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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 39 39
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2,242 2,385 4,006
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.03% 5.07% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 5.64% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,626 2,827
10th Percentile £416 £438 £438
25th Percentile £488 £508 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £602 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% +0.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £700
90th Percentile £850 £825 £797
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 397 199 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £38.81
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £48.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +19.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £69.51
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% +21.05%

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 31,789 42,321 64,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 89.92% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,644 29,706 45,695
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,534 1,708
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +6 1,124 £650 - 828
North of England +47 270 £518 -5.91% 314
South East +26 270 £548 +4.29% 326
East of England +11 206 £500 -9.09% 175
South West -5 188 £525 -9.33% 238
North West +54 162 £533 -3.18% 202
Midlands +51 107 £475 -9.52% 243
West Midlands +38 77 £463 -20.60% 121
Yorkshire +9 72 £450 -10.00% 80
North East +25 39 £390 -44.29% 35
East Midlands +21 29 £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
1 237 (10.57%) Apache Airflow
2 232 (10.35%) Apache
3 58 (2.59%) Confluence
4 25 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.67%) CMS
6 10 (0.45%) nginx
7 8 (0.36%) IIS
8 7 (0.31%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.27%) SAS
10 5 (0.22%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.13%) SharePoint
13 2 (0.089%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.089%) CICS
13 2 (0.089%) Drupal
13 2 (0.089%) JBoss
13 2 (0.089%) MQSeries
13 2 (0.089%) WildFly
Applications
1 111 (4.95%) Chatbot
2 37 (1.65%) Simulink
3 27 (1.20%) Stateflow
4 9 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.22%) TargetLink
7 4 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.13%) Blender
8 3 (0.13%) Maya
8 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.045%) CATIA
10 1 (0.045%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (0.62%) Misys Midas
2 6 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.22%) Endur
3 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.13%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.089%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.089%) Shopify
6 2 (0.089%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.045%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.045%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.045%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.045%) Front Arena
7 1 (0.045%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.045%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.045%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 662 (29.53%) AWS
2 476 (21.23%) Azure
3 286 (12.76%) GCP
4 142 (6.33%) dbt
5 136 (6.07%) Snowflake
6 95 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 91 (4.06%) GitHub
8 90 (4.01%) Serverless
9 56 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
10 44 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
11 35 (1.56%) Amazon S3
12 34 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 30 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
14 27 (1.20%) OpenShift
15 26 (1.16%) PaaS
16 23 (1.03%) npm
17 22 (0.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 21 (0.94%) Entra ID
19 20 (0.89%) Azure Functions
19 20 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.69%) RS-485
2 35 (1.56%) Modbus
3 34 (1.52%) RS-422
4 33 (1.47%) Software-Defined Radio
5 26 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.03%) SNMP
7 21 (0.94%) HTTP
