Software Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Software Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 42 49
Rank change year-on-year +28 +7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 159 85 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 8.20% 4.34% 4.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.25% 4.74% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 27
10th Percentile £388 £425 £393
25th Percentile £439 £437 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +41.89%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £663
90th Percentile £600 £646 £703
England median daily rate £630 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 40 41
10th Percentile £52.50 - £47.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +6.52% +27.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 £65.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +30.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,718 1,792 2,365
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.60% 91.43% 92.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 756 1,107 1,421
10th Percentile £206 £190 £183
25th Percentile £306 £315 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £574
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 608 253 344
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.63 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +172.69% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £45.05
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.21 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Hertfordshire +23 88 £425 - 25
Cambridgeshire +8 41 £550 +4.76% 73
Essex +17 25 £575 - 6
Bedfordshire +2 3 - - 5
Suffolk - 2 £215 -
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 East of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 159 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 78 (49.06%) C
3 76 (47.80%) C++
4 54 (33.96%) Electronics
4 54 (33.96%) Agile
5 51 (32.08%) C#
6 44 (27.67%) Continuous Integration
7 42 (26.42%) TDD
7 42 (26.42%) Unit Testing
8 40 (25.16%) DevOps
9 39 (24.53%) Social Skills
10 37 (23.27%) Pair Programming
11 36 (22.64%) RS-485
12 34 (21.38%) RS-422
12 34 (21.38%) Modbus
12 34 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (21.38%) Customer Requirements
12 34 (21.38%) Software Testing
13 32 (20.13%) Validation
14 28 (17.61%) Self-Motivation
15 20 (12.58%) Linux
16 19 (11.95%) Verification and Validation
17 17 (10.69%) Ada
18 16 (10.06%) Test Automation
19 15 (9.43%) Python
19 15 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
20 14 (8.81%) Rational Rhapsody
20 14 (8.81%) Visualisation
20 14 (8.81%) Embedded C
20 14 (8.81%) UML

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 14 (8.81%) Simulink
2 7 (4.40%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.89%) GCP
1 3 (1.89%) GitHub
2 2 (1.26%) Azure
2 2 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (22.64%) RS-485
2 34 (21.38%) Modbus
2 34 (21.38%) RS-422
3 5 (3.14%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.14%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.52%) Firewall
4 4 (2.52%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (2.52%) VPN
5 2 (1.26%) RS-232
5 2 (1.26%) Wireless
6 1 (0.63%) 4G
6 1 (0.63%) 5G
6 1 (0.63%) Broadband
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.63%) DVB
6 1 (0.63%) Internet
6 1 (0.63%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 14 (8.81%) Rational Rhapsody
2 13 (8.18%) Visual Studio
3 10 (6.29%) Git
4 7 (4.40%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (3.77%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.89%) GCC
6 3 (1.89%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.89%) ReSharper
7 1 (0.63%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.63%) JIRA
7 1 (0.63%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (33.96%) Electronics
2 39 (24.53%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.55%) Manufacturing
4 11 (6.92%) Automotive
5 9 (5.66%) Military
6 6 (3.77%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.52%) Finance
8 4 (2.52%) Legal
9 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.89%) Law
9 3 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.26%) Aviation
10 2 (1.26%) Marketing
10 2 (1.26%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.26%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.26%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.03%) React
2 7 (4.40%) Web Services
3 5 (3.14%) .NET
3 5 (3.14%) Node.js
4 4 (2.52%) CSS
4 4 (2.52%) HTML
5 3 (1.89%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.89%) DirectX
5 3 (1.89%) LLVM
5 3 (1.89%) OpenGL
5 3 (1.89%) OpenGL ES
5 3 (1.89%) Vulkan
6 2 (1.26%) MFC
6 2 (1.26%) NumPy
6 2 (1.26%) WinForms
6 2 (1.26%) WPF
7 1 (0.63%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.63%) Pandas
7 1 (0.63%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.61%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.40%) Algorithms
3 3 (1.89%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.26%) FPGA
5 1 (0.63%) Digital TV
5 1 (0.63%) Robotics
5 1 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.58%) Linux
2 10 (6.29%) Windows
3 2 (1.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 54 (33.96%) Agile
3 44 (27.67%) Continuous Integration
4 42 (26.42%) TDD
4 42 (26.42%) Unit Testing
5 40 (25.16%) DevOps
6 37 (23.27%) Pair Programming
7 34 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (21.38%) Customer Requirements
7 34 (21.38%) Software Testing
8 32 (20.13%) Validation
9 19 (11.95%) Verification and Validation
10 16 (10.06%) Test Automation
11 15 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (8.81%) UML
12 14 (8.81%) Visualisation
13 12 (7.55%) Code Quality
13 12 (7.55%) Embedded Software Development
13 12 (7.55%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 11 (6.92%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (49.06%) C
2 76 (47.80%) C++
3 51 (32.08%) C#
4 17 (10.69%) Ada
5 15 (9.43%) Python
6 14 (8.81%) Embedded C
6 14 (8.81%) MATLAB
7 11 (6.92%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.14%) Embedded C++
8 5 (3.14%) Java
8 5 (3.14%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.89%) Bash
9 3 (1.89%) Rust
9 3 (1.89%) SQL
10 2 (1.26%) C++/CLI
10 2 (1.26%) VB
11 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (8.18%) Degree
2 12 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.03%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.77%) PhD
5 3 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.89%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.26%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.63%) ISO 13485
1 1 (0.63%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (1.89%) zsh
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Ansible
1 1 (0.63%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (6.29%) IBM
2 7 (4.40%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.89%) Google
3 3 (1.89%) MathWorks
4 2 (1.26%) SAP
4 2 (1.26%) Twitter
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco