The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Brentford 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 23 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 Brentford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 15 6 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brentford 1.220% 4.762% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.333% 4.762% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -
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 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Brentford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
75 21 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brentford 91.46% 100.00% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 13 19
Average daily rate £475 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £312 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £450 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
London

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brentford 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 Brentford region.

Brentford 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 Brentford region.

Brentford Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brentford 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brentford 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree