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 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 36 60 77
Rank change year-on-year +24 +17 -11
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 265 201 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.69% 3.55% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 3.98% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 113 142
10th Percentile £388 £406 £425
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +14.88%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £720
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 31 31
10th Percentile £45.00 £46.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £51.06 £51.15 £45.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +7.48% +14.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.63 £62.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -1.54% +13.04% +21.05%

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 4,684 5,048 6,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.95% 89.05% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 3,470 4,714
10th Percentile £260 £250 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 221 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 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
Thames Valley +59 106 £575 +9.52% 122
Hampshire +7 106 £438 -13.37% 75
Berkshire +43 80 £630 +26.00% 41
Surrey +11 22 £488 -7.14% 38
Oxfordshire +7 14 £475 -12.04% 49
Buckinghamshire +25 12 £550 +4.76% 33
Middlesex +1 10 - -
West Sussex +5 8 £400 -26.87% 27
Sussex - 6 - - 3
Kent +2 3 - - 24
Home Counties +3 1 £475 -
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 24 (9.06%) Confluence
2 2 (0.75%) Apache
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.38%) JBoss
3 1 (0.38%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.38%) Simulink
2 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.08%) AWS
2 25 (9.43%) Azure
3 12 (4.53%) OpenShift
4 8 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.51%) GCP
5 4 (1.51%) GitHub
6 3 (1.13%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.13%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.75%) Google App Engine
7 2 (0.75%) Serverless
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.38%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.32%) Software-Defined Radio
2 21 (7.92%) SNMP
3 10 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.02%) SAN
5 7 (2.64%) 802.11
5 7 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.89%) Link 16
6 5 (1.89%) Tactical Data Link
7 4 (1.51%) Wireless
8 2 (0.75%) HTTP
8 2 (0.75%) J1939
9 1 (0.38%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.38%) DNS
9 1 (0.38%) Firewall
9 1 (0.38%) RS-232
9 1 (0.38%) RS-485
9 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (5.28%) Oracle Database
3 12 (4.53%) Oracle Database 11g
4 10 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.26%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.51%) MySQL
6 4 (1.51%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.13%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.13%) Couchbase
7 3 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.75%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.38%) Metadata
9 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 52 (19.62%) Git
2 45 (16.98%) JIRA
3 38 (14.34%) Jenkins
4 23 (8.68%) Bitbucket
4 23 (8.68%) Cucumber
4 23 (8.68%) Selenium
5 21 (7.92%) Eclipse
5 21 (7.92%) REST Assured
5 21 (7.92%) SonarQube
6 19 (7.17%) GitLab
6 19 (7.17%) GoogleTest
7 18 (6.79%) Robot Framework
8 7 (2.64%) Subversion
9 5 (1.89%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (1.51%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.51%) ClearCase
10 4 (1.51%) ClearQuest
11 3 (1.13%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.75%) NUnit
13 1 (0.38%) MagicDraw
General
1 47 (17.74%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.70%) Aerospace
3 25 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.55%) Law
5 17 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.04%) Electronics
7 13 (4.91%) Police
8 12 (4.53%) Automotive
9 9 (3.40%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.64%) Billing
11 4 (1.51%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.13%) Aviation
12 3 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Back Office
13 2 (0.75%) Finance
13 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Local Government
13 2 (0.75%) Marketing
14 1 (0.38%) Banking
14 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 139 (52.45%) Software Engineer
2 58 (21.89%) Developer
3 38 (14.34%) Embedded Engineer
3 38 (14.34%) Senior
4 37 (13.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 30 (11.32%) C++ Software Engineer
6 29 (10.94%) Senior Software Engineer
7 28 (10.57%) Java Engineer
8 19 (7.17%) Lead
9 17 (6.42%) Java Software Engineer
10 12 (4.53%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 11 (4.15%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.77%) Site Engineer
12 10 (3.77%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 10 (3.77%) Software Test Engineer
12 10 (3.77%) Test Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Python Developer
14 8 (3.02%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
14 8 (3.02%) Software Developer
15 7 (2.64%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.32%) REST
2 23 (8.68%) CSS
2 23 (8.68%) HTML
3 22 (8.30%) Java EE
4 17 (6.42%) Kafka
5 16 (6.04%) Node.js
6 14 (5.28%) React
7 11 (4.15%) .NET
7 11 (4.15%) ARM Templates
7 11 (4.15%) RESTful
8 9 (3.40%) XML
9 8 (3.02%) AngularJS
10 7 (2.64%) 802.1X
10 7 (2.64%) React Native
11 6 (2.26%) .NET Framework
12 4 (1.51%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.51%) ASP.NET
12 4 (1.51%) JSON
12 4 (1.51%) SOAP
12 4 (1.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.15%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.02%) CCTV
3 7 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.26%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.51%) Device Driver
6 4 (1.51%) IoT
7 3 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.75%) CAN bus
8 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.38%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.38%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.38%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.38%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 67 (25.28%) Linux
2 33 (12.45%) Windows
3 7 (2.64%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (2.26%) Debian
4 6 (2.26%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.75%) Android
5 2 (0.75%) Unix
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Solaris
6 1 (0.38%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (36.23%) Agile
2 70 (26.42%) DevOps
3 55 (20.75%) Scrum
4 47 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (13.96%) Test Automation
6 36 (13.58%) Continuous Integration
7 30 (11.32%) Software Testing
8 26 (9.81%) Kanban
8 26 (9.81%) UML
9 25 (9.43%) Decision-Making
9 25 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (9.06%) Computer Science
10 24 (9.06%) Technical Leadership
11 23 (8.68%) Software Architecture
12 22 (8.30%) Containerisation
12 22 (8.30%) Performance Tuning
12 22 (8.30%) Prototyping
13 21 (7.92%) Clean Code
13 21 (7.92%) OO
13 21 (7.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 76 (28.68%) C++
2 57 (21.51%) Java
3 42 (15.85%) C
4 37 (13.96%) JavaScript
5 32 (12.08%) Python
6 31 (11.70%) C#
7 24 (9.06%) SQL
8 12 (4.53%) PL/SQL
9 11 (4.15%) Perl
10 10 (3.77%) Embedded C
11 7 (2.64%) Bash
11 7 (2.64%) Tcl
12 6 (2.26%) Ada
12 6 (2.26%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.89%) Ada 95
13 5 (1.89%) Assembly Language
13 5 (1.89%) Go
13 5 (1.89%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.51%) PowerShell
15 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 78 (29.43%) SC Cleared
3 29 (10.94%) Degree
4 18 (6.79%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.91%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.26%) PhD
7 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.38%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (3.40%) QA
2 8 (3.02%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.51%) JTAG
4 3 (1.13%) GDPR
4 3 (1.13%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.75%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.75%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.38%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.38%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.38%) MISRA
6 1 (0.38%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (11.32%) Firmware
2 14 (5.28%) Docker
3 6 (2.26%) VirtualBox
4 4 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (10.19%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.68%) Ansible
3 12 (4.53%) Terraform
4 11 (4.15%) Grafana
4 11 (4.15%) Kibana
5 10 (3.77%) Argo
5 10 (3.77%) Istio
5 10 (3.77%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.40%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (3.40%) Podman
7 4 (1.51%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.75%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.38%) Puppet
9 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (8.68%) Google
2 21 (7.92%) Oracle
3 17 (6.42%) Atlassian
4 16 (6.04%) Microsoft
5 10 (3.77%) VMware
6 9 (3.40%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.51%) HP
7 4 (1.51%) Sparx
8 3 (1.13%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.75%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.38%) BMC
10 1 (0.38%) Cadence
10 1 (0.38%) Compaq
10 1 (0.38%) Databricks
10 1 (0.38%) IBM
10 1 (0.38%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.38%) QinetiQ
10 1 (0.38%) Remedy
10 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.38%) Splunk