The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 17 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 County Antrim 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank - 26 48
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim - 1.258% 0.294%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 2.000% 0.546%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £338 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.98% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £33.63
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +8.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
117 100 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 55.71% 62.89% 53.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 29 60
Average daily rate £325 £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Software Engineering
Northern Ireland

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Software Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree