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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the East Anglia 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1619
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below3.200 %2.326 %
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£306£272
% change on same period last year+12.55 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£27.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.88£35.59
% change on same period last year-2.01 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads125129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.175 %0.132 %
Daily rates quoted1127
Average minimum daily rate£325£388
Average daily rate£359£400
% change on same period last year-10.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted410
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£30.58
Average hourly rate£18.22£32.74
% change on same period last year-44.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.44£34.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Software Engineer East of EnglandSoftware Engineer
East of England

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

East Anglia Software Engineer Demand 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

15 (71.43 %)C++
24 (57.14 %)C
33 (42.86 %)Embedded C
33 (42.86 %)Embedded C++
42 (28.57 %)Assembly Language
42 (28.57 %)MATLAB
51 (14.29 %)Simulink
51 (14.29 %)Telecoms
51 (14.29 %)Validation
51 (14.29 %)Unified Process
51 (14.29 %)TETRA
51 (14.29 %)Java
51 (14.29 %)VB
51 (14.29 %)VB.NET
51 (14.29 %).NET
51 (14.29 %)Oracle
51 (14.29 %)SQL Server
51 (14.29 %)JUnit
51 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
51 (14.29 %)Windows
51 (14.29 %)UML
51 (14.29 %)Client/Server
51 (14.29 %)Eclipse
51 (14.29 %)ISO9000
51 (14.29 %)CTI
51 (14.29 %)ASIC
51 (14.29 %)VxWorks
51 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
51 (14.29 %)C#
51 (14.29 %)Asset Management

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
11 (14.29 %)AJAX
11 (14.29 %).NET Framework
11 (14.29 %)SWT
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (28.57 %)MATLAB
21 (14.29 %)Simulink
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)CTI
11 (14.29 %)TETRA
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)JUnit
11 (14.29 %)Eclipse
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Telecoms
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Client/Server
11 (14.29 %)ASIC
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)VxWorks
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)UML
11 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
11 (14.29 %)Validation
11 (14.29 %)Unified Process
11 (14.29 %)Asset Management
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (71.43 %)C++
24 (57.14 %)C
33 (42.86 %)Embedded C
33 (42.86 %)Embedded C++
42 (28.57 %)Assembly Language
51 (14.29 %)C#
51 (14.29 %)Java
51 (14.29 %)VB
51 (14.29 %)VB.NET
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)ISO9000
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Oracle