Hampshire Software Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the Hampshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hampshire Havant Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hull Ipswich Kidderminster Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	29	18
Rank change on same period last year	-11
Matching contract IT job ads	95	209
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.127 %	0.211 %
As % of the category below	4.738 %	7.562 %
Daily rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum daily rate	-	£300
Average daily rate	-	£313
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£303
% change on same period last year	+6.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	81
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.59	£34.26
Average hourly rate	£37.95	£35.84
% change on same period last year	+5.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.31	£37.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.76	£34.25
% change on same period last year	+7.35 %
Job Titles Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2005	2764
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.673 %	2.796 %
Daily rates quoted	461	703
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£339
Average daily rate	£370	£360
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	380	529
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.90	£29.41
Average hourly rate	£26.56	£31.01
% change on same period last year	-14.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.21	£32.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Software Engineer South East

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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

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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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Portsmouth	-1	31	-	-
Basingstoke	-12	11	-	-
Southampton	-6	6	-	-
Havant	+2	5	-	-
Fareham	+6	4	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 130 (57.02 %) C 2 111 (48.68 %) C++ 3 54 (23.68 %) UML 4 44 (19.30 %) Windows 5 43 (18.86 %) Telecoms 6 38 (16.67 %) Security Cleared 7 37 (16.23 %) OO 8 35 (15.35 %) Embedded C 9 34 (14.91 %) Embedded C++ 10 30 (13.16 %) 3G 10 30 (13.16 %) Java 11 29 (12.72 %) STB 12 28 (12.28 %) Middleware 12 28 (12.28 %) Configuration Management 13 27 (11.84 %) DVB

13 27 (11.84 %) Degree 14 24 (10.53 %) CORBA 14 24 (10.53 %) Linux 15 23 (10.09 %) Unit Testing 16 22 (9.649 %) SC Cleared 16 22 (9.649 %) ASIC 17 21 (9.211 %) ClearCase 17 21 (9.211 %) Aerospace 18 20 (8.772 %) LabVIEW 18 20 (8.772 %) VHDL 18 20 (8.772 %) Software Engineering 19 19 (8.333 %) XML 20 18 (7.895 %) UNIX 21 17 (7.456 %) Ada 21 17 (7.456 %) iDTV

