The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bath region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 8 - 14
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 2.500% - 2.273%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.857% - 2.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £200 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £301 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.97% +0.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.25 £36.25
% change year-on-year
+0.67% +2.75%
All Job Titles
Bath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
35 46 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 87.50% 97.87% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 18
Average daily rate £260 £295 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.86% +9.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £95 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.25 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -42.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.95 £10.00 £12.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £25.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Software Engineer
Somerset

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Bath region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bath Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Engineer across the Bath region.

Bath Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Bath region.

Bath Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded C++
2 2 (40.00%) Android
2 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) iOS SDK
3 1 (20.00%) CSS3
3 1 (20.00%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (20.00%) iPhone
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5
3 1 (20.00%) iPad
3 1 (20.00%) Cocoa
3 1 (20.00%) Xcode
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) OO

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (20.00%) CSS3
2 1 (20.00%) Cocoa Touch
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Cocoa
2 1 (20.00%) HTML5
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Xcode
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) iPhone
1 1 (20.00%) iPad
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) UML
1 1 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded C++
2 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Bath, South West
You will be testing low level C code to ensure it measures up to the rigorous safety standards required in the sector where they operate. The role: + Experience...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £25 - £28 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013