The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 24 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 South West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 51 56 49
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 63 89 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 3.123% 2.751% 2.898%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.325% 2.955% 3.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 11
Average daily rate £295 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.23% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £288 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £390 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 25 38
Average hourly rate £36.25 £38.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.60% +7.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £31.90 £34.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.30 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

South West Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 South West region.

South West Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

South West Software Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wiltshire +9 19 £438 +41.12%
Dorset +7 16 - -
Bristol +8 11 £329 -15.70%
Gloucestershire +6 10 £235 -27.69%
Somerset - 4 £263 -
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 82 (50.00%) C++
2 73 (44.51%) C
3 65 (39.63%) Security Cleared
4 54 (32.93%) Linux
5 50 (30.49%) C#
6 49 (29.88%) UML
7 37 (22.56%) Windows
8 34 (20.73%) OO
8 34 (20.73%) Degree
9 29 (17.68%) SC Cleared
10 28 (17.07%) .NET
11 26 (15.85%) Visual Studio
11 26 (15.85%) Embedded Systems
12 25 (15.24%) Java
13 24 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
13 24 (14.63%) DV Cleared
14 22 (13.41%) Aerospace
15 21 (12.80%) Android
16 19 (11.59%) Electronics
17 18 (10.98%) Embedded C
18 17 (10.37%) DO-178B
18 17 (10.37%) Computer Science
18 17 (10.37%) Software Engineering
19 16 (9.756%) Apple iOS
20 14 (8.537%) Configuration Management
21 13 (7.927%) SQL Server
22 12 (7.317%) Web Services
22 12 (7.317%) SQL Server 2008
22 12 (7.317%) JTAG
22 12 (7.317%) RIA

