Somerset Software Engineering Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the Somerset 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Engineering
Location Barrow-in-Furness Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Fareham Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Hull Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lichfield Livingston London M4 Corridor Manchester Marlow Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Redditch Rugby Scotland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Wokingham Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	26
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	5	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	2.155 %	5.944 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£308	£376
% change on same period last year	-18.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.75	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£39.50	£31.38
% change on same period last year	+25.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.25	£32.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.11	£35.37
% change on same period last year	-3.54 %
Processes & Methodologies Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads	232	286
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.309 %	0.285 %
Daily rates quoted	57	39
Average minimum daily rate	£402	£321
Average daily rate	£434	£344
% change on same period last year	+26.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£466	£366
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	84	115
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.45	£27.80
Average hourly rate	£34.67	£29.48
% change on same period last year	+17.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.88	£31.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Software Engineering South West

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 Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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 Somerset region.

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 Somerset region.

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Wells	-2	4	-	-
Yeovil	-	1	-	-

Software Engineering South West

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 7 (46.67 %) C++ 1 7 (46.67 %) Security Cleared 2 5 (33.33 %) Degree 2 5 (33.33 %) Java 2 5 (33.33 %) UML 2 5 (33.33 %) Education 3 4 (26.67 %) VMS 3 4 (26.67 %) C 3 4 (26.67 %) UNIX 3 4 (26.67 %) Windows 4 2 (13.33 %) JSP 4 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 4 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 9i 4 2 (13.33 %) ClearCase 4 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 10g

4 2 (13.33 %) Active Directory 4 2 (13.33 %) Telecoms 4 2 (13.33 %) Government 4 2 (13.33 %) Banking 4 2 (13.33 %) Mathematics 4 2 (13.33 %) Test Scripting 4 2 (13.33 %) JSP 440 5 1 (6.667 %) System Testing 5 1 (6.667 %) Telelogic Rhapsody 5 1 (6.667 %) Telelogic 5 1 (6.667 %) Electronics 5 1 (6.667 %) Microsoft 5 1 (6.667 %) Windows CE 5 1 (6.667 %) MATLAB 5 1 (6.667 %) Simulink

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (13.33 %) JSP 2 1 (6.667 %) MFC	Applications 1 1 (6.667 %) MATLAB 1 1 (6.667 %) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 9i 1 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (6.667 %) Oracle 8/8i	Development Applications 1 2 (13.33 %) ClearCase 2 1 (6.667 %) Telelogic Rhapsody 2 1 (6.667 %) Visual Studio
General 1 5 (33.33 %) Education 2 2 (13.33 %) Government 2 2 (13.33 %) Banking 2 2 (13.33 %) Telecoms 3 1 (6.667 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 9 (60.00 %) Software Engineer 2 2 (13.33 %) Java Software Engineer 2 2 (13.33 %) Solutions Architect 2 2 (13.33 %) Architect 2 2 (13.33 %) Software Designer 3 1 (6.667 %) Senior Systems Engineer 3 1 (6.667 %) Embedded Software Engineer 3 1 (6.667 %) Test Engineer 3 1 (6.667 %) Enterprise Architect 3 1 (6.667 %) Senior Test Engineer 3 1 (6.667 %) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (13.33 %) Mathematics	Operating Systems 1 4 (26.67 %) UNIX 1 4 (26.67 %) Windows 1 4 (26.67 %) VMS 2 1 (6.667 %) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (46.67 %) Security Cleared 2 5 (33.33 %) UML 3 2 (13.33 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (6.667 %) System Testing	Programming Languages 1 7 (46.67 %) C++ 2 5 (33.33 %) Java 3 4 (26.67 %) C 4 1 (6.667 %) VC++
Qualifications 1 5 (33.33 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (13.33 %) JSP 440
System Software 1 2 (13.33 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 2 1 (6.667 %) Microsoft 2 1 (6.667 %) Telelogic