Senior Software Engineer Contracts

Senior Software Engineer
UK

The median Senior Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
7 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 527 555
Rank change year-on-year +164 +28 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 237 161 301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.29% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.31% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 110 219
10th Percentile £425 £419 £495
25th Percentile £475 £463 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £562 £600
Median % change year-on-year +15.66% -6.33% +17.07%
75th Percentile £850 £675 £713
90th Percentile - £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £545 £517
% change year-on-year -9.40% +5.42% +13.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 4 8
10th Percentile £37.81 £39.88 £35.13
25th Percentile £46.91 £47.19 £42.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +11.11% -0.53%
75th Percentile £73.50 £56.05 £51.51
90th Percentile £83.75 £60.20 £62.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £50.89
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.16% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,368 52,724 84,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.55% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 36,785 59,307
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,898 1,484 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.53
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +15.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Software Engineer over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +170 222 £650 +16.91% 377
London +152 136 £650 +4.00% 163
Work from Home +135 105 £750 +50.00% 218
UK excluding London +64 72 £494 -9.40% 242
South East +23 29 £543 +3.33% 43
North of England +21 17 £280 -44.00% 59
East of England +15 16 £600 -6.25% 28
North West +20 12 - - 42
Yorkshire +17 5 £280 -37.78% 12
South West +10 5 £488 -17.37% 52
Midlands +19 3 - - 25
West Midlands +13 3 - - 18
Scotland +39 2 - - 20
Wales +17 1 - - 10

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 June 2024, Senior Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 235 (99.16%) Software Engineering
2 119 (50.21%) AWS
3 117 (49.37%) Agile
4 90 (37.97%) Java
5 79 (33.33%) Python
6 69 (29.11%) Finance
7 67 (28.27%) JavaScript
8 62 (26.16%) TypeScript
9 51 (21.52%) Pandas
9 51 (21.52%) Kubernetes
10 50 (21.10%) Front Office
10 50 (21.10%) Asset Management
10 50 (21.10%) Derivative
11 49 (20.68%) Fixed Income
11 49 (20.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 49 (20.68%) gRPC
12 48 (20.25%) Apache Airflow
12 48 (20.25%) Equities
12 48 (20.25%) Protocol Buffers
13 47 (19.83%) Banking
14 46 (19.41%) NumPy
15 45 (18.99%) Docker
16 44 (18.57%) Investment Management
17 43 (18.14%) Apache
18 42 (17.72%) Investment Banking
18 42 (17.72%) Hedge funds
18 42 (17.72%) SciPy
18 42 (17.72%) Amazon Athena
18 42 (17.72%) Apache Ignite
18 42 (17.72%) Dremio

