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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the North East 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4948
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads512
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.845 %1.567 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£225-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£302£272
% change on same period last year+11.02 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£10.00£31.00
% change on same period last year-67.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£10.00£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.81£35.62
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North East
Matching contract IT job ads592766
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.833 %0.774 %
Daily rates quoted119175
Average minimum daily rate£319£345
Average daily rate£338£359
% change on same period last year-6.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted8877
Average minimum hourly rate£18.41£23.32
Average hourly rate£19.70£24.63
% change on same period last year-20.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.99£25.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

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

North East Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 North East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and WearUp+164£225-
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

16 (66.67 %)C++
25 (55.56 %)C
34 (44.44 %)Embedded C
34 (44.44 %)Embedded C++
43 (33.33 %)Windows
52 (22.22 %)OO
52 (22.22 %)C#
52 (22.22 %)Assembly Language
52 (22.22 %)Software Engineering
61 (11.11 %)Degree
61 (11.11 %)Animation
61 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
61 (11.11 %)Resource Management
61 (11.11 %)Physics
61 (11.11 %)NHS
61 (11.11 %)VxWorks
61 (11.11 %)Process Management
61 (11.11 %)GIS
61 (11.11 %)Electronics
61 (11.11 %)Education
61 (11.11 %)Games
61 (11.11 %)Active Directory
61 (11.11 %)Java
61 (11.11 %)RPG
61 (11.11 %)SQL
61 (11.11 %)Oracle
61 (11.11 %)UNIX
61 (11.11 %)Client/Server
61 (11.11 %)Windows XP
61 (11.11 %)Data Modelling

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)HTTP
11 (11.11 %)HTTPS
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)GIS
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Electronics
11 (11.11 %)Education
11 (11.11 %)Games
11 (11.11 %)Animation
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Client/Server
11 (11.11 %)NHS
11 (11.11 %)Physics
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)Windows XP
21 (11.11 %)VxWorks
21 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
21 (11.11 %)UNIX
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)OO
12 (22.22 %)Software Engineering
21 (11.11 %)Resource Management
21 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
21 (11.11 %)OOD
21 (11.11 %)Process Management
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)C++
25 (55.56 %)C
34 (44.44 %)Embedded C
34 (44.44 %)Embedded C++
42 (22.22 %)Assembly Language
42 (22.22 %)C#
51 (11.11 %)Java
51 (11.11 %)RPG
51 (11.11 %)SQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Degree
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Oracle