8 20 (0.89%) Firewall
9 16 (0.71%) VPN
10 15 (0.67%) Internet
11 11 (0.49%) Ethernet
11 11 (0.49%) SAN
11 11 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.49%) Wireless
12 9 (0.40%) DNS
13 8 (0.36%) Tactical Data Link
14 7 (0.31%) Link 16
15 6 (0.27%) 5G
15 6 (0.27%) 802.11
15 6 (0.27%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (9.37%) Apache Ignite
2 142 (6.33%) Amazon Athena
3 141 (6.29%) Dremio
4 140 (6.24%) PostgreSQL
5 138 (6.16%) Apache Arrow
6 132 (5.89%) Data Lake
7 80 (3.57%) SQL Server
8 77 (3.43%) NoSQL
9 68 (3.03%) MySQL
10 53 (2.36%) Apache Cassandra
11 41 (1.83%) Relational Database
12 36 (1.61%) MongoDB
13 32 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
14 27 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
14 27 (1.20%) Big Data
14 27 (1.20%) Oracle Database
15 26 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
16 24 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
17 21 (0.94%) DynamoDB
18 18 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 243 (10.84%) Git
2 163 (7.27%) JIRA
3 136 (6.07%) Jenkins
4 95 (4.24%) Cypress.io
5 56 (2.50%) GitLab
6 43 (1.92%) GoogleTest
7 41 (1.83%) Selenium
8 40 (1.78%) SonarQube
9 39 (1.74%) Bitbucket
10 38 (1.69%) Visual Studio
11 35 (1.56%) Postman
12 34 (1.52%) Eclipse
13 32 (1.43%) Cucumber
14 30 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
15 23 (1.03%) JUnit
15 23 (1.03%) Maven
16 21 (0.94%) REST Assured
17 20 (0.89%) Robot Framework
18 18 (0.80%) Artifactory
18 18 (0.80%) JMeter
General
1 549 (24.49%) Finance
2 363 (16.19%) Social Skills
3 339 (15.12%) Front Office
4 315 (14.05%) Banking
5 150 (6.69%) Investment Banking
6 89 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
7 86 (3.84%) Aerospace
7 86 (3.84%) Public Sector
8 85 (3.79%) Electronics
9 60 (2.68%) Automotive
10 41 (1.83%) Retail
11 34 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 34 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 30 (1.34%) Law
12 30 (1.34%) Military
13 29 (1.29%) Legal
14 27 (1.20%) Marketing
15 26 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,138 (50.76%) Software Engineer
2 692 (30.87%) Developer
3 391 (17.44%) Senior
4 220 (9.81%) Senior Software Engineer
5 203 (9.05%) Software Developer
6 181 (8.07%) Python Engineer
7 168 (7.49%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 168 (7.49%) Python Software Engineer
8 166 (7.40%) Python Developer
9 164 (7.31%) Lead
10 155 (6.91%) Java Engineer
11 136 (6.07%) Embedded Engineer
12 132 (5.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 119 (5.31%) Java Software Engineer
14 116 (5.17%) C++ Software Engineer
15 101 (4.50%) Senior Developer
16 98 (4.37%) React Developer
17 90 (4.01%) Architect
17 90 (4.01%) Java Developer
18 86 (3.84%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 363 (16.19%) React
2 236 (10.53%) gRPC
3 227 (10.12%) HTML
4 224 (9.99%) .NET
5 219 (9.77%) Protocol Buffers
6 174 (7.76%) Pandas
7 168 (7.49%) NumPy
8 149 (6.65%) SciPy
9 147 (6.56%) Node.js
10 142 (6.33%) Redux
11 138 (6.16%) Kafka
12 133 (5.93%) REST
13 115 (5.13%) CSS
14 110 (4.91%) AngularJS
15 89 (3.97%) Material-UI
16 79 (3.52%) Spring
17 77 (3.43%) .NET Core
18 67 (2.99%) Spring Boot
19 66 (2.94%) Web Services
20 62 (2.77%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 277 (12.36%) Fixed Income
2 231 (10.30%) Hedge funds
3 208 (9.28%) Equities
4 188 (8.39%) Derivative
4 188 (8.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 71 (3.17%) Algorithms
6 64 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
7 47 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 34 (1.52%) Management Information System
10 31 (1.38%) Cloud Native
10 31 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.34%) Product Ownership
12 29 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
13 26 (1.16%) ARM Cortex
14 22 (0.98%) Data Structures
15 21 (0.94%) Mobile App
16 20 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
16 20 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 235 (10.48%) Linux
2 95 (4.24%) Windows
3 40 (1.78%) Apple iOS
4 35 (1.56%) Android
5 27 (1.20%) FreeRTOS
6 20 (0.89%) Unix
7 9 (0.40%) Debian
7 9 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.40%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.18%) SafeRTOS
9 4 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.089%) VMS
10 2 (0.089%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.089%) zOS
11 1 (0.045%) CentOS
11 1 (0.045%) Solaris
11 1 (0.045%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.045%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 900 (40.14%) Agile
2 444 (19.80%) DevOps
3 333 (14.85%) CI/CD
4 275 (12.27%) Asset Management
5 248 (11.06%) Artificial Intelligence
6 247 (11.02%) Full Stack Development
7 222 (9.90%) Scrum
7 222 (9.90%) TDD
8 217 (9.68%) Investment Management
9 196 (8.74%) SDLC
10 191 (8.52%) Continuous Integration
11 187 (8.34%) Computer Science
11 187 (8.34%) Problem-Solving
12 186 (8.30%) Test Automation
13 181 (8.07%) Code Quality
14 169 (7.54%) Microservices
15 156 (6.96%) Fintech
16 148 (6.60%) Analytics
17 145 (6.47%) Machine Learning
18 137 (6.11%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 736 (32.83%) Python
2 587 (26.18%) Java
3 583 (26.00%) JavaScript
4 488 (21.77%) C#
5 423 (18.87%) SQL
6 421 (18.78%) TypeScript
7 287 (12.80%) C++
8 221 (9.86%) C
9 106 (4.73%) Go
10 76 (3.39%) PowerShell
11 56 (2.50%) Embedded C
12 43 (1.92%) MATLAB
13 39 (1.74%) Rust
13 39 (1.74%) Scala
14 37 (1.65%) Ada
15 35 (1.56%) Kotlin
16 32 (1.43%) Bash
17 31 (1.38%) PL/SQL
18 27 (1.20%) T-SQL
19 26 (1.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 368 (16.41%) Degree
2 337 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 239 (10.66%) SC Cleared
4 105 (4.68%) DV Cleared
5 102 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 69 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 18 (0.80%) PhD
8 8 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.36%) CISSP
9 7 (0.31%) CISM
10 6 (0.27%) CISA
11 3 (0.13%) HND
11 3 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.089%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.089%) HNC
12 2 (0.089%) PgMP
12 2 (0.089%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.089%) PMP
13 1 (0.045%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.045%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.97%) QA
2 63 (2.81%) Data Quality
3 34 (1.52%) MISRA
4 21 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 14 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 14 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.54%) AUTOSAR
7 10 (0.45%) MISRA C
8 8 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.27%) JTAG
10 5 (0.22%) ISO 26262
10 5 (0.22%) SEPA
11 4 (0.18%) GDPR
11 4 (0.18%) NIST
11 4 (0.18%) WCAG
12 3 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.13%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.13%) MiFID
12 3 (0.13%) SLA
13 2 (0.089%) GRC
System Software
1 202 (9.01%) Docker
2 32 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.38%) Firmware
4 11 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.27%) VirtualBox
6 5 (0.22%) ACF2
6 5 (0.22%) IAG
6 5 (0.22%) RACF
7 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.13%) zsh
9 2 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.045%) NFS
Systems Management
1 233 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 100 (4.46%) Terraform
3 65 (2.90%) Ansible
4 63 (2.81%) Grafana
5 27 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.76%) Argo
7 15 (0.67%) Podman
8 14 (0.62%) Kibana
9 10 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
9 10 (0.45%) Istio
10 6 (0.27%) Functional Safety
10 6 (0.27%) Packer
10 6 (0.27%) Puppet
11 4 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.18%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 3 (0.13%) Consul
13 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 150 (6.69%) Microsoft
2 142 (6.33%) Google
3 110 (4.91%) PayPal
4 102 (4.55%) Oracle
5 45 (2.01%) IBM
6 32 (1.43%) Talend
7 28 (1.25%) Atlassian
7 28 (1.25%) Databricks
7 28 (1.25%) SAP
8 25 (1.12%) Denodo
8 25 (1.12%) Lauterbach
9 24 (1.07%) Red Hat
10 20 (0.89%) VMware
11 18 (0.80%) Salesforce
12 17 (0.76%) Bloomberg
13 14 (0.62%) ServiceNow
14 12 (0.54%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.54%) Splunk
15 11 (0.49%) Virgin Media
16 9 (0.40%) Adobe