South West Software Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the South West 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Avon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Crawley Derby Derbyshire Doncaster Dorchester Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hampshire Havant Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Horsham Hull Ipswich Kent Kidderminster Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Marlow Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Petersfield Portsmouth Reading Redhill Reigate Scotland Sevenoaks Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	26
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	180	290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.238 %	0.289 %
As % of the category below	4.127 %	5.043 %
Daily rates quoted	12	11
Average minimum daily rate	£240	£290
Average daily rate	£289	£315
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£318	£282
% change on same period last year	+12.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	87	145
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.68	£31.93
Average hourly rate	£36.44	£33.34
% change on same period last year	+9.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.20	£34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.33	£35.29
% change on same period last year	+2.94 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4362	5750
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.756 %	5.727 %
Daily rates quoted	1402	1536
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£341
Average daily rate	£370	£360
% change on same period last year	+2.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	578	696
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.34	£24.90
Average hourly rate	£27.23	£26.57
% change on same period last year	+2.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.11	£28.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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 Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bristol	+22	45	£284	+136.45 %
Somerset	-7	40	£315	-
Dorset	+2	26	£325	+1.29 %
Wiltshire	-20	14	£110	-72.50 %
Gloucestershire	-10	10	£288	-
Avon	+8	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 177 (52.37 %) C++ 2 138 (40.83 %) C 3 84 (24.85 %) UML 4 72 (21.30 %) Aerospace 5 58 (17.16 %) Windows 6 52 (15.38 %) C# 7 51 (15.09 %) Java 7 51 (15.09 %) Security Cleared 8 49 (14.50 %) UNIX 9 47 (13.91 %) .NET 10 40 (11.83 %) Telecoms 11 39 (11.54 %) Avionics 12 38 (11.24 %) Linux 13 35 (10.36 %) Ada 14 34 (10.06 %) UMTS

15 33 (9.763 %) 3GPP 16 32 (9.467 %) MFC 16 32 (9.467 %) Visual Studio 17 31 (9.172 %) Embedded C 18 30 (8.876 %) XML 19 29 (8.580 %) SMS 20 27 (7.988 %) VC++ 21 26 (7.692 %) Degree 22 25 (7.396 %) TCP/IP 23 24 (7.101 %) Configuration Management 24 22 (6.509 %) Middleware 24 22 (6.509 %) SC Cleared 25 21 (6.213 %) Oracle 26 20 (5.917 %) PVCS 26 20 (5.917 %) ARTiSAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 47 (13.91 %) .NET 2 32 (9.467 %) MFC 3 30 (8.876 %) XML 4 22 (6.509 %) Middleware 5 18 (5.325 %) ASP.NET 6 17 (5.030 %) STL 7 16 (4.734 %) LuciadMap 8 15 (4.438 %) CORBA 9 6 (1.775 %) .NET Framework 10 5 (1.479 %) HTML 10 5 (1.479 %) XSLT 10 5 (1.479 %) XMPP 11 4 (1.183 %) WebServices 12 3 (0.888 %) OpenGL 12 3 (0.888 %) ASP.NET 2.0 13 2 (0.592 %) JSF 13 2 (0.592 %) JNI 13 2 (0.592 %) WinForms 13 2 (0.592 %) ASP 13 2 (0.592 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 9 (2.663 %) BizTalk Server 2 3 (0.888 %) SharePoint 3 2 (0.592 %) WebLogic 3 2 (0.592 %) Apache 4 1 (0.296 %) WebLogic Portal 4 1 (0.296 %) JBoss 4 1 (0.296 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (0.296 %) CMS 4 1 (0.296 %) ATG Dynamo
Applications 1 12 (3.550 %) MS PowerPoint 1 12 (3.550 %) Simulink 2 3 (0.888 %) MATLAB 2 3 (0.888 %) InfoPath 3 2 (0.592 %) MS Excel 4 1 (0.296 %) Stateflow 4 1 (0.296 %) CATIA	Business Applications 1 3 (0.888 %) GoldMine
