The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Development 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 Cambridge 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 Development Engineer
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.635% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.697% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £263 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
-15.71% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +3.22%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
287 413 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 91.11% 94.08% 97.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 214 148
Average daily rate £350 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £160 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 75 40
Average hourly rate £37.50 £33.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% +109.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £49.70 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Development Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Software Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Software Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Software Development Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Software Development Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Development Engineer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Software Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 4 (66.67%) Facebook
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Games
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
3 2 (33.33%) Simulink
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (33.33%) LabVIEW
3 2 (33.33%) Multithreading

Software Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Software Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (66.67%) Games
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 2 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Facebook
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2-3 Years Coding Experience - (Front-end Design/Development) * Strong Multi-threading, C# & SQL Coding * Must be a Team Player, Problem Solver & very interactive. * Good Algorithm Design/Development &...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £319 per day £275 - 315 Per Day Ltd Co Basis 6+ Mont
Posted: 12 June 2013