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The table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Engineering
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3040
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads1117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.017 %
As % of the category below5.882 %4.942 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£368
% change on same period last year-15.02 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£40.00£32.50
% change on same period last year+23.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.74£35.90
% change on same period last year-6.00 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads187344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.266 %0.347 %
Daily rates quoted4873
Average minimum daily rate£290£351
Average daily rate£318£368
% change on same period last year-13.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted4152
Average minimum hourly rate£23.41£35.53
Average hourly rate£25.43£38.36
% change on same period last year-33.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.46£41.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Software Engineering CambridgeshireSoftware Engineering
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridge Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Software Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cambridge Software Engineering Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

125 (96.15 %)C++
218 (69.23 %)C
315 (57.69 %)Linux
414 (53.85 %)UNIX
414 (53.85 %)OOD
414 (53.85 %)OO
414 (53.85 %)3G
414 (53.85 %)Telecoms
513 (50.00 %)RNC
612 (46.15 %)2G
710 (38.46 %)SS7
710 (38.46 %)GSM
89 (34.62 %)UML
95 (19.23 %)Degree
95 (19.23 %)Computer Science
95 (19.23 %).NET
104 (15.38 %)XML
104 (15.38 %)Perl
104 (15.38 %)Windows
113 (11.54 %)MFC
113 (11.54 %)Visual Studio
113 (11.54 %)ASP.NET
122 (7.692 %)Unit Testing
122 (7.692 %)Java
122 (7.692 %)C#
122 (7.692 %)Symbian
122 (7.692 %)Project Management
131 (3.846 %)Postgraduate
131 (3.846 %)ActiveX
131 (3.846 %)Hibernate

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (19.23 %).NET
24 (15.38 %)XML
33 (11.54 %)MFC
33 (11.54 %)ASP.NET
41 (3.846 %)ActiveX
41 (3.846 %)Hibernate
41 (3.846 %)HTML
41 (3.846 %)JSP
41 (3.846 %)Struts
41 (3.846 %)J2EE
41 (3.846 %)JSTL
41 (3.846 %)Spring
41 (3.846 %)JSF
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (53.85 %)3G
213 (50.00 %)RNC
312 (46.15 %)2G
410 (38.46 %)SS7
410 (38.46 %)GSM
51 (3.846 %)UMTS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.846 %)Text Mining
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (11.54 %)Visual Studio
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (53.85 %)Telecoms
21 (3.846 %)Animation
21 (3.846 %)Pensions
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (65.38 %)Software Engineer
29 (34.62 %)Developer
37 (26.92 %)C++ Developer
43 (11.54 %)Software Developer
43 (11.54 %)Senior Software Engineer
52 (7.692 %)Senior Developer
52 (7.692 %)Team Leader
52 (7.692 %)Symbian Developer
52 (7.692 %)C++ Software Developer
52 (7.692 %)C++ Team Leader
52 (7.692 %)Senior C++ Developer
61 (3.846 %)Java Developer
61 (3.846 %)Graduate
61 (3.846 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (3.846 %)Graduate Software Engineer
61 (3.846 %)GSM Engineer
61 (3.846 %)3G Engineer
61 (3.846 %)3G Software Engineer
61 (3.846 %)RNC Engineer
61 (3.846 %)UMTS Engineer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (19.23 %)Computer Science
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (57.69 %)Linux
214 (53.85 %)UNIX
34 (15.38 %)Windows
41 (3.846 %)Solaris
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (53.85 %)OOD
114 (53.85 %)OO
29 (34.62 %)UML
32 (7.692 %)Unit Testing
32 (7.692 %)Project Management
41 (3.846 %)Algorithmic Trading
41 (3.846 %)Integration Testing
41 (3.846 %)Web Development
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (96.15 %)C++
218 (69.23 %)C
34 (15.38 %)Perl
42 (7.692 %)Java
42 (7.692 %)C#
51 (3.846 %)JavaScript
51 (3.846 %)SQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (19.23 %)Degree
21 (3.846 %)Postgraduate
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.846 %)QA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (7.692 %)Symbian