Communications & Networking 1 34 (10.06 %) UMTS 2 33 (9.763 %) 3GPP 3 29 (8.580 %) SMS 4 25 (7.396 %) TCP/IP 5 15 (4.438 %) Ethernet 6 14 (4.142 %) 3G 7 12 (3.550 %) IPsec 7 12 (3.550 %) Internet 8 10 (2.959 %) QSIG 8 10 (2.959 %) ISDN 8 10 (2.959 %) DASS2 8 10 (2.959 %) DPNSS 9 9 (2.663 %) UTRAN 9 9 (2.663 %) Wireless 10 7 (2.071 %) VoIP 11 6 (1.775 %) HSDPA 11 6 (1.775 %) RTP 11 6 (1.775 %) SS7 11 6 (1.775 %) WAN 11 6 (1.775 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (5.917 %) GIS 2 16 (4.734 %) Oracle 10g 3 13 (3.846 %) SQL Server 4 6 (1.775 %) Oracle 9i 5 4 (1.183 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 3 (0.888 %) Crystal Reports 6 3 (0.888 %) SQL Server 2005 7 2 (0.592 %) MySQL 7 2 (0.592 %) OLAP 8 1 (0.296 %) Oracle Discoverer 8 1 (0.296 %) SQL Server 2000 8 1 (0.296 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (0.296 %) Oracle OWB 8 1 (0.296 %) Oracle OLAP 8 1 (0.296 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 1 (0.296 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 1 (0.296 %) Oracle BI EE 8 1 (0.296 %) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications 1 32 (9.467 %) Visual Studio 2 20 (5.917 %) PVCS 2 20 (5.917 %) ARTiSAN 3 8 (2.367 %) NUnit 4 7 (2.071 %) Eclipse 4 7 (2.071 %) ClearCase 5 6 (1.775 %) LabVIEW 6 5 (1.479 %) WinRunner 6 5 (1.479 %) LoadRunner 6 5 (1.479 %) ClearQuest 7 4 (1.183 %) QARun 7 4 (1.183 %) WATIR 7 4 (1.183 %) FitNesse 7 4 (1.183 %) C++Builder 7 4 (1.183 %) QuickTest Pro 8 3 (0.888 %) Subversion 9 2 (0.592 %) Telelogic Rhapsody 9 2 (0.592 %) Ant 9 2 (0.592 %) Rational Rose 9 2 (0.592 %) TestDirector	General 1 72 (21.30 %) Aerospace 2 40 (11.83 %) Telecoms 3 39 (11.54 %) Avionics 4 14 (4.142 %) Electronics 5 11 (3.254 %) Military 5 11 (3.254 %) Manufacturing 6 9 (2.663 %) Government 7 6 (1.775 %) Education 8 5 (1.479 %) Retail 9 4 (1.183 %) Banking 9 4 (1.183 %) Games 9 4 (1.183 %) Automotive 10 3 (0.888 %) Finance 10 3 (0.888 %) Marketing 11 2 (0.592 %) Electric 12 1 (0.296 %) Mobile Games 12 1 (0.296 %) Multimedia
Miscellaneous 1 4 (1.183 %) Device Driver 1 4 (1.183 %) Firmware 2 3 (0.888 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 2 (0.592 %) Multithreading 3 2 (0.592 %) STB 3 2 (0.592 %) Mathematics 3 2 (0.592 %) Computer Science 3 2 (0.592 %) E-Learning 3 2 (0.592 %) Client/Server 4 1 (0.296 %) VHDL 4 1 (0.296 %) Physics 4 1 (0.296 %) IPTV 4 1 (0.296 %) Pocket PC 4 1 (0.296 %) PDA 4 1 (0.296 %) Data Extraction	Operating Systems 1 58 (17.16 %) Windows 2 49 (14.50 %) UNIX 3 38 (11.24 %) Linux 4 17 (5.030 %) VxWorks 5 16 (4.734 %) Solaris 6 7 (2.071 %) Windows CE 7 4 (1.183 %) Windows XP 7 4 (1.183 %) VMS 8 3 (0.888 %) Embedded Linux 9 2 (0.592 %) Windows Mobile 10 1 (0.296 %) Windows 2000 10 1 (0.296 %) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies 1 84 (24.85 %) UML 2 51 (15.09 %) Security Cleared 3 24 (7.101 %) Configuration Management 4 22 (6.509 %) SC Cleared 5 20 (5.917 %) Software Engineering 6 17 (5.030 %) OO 7 15 (4.438 %) Requirements Management 8 13 (3.846 %) Use Case 9 12 (3.550 %) Agile Software Development 9 12 (3.550 %) OOD 10 11 (3.254 %) Test Scripting 11 7 (2.071 %) Validation 12 5 (1.479 %) Requirements Analysis 12 5 (1.479 %) BC Cleared 12 5 (1.479 %) Integration Testing 13 4 (1.183 %) Data Modelling 14 3 (0.888 %) Workflow 14 3 (0.888 %) Scrum 14 3 (0.888 %) Unit Testing 14 3 (0.888 %) TDD	Programming Languages 1 177 (52.37 %) C++ 2 138 (40.83 %) C 3 52 (15.38 %) C# 4 51 (15.09 %) Java 5 35 (10.36 %) Ada 6 31 (9.172 %) Embedded C 7 27 (7.988 %) VC++ 8 17 (5.030 %) Perl 9 15 (4.438 %) SQL 9 15 (4.438 %) VB 10 11 (3.254 %) Embedded C++ 11 6 (1.775 %) VB.NET 12 4 (1.183 %) VB6 13 3 (0.888 %) Tcl 13 3 (0.888 %) JavaScript 14 2 (0.592 %) Python 14 2 (0.592 %) Shell Script 14 2 (0.592 %) Assembly Language 15 1 (0.296 %) Fortran 15 1 (0.296 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 26 (7.692 %) Degree 2 12 (3.550 %) Chartered Engineer 3 1 (0.296 %) HNC 3 1 (0.296 %) HND	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.296 %) QA
System Software 1 2 (0.592 %) MSMQ 2 1 (0.296 %) NDS 2 1 (0.296 %) Oracle RAC	Vendors 1 21 (6.213 %) Oracle 2 17 (5.030 %) Serena 3 13 (3.846 %) Microsoft 4 12 (3.550 %) Green Hills 5 8 (2.367 %) Borland 6 3 (0.888 %) Sage 7 2 (0.592 %) Telelogic 8 1 (0.296 %) BEA 8 1 (0.296 %) Remedy 8 1 (0.296 %) MathWorks 8 1 (0.296 %) ATG 8 1 (0.296 %) ESRI