The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the Marlow 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 Marlow 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 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Marlow 14.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
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
Marlow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Marlow 71.43% 83.33% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 12
Average daily rate £165 £175 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -46.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Software Engineering
Buckinghamshire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Marlow 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 Marlow region.

Marlow Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Marlow 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Testing

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Marlow 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 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#