Software Engineer Contracts in Stevenage

Software Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Stevenage is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 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
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 6 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 31 65 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 17.51% 26.21% 12.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.71% 27.54% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £476 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% - -
75th Percentile £514 £469 -
90th Percentile £521 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £481 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +13.06% -15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 60 24
10th Percentile £61.50 - £53.75
25th Percentile £62.50 - £60.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £90.00 £68.13
90th Percentile £67.50 - £70.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 175 236 252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.87% 95.16% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 111
10th Percentile £290 £240 £225
25th Percentile £328 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £556
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -14.61% +34.85%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £625
90th Percentile - £605 £738
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 129 99
10th Percentile £38.40 £42.16 £39.68
25th Percentile £50.25 £50.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £90.00 £74.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +98.35%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Stevenage

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Stevenage

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Stevenage

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 Stevenage region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 30 (96.77%) C++
3 27 (87.10%) Linux
4 23 (74.19%) C#
5 21 (67.74%) Visualisation
6 20 (64.52%) Visual Studio
7 19 (61.29%) Microsoft
7 19 (61.29%) Eclipse
7 19 (61.29%) Windows
8 18 (58.06%) Agile
8 18 (58.06%) Social Skills
8 18 (58.06%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (58.06%) Synthetic Environment
9 17 (54.84%) CI/CD
9 17 (54.84%) Continuous Delivery
9 17 (54.84%) Digital Twin
9 17 (54.84%) TDD
9 17 (54.84%) Unit Testing
9 17 (54.84%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (51.61%) Security Cleared
10 16 (51.61%) Military
10 16 (51.61%) Ethernet
10 16 (51.61%) TCP/IP
10 16 (51.61%) JavaScript
10 16 (51.61%) Web Services
10 16 (51.61%) Node.js
11 14 (45.16%) Verification and Validation
11 14 (45.16%) Validation
12 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
13 7 (22.58%) BPSS Clearance

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) Ethernet
1 16 (51.61%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 20 (64.52%) Visual Studio
2 19 (61.29%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.23%) Git
3 1 (3.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (58.06%) Presentation Skills
1 18 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 16 (51.61%) Military
3 4 (12.90%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.68%) Aviation
5 1 (3.23%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (51.61%) Node.js
1 16 (51.61%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 27 (87.10%) Linux
2 19 (61.29%) Windows
3 1 (3.23%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (67.74%) Visualisation
3 18 (58.06%) Agile
3 18 (58.06%) Synthetic Environment
4 17 (54.84%) CI/CD
4 17 (54.84%) Continuous Delivery
4 17 (54.84%) Continuous Integration
4 17 (54.84%) Digital Twin
4 17 (54.84%) TDD
4 17 (54.84%) Unit Testing
5 14 (45.16%) Validation
5 14 (45.16%) Verification and Validation
6 7 (22.58%) Data Analysis
6 7 (22.58%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 7 (22.58%) Mathematical Modelling
6 7 (22.58%) Mathematics
6 7 (22.58%) Multithreading
6 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (3.23%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (3.23%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 30 (96.77%) C++
2 23 (74.19%) C#
3 16 (51.61%) JavaScript
4 7 (22.58%) C
4 7 (22.58%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 19 (61.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Twitter
3 1 (3.23%) Wind River