The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Luton 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 Luton 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 - 12 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton - 3.030% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 3.279% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.69% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Job Titles
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
76 61 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 96.20% 92.42% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 40 28
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £12.42 £27.75 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.24% +152.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Luton region.

Luton Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 3 (75.00%) OO
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) OOD
3 1 (25.00%) VxWorks
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Military
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Ada
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (25.00%) Avionics
3 1 (25.00%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (25.00%) Office 365

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Office 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) OOD
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft