The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 18 June 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 Buckinghamshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 68 64 73
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 6 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.652% 0.937% 0.274%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.707% 0.997% 0.289%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.63%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
849 903 1038
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 92.28% 93.96% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 397 389
Average daily rate £325 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £175 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 66 131
Average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.09 £11.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £35.00 £23.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Aylesbury - 4 £350 - 1
Milton Keynes -2 1 - - 4
High Wycombe - - - - 2
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 5 (45.45%) C++
2 4 (36.36%) Perl
2 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 4 (36.36%) UML
3 3 (27.27%) Internet
3 3 (27.27%) C
3 3 (27.27%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (18.18%) STL
4 2 (18.18%) XML
4 2 (18.18%) C#
4 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (18.18%) MVC
4 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) WCF
4 2 (18.18%) WPF
4 2 (18.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
5 1 (9.091%) MVVM
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
5 1 (9.091%) jQuery
5 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
5 1 (9.091%) Multithreading
5 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) WCF
2 2 (18.18%) WPF
2 2 (18.18%) STL
2 2 (18.18%) XML
2 2 (18.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (9.091%) XSL
3 1 (9.091%) WinForms
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
3 1 (9.091%) jQuery
3 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
1 1 (9.091%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Internet
2 1 (9.091%) SMTP
2 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
1 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
1 1 (9.091%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) UML
2 2 (18.18%) MVC
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
2 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.091%) Supplier Management
3 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
3 1 (9.091%) Multithreading
3 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.091%) MVVM
3 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Automated Testing
3 1 (9.091%) OO
3 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
3 1 (9.091%) OOD
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) C++
2 4 (36.36%) Perl
3 3 (27.27%) C
4 2 (18.18%) C#
5 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.091%) SQL
5 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
5 1 (9.091%) VB.NET
5 1 (9.091%) Ruby
5 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
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