East of England Software Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the 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 Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Avon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Crawley Derby Derbyshire Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hampshire Havant Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Hull Ipswich Kent Kidderminster Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Marlow Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Shields North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Petersfield Poole Portsmouth Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	57	38
Rank change on same period last year	-19
Matching contract IT job ads	94	184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.125 %	0.184 %
As % of the category below	2.724 %	4.003 %
Daily rates quoted	8	14
Average minimum daily rate	£256	£253
Average daily rate	£293	£256
% change on same period last year	+14.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£260
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£279
% change on same period last year	+13.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	38	52
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.08	£34.29
Average hourly rate	£35.07	£36.18
% change on same period last year	-3.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.05	£38.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.80	£35.14
% change on same period last year	+1.85 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3451	4596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.600 %	4.585 %
Daily rates quoted	1085	1406
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£324
Average daily rate	£354	£343
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	454	636
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.18	£25.47
Average hourly rate	£23.66	£26.68
% change on same period last year	-11.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.15	£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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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 of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cambridgeshire	-7	39	£257	-12.30 %
Hertfordshire	+1	32	£400	-
Essex	+7	14	£400	+233.33 %
Suffolk	+9	4	-	-
East Anglia	0	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 112 (59.89 %) C 2 100 (53.48 %) C++ 3 49 (26.20 %) Linux 4 30 (16.04 %) Telecoms 5 29 (15.51 %) Windows 5 29 (15.51 %) .NET 5 29 (15.51 %) Microsoft 6 28 (14.97 %) Embedded C 7 25 (13.37 %) C# 7 25 (13.37 %) OO 8 24 (12.83 %) UML 9 23 (12.30 %) Degree 9 23 (12.30 %) Visual Studio 10 22 (11.76 %) UNIX 10 22 (11.76 %) Electronics

10 22 (11.76 %) Software Engineering 11 19 (10.16 %) TCP/IP 12 18 (9.626 %) 3G 13 17 (9.091 %) OOD 14 16 (8.556 %) MFC 15 15 (8.021 %) Embedded Linux 15 15 (8.021 %) SQL Server 16 14 (7.487 %) XML 16 14 (7.487 %) RNC 17 13 (6.952 %) ASP.NET 18 12 (6.417 %) Python 18 12 (6.417 %) GSM 18 12 (6.417 %) 2G 18 12 (6.417 %) Security Cleared 19 11 (5.882 %) Java

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 29 (15.51 %) .NET 2 16 (8.556 %) MFC 3 14 (7.487 %) XML 4 13 (6.952 %) ASP.NET 5 7 (3.743 %) AJAX 6 6 (3.209 %) HTML 7 5 (2.674 %) WinForms 7 5 (2.674 %) WPF 7 5 (2.674 %) J2EE 7 5 (2.674 %) ASP 7 5 (2.674 %) STL 8 4 (2.139 %) .NET Framework 8 4 (2.139 %) Hibernate 9 3 (1.604 %) Spring 9 3 (1.604 %) WebSphere 9 3 (1.604 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 3 (1.604 %) WCF 9 3 (1.604 %) CSS 9 3 (1.604 %) XSL 9 3 (1.604 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 6 (3.209 %) SharePoint 1 6 (3.209 %) Apache 2 5 (2.674 %) IIS 3 4 (2.139 %) JBoss 4 3 (1.604 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 10 (5.348 %) MATLAB 2 5 (2.674 %) MS Excel 3 4 (2.139 %) Simulink 4 2 (1.070 %) InfoPath 5 1 (0.535 %) Doxygen 5 1 (0.535 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 19 (10.16 %) TCP/IP 2 18 (9.626 %) 