The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills 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 Engineering 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 63 70 64
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 4 3 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.493% 0.304% 1.104%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.702% 0.460% 1.843%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £338 - £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £335 £323
% change year-on-year
-1.11% +3.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.25 £36.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-3.42% +8.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
570 652 651
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 70.28% 66.06% 59.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 306 273
Average daily rate £340 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 47
Average hourly rate £17.75 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Software Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Aylesbury - 1 - -
High Wycombe - 1 £338 -
Marlow - 1 - -
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering.

1 3 (60.00%) OO
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) WPF
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) WPF
2 1 (20.00%) STL
2 1 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) OO
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft