Software Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 21 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 Cambridgeshire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 31 26 18
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 22 42 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 4.037% 6.158% 8.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.435% 6.452% 8.454%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 16
Average daily rate £320 £319 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.39% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.69% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 13
Average hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +13.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.10 £32.50 £26.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.70 £50.00 £34.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 496 651 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 91.01% 95.45% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 309 231
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 77 85
Average hourly rate £25.00 £33.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.81% +146.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridge -6 15 £263 -17.64%
Software Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 18 (40.00%) C++
2 17 (37.78%) C
3 15 (33.33%) C#
4 13 (28.89%) Degree
5 12 (26.67%) Linux
6 10 (22.22%) SQL
7 9 (20.00%) .NET
8 8 (17.78%) Games
8 8 (17.78%) Computer Science
8 8 (17.78%) Unit Testing
9 7 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
9 7 (15.56%) TDD
9 7 (15.56%) Oracle
9 7 (15.56%) Windows
9 7 (15.56%) Machine Learning
10 6 (13.33%) Git (software)
11 5 (11.11%) Software Testing
11 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 5 (11.11%) OO
11 5 (11.11%) MATLAB
11 5 (11.11%) Facebook
12 4 (8.889%) MVVM
12 4 (8.889%) OpenCL
12 4 (8.889%) Validation
12 4 (8.889%) LabVIEW
12 4 (8.889%) Python
12 4 (8.889%) OOD
12 4 (8.889%) UNIX
12 4 (8.889%) CSS
12 4 (8.889%) STL

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 9 (20.00%) .NET
2 4 (8.889%) OpenCL
2 4 (8.889%) CSS
2 4 (8.889%) STL
2 4 (8.889%) .NET Framework
2 4 (8.889%) WPF
3 3 (6.667%) Symfony
3 3 (6.667%) JSON
3 3 (6.667%) Web Services
3 3 (6.667%) HTML
3 3 (6.667%) Memcached
4 2 (4.444%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (2.222%) jQuery
5 1 (2.222%) iOS SDK
5 1 (2.222%) HTML5
5 1 (2.222%) WCF
5 1 (2.222%) Ajax
5 1 (2.222%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.667%) nginx
1 3 (6.667%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (6.667%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.444%) SNMP
1 2 (4.444%) Internet
1 2 (4.444%) VLAN
2 1 (2.222%) ZigBee
2 1 (2.222%) HTTP
2 1 (2.222%) 802.15
2 1 (2.222%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.667%) MySQL
2 3 (6.667%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Git (software)
2 4 (8.889%) LabVIEW
2 4 (8.889%) LLVM
3 3 (6.667%) Subversion
3 3 (6.667%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.444%) GoogleTest
4 2 (4.444%) Bazaar
5 1 (2.222%) GCC
5 1 (2.222%) GDB
General
1 8 (17.78%) Games
2 3 (6.667%) Electronics
3 2 (4.444%) Advertising
4 1 (2.222%) Military
4 1 (2.222%) Publishing
4 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.222%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Computer Science
2 7 (15.56%) Machine Learning
3 2 (4.444%) Firmware
3 2 (4.444%) Cryptography
4 1 (2.222%) iPhone
4 1 (2.222%) Visualisation
4 1 (2.222%) Physics
4 1 (2.222%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (2.222%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.222%) ASIC
4 1 (2.222%) E-Learning
4 1 (2.222%) Device Driver
4 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.67%) Linux
2 7 (15.56%) Windows
3 4 (8.889%) UNIX
3 4 (8.889%) Android
4 3 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (4.444%) Debian
5 2 (4.444%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.222%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.222%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.222%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (2.222%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.222%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.78%) Unit Testing
2 7 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (15.56%) TDD
3 5 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 5 (11.11%) OO
4 4 (8.889%) MVVM
4 4 (8.889%) Validation
4 4 (8.889%) OOD
4 4 (8.889%) Multithreading
5 3 (6.667%) Test Automation
5 3 (6.667%) Automated Testing
5 3 (6.667%) Scrum
5 3 (6.667%) Configuration Management
6 2 (4.444%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (4.444%) CAD
6 2 (4.444%) UML
6 2 (4.444%) OOA/OOD
6 2 (4.444%) Software Engineering
6 2 (4.444%) Load Testing
6 2 (4.444%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.00%) C++
2 17 (37.78%) C
3 15 (33.33%) C#
4 10 (22.22%) SQL
5 5 (11.11%) MATLAB
6 4 (8.889%) Python
7 3 (6.667%) Java
7 3 (6.667%) JavaScript
7 3 (6.667%) PHP
7 3 (6.667%) VC++
7 3 (6.667%) Embedded C
8 2 (4.444%) Shell Script
9 1 (2.222%) Embedded C++
9 1 (2.222%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Degree
2 1 (2.222%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.222%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.222%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.222%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.667%) QA
2 2 (4.444%) JTAG
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Oracle
2 5 (11.11%) Facebook
3 2 (4.444%) Twitter
3 2 (4.444%) Red Hat
3 2 (4.444%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.444%) Google
4 1 (2.222%) Perforce
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