) C++
9 3 (4.11%) Kotlin
9 3 (4.11%) PHP
9 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
9 3 (4.11%) Scala
10 2 (2.74%) Bash
11 1 (1.37%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 30 (41.10%) Degree
2 3 (4.11%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) QA
2 4 (5.48%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) GRC
4 1 (1.37%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.37%) Grafana
3 1 (1.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (30.14%) PayPal
2 3 (4.11%) Adobe
2 3 (4.11%) SAP
2 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.74%) ESRI
3 2 (2.74%) Google
4 1 (1.37%) Ariba
4 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.37%) Zend