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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the East of England 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank121143
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.165 %0.144 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£338£300
Average daily rate£363£325
% change on same period last year+11.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£325
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.00£37.50
% change on same period last year+12.00 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads30274169
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.728 %4.535 %
Daily rates quoted8391288
Average minimum daily rate£306£311
Average daily rate£327£329
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£350
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted486678
Average minimum hourly rate£21.88£25.30
Average hourly rate£23.26£26.75
% change on same period last year-13.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.65£28.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.35£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.45 %
Senior Software Engineer EnglandSenior Software Engineer
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.

Senior Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Senior Software Engineer Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Senior Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Senior Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 November 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
CambridgeshireUp+124£363+11.53 %
EssexNew entry-1--
Senior Software Engineer EnglandSenior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

18 (80.00 %)C++
26 (60.00 %)C
26 (60.00 %)SQL
34 (40.00 %)C#
34 (40.00 %)ODBC
34 (40.00 %)UNIX
34 (40.00 %)Windows
34 (40.00 %)Linux
34 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
34 (40.00 %)Perl
34 (40.00 %)Microsoft
34 (40.00 %)WPF
43 (30.00 %)Windows Vista
43 (30.00 %)Mathematics
43 (30.00 %)Software Engineering
43 (30.00 %)Pensions
43 (30.00 %)MS Excel
43 (30.00 %)Windows XP
43 (30.00 %)OO
52 (20.00 %)Python
52 (20.00 %)OOD
52 (20.00 %)STL
52 (20.00 %)3G
52 (20.00 %)Telecoms
52 (20.00 %)2G
52 (20.00 %)RNC
52 (20.00 %)AJAX
61 (10.00 %)Software Testing
61 (10.00 %)QARun
61 (10.00 %)Test Scripting

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (40.00 %)ODBC
14 (40.00 %)WPF
22 (20.00 %)STL
22 (20.00 %)AJAX
31 (10.00 %)Java EE
31 (10.00 %)J2SE
31 (10.00 %).NET
31 (10.00 %)J2EE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)3G
12 (20.00 %)2G
12 (20.00 %)RNC
21 (10.00 %)Internet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)GIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (10.00 %)LoadRunner
21 (10.00 %)QARun
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Pensions
22 (20.00 %)Telecoms
31 (10.00 %)Finance
31 (10.00 %)Health
31 (10.00 %)Banking
31 (10.00 %)Retail
31 (10.00 %)Insurance
31 (10.00 %)Retail Banking
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)Mathematics
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (40.00 %)UNIX
14 (40.00 %)Windows
14 (40.00 %)Linux
23 (30.00 %)Windows XP
23 (30.00 %)Windows Vista
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)OO
13 (30.00 %)Software Engineering
22 (20.00 %)OOD
31 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
31 (10.00 %)Software Testing
31 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (80.00 %)C++
26 (60.00 %)C
26 (60.00 %)SQL
34 (40.00 %)Perl
34 (40.00 %)C#
42 (20.00 %)Python
51 (10.00 %)Java
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)ISEB
11 (10.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
11 (10.00 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Oracle