Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Engineer role in IT contracts within the M4 Corridor 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 Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Development Engineer
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank15-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.961 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£313
% change on same period last year-6.58 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.96£33.00
% change on same period last year+8.97 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads102177
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.162 %0.188 %
Daily rates quoted2150
Average minimum daily rate£415£378
Average daily rate£448£400
% change on same period last year+12.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£481£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£17.33£35.00
Average hourly rate£20.00£40.00
% change on same period last year-50.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.67£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£24.11
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Software Development Engineer South EastSoftware Development 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.

Software Development Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Development Engineer across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

M4 Corridor Software Development Engineer Demand Trend

Software Development Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region that cited Software Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)IPsec
21 (50.00 %)Electronics
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)SMS
21 (50.00 %)3GPP
21 (50.00 %)UMTS
21 (50.00 %)Code Coverage

Software Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region that cited Software Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)SMS
11 (50.00 %)3GPP
11 (50.00 %)UMTS
11 (50.00 %)IPsec
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Electronics
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Linux
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Code Coverage
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)Perl