The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry 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 23 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 Coventry 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 28 22 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.000% 3.113% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.087% 3.347% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.69% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £29.50 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
184 239 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 92.00% 93.00% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 93 73
Average daily rate £325 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 6
Average hourly rate £37.80 £19.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+98.94% +4.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
West Midlands

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Coventry region.

Coventry Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) 3G
1 1 (33.33%) MVC
1 1 (33.33%) 2G
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 1 (33.33%) jQuery
1 1 (33.33%) Telematics
1 1 (33.33%) Qt
1 1 (33.33%) GStreamer
1 1 (33.33%) 4G

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) jQuery
1 1 (33.33%) Qt
1 1 (33.33%) GStreamer
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) 3G
1 1 (33.33%) 2G
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) MVC
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
My client is looking for an embedded software engineer to take part in the first part of an Audio based project. This will be based in there offices...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013