Software Engineer Contracts in the North East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 23 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 North East 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 34 44 42
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.079% 1.212% 0.452%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.154% 1.322% 0.491%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £234 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.69% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 260 454 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 93.53% 91.72% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 231 184
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 40 27
Average hourly rate £11.00 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.00% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.14 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £35.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 North East region.

North East 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 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 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear +8 2 - -
Durham - 1 - -
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) WPF
2 6 (50.00%) WinForms
3 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) .NET
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 3 (25.00%) Twitter
5 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 2 (16.67%) MS Office
5 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
5 2 (16.67%) CMDB
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 1 (8.333%) Wireless
6 1 (8.333%) PACS
6 1 (8.333%) Apache Flex
6 1 (8.333%) WCF
6 1 (8.333%) DICOM
6 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
6 1 (8.333%) UML
6 1 (8.333%) OO
6 1 (8.333%) Flash
6 1 (8.333%) Java
6 1 (8.333%) SQL
6 1 (8.333%) VB

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (66.67%) WPF
2 6 (50.00%) WinForms
3 4 (33.33%) .NET
4 1 (8.333%) Apache Flex
4 1 (8.333%) WCF
4 1 (8.333%) Flash
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Wireless
1 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
1 1 (8.333%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (16.67%) CMDB
3 1 (8.333%) PACS
3 1 (8.333%) Digital Media
3 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
4 1 (8.333%) UML
4 1 (8.333%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) VB
2 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) DICOM
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Twitter
Software Engineer/Team Lead
North East
You will be required to design, develop, test and support software using the latest Microsoft .NET technology (C#, WPF)... Candidates will need; Degree or equivalent in Software Engineering...
Nigel Wright Consultancy
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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