Software Engineer
Berkshire > Reading
The median Software Engineer daily rate in Reading is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 86 | 72 | 87 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -14 | +15 | -2 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 6 | 16 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.55% | 1.49% | 0.77% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.61% | 1.60% | 0.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 13 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £622 | £462 | £421 |
| 25th Percentile | £629 | £510 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £600 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £669 | - | £775 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £650 | £600 | £605 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -0.83% | +30.81% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title | 987 | 998 | 1,369 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 90.14% | 92.92% | 95.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 540 | 661 | 866 |
| 10th Percentile | £339 | £238 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £572 | £525 | £502 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.86% | +4.69% | +2.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £623 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £688 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 12 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £48.18 | £58.98 | £17.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.25 | £61.04 | £24.66 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.15 | £64.31 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.81% | +21.34% | +13.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £100.00 | £69.56 | £71.19 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £75.23 | £75.75 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £61.50 | £61.79 | £41.20 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.48% | +49.99% | -11.88% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Reading.
Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Reading.
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading
For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, 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 across the Reading region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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: