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The table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Engineering
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank53-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.346 %0.000 %
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£313£368
% change on same period last year-15.02 %
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£33.79£35.67
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North East
Matching contract IT job ads289411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.407 %0.415 %
Daily rates quoted73109
Average minimum daily rate£352£358
Average daily rate£376£373
% change on same period last year+0.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted2321
Average minimum hourly rate£21.97£45.75
Average hourly rate£23.66£49.34
% change on same period last year-52.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.34£52.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
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 Engineering
Demand Trend

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

North East Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Software Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering 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 WearNew entry-1£225-
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

14 (100.00 %)C++
23 (75.00 %)Windows
32 (50.00 %)Java
32 (50.00 %)C#
32 (50.00 %)Degree
41 (25.00 %)Process Management
41 (25.00 %)GIS
41 (25.00 %)Education
41 (25.00 %)Games
41 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL
41 (25.00 %)WinForms
41 (25.00 %)AJAX
41 (25.00 %)Web 2.0
41 (25.00 %)Animation
41 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
41 (25.00 %)Resource Management
41 (25.00 %)Physics
41 (25.00 %)C
41 (25.00 %)DHTML
41 (25.00 %)JavaScript
41 (25.00 %)RPG
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)J2EE
41 (25.00 %)MFC
41 (25.00 %)SOAP
41 (25.00 %)XML
41 (25.00 %)UNIX
41 (25.00 %)Linux
41 (25.00 %)OO
41 (25.00 %)Apache

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
11 (25.00 %)MFC
11 (25.00 %)SOAP
11 (25.00 %)XML
11 (25.00 %)WinForms
11 (25.00 %)AJAX
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Apache
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)HTTP
11 (25.00 %)HTTPS
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)GIS
11 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Education
11 (25.00 %)Games
11 (25.00 %)Animation
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Java Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Software Developer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Client/Server
11 (25.00 %)Web 2.0
11 (25.00 %)Physics
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)Windows XP
21 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (25.00 %)UNIX
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)Data Modelling
11 (25.00 %)OOD
11 (25.00 %)Process Management
11 (25.00 %)Resource Management
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C++
22 (50.00 %)C#
22 (50.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)RPG
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Shell Script
31 (25.00 %)C
31 (25.00 %)DHTML
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)Degree