The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 60 37 40
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 46 64 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 2.945% 4.020% 4.110%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.159% 4.298% 4.394%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 16
Average daily rate £288 £273 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.50% +9.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £268 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £325 £305
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.69% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 38 42
Average hourly rate £38.50 £37.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.05% +1.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £34.00 £33.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1456 1489 1707
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.21% 93.53% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 683 718
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 218 240
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% -23.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Engineer across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Software Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Southampton +2 12 £350 -
Eastleigh +3 4 - -
Farnborough +2 2 £260 -
Romsey - 1 - -
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 33 (52.38%) C++
2 32 (50.79%) C
3 21 (33.33%) Linux
3 21 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 19 (30.16%) SQL
4 19 (30.16%) Multithreading
5 16 (25.40%) UNIX
5 16 (25.40%) Windows
6 14 (22.22%) UML
6 14 (22.22%) Java
6 14 (22.22%) Software Engineering
7 13 (20.63%) ClearCase
7 13 (20.63%) TCP/IP
8 12 (19.05%) XML
8 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
8 12 (19.05%) Degree
8 12 (19.05%) LTE
9 11 (17.46%) Configuration Management
9 11 (17.46%) OOD
10 10 (15.87%) CDMA
10 10 (15.87%) Embedded C
11 9 (14.29%) Oracle
11 9 (14.29%) SQL Server
11 9 (14.29%) Spring
12 8 (12.70%) DTV
12 8 (12.70%) Ant
12 8 (12.70%) Python
12 8 (12.70%) GSM
12 8 (12.70%) Computer Science
13 7 (11.11%) UMTS

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 12 (19.05%) XML
2 9 (14.29%) Spring
3 7 (11.11%) JDBC
4 6 (9.524%) Hibernate
4 6 (9.524%) .NET
4 6 (9.524%) JMS
5 5 (7.937%) REST
5 5 (7.937%) HTML5
5 5 (7.937%) JPA
5 5 (7.937%) Drools
5 5 (7.937%) XSL
5 5 (7.937%) Lucene
6 2 (3.175%) Motif
6 2 (3.175%) J2EE
6 2 (3.175%) Swing
6 2 (3.175%) STL
6 2 (3.175%) Qt
6 2 (3.175%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 2 (3.175%) wxWidgets
6 2 (3.175%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.937%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (3.175%) CMS
2 2 (3.175%) SAS
3 1 (1.587%) Magento
3 1 (1.587%) TeamSite
3 1 (1.587%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (3.175%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.587%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.587%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (1.587%) MS Office
2 1 (1.587%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.63%) TCP/IP
2 12 (19.05%) LTE
3 10 (15.87%) CDMA
4 8 (12.70%) GSM
5 7 (11.11%) UMTS
5 7 (11.11%) DVB
5 7 (11.11%) 3G
6 6 (9.524%) GPRS
6 6 (9.524%) 3GPP
7 5 (7.937%) HTTP
7 5 (7.937%) Wireless
7 5 (7.937%) UTRAN
8 4 (6.349%) ISDN
8 4 (6.349%) Internet
9 2 (3.175%) 4G
10 1 (1.587%) Intranet
10 1 (1.587%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.937%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.349%) Ingres
4 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.587%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.587%) MySQL
4 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.587%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (20.63%) ClearCase
2 8 (12.70%) Ant
3 6 (9.524%) NUnit
3 6 (9.524%) Subversion
3 6 (9.524%) CppUnit
3 6 (9.524%) GoogleTest
4 5 (7.937%) Cucumber
4 5 (7.937%) Git (software)
4 5 (7.937%) Maven
5 4 (6.349%) CruiseControl
6 2 (3.175%) ClearQuest
6 2 (3.175%) NetBeans
6 2 (3.175%) LabVIEW
6 2 (3.175%) JUnit
6 2 (3.175%) Visual Studio
6 2 (3.175%) Rational Rose
6 2 (3.175%) Eclipse
6 2 (3.175%) Jenkins
6 2 (3.175%) Hudson
6 2 (3.175%) Mockito
General
1 21 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 4 (6.349%) Manufacturing
3 3 (4.762%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.175%) Electronics
4 2 (3.175%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) DTV
1 8 (12.70%) Computer Science
2 6 (9.524%) Device Driver
3 5 (7.937%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (6.349%) Handset
5 2 (3.175%) STB
5 2 (3.175%) Derivative
6 1 (1.587%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.587%) NHS
6 1 (1.587%) Firmware
6 1 (1.587%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 21 (33.33%) Linux
2 16 (25.40%) UNIX
2 16 (25.40%) Windows
3 4 (6.349%) Android
4 3 (4.762%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.175%) Windows CE
5 2 (3.175%) Windows 8
5 2 (3.175%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.175%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.16%) Multithreading
2 14 (22.22%) UML
2 14 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 11 (17.46%) Configuration Management
3 11 (17.46%) OOD
4 6 (9.524%) Unified Process
4 6 (9.524%) RUP
4 6 (9.524%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (6.349%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (6.349%) OO
5 4 (6.349%) Refactoring
6 3 (4.762%) Time Management
6 3 (4.762%) Unit Testing
6 3 (4.762%) Embedded Software Development
6 3 (4.762%) Scrum
7 2 (3.175%) Project Management
7 2 (3.175%) AOP
7 2 (3.175%) Code Coverage
7 2 (3.175%) SOA
7 2 (3.175%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 33 (52.38%) C++
2 32 (50.79%) C
3 19 (30.16%) SQL
4 14 (22.22%) Java
5 10 (15.87%) Embedded C
6 8 (12.70%) Python
7 7 (11.11%) C#
8 6 (9.524%) Perl
8 6 (9.524%) Embedded C++
9 5 (7.937%) XPath
9 5 (7.937%) PHP
10 4 (6.349%) VB.NET
11 3 (4.762%) COBOL
12 2 (3.175%) VB6
12 2 (3.175%) JavaScript
12 2 (3.175%) VB
12 2 (3.175%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
1 12 (19.05%) Degree
2 6 (9.524%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.175%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.587%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.587%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.587%) QA
1 1 (1.587%) JTAG
1 1 (1.587%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 9 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (4.762%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.762%) Micro Focus
3 2 (3.175%) Perforce
3 2 (3.175%) Cognizant
3 2 (3.175%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.175%) Agilent
4 1 (1.587%) Coverity
4 1 (1.587%) Software AG
4 1 (1.587%) Teradata
4 1 (1.587%) Sony
Hampshire, South East
I am currently recruiting for an experienced software engineer to work on a 6 month contract basis on the South Coast of Hampshire. You will be working on...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 - £35 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Leading global software company based in Southampton, Hampshire requires a C# Software to join its growing development team... Due to the nature of these roles you will be...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £22000 - £25000 per annum + 25 days holiday, healthcare
Posted: 16 May 2013