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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Engineer role in IT contracts within the Oxford 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Development Engineer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank35-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.521 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£347
% change on same period last year-20.72 %
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£42.00£38.75
% change on same period last year+8.38 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads263236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.370 %0.238 %
Daily rates quoted7846
Average minimum daily rate£296£329
Average daily rate£313£352
% change on same period last year-10.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted4445
Average minimum hourly rate£14.67£17.04
Average hourly rate£15.37£18.46
% change on same period last year-16.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.07£19.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Software Development Engineer OxfordshireSoftware Development Engineer
Oxfordshire

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 Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxford Software Development Engineer Demand Trend

Software Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford Software Development Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Development Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Oxford Software Development Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Development Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

14 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Cocoon
23 (75.00 %)Windows NT
23 (75.00 %)Apache
23 (75.00 %)Tomcat
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)JavaScript
23 (75.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)Ant
23 (75.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)FreeBSD
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)C

Software Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)HTML
13 (75.00 %)CSS
13 (75.00 %)XML
13 (75.00 %)XSLT
13 (75.00 %)Cocoon
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)Apache
13 (75.00 %)Tomcat
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (75.00 %)Ant
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Windows NT
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)FreeBSD
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)JavaScript
13 (75.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)C
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Oracle