Software Engineering Contracts in London

Software Engineering
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 37 36
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -12
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1,097 1,469 2,452
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.26% 5.78% 6.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.09% 6.35% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 1,111 1,932
10th Percentile £450 £463 £463
25th Percentile £525 £526 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £800 £750 £725
90th Percentile £888 £838 £811
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 29
10th Percentile £49.06 £38.50 £30.55
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.42 £36.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £49.84
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.37% +6.04%
75th Percentile £81.82 £76.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £83.75 £90.00 £74.77
England median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -1.54% +13.04% +21.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,465 23,124 35,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.32% 90.91% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,089 16,746 26,132
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 264 402
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +10.45% +8.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London -5 103 £551 -15.31% 63
West London +19 28 £538 -10.42% 21
East London +3 12 £575 +15.00% 17
South London -18 6 £550 - 11
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 215 (19.60%) Apache Airflow
2 206 (18.78%) Apache
3 21 (1.91%) Confluence
4 14 (1.28%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.19%) CMS
6 10 (0.91%) nginx
7 8 (0.73%) IIS
8 6 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
8 6 (0.55%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.46%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.36%) SAS
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.18%) JBoss
11 2 (0.18%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.18%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.18%) WildFly
12 1 (0.091%) Appian
12 1 (0.091%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.091%) EPiServer
Applications
1 13 (1.19%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.55%) Simulink
2 6 (0.55%) Stateflow
3 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Endur
1 5 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
3 3 (0.27%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.18%) Shopify
4 2 (0.18%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.091%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.091%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.091%) Front Arena
5 1 (0.091%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 476 (43.39%) AWS
2 382 (34.82%) Azure
3 251 (22.88%) GCP
4 127 (11.58%) dbt
5 115 (10.48%) Snowflake
6 65 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
7 64 (5.83%) Serverless
8 46 (4.19%) GitHub
9 43 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
10 41 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
11 32 (2.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 27 (2.46%) Amazon S3
13 22 (2.01%) PaaS
14 20 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (1.82%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.82%) npm
15 19 (1.73%) Azure API Management
16 18 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (1.64%) Azure Storage
16 18 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.91%) Internet
2 8 (0.73%) DNS
3 7 (0.64%) Firewall
4 5 (0.46%) DHCP
4 5 (0.46%) HTTP
5 4 (0.36%) VPN
5 4 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.27%) AMQP
6 3 (0.27%) IPv4
7 2 (0.18%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.18%) Network Security
7 2 (0.18%) SSL
8 1 (0.091%) 5G
8 1 (0.091%) Broadband
8 1 (0.091%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.091%) SMS
8 1 (0.091%) SNMP
8 1 (0.091%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.091%) VLAN
8 1 (0.091%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (17.78%) Apache Ignite
2 126 (11.49%) Amazon Athena
2 126 (11.49%) Dremio
3 124 (11.30%) Apache Arrow
4 118 (10.76%) Data Lake
5 88 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
6 66 (6.02%) SQL Server
7 59 (5.38%) NoSQL
8 27 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
9 26 (2.37%) Relational Database
10 25 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (2.10%) MySQL
12 20 (1.82%) MongoDB
13 19 (1.73%) Apache Cassandra
14 18 (1.64%) DynamoDB
14 18 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (1.37%) Big Data
17 14 (1.28%) Oracle Database
18 9 (0.82%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 96 (8.75%) Git
2 78 (7.11%) Cypress.io
3 55 (5.01%) JIRA
4 47 (4.28%) Jenkins
5 32 (2.92%) Postman
6 27 (2.46%) GitLab
7 19 (1.73%) Maven
8 18 (1.64%) webpack
9 15 (1.37%) Selenium
9 15 (1.37%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.28%) JMeter
11 12 (1.09%) Visual Studio
12 11 (1.00%) JUnit
13 10 (0.91%) git-flow
14 8 (0.73%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.64%) Appium
15 7 (0.64%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.64%) fastlane
15 7 (0.64%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.55%) CircleCI
General
1 489 (44.58%) Finance
2 331 (30.17%) Front Office
3 288 (26.25%) Banking
4 193 (17.59%) Social Skills
5 136 (12.40%) Investment Banking
6 53 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (3.19%) Retail
8 29 (2.64%) Public Sector
9 21 (1.91%) Marketing
10 14 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 10 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.73%) Automotive
13 8 (0.73%) Legal
13 8 (0.73%) Retail Banking
14 7 (0.64%) Games
14 7 (0.64%) Local Government
14 7 (0.64%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.46%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.36%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 487 (44.39%) Software Engineer
2 464 (42.30%) Developer
3 258 (23.52%) Senior
4 156 (14.22%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 153 (13.95%) Python Engineer
6 148 (13.49%) Python Developer
7 144 (13.13%) Python Software Engineer
8 128 (11.67%) Senior Software Engineer
9 114 (10.39%) Lead
10 96 (8.75%) React Developer
11 86 (7.84%) Senior Developer
12 81 (7.38%) Software Developer
13 72 (6.56%) Full Stack Developer
13 72 (6.56%) Java Engineer
14 68 (6.20%) Architect
15 65 (5.93%) AWS Engineer
16 62 (5.65%) Java Software Engineer
17 60 (5.47%) AWS Software Engineer
18 59 (5.38%) C# Developer
18 59 (5.38%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (25.43%) React
2 214 (19.51%) gRPC
3 204 (18.60%) Protocol Buffers
4 182 (16.59%) .NET
5 156 (14.22%) Pandas
6 149 (13.58%) NumPy
7 139 (12.67%) Redux
8 130 (11.85%) SciPy
9 89 (8.11%) Material-UI
9 89 (8.11%) Node.js
10 81 (7.38%) AngularJS
10 81 (7.38%) REST
11 80 (7.29%) Kafka
12 74 (6.75%) HTML
13 61 (5.56%) .NET Core
14 59 (5.38%) CSS
15 41 (3.74%) Web Services
16 39 (3.56%) GraphQL
16 39 (3.56%) Spring
16 39 (3.56%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 266 (24.25%) Fixed Income
2 218 (19.87%) Hedge funds
3 197 (17.96%) Equities
4 177 (16.13%) Derivative
5 153 (13.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 47 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
7 37 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (3.01%) Algorithms
9 23 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (2.01%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.91%) Product Ownership
12 18 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 18 (1.64%) Management Information System
13 16 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
14 14 (1.28%) Pricing Data
15 13 (1.19%) Data Structures
16 11 (1.00%) Client/Server
16 11 (1.00%) Public Cloud
17 10 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.38%) Linux
2 35 (3.19%) Windows
3 29 (2.64%) Apple iOS
4 25 (2.28%) Android
5 15 (1.37%) Unix
6 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.091%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.091%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (46.13%) Agile
2 261 (23.79%) Asset Management
3 213 (19.42%) DevOps
4 211 (19.23%) Investment Management
5 196 (17.87%) CI/CD
6 193 (17.59%) Full Stack Development
7 126 (11.49%) TDD
8 122 (11.12%) Fintech
9 117 (10.67%) Artificial Intelligence
9 117 (10.67%) SDLC
10 108 (9.85%) Microservices
11 106 (9.66%) Machine Learning
12 96 (8.75%) Analytics
12 96 (8.75%) Scrum
13 94 (8.57%) Computer Science
14 81 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
14 81 (7.38%) Test Automation
15 71 (6.47%) Design Patterns
16 66 (6.02%) Front End Development
17 65 (5.93%) Automated Trading
Programming Languages
1 463 (42.21%) Python
2 362 (33.00%) Java
3 358 (32.63%) JavaScript
4 338 (30.81%) TypeScript
5 262 (23.88%) C#
6 257 (23.43%) SQL
7 65 (5.93%) Go
8 58 (5.29%) C++
9 53 (4.83%) PowerShell
10 32 (2.92%) Scala
11 31 (2.83%) Kotlin
12 27 (2.46%) Rust
12 27 (2.46%) T-SQL
13 24 (2.19%) Ruby
14 23 (2.10%) C
15 17 (1.55%) Bicep
16 13 (1.19%) PHP
16 13 (1.19%) R
17 12 (1.09%) Swift
18 10 (0.91%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (14.49%) Degree
2 72 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 51 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 47 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 33 (3.01%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.64%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.64%) CISSP
8 6 (0.55%) CISA
8 6 (0.55%) CISM
9 4 (0.36%) PhD
10 3 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.18%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.18%) MBA
11 2 (0.18%) PgMP
11 2 (0.18%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.18%) PMP
12 1 (0.091%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.091%) EMC Certification
12 1 (0.091%) HNC
12 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.01%) QA
2 54 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.55%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.46%) SEPA
5 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.27%) MiFID
5 3 (0.27%) WCAG
6 1 (0.091%) EMIR
6 1 (0.091%) GRC
6 1 (0.091%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.091%) JTAG
6 1 (0.091%) NIST
System Software
1 114 (10.39%) Docker
2 29 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.46%) ACF2
4 5 (0.46%) IAG
4 5 (0.46%) RACF
4 5 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 126 (11.49%) Kubernetes
2 61 (5.56%) Terraform
3 21 (1.91%) Ansible
4 15 (1.37%) Grafana
5 12 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.55%) Argo
6 6 (0.55%) Podman
7 5 (0.46%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.46%) Packer
8 4 (0.36%) Puppet
8 4 (0.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 3 (0.27%) Consul
10 2 (0.18%) Kibana
10 2 (0.18%) logstash
11 1 (0.091%) Bugsnag
11 1 (0.091%) Netcool
11 1 (0.091%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.091%) systemd
11 1 (0.091%) vRealize
Vendors
1 85 (7.75%) Google
2 79 (7.20%) Microsoft
3 77 (7.02%) Oracle
4 26 (2.37%) Databricks
5 20 (1.82%) SAP
6 19 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.28%) Bloomberg
8 13 (1.19%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.19%) PayPal
9 10 (0.91%) Virgin Media
10 9 (0.82%) Splunk
11 8 (0.73%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.64%) Sybase
12 7 (0.64%) VMware
13 6 (0.55%) Adobe
13 6 (0.55%) Optimizely
13 6 (0.55%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.46%) Foundry
14 5 (0.46%) Palantir
14 5 (0.46%) WSO2