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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the Derbyshire 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2738
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.005 %1.205 %
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£307£319
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£31.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.21£34.80
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads199332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.325 %0.364 %
Daily rates quoted3074
Average minimum daily rate£338£305
Average daily rate£352£322
% change on same period last year+9.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted4743
Average minimum hourly rate£17.14£22.32
Average hourly rate£17.89£23.92
% change on same period last year-25.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.64£25.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£23.82
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Software Engineer East MidlandsSoftware Engineer
East Midlands

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 Derbyshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Derbyshire Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Engineer across the Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

114 (100.00 %).NET
213 (92.86 %)C#
213 (92.86 %)ADO.NET
312 (85.71 %)Oracle
312 (85.71 %)SQL Server
312 (85.71 %)Microsoft
411 (78.57 %)Back Office
510 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
69 (64.29 %)RDBMS
76 (42.86 %)SharePoint
76 (42.86 %)MS Office
85 (35.71 %)WebServices
85 (35.71 %)SQL
85 (35.71 %)Degree
93 (21.43 %)Validation
93 (21.43 %)UML
93 (21.43 %)OO
102 (14.29 %)WinForms
102 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
102 (14.29 %)WCF
102 (14.29 %)WPF
111 (7.143 %)User Acceptance Testing
111 (7.143 %).NET Framework
111 (7.143 %)Mathematics
111 (7.143 %)VC++
111 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
111 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
111 (7.143 %)VB
111 (7.143 %)VB.NET
111 (7.143 %)C++

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (100.00 %).NET
213 (92.86 %)ADO.NET
310 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
45 (35.71 %)WebServices
52 (14.29 %)WinForms
52 (14.29 %)WCF
52 (14.29 %)WPF
61 (7.143 %)MFC
61 (7.143 %).NET Framework
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (42.86 %)SharePoint
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (42.86 %)MS Office
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (85.71 %)SQL Server
29 (64.29 %)RDBMS
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (78.57 %)Back Office
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Mathematics
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)UML
13 (21.43 %)OO
13 (21.43 %)Validation
22 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
31 (7.143 %)User Acceptance Testing
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (92.86 %)C#
25 (35.71 %)SQL
31 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
31 (7.143 %)VB
31 (7.143 %)VB.NET
31 (7.143 %)VC++
31 (7.143 %)C++
31 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (35.71 %)Degree
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (85.71 %)Oracle
112 (85.71 %)Microsoft