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 28 (12.28 %) Middleware 2 24 (10.53 %) CORBA 3 19 (8.333 %) XML 4 10 (4.386 %) .NET 5 8 (3.509 %) J2SE 6 7 (3.070 %) XML Schema 7 5 (2.193 %) Series 60 8 4 (1.754 %) OpenGL 8 4 (1.754 %) .NET Framework 9 3 (1.316 %) AJAX 9 3 (1.316 %) ASP.NET 10 2 (0.877 %) POSIX 10 2 (0.877 %) Motif 11 1 (0.439 %) XMPP 11 1 (0.439 %) WebSphere 11 1 (0.439 %) WinForms 11 1 (0.439 %) HTML 11 1 (0.439 %) RSS 11 1 (0.439 %) J2EE 11 1 (0.439 %) MFC	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.316 %) BizTalk Server 2 2 (0.877 %) ArcIMS 3 1 (0.439 %) WebLogic 3 1 (0.439 %) GroupWise
Applications 1 4 (1.754 %) MS Office 2 2 (0.877 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (0.439 %) Navision 1 1 (0.439 %) LabWindows
Communications & Networking 1 30 (13.16 %) 3G 2 27 (11.84 %) DVB 3 12 (5.263 %) GSM 4 10 (4.386 %) UTRAN 5 9 (3.947 %) UMTS 6 8 (3.509 %) WCDMA 7 6 (2.632 %) GPRS 7 6 (2.632 %) TCP/IP 7 6 (2.632 %) Wireless 8 5 (2.193 %) CDMA 9 4 (1.754 %) LAN 9 4 (1.754 %) Internet 9 4 (1.754 %) TETRA 9 4 (1.754 %) WiMAX 10 2 (0.877 %) iSCSI 10 2 (0.877 %) Wi-Fi 10 2 (0.877 %) DECT 10 2 (0.877 %) ATM 10 2 (0.877 %) SAN 10 2 (0.877 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (5.702 %) SQL Server 2 5 (2.193 %) SQL Server 7 3 3 (1.316 %) Oracle 10g 4 2 (0.877 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.439 %) RDBMS 5 1 (0.439 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 21 (9.211 %) ClearCase 2 20 (8.772 %) LabVIEW 3 15 (6.579 %) Visual Studio 4 14 (6.140 %) ARTiSAN 5 4 (1.754 %) JUnit 5 4 (1.754 %) Flash 6 3 (1.316 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 2 (0.877 %) Rational Robot 7 2 (0.877 %) NUnit 8 1 (0.439 %) Rational Rose 8 1 (0.439 %) Eclipse 8 1 (0.439 %) TestDirector 8 1 (0.439 %) QuickTest Pro 8 1 (0.439 %) LoadRunner	General 1 43 (18.86 %) Telecoms 2 21 (9.211 %) Aerospace 3 14 (6.140 %) Military 4 11 (4.825 %) Government 5 10 (4.386 %) Electronics 6 3 (1.316 %) Multimedia 6 3 (1.316 %) Marketing 7 2 (0.877 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.439 %) Education 8 1 (0.439 %) Finance 8 1 (0.439 %) Publishing
Miscellaneous 1 29 (12.72 %) STB 2 22 (9.649 %) ASIC 3 20 (8.772 %) VHDL 4 17 (7.456 %) iDTV 5 16 (7.018 %) Handset 6 14 (6.140 %) Device Driver 7 13 (5.702 %) DTV 7 13 (5.702 %) Computer Science 8 4 (1.754 %) Firmware 8 4 (1.754 %) MPEG 9 3 (1.316 %) PDA 10 2 (0.877 %) Mathematics 10 2 (0.877 %) AS400 11 1 (0.439 %) Streaming Video 11 1 (0.439 %) Physics 11 1 (0.439 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 11 1 (0.439 %) Smartphone	Operating Systems 1 44 (19.30 %) Windows 2 24 (10.53 %) Linux 3 18 (7.895 %) UNIX 4 11 (4.825 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (2.632 %) Solaris 6 5 (2.193 %) Windows XP 7 4 (1.754 %) VxWorks 8 3 (1.316 %) Windows Mobile 9 2 (0.877 %) Embedded Linux 9 2 (0.877 %) AIX 9 2 (0.877 %) HPUX 10 1 (0.439 %) pSOS 10 1 (0.439 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 54 (23.68 %) UML 2 38 (16.67 %) Security Cleared 3 37 (16.23 %) OO 4 28 (12.28 %) Configuration Management 5 23 (10.09 %) Unit Testing 6 22 (9.649 %) SC Cleared 7 20 (8.772 %) Software Engineering 8 15 (6.579 %) Test Scripting 9 13 (5.702 %) OOD 10 9 (3.947 %) Agile Software Development 11 8 (3.509 %) Validation 12 7 (3.070 %) BC Cleared 13 6 (2.632 %) SSADM 14 5 (2.193 %) Software Testing 15 4 (1.754 %) OOP 15 4 (1.754 %) OOA/OOD 15 4 (1.754 %) Use Case 16 3 (1.316 %) Test Management 16 3 (1.316 %) Load Balancing 17 2 (0.877 %) TDD	Programming Languages 1 130 (57.02 %) C 2 111 (48.68 %) C++ 3 35 (15.35 %) Embedded C 4 34 (14.91 %) Embedded C++ 5 30 (13.16 %) Java 6 17 (7.456 %) Ada 7 11 (4.825 %) Perl 7 11 (4.825 %) VC++ 8 9 (3.947 %) VB 8 9 (3.947 %) C# 9 6 (2.632 %) Assembly Language 10 4 (1.754 %) Python 10 4 (1.754 %) JavaScript 11 3 (1.316 %) PHP 11 3 (1.316 %) SQL 11 3 (1.316 %) Korn 12 1 (0.439 %) Transact-SQL 12 1 (0.439 %) VB.NET 12 1 (0.439 %) VBA 12 1 (0.439 %) Tcl
Qualifications 1 27 (11.84 %) Degree 2 3 (1.316 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.632 %) ISO12207 2 3 (1.316 %) QA 3 1 (0.439 %) ISO15504 3 1 (0.439 %) GLP 3 1 (0.439 %) ISO9000
Vendors 1 13 (5.702 %) Microsoft 2 4 (1.754 %) Oracle 2 4 (1.754 %) Symbian 2 4 (1.754 %) ESRI 3 3 (1.316 %) Intel 4 2 (0.877 %) HP 4 2 (0.877 %) Dell 4 2 (0.877 %) Google 4 2 (0.877 %) IBM 4 2 (0.877 %) Novell 5 1 (0.439 %) Brocade 5 1 (0.439 %) Nokia 5 1 (0.439 %) Cisco 5 1 (0.439 %) Sun