3G 3 14 (7.487 %) RNC 4 12 (6.417 %) GSM 4 12 (6.417 %) 2G 5 10 (5.348 %) SS7 6 9 (4.813 %) VoIP 6 9 (4.813 %) Wi-Fi 7 7 (3.743 %) Wireless 8 6 (3.209 %) UMTS 9 5 (2.674 %) Internet 10 4 (2.139 %) RTP 10 4 (2.139 %) Ethernet 10 4 (2.139 %) HTTP 11 3 (1.604 %) RTSP 11 3 (1.604 %) CTI 11 3 (1.604 %) IPsec 11 3 (1.604 %) DVB 12 2 (1.070 %) LTE 12 2 (1.070 %) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (8.021 %) SQL Server 2 6 (3.209 %) MySQL 3 3 (1.604 %) DB2 4 2 (1.070 %) MS Access 4 2 (1.070 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (0.535 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (0.535 %) SQL Server 2008	Development Applications 1 23 (12.30 %) Visual Studio 2 5 (2.674 %) Eclipse 3 2 (1.070 %) InstallShield 3 2 (1.070 %) PVCS 3 2 (1.070 %) Bugzilla 4 1 (0.535 %) Subversion 4 1 (0.535 %) JUnit 4 1 (0.535 %) Flash 4 1 (0.535 %) ClearCase 4 1 (0.535 %) ClearQuest
General 1 30 (16.04 %) Telecoms 2 22 (11.76 %) Electronics 3 10 (5.348 %) Manufacturing 4 5 (2.674 %) Government 5 4 (2.139 %) Automotive 5 4 (2.139 %) Education 6 3 (1.604 %) Multimedia 6 3 (1.604 %) Avionics 7 2 (1.070 %) Pharmaceutical 7 2 (1.070 %) Finance 8 1 (0.535 %) Advertising 8 1 (0.535 %) Publishing 8 1 (0.535 %) Mobile Games 8 1 (0.535 %) Games 8 1 (0.535 %) Aerospace 8 1 (0.535 %) Electric 8 1 (0.535 %) Health 8 1 (0.535 %) Military 8 1 (0.535 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.535 %) Pensions	Miscellaneous 1 10 (5.348 %) Client/Server 1 10 (5.348 %) Computer Science 2 9 (4.813 %) Device Driver 2 9 (4.813 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 6 (3.209 %) Multithreading 3 6 (3.209 %) Mathematics 4 5 (2.674 %) ASIC 5 4 (2.139 %) MPEG 5 4 (2.139 %) Physics 5 4 (2.139 %) IPTV 6 3 (1.604 %) Streaming Video 6 3 (1.604 %) PDA 6 3 (1.604 %) DTV 7 2 (1.070 %) STB 8 1 (0.535 %) Handset 8 1 (0.535 %) VHDL 8 1 (0.535 %) Biology 8 1 (0.535 %) Life Science 8 1 (0.535 %) W3C 8 1 (0.535 %) iDTV
Operating Systems 1 49 (26.20 %) Linux 2 29 (15.51 %) Windows 3 22 (11.76 %) UNIX 4 15 (8.021 %) Embedded Linux 5 10 (5.348 %) Windows CE 6 6 (3.209 %) VxWorks 7 4 (2.139 %) Windows XP 7 4 (2.139 %) Windows Vista 8 3 (1.604 %) Windows Mobile 9 2 (1.070 %) Windows Server 2008 9 2 (1.070 %) Windows Server 2003 9 2 (1.070 %) Solaris 10 1 (0.535 %) Nucleus RTOS 10 1 (0.535 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.535 %) AIX 10 1 (0.535 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (13.37 %) OO 2 24 (12.83 %) UML 3 22 (11.76 %) Software Engineering 4 17 (9.091 %) OOD 5 12 (6.417 %) Security Cleared 6 8 (4.278 %) SC Cleared 7 6 (3.209 %) Test Scripting 8 5 (2.674 %) Validation 8 5 (2.674 %) Configuration Management 9 4 (2.139 %) Risk Management 10 3 (1.604 %) BC Cleared 11 2 (1.070 %) DRM 11 2 (1.070 %) Project Management 11 2 (1.070 %) Use Case 11 2 (1.070 %) QMS 12 1 (0.535 %) Agile Software Development 12 1 (0.535 %) Asset Management 12 1 (0.535 %) Bioinformatics 12 1 (0.535 %) Logistics 12 1 (0.535 %) Automated Testing
Programming Languages 1 112 (59.89 %) C 2 100 (53.48 %) C++ 3 28 (14.97 %) Embedded C 4 25 (13.37 %) C# 5 12 (6.417 %) Python 6 11 (5.882 %) Java 6 11 (5.882 %) Perl 7 10 (5.348 %) SQL 7 10 (5.348 %) VB.NET 7 10 (5.348 %) Embedded C++ 8 8 (4.278 %) Assembly Language 9 6 (3.209 %) PHP 9 6 (3.209 %) JavaScript 9 6 (3.209 %) VB 10 5 (2.674 %) VBScript 11 4 (2.139 %) VB6 12 2 (1.070 %) VC++ 13 1 (0.535 %) Ruby 13 1 (0.535 %) XPath 13 1 (0.535 %) ActionScript	Qualifications 1 23 (12.30 %) Degree 2 5 (2.674 %) PhD 3 2 (1.070 %) HNC 3 2 (1.070 %) HND 4 1 (0.535 %) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (4.813 %) QA 2 1 (0.535 %) JTAG 2 1 (0.535 %) 21 CFR Part 11 2 1 (0.535 %) ISO9000 2 1 (0.535 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 1 (0.535 %) NDS
Vendors 1 29 (15.51 %) Microsoft 2 4 (2.139 %) Oracle 3 3 (1.604 %) Borland 4 2 (1.070 %) QNX 4 2 (1.070 %) HP 5 1 (0.535 %) OpenTV 5 1 (0.535 %) Brocade 5 1 (0.535 %) EMC 5 1 (0.535 %) Sun 5 1 (0.535 %) Cisco 5 1 (0.535 %) IBM