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 28 (17.07%) .NET
2 12 (7.317%) Web Services
3 10 (6.098%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 9 (5.488%) Qt
4 9 (5.488%) .NET Framework
5 8 (4.878%) WinForms
5 8 (4.878%) OpenGL
5 8 (4.878%) WCF
5 8 (4.878%) Silverlight
5 8 (4.878%) Managed Extensibility Framework
6 6 (3.659%) HTML
6 6 (3.659%) MFC
6 6 (3.659%) ASP.NET
6 6 (3.659%) LINQ
6 6 (3.659%) jQuery
7 5 (3.049%) WPF
7 5 (3.049%) DirectX
8 4 (2.439%) JMS
8 4 (2.439%) Swing
8 4 (2.439%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 10 (6.098%) IIS
2 8 (4.878%) ArcGIS
3 4 (2.439%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.268%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.829%) MS Office
3 1 (0.610%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.049%) ASN.1
1 5 (3.049%) Wireless
1 5 (3.049%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.439%) Internet
3 3 (1.829%) 4G
3 3 (1.829%) LTE
3 3 (1.829%) 3G
3 3 (1.829%) 2G
3 3 (1.829%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.829%) Broadband
4 1 (0.610%) Modbus
4 1 (0.610%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.927%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.317%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (4.878%) MySQL
4 4 (2.439%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.829%) QlikView
6 2 (1.220%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.220%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (1.220%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.220%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.610%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 26 (15.85%) Visual Studio
2 8 (4.878%) Moq
2 8 (4.878%) MSTest
3 6 (3.659%) NUnit
3 6 (3.659%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (3.659%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (3.049%) GCC
4 5 (3.049%) Subversion
4 5 (3.049%) Eclipse
5 4 (2.439%) Maven
6 2 (1.220%) LabVIEW
6 2 (1.220%) InstallShield
6 2 (1.220%) NetBeans
6 2 (1.220%) NuGet
7 1 (0.610%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.610%) Hudson
7 1 (0.610%) JUnit
General
1 22 (13.41%) Aerospace
2 19 (11.59%) Electronics
3 11 (6.707%) Avionics
4 10 (6.098%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.878%) Finance
6 5 (3.049%) Retail
7 3 (1.829%) Military
8 2 (1.220%) Automotive
8 2 (1.220%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.85%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (10.37%) Computer Science
3 12 (7.317%) RIA
4 9 (5.488%) Client/Server
5 7 (4.268%) Mathematics
6 5 (3.049%) APACS
7 4 (2.439%) EPoS
7 4 (2.439%) EMV
7 4 (2.439%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (2.439%) Physics
8 3 (1.829%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.829%) iPhone
8 3 (1.829%) iPad
8 3 (1.829%) EFT
8 3 (1.829%) EFTPOS
9 2 (1.220%) SCADA
9 2 (1.220%) Inversion of Control
9 2 (1.220%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.220%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.220%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 54 (32.93%) Linux
2 37 (22.56%) Windows
3 21 (12.80%) Android
4 16 (9.756%) Apple iOS
5 11 (6.707%) UNIX
6 9 (5.488%) VxWorks
7 8 (4.878%) Windows 7
8 4 (2.439%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (1.220%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.220%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (29.88%) UML
2 34 (20.73%) OO
3 24 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (10.37%) Software Engineering
5 14 (8.537%) Configuration Management
6 11 (6.707%) Unit Testing
7 10 (6.098%) OOA/OOD
8 7 (4.268%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (4.268%) Scrum
8 7 (4.268%) OOD
9 5 (3.049%) Embedded Software Development
9 5 (3.049%) Waterfall
9 5 (3.049%) Multithreading
9 5 (3.049%) Validation
10 4 (2.439%) ITIL
10 4 (2.439%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (2.439%) MVC
10 4 (2.439%) TDD
10 4 (2.439%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (2.439%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 82 (50.00%) C++
2 73 (44.51%) C
3 50 (30.49%) C#
4 25 (15.24%) Java
5 18 (10.98%) Embedded C
6 10 (6.098%) JavaScript
6 10 (6.098%) SQL
7 9 (5.488%) Python
8 7 (4.268%) MATLAB
8 7 (4.268%) VC++
8 7 (4.268%) Embedded C++
8 7 (4.268%) Fortran
9 6 (3.659%) Assembly Language
10 4 (2.439%) VB
10 4 (2.439%) Perl
10 4 (2.439%) Delphi
10 4 (2.439%) XAML
11 3 (1.829%) Scala
12 2 (1.220%) Ada
12 2 (1.220%) VB6
Qualifications
1 65 (39.63%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.73%) Degree
3 29 (17.68%) SC Cleared
4 24 (14.63%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.829%) HND
6 2 (1.220%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.37%) DO-178B
2 12 (7.317%) JTAG
3 1 (0.610%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.220%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (1.220%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (6.707%) Oracle
2 8 (4.878%) ESRI
3 6 (3.659%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.049%) Green Hills
4 5 (3.049%) Borland
5 4 (2.439%) JBoss
5 4 (2.439%) VeriFone
6 3 (1.829%) VMware
7 2 (1.220%) QNX
7 2 (1.220%) Serena
8 1 (0.610%) Palantir
8 1 (0.610%) Huawei
8 1 (0.610%) Progress
Devon, South West
ADA Software /Devon/ 6 months / £30-£40 per hour ADA/Embedded/C/C++/Software/Software engineer/Systems Our industry leading client requires a software engineer for an initial...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Delphi & C++ /Somerset/ 3 months / £25-£33 per hour Our client based in Somersetis currently looking to recruit several C++ and Delphisoftware engineers. The client requires software engineers...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bridgwater, Somerset
Technologies used will include TDD, Test Driven Development .NET (C# and/or VB), ASP.NET, Classic ASP, Web Services, SQL, HTML, JavaScript & CSS Junit as well as Java (...
Emponics Ltd
Rate: £ negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
As a result of a number of key projects, we are looking for someone to support a key profile project... No terminology in this advert is intended to...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 2 May 2013