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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the Colchester region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£302£272
% change on same period last year+11.02 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.81£35.62
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Colchester
Matching contract IT job ads3627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.027 %
Daily rates quoted106
Average minimum daily rate£253£288
Average daily rate£263£298
% change on same period last year-11.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£273£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1111
Average minimum hourly rate£20.04£24.92
Average hourly rate£21.11£25.32
% change on same period last year-16.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.17£25.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Software Engineer EssexSoftware Engineer
Essex

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Colchester Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Colchester 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.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (100.00 %)ODBC
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)WPF

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Colchester 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.

Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ODBC
11 (100.00 %)WPF
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft