The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset 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 22 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 Dorset 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 16 26 39
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 16 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 7.373% 3.584% 1.270%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.692% 3.937% 1.325%
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 13 5 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -2.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £40.00 £40.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £44.80 £42.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
208 254 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 95.85% 91.04% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 147 167
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £265 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 20 14
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
South West

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Dorset Software Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Weymouth -2 3 - -
Bournemouth - 2 - -
Poole - 1 - -
Software Engineer
South West

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (60.00%) UML
3 14 (56.00%) OO
4 13 (52.00%) Windows
5 12 (48.00%) C++
6 10 (40.00%) C#
6 10 (40.00%) SC Cleared
7 8 (32.00%) Requirements Analysis
7 8 (32.00%) OOA/OOD
8 7 (28.00%) .NET
8 7 (28.00%) MATLAB
8 7 (28.00%) WinForms
9 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio
10 5 (20.00%) Configuration Management
10 5 (20.00%) VMware
10 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (20.00%) Multithreading
10 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
11 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 4 (16.00%) NUnit
11 4 (16.00%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (16.00%) Serena
11 4 (16.00%) InstallShield
11 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
11 4 (16.00%) C
12 3 (12.00%) Linux
12 3 (12.00%) OOD
12 3 (12.00%) Avionics
13 2 (8.000%) Degree
13 2 (8.000%) Physics

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 7 (28.00%) .NET
1 7 (28.00%) WinForms
2 1 (4.000%) HTML
2 1 (4.000%) XML
2 1 (4.000%) XHTML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.000%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.000%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.00%) NUnit
2 4 (16.00%) InstallShield
3 2 (8.000%) LabVIEW
3 2 (8.000%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (8.000%) Subversion
General
1 3 (12.00%) Avionics
2 1 (4.000%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Physics
1 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.000%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
3 2 (8.000%) Windows XP Embedded
3 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) UML
2 14 (56.00%) OO
3 8 (32.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 8 (32.00%) OOA/OOD
4 5 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (12.00%) OOD
6 2 (8.000%) Signal Processing
6 2 (8.000%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (4.000%) Service Management
7 1 (4.000%) ITSM
7 1 (4.000%) Validation
7 1 (4.000%) Data Modelling
7 1 (4.000%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.000%) Network Management
7 1 (4.000%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) C++
2 10 (40.00%) C#
3 7 (28.00%) MATLAB
4 4 (16.00%) C
5 2 (8.000%) Delphi
6 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.000%) VC++
6 1 (4.000%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) Degree
3 2 (8.000%) HND
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (16.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.00%) Serena
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.000%) Borland