Software Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 49 48
Rank change year-on-year +19 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1,094 967 1,384
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.37% 4.22% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.40% 4.72% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 564 744
10th Percentile £358 £406 £405
25th Percentile £425 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £546 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +4.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £623 £632 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 365 161 152
10th Percentile £46.25 £48.75 £44.07
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £48.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £58.98
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +10.22% +29.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.50 £68.68
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £64.15 £57.00
% change year-on-year -2.56% +12.54% +25.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,095 20,476 27,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.93% 89.37% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,219 14,070 18,908
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £377 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,248 1,358
10th Percentile £12.37 £10.63 £12.29
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.63 £62.18
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
South East +22 260 £550 +4.76% 336
North of England +44 249 £518 -5.91% 321
East of England +8 197 £500 -8.17% 159
South West -4 165 £525 -9.33% 235
North West +57 143 £533 -7.39% 199
Scotland +38 109 £493 -1.50% 129
Midlands +41 93 £492 -6.38% 213
Yorkshire +16 72 £450 -12.20% 93
West Midlands +20 65 £463 -15.14% 100
North East +27 36 £390 -38.82% 33
East Midlands +25 27 £550 +29.41% 112
Wales +8 19 £538 -8.15% 28
Northern Ireland +2 4 £675 +68.75% 34
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 27 (2.47%) Confluence
2 16 (1.46%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.28%) Apache
4 11 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.18%) CICS
5 2 (0.18%) Drupal
5 2 (0.18%) SAS
6 1 (0.091%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.091%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.091%) JBoss
6 1 (0.091%) MetaMask
6 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.091%) MTS
6 1 (0.091%) nginx
6 1 (0.091%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.091%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.091%) WebSphere
Applications
1 108 (9.87%) Chatbot
2 31 (2.83%) Simulink
3 21 (1.92%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.46%) TargetLink
5 3 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.27%) Blender
5 3 (0.27%) Maya
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.27%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.091%) CATIA
6 1 (0.091%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.091%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.091%) Sketch
6 1 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Misys Midas
2 4 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.091%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.091%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 149 (13.62%) AWS
2 95 (8.68%) Azure
3 41 (3.75%) GitHub
4 30 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (2.74%) Serverless
5 29 (2.65%) GCP
6 21 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (1.74%) OpenShift
8 13 (1.19%) Amazon S3
9 11 (1.01%) npm
10 7 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (0.64%) Power Platform
11 6 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (0.55%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (0.46%) Amazon EMR
12 5 (0.46%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (0.46%) Azure Functions
12 5 (0.46%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.38%) Modbus
1 37 (3.38%) RS-485
2 35 (3.20%) RS-422
3 31 (2.83%) Software-Defined Radio
4 24 (2.19%) TCP/IP
5 21 (1.92%) SNMP
6 17 (1.55%) HTTP
7 13 (1.19%) Firewall
8 12 (1.10%) VPN
9 11 (1.01%) Ethernet
9 11 (1.01%) SAN
9 11 (1.01%) Wireless
10 9 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.73%) 802.11
11 8 (0.73%) Internet
12 5 (0.46%) FTP
12 5 (0.46%) J1939
12 5 (0.46%) Tactical Data Link
13 4 (0.37%) 4G
13 4 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (3.11%) MySQL
3 17 (1.55%) Big Data
3 17 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
3 17 (1.55%) NoSQL
3 17 (1.55%) Relational Database
4 16 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 15 (1.37%) Oracle Database
6 13 (1.19%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.19%) Oracle Database 11g
7 10 (0.91%) SQL Server
8 7 (0.64%) SQLite
9 6 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.37%) Couchbase
11 4 (0.37%) DB2
11 4 (0.37%) Parquet
12 3 (0.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 127 (11.61%) Git
2 95 (8.68%) JIRA
3 78 (7.13%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.11%) Bitbucket
4 34 (3.11%) GoogleTest
4 34 (3.11%) SonarQube
5 33 (3.02%) Eclipse
6 29 (2.65%) Cucumber
6 29 (2.65%) GitLab
7 28 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
8 25 (2.29%) Selenium
9 23 (2.10%) Visual Studio
10 22 (2.01%) Cypress.io
11 21 (1.92%) REST Assured
12 18 (1.65%) Robot Framework
13 15 (1.37%) Rational Rhapsody
14 13 (1.19%) Artifactory
14 13 (1.19%) JUnit
15 12 (1.10%) Subversion
16 5 (0.46%) ClearCase
General
1 162 (14.81%) Social Skills
2 90 (8.23%) Electronics
3 76 (6.95%) Aerospace
4 58 (5.30%) Finance
5 55 (5.03%) Public Sector
6 51 (4.66%) Automotive
7 33 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (2.74%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.47%) Law
11 22 (2.01%) Military
12 21 (1.92%) Legal
13 20 (1.83%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.19%) Police
15 12 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.01%) Aviation
17 7 (0.64%) Billing
18 6 (0.55%) Banking
18 6 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 558 (51.01%) Software Engineer
2 281 (25.69%) Developer
3 132 (12.07%) Software Developer
4 129 (11.79%) Embedded Engineer
5 125 (11.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 102 (9.32%) C++ Software Engineer
7 100 (9.14%) Senior
8 78 (7.13%) Java Engineer
9 66 (6.03%) Senior Software Engineer
10 59 (5.39%) Java Developer
11 51 (4.66%) Lead
12 44 (4.02%) Full Stack Engineer
12 44 (4.02%) Java Software Engineer
13 35 (3.20%) Ada Engineer
13 35 (3.20%) Ada Software Engineer
14 29 (2.65%) Principal Engineer
15 27 (2.47%) C Software Engineer
16 26 (2.38%) DevOps Engineer
17 25 (2.29%) C# Software Engineer
18 24 (2.19%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (15.45%) HTML
2 94 (8.59%) React
3 62 (5.67%) REST
4 61 (5.58%) CSS
5 54 (4.94%) Spring
6 53 (4.84%) Node.js
7 46 (4.20%) RESTful
8 44 (4.02%) AngularJS
9 42 (3.84%) Spring Boot
10 40 (3.66%) .NET
11 29 (2.65%) Kafka
12 24 (2.19%) Web Services
12 24 (2.19%) XML
13 22 (2.01%) Java EE
14 18 (1.65%) JPA
15 17 (1.55%) .NET Framework
16 16 (1.46%) JSON
17 15 (1.37%) .NET Core
17 15 (1.37%) Qt
17 15 (1.37%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (3.75%) Algorithms
2 38 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (1.83%) ARM Cortex
5 17 (1.55%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.46%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (1.37%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.28%) IoT
8 14 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.19%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (0.82%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.73%) CCTV
13 8 (0.73%) Device Driver
14 7 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
16 5 (0.46%) Data Centre
16 5 (0.46%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 185 (16.91%) Linux
2 64 (5.85%) Windows
3 24 (2.19%) FreeRTOS
4 18 (1.65%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.10%) Unix
6 9 (0.82%) Debian
6 9 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.64%) Android
7 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.46%) VxWorks
9 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.37%) SafeRTOS
9 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.18%) zOS
11 1 (0.091%) CentOS
11 1 (0.091%) Solaris
11 1 (0.091%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (33.27%) Agile
2 212 (19.38%) DevOps
3 156 (14.26%) CI/CD
4 147 (13.44%) Artificial Intelligence
5 138 (12.61%) Code Quality
6 127 (11.61%) Continuous Integration
7 117 (10.69%) Scrum
8 116 (10.60%) Test Automation
9 108 (9.87%) Conversational UI
10 105 (9.60%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (8.59%) Validation
12 90 (8.23%) SDLC
13 89 (8.14%) Unit Testing
14 88 (8.04%) Computer Science
15 84 (7.68%) Software Testing
16 83 (7.59%) TDD
17 75 (6.86%) Full Stack Development
18 72 (6.58%) Microservices
19 69 (6.31%) Configuration Management
20 64 (5.85%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 264 (24.13%) Python
2 238 (21.76%) C#
3 224 (20.48%) Java
4 221 (20.20%) JavaScript
5 214 (19.56%) C++
6 199 (18.19%) C
7 195 (17.82%) SQL
8 82 (7.50%) TypeScript
9 59 (5.39%) Embedded C
10 36 (3.29%) Ada
10 36 (3.29%) MATLAB
11 28 (2.56%) Scala
12 25 (2.29%) PL/SQL
13 24 (2.19%) Bash
14 21 (1.92%) PowerShell
15 18 (1.65%) Perl
16 14 (1.28%) PHP
17 13 (1.19%) Kotlin
18 11 (1.01%) Embedded C++
19 10 (0.91%) Go
Qualifications
1 254 (23.22%) Security Cleared
2 211 (19.29%) Degree
3 185 (16.91%) SC Cleared
4 76 (6.95%) DV Cleared
5 45 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.11%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.37%) PhD
8 3 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.18%) HND
10 1 (0.091%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.091%) CISM
10 1 (0.091%) CISSP
10 1 (0.091%) CLAS
10 1 (0.091%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.83%) QA
2 28 (2.56%) MISRA
3 12 (1.10%) AUTOSAR
3 12 (1.10%) MISRA C
4 10 (0.91%) Accessibility
4 10 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.73%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.55%) JTAG
8 5 (0.46%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.27%) GDPR
9 3 (0.27%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
11 1 (0.091%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.091%) GRC
11 1 (0.091%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.091%) NCSC
System Software
1 59 (5.39%) Docker
2 36 (3.29%) Firmware
3 7 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.55%) VirtualBox
5 5 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.37%) zsh
7 3 (0.27%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.091%) NFS
8 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 77 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.20%) Ansible
3 42 (3.84%) Grafana
4 38 (3.47%) Terraform
5 21 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.10%) Kibana
7 10 (0.91%) Argo
7 10 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
7 10 (0.91%) Istio
8 9 (0.82%) Podman
9 6 (0.55%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.37%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.37%) Zipkin
11 3 (0.27%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.18%) Puppet
13 1 (0.091%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.091%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (9.87%) PayPal
2 68 (6.22%) Microsoft
3 48 (4.39%) Google
4 34 (3.11%) IBM
5 30 (2.74%) Oracle
6 25 (2.29%) Atlassian
7 21 (1.92%) Talend
8 20 (1.83%) Lauterbach
9 18 (1.65%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.46%) Denodo
10 16 (1.46%) VMware
11 9 (0.82%) SAP
12 7 (0.64%) Avaloq
13 5 (0.46%) Informatica
13 5 (0.46%) NVIDIA
14 4 (0.37%) Adobe
14 4 (0.37%) HP
14 4 (0.37%) Intel
14 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.37%) Sparx