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This section looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Engineering
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8777
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads611
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.615 %1.140 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£384
% change on same period last year-20.74 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£35.00
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.54£35.48
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads976965
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.288 %0.961 %
Daily rates quoted354231
Average minimum daily rate£383£364
Average daily rate£407£385
% change on same period last year+5.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted59103
Average minimum hourly rate£28.07£25.43
Average hourly rate£30.74£26.93
% change on same period last year+14.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.41£28.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
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 Engineering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East Midlands Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Software Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicestershireNew entry-3--
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£400-
DerbyshireDown-51--
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

19 (75.00 %)OO
28 (66.67 %)C++
37 (58.33 %)C#
37 (58.33 %).NET
37 (58.33 %)AJAX
46 (50.00 %)JavaScript
46 (50.00 %)Oracle
46 (50.00 %)Windows
55 (41.67 %)Oracle Reports
55 (41.67 %)ASP.NET
55 (41.67 %)HTML
55 (41.67 %)Crystal Reports
55 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (41.67 %)UML
55 (41.67 %)Oracle 10g
55 (41.67 %)Degree
64 (33.33 %)QA
64 (33.33 %)OOD
64 (33.33 %)ISO9001
64 (33.33 %)VB
64 (33.33 %)C
64 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
73 (25.00 %)HNC
73 (25.00 %)J2EE
82 (16.67 %)Java
82 (16.67 %)Struts
82 (16.67 %)Microsoft
82 (16.67 %)Spring
82 (16.67 %)Hibernate
91 (8.333 %)Military

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (58.33 %).NET
17 (58.33 %)AJAX
25 (41.67 %)ASP.NET
25 (41.67 %)HTML
33 (25.00 %)J2EE
42 (16.67 %)Struts
42 (16.67 %)Spring
42 (16.67 %)Hibernate
51 (8.333 %)LAMP
51 (8.333 %)WebServices
51 (8.333 %)XML
51 (8.333 %)SOAP
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)Oracle Application Server
11 (8.333 %)CMS
11 (8.333 %)Apache
11 (8.333 %)IIS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)Acrobat
11 (8.333 %)MS Excel
11 (8.333 %)MS Office
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (41.67 %)Oracle Reports
15 (41.67 %)Crystal Reports
15 (41.67 %)Oracle 10g
21 (8.333 %)BusinessObjects
21 (8.333 %)PostgreSQL
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server
21 (8.333 %)MySQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
21 (8.333 %)Oracle Forms
21 (8.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (8.333 %)ClearCase
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Military
11 (8.333 %)Games
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Developer
24 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
41 (8.333 %)Java Developer
41 (8.333 %)Oracle Developer
41 (8.333 %)C# Developer
41 (8.333 %)J2EE Developer
41 (8.333 %)Senior Software Developer
41 (8.333 %)PHP Developer
41 (8.333 %)Senior J2EE Developer
41 (8.333 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (8.333 %)Software Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Web 2.0
11 (8.333 %)Mathematics
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (50.00 %)Windows
25 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (8.333 %)UNIX
31 (8.333 %)Linux
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (75.00 %)OO
25 (41.67 %)UML
34 (33.33 %)OOD
41 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
41 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (66.67 %)C++
27 (58.33 %)C#
36 (50.00 %)JavaScript
44 (33.33 %)VB
44 (33.33 %)C
52 (16.67 %)Java
61 (8.333 %)Shell Script
61 (8.333 %)VC++
61 (8.333 %)Python
61 (8.333 %)PHP
61 (8.333 %)SQL
61 (8.333 %)DHTML
61 (8.333 %)VB.NET
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (41.67 %)Degree
23 (25.00 %)HNC
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (33.33 %)QA
14 (33.33 %)ISO9001
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (50.00 %)Oracle
22 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (8.333 %)Adobe
31 (8.333 %)Business Objects