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 48 (20.25%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (18.14%) Apache
3 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.42%) Drupal
4 1 (0.42%) MTS
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Simulink
1 2 (0.84%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 119 (50.21%) AWS
2 42 (17.72%) dbt
2 42 (17.72%) Snowflake
3 33 (13.92%) Azure
4 14 (5.91%) GCP
5 9 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 7 (2.95%) Serverless
7 6 (2.53%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (2.53%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.11%) AWS Step Functions
8 5 (2.11%) GitHub
9 4 (1.69%) Miro
10 3 (1.27%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.84%) Amazon Kinesis
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.84%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.27%) RS-485
2 1 (0.42%) Firewall
2 1 (0.42%) SNMP
2 1 (0.42%) VPN
2 1 (0.42%) WAN
2 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (17.72%) Amazon Athena
1 42 (17.72%) Apache Arrow
1 42 (17.72%) Apache Ignite
1 42 (17.72%) Dremio
2 41 (17.30%) Data Lake
3 27 (11.39%) Apache Cassandra
4 11 (4.64%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.53%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.53%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.84%) MySQL
8 1 (0.42%) Big Data
8 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.42%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.42%) KDB
8 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.42%) Redis
8 1 (0.42%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (5.49%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.53%) Cucumber
2 6 (2.53%) GitLab
2 6 (2.53%) Selenium
3 5 (2.11%) CircleCI
3 5 (2.11%) JIRA
3 5 (2.11%) REST Assured
3 5 (2.11%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.69%) Git
5 3 (1.27%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.27%) Gradle
5 3 (1.27%) JUnit
5 3 (1.27%) Maven
5 3 (1.27%) MSI
5 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.27%) webpack
5 3 (1.27%) WiX
6 2 (0.84%) fastlane
7 1 (0.42%) Babel
7 1 (0.42%) Spinnaker
General
1 69 (29.11%) Finance
2 50 (21.10%) Front Office
3 47 (19.83%) Banking
4 42 (17.72%) Investment Banking
5 30 (12.66%) Social Skills
6 12 (5.06%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.22%) Retail
8 9 (3.80%) Electronics
9 8 (3.38%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.95%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.95%) Local Government
11 6 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.53%) Law
11 6 (2.53%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.69%) Automotive
12 4 (1.69%) Marketing
12 4 (1.69%) Military
12 4 (1.69%) Police
13 2 (0.84%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (21.52%) Pandas
2 49 (20.68%) gRPC
3 48 (20.25%) Protocol Buffers
4 46 (19.41%) NumPy
5 42 (17.72%) SciPy
6 38 (16.03%) Kafka
7 29 (12.24%) React
8 24 (10.13%) .NET
8 24 (10.13%) REST
9 19 (8.02%) Node.js
10 13 (5.49%) AngularJS
11 12 (5.06%) Spring
11 12 (5.06%) XML
12 11 (4.64%) Spring Boot
13 10 (4.22%) Java EE
14 9 (3.80%) GraphQL
14 9 (3.80%) RESTful
15 8 (3.38%) CSS
15 8 (3.38%) Material-UI
16 7 (2.95%) http4s
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.10%) Derivative
2 49 (20.68%) Fixed Income
2 49 (20.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 48 (20.25%) Equities
4 42 (17.72%) Hedge funds
5 16 (6.75%) Pricing Data
6 14 (5.91%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.95%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.95%) Distributed Architecture
7 7 (2.95%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.53%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.11%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (1.27%) FPGA
11 3 (1.27%) IoT
11 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.44%) Linux
2 7 (2.95%) Windows
3 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.27%) Android
5 2 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (99.16%) Software Engineering
2 117 (49.37%) Agile
3 50 (21.10%) Asset Management
4 44 (18.57%) Investment Management
5 36 (15.19%) User Experience
6 33 (13.92%) CI/CD
6 33 (13.92%) UX Design
7 29 (12.24%) DevOps
8 28 (11.81%) Fintech
9 27 (11.39%) Microservices
9 27 (11.39%) User Research
9 27 (11.39%) UX Research
10 25 (10.55%) Computer Science
10 25 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (10.13%) Greeks
12 22 (9.28%) Scrum
13 20 (8.44%) Mentoring
14 19 (8.02%) OO
15 16 (6.75%) TDD
16 15 (6.33%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 90 (37.97%) Java
2 79 (33.33%) Python
3 67 (28.27%) JavaScript
4 62 (26.16%) TypeScript
5 37 (15.61%) C#
6 30 (12.66%) Go
7 21 (8.86%) SQL
8 20 (8.44%) C++
9 11 (4.64%) C
9 11 (4.64%) Rust
9 11 (4.64%) Scala
10 7 (2.95%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.53%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.69%) Perl
12 4 (1.69%) PHP
12 4 (1.69%) Ruby
13 3 (1.27%) Bicep
13 3 (1.27%) Clojure
13 3 (1.27%) Haskell
13 3 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (13.50%) Degree
2 25 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (5.06%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.95%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.69%) PhD
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.55%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.42%) MiFID
3 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (18.99%) Docker
2 6 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (21.52%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.17%) Terraform
3 5 (2.11%) Ansible
3 5 (2.11%) Docker Swarm
3 5 (2.11%) Podman
4 4 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.42%) Argo
5 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (3.80%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.11%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.69%) Google
3 4 (1.69%) Okta
3 4 (1.69%) Roku
4 3 (1.27%) SAP
5 2 (0.84%) Databricks
5 2 (0.84%) MathWorks
5 2 (0.84%) New Relic
5 2 (0.84%) NVIDIA
5 2 (0.84%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.42%) Finsemble
6 1 (0.42%) HP
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle
6 1 (0.42%) Sparx
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