The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineering 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Hounslow 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 Engineering
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.98% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £33.63
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +8.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
51 59 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 86.44% 76.62% 61.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 36 24
Average daily rate £450 £375 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £269 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £475 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Software Engineering
London

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering across the Hounslow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hounslow Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hounslow Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (40.00%) Games
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Apache Hive
2 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (40.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (40.00%) MapReduce
2 2 (40.00%) HBase
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Mahout
2 2 (40.00%) Big Data
2 2 (40.00%) Apache Pig
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Social Network
2 2 (40.00%) Apache Flex
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Scala
2 2 (40.00%) Hadoop
2 2 (40.00%) Video on Demand

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) MapReduce
1 2 (40.00%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache Pig
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Apache Hive
1 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (40.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (40.00%) HBase
1 2 (40.00%) Mahout
1 2 (40.00%) Big Data
1 2 (40.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Social Network
1 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (40.00%) Video on Demand
2 1 (20.00%) IPTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) BDD
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree