The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheltenham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank - 38 21
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 0 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham - 3.750% 2.000%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 4.839% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £335 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.74% +4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +1.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.25 £36.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-3.42% +8.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
56 186 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 70.00% 77.50% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 103 21
Average daily rate £350 £425 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +37.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £400 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £25.00 £34.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Engineering
Gloucestershire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Software Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 5 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 5 (100.00%) Avionics
1 5 (100.00%) DO-178B
2 3 (60.00%) Assembly Language
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) DO-254
3 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Ada
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (20.00%) MS Project

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 5 (100.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Assembly Language
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Ada
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) DO-178B
2 2 (40.00%) DO-254