Software Optimisation Contracts

Software Optimisation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Software Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 685 844
Rank change year-on-year +99 +159 -111
Contract jobs citing Software Optimisation 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £205
Median % change year-on-year - - -54.44%
75th Percentile - - £218
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,177 49,806 79,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 89.64% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,769 34,463 55,610
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,687 1,847
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +66.67% +0.65%

Software Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Optimisation in the UK

Software Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Optimisation in the UK

Software Optimisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Optimisation in the UK

Software Optimisation
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
Work from Home +114 4 - -
England +103 4 - -
UK excluding London +39 4 - -
South East - 4 - -

Software Optimisation
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (100.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (100.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware