The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineering 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Suffolk 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 Engineering
Rank 26 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.379% - 1.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.247% - 1.695%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £563
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 - £553
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 - £573
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £335 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.74% +4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.25 £36.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-3.42% +8.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
89 155 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 61.38% 62.50% 62.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 89 53
Average daily rate £350 £325 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 8
Average hourly rate £15.16 £29.50 £17.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.61% +67.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.50 £13.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £48.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Suffolk Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich - 2 £350 -
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) N-Tier
1 2 (50.00%) OOD
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (50.00%) WCF
1 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (25.00%) NHS

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (50.00%) WCF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (50.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 2 (50.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 2 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) OOD
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle