Software Engineering Contracts in England

Software Engineering
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 41 41
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 -6
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2,174 2,393 4,025
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.89% 5.01% 5.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.87% 5.57% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,262 1,634 2,863
10th Percentile £419 £438 £432
25th Percentile £500 £506 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £700
90th Percentile £850 £825 £788
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 385 196 182
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £38.54
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.85 £47.66
Median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £64.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year -2.56% +11.56% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in England

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in England

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in England

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in England

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in England

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in England

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 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
London +7 1,098 £650 - 988
South East +24 265 £550 +4.76% 323
North of England +46 263 £510 -7.27% 334
East of England +10 201 £500 -7.24% 183
South West -4 175 £525 -9.01% 236
North West +52 154 £540 -1.82% 226
Midlands +44 96 £492 -6.38% 246
Yorkshire +22 74 £450 -10.00% 80
West Midlands +32 68 £475 -13.64% 124
North East +26 37 £390 -44.29% 32
East Midlands +17 27 £550 +29.41% 121
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 220 (10.12%) Apache Airflow
2 217 (9.98%) Apache
3 56 (2.58%) Confluence
4 24 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.69%) CMS
6 11 (0.51%) nginx
7 8 (0.37%) IIS
8 7 (0.32%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
9 6 (0.28%) SAS
10 5 (0.23%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.14%) JBoss
12 3 (0.14%) SharePoint
13 2 (0.092%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.092%) CICS
13 2 (0.092%) Drupal
13 2 (0.092%) MQSeries
13 2 (0.092%) WildFly
Applications
1 111 (5.11%) Chatbot
2 37 (1.70%) Simulink
3 27 (1.24%) Stateflow
4 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.23%) TargetLink
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.14%) Blender
7 3 (0.14%) Maya
7 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.046%) CATIA
9 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.046%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.46%) Misys Midas
2 6 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.23%) Endur
3 5 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.092%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.092%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.092%) Shopify
6 2 (0.092%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.046%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.046%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.046%) Front Arena
7 1 (0.046%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.046%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.046%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 638 (29.35%) AWS
2 474 (21.80%) Azure
3 279 (12.83%) GCP
4 127 (5.84%) dbt
5 121 (5.57%) Snowflake
6 93 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
7 87 (4.00%) Serverless
8 83 (3.82%) GitHub
9 56 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
10 42 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
11 34 (1.56%) Amazon S3
11 34 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 27 (1.24%) OpenShift
13 26 (1.20%) npm
14 25 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
15 24 (1.10%) PaaS
16 22 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
17 21 (0.97%) Entra ID
18 20 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 20 (0.92%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.70%) RS-485
2 35 (1.61%) Modbus
2 35 (1.61%) RS-422
3 31 (1.43%) Software-Defined Radio
4 26 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 22 (1.01%) SNMP
6 21 (0.97%) HTTP
7 20 (0.92%) Firewall
8 16 (0.74%) VPN
9 15 (0.69%) Internet
10 12 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.51%) Ethernet
11 11 (0.51%) SAN
11 11 (0.51%) Wireless
12 9 (0.41%) DNS
13 7 (0.32%) 802.11
13 7 (0.32%) Tactical Data Link
14 6 (0.28%) Link 16
15 5 (0.23%) 5G
15 5 (0.23%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (8.97%) Apache Ignite
2 137 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
3 126 (5.80%) Amazon Athena
3 126 (5.80%) Dremio
4 124 (5.70%) Apache Arrow
5 118 (5.43%) Data Lake
6 77 (3.54%) SQL Server
7 76 (3.50%) NoSQL
8 59 (2.71%) MySQL
9 55 (2.53%) Apache Cassandra
10 37 (1.70%) Relational Database
11 34 (1.56%) MongoDB
12 28 (1.29%) Oracle Database
13 27 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
15 25 (1.15%) Big Data
16 24 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
16 24 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
17 18 (0.83%) DynamoDB
17 18 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 229 (10.53%) Git
2 157 (7.22%) JIRA
3 128 (5.89%) Jenkins
4 94 (4.32%) Cypress.io
5 56 (2.58%) GitLab
6 40 (1.84%) Selenium
6 40 (1.84%) SonarQube
7 38 (1.75%) Bitbucket
8 37 (1.70%) Visual Studio
9 36 (1.66%) GoogleTest
10 35 (1.61%) Postman
11 33 (1.52%) Eclipse
12 32 (1.47%) Cucumber
13 29 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
14 22 (1.01%) Maven
15 21 (0.97%) REST Assured
16 20 (0.92%) JUnit
17 19 (0.87%) Robot Framework
18 18 (0.83%) JMeter
18 18 (0.83%) webpack
General
1 531 (24.43%) Finance
2 364 (16.74%) Social Skills
3 331 (15.23%) Front Office
4 295 (13.57%) Banking
5 137 (6.30%) Investment Banking
6 93 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
7 84 (3.86%) Electronics
8 83 (3.82%) Aerospace
8 83 (3.82%) Public Sector
9 59 (2.71%) Automotive
10 39 (1.79%) Retail
11 34 (1.56%) Manufacturing
12 31 (1.43%) Telecoms
13 29 (1.33%) Law
13 29 (1.33%) Legal
14 27 (1.24%) Military
14 27 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (1.20%) Marketing
16 23 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,088 (50.05%) Software Engineer
2 690 (31.74%) Developer
3 379 (17.43%) Senior
4 212 (9.75%) Senior Software Engineer
5 201 (9.25%) Software Developer
6 170 (7.82%) Python Engineer
7 165 (7.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 163 (7.50%) Python Developer
9 158 (7.27%) Python Software Engineer
10 151 (6.95%) Lead
11 143 (6.58%) Java Engineer
12 128 (5.89%) Embedded Engineer
13 123 (5.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 111 (5.11%) C++ Software Engineer
15 108 (4.97%) Java Software Engineer
16 99 (4.55%) React Developer
17 97 (4.46%) Senior Developer
18 86 (3.96%) Full Stack Engineer
18 86 (3.96%) Java Developer
19 83 (3.82%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (16.84%) React
2 224 (10.30%) .NET
3 223 (10.26%) HTML
4 220 (10.12%) gRPC
5 204 (9.38%) Protocol Buffers
6 160 (7.36%) Pandas
7 154 (7.08%) NumPy
8 148 (6.81%) Node.js
9 140 (6.44%) Redux
10 135 (6.21%) Kafka
11 134 (6.16%) SciPy
12 132 (6.07%) REST
13 112 (5.15%) AngularJS
14 110 (5.06%) CSS
15 89 (4.09%) Material-UI
16 79 (3.63%) Spring
17 76 (3.50%) .NET Core
18 65 (2.99%) Spring Boot
19 64 (2.94%) Web Services
20 62 (2.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 266 (12.24%) Fixed Income
2 219 (10.07%) Hedge funds
3 197 (9.06%) Equities
4 177 (8.14%) Derivative
5 170 (7.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 71 (3.27%) Algorithms
7 62 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 46 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
10 33 (1.52%) Management Information System
11 32 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 29 (1.33%) Product Ownership
13 26 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
14 24 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
15 23 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
16 22 (1.01%) Data Structures
16 22 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
16 22 (1.01%) Mobile App
17 20 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
18 16 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 223 (10.26%) Linux
2 98 (4.51%) Windows
3 39 (1.79%) Apple iOS
4 33 (1.52%) Android
5 26 (1.20%) FreeRTOS
6 21 (0.97%) Unix
7 9 (0.41%) Debian
7 9 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.18%) SafeRTOS
10 3 (0.14%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.092%) VMS
11 2 (0.092%) zOS
12 1 (0.046%) CentOS
12 1 (0.046%) Solaris
12 1 (0.046%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.046%) Windows Mobile
12 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 864 (39.74%) Agile
2 429 (19.73%) DevOps
3 320 (14.72%) CI/CD
4 261 (12.01%) Asset Management
5 245 (11.27%) Full Stack Development
6 241 (11.09%) Artificial Intelligence
7 221 (10.17%) TDD
8 211 (9.71%) Investment Management
9 206 (9.48%) Scrum
10 189 (8.69%) SDLC
11 187 (8.60%) Test Automation
12 185 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
13 182 (8.37%) Computer Science
14 180 (8.28%) Code Quality
14 180 (8.28%) Continuous Integration
15 168 (7.73%) Microservices
16 154 (7.08%) Fintech
17 139 (6.39%) Machine Learning
17 139 (6.39%) Software Testing
18 135 (6.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 705 (32.43%) Python
2 570 (26.22%) JavaScript
3 557 (25.62%) Java
4 483 (22.22%) C#
5 420 (19.32%) SQL
6 407 (18.72%) TypeScript
7 279 (12.83%) C++
8 219 (10.07%) C
9 109 (5.01%) Go
10 76 (3.50%) PowerShell
11 56 (2.58%) Embedded C
12 43 (1.98%) MATLAB
13 38 (1.75%) Scala
14 36 (1.66%) Ada
14 36 (1.66%) Kotlin
15 35 (1.61%) Rust
16 33 (1.52%) Bash
16 33 (1.52%) PL/SQL
17 28 (1.29%) PHP
18 27 (1.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 361 (16.61%) Degree
2 327 (15.04%) Security Cleared
3 232 (10.67%) SC Cleared
4 103 (4.74%) DV Cleared
5 99 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 67 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 18 (0.83%) PhD
8 8 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.37%) CISSP
9 7 (0.32%) CISM
10 6 (0.28%) CISA
11 3 (0.14%) HND
11 3 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.092%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.092%) HNC
12 2 (0.092%) MBA
12 2 (0.092%) PgMP
12 2 (0.092%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.092%) PMP
13 1 (0.046%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (4.05%) QA
2 59 (2.71%) Data Quality
3 27 (1.24%) MISRA
4 20 (0.92%) PCI DSS
5 13 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 13 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
7 9 (0.41%) MISRA C
8 8 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.32%) JTAG
10 5 (0.23%) ISO 26262
10 5 (0.23%) SEPA
11 4 (0.18%) WCAG
12 3 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.14%) GDPR
12 3 (0.14%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.14%) MiFID
12 3 (0.14%) NIST
12 3 (0.14%) SLA
13 2 (0.092%) GRC
System Software
1 200 (9.20%) Docker
2 32 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.43%) Firmware
4 13 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.28%) VirtualBox
6 5 (0.23%) ACF2
6 5 (0.23%) IAG
6 5 (0.23%) RACF
6 5 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.18%) zsh
8 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.092%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.046%) NFS
10 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.046%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 231 (10.63%) Kubernetes
2 99 (4.55%) Terraform
3 63 (2.90%) Ansible
4 53 (2.44%) Grafana
5 26 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.74%) Argo
7 15 (0.69%) Podman
8 14 (0.64%) Kibana
9 10 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
9 10 (0.46%) Istio
10 6 (0.28%) Functional Safety
10 6 (0.28%) Puppet
11 5 (0.23%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.23%) Packer
12 4 (0.18%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.18%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 3 (0.14%) Consul
14 2 (0.092%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 150 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.26%) Google
3 110 (5.06%) PayPal
4 106 (4.88%) Oracle
5 43 (1.98%) IBM
6 29 (1.33%) SAP
7 28 (1.29%) Databricks
8 25 (1.15%) Atlassian
9 24 (1.10%) Talend
10 23 (1.06%) Lauterbach
11 22 (1.01%) Red Hat
11 22 (1.01%) VMware
12 19 (0.87%) Salesforce
13 17 (0.78%) Denodo
14 14 (0.64%) Bloomberg
15 13 (0.60%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.60%) Splunk
16 12 (0.55%) ServiceNow
17 10 (0.46%) Virgin Media
18 9 (0.41%) Adobe