The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell 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 21 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 Bracknell 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 0.410% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.442% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.69% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Job Titles
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
226 138 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 92.62% 93.88% 86.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 41 44
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 26
Average hourly rate £17.33 £27.50 £19.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.00% +43.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £28.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
Berkshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) OO
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) Client/Server
1 4 (80.00%) FTP
1 4 (80.00%) NFS
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (80.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) QA
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) OOD
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) J2EE
2 1 (20.00%) Struts
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) UML

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) J2EE
1 1 (20.00%) Struts
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) FTP
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Client/Server
1 4 (80.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) OO
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (20.00%) OOD
2 1 (20.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) NFS