The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 44 36 75
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 36 66 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 3.122% 4.097% 1.524%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.327% 4.409% 1.623%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 11
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 33 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1082 1497 1725
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 93.84% 92.92% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 803 858
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £538 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 130 78
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -23.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Woking +10 10 £325 -
Guildford -10 10 - -
Leatherhead +9 2 £375 +70.45%
Staines -2 2 £400 -
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 23 (38.98%) C#
1 23 (38.98%) C++
2 22 (37.29%) Linux
3 19 (32.20%) Telecoms
4 18 (30.51%) C
5 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
6 14 (23.73%) .NET
7 12 (20.34%) WPF
8 10 (16.95%) SQL
8 10 (16.95%) OO
8 10 (16.95%) STL
8 10 (16.95%) GSM
9 9 (15.25%) Windows
9 9 (15.25%) Degree
10 8 (13.56%) DTV
10 8 (13.56%) Visual Studio
10 8 (13.56%) UMTS
10 8 (13.56%) OOD
10 8 (13.56%) Multithreading
10 8 (13.56%) LTE
11 7 (11.86%) XML
11 7 (11.86%) VBScript
12 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
12 6 (10.17%) ClearCase
12 6 (10.17%) VoIP
12 6 (10.17%) PBX
12 6 (10.17%) Embedded C
12 6 (10.17%) Embedded C++
12 6 (10.17%) Cisco
12 6 (10.17%) Electronics

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 14 (23.73%) .NET
2 12 (20.34%) WPF
3 10 (16.95%) STL
4 7 (11.86%) XML
5 6 (10.17%) Silverlight
5 6 (10.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 5 (8.475%) LINQ
6 5 (8.475%) DOM
7 4 (6.780%) OpenGL
7 4 (6.780%) POSIX
8 3 (5.085%) WCF
9 2 (3.390%) Web Services
9 2 (3.390%) .NET Framework
9 2 (3.390%) REST
10 1 (1.695%) Task Parallel Library
10 1 (1.695%) Ajax
10 1 (1.695%) jQuery
10 1 (1.695%) WinForms
10 1 (1.695%) CSS
10 1 (1.695%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.780%) CM System
2 2 (3.390%) IIS
2 2 (3.390%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (3.390%) Windows Azure
3 1 (1.695%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (8.475%) Fireworks
1 5 (8.475%) Photoshop
2 3 (5.085%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.390%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.95%) GSM
2 8 (13.56%) UMTS
2 8 (13.56%) LTE
3 6 (10.17%) VoIP
3 6 (10.17%) PBX
3 6 (10.17%) Asterisk PBX
4 3 (5.085%) RANAP
4 3 (5.085%) GGSN
4 3 (5.085%) SGSN
4 3 (5.085%) RTP
4 3 (5.085%) 2G
4 3 (5.085%) 3G
5 2 (3.390%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.695%) SMS
6 1 (1.695%) WCDMA
6 1 (1.695%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.695%) CDMA
6 1 (1.695%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.695%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Visual Studio
2 6 (10.17%) ClearCase
2 6 (10.17%) Subversion
2 6 (10.17%) GCC
2 6 (10.17%) GDB
2 6 (10.17%) Trac
3 5 (8.475%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.390%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.695%) Moq
5 1 (1.695%) NUnit
5 1 (1.695%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.695%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 19 (32.20%) Telecoms
2 6 (10.17%) Electronics
3 4 (6.780%) Games
4 3 (5.085%) Military
5 1 (1.695%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) DTV
2 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
3 4 (6.780%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.085%) STB
5 2 (3.390%) Mathematics
5 2 (3.390%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (3.390%) Kinect
6 1 (1.695%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.695%) iPhone
6 1 (1.695%) Open Source
6 1 (1.695%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.695%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.695%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 22 (37.29%) Linux
2 9 (15.25%) Windows
3 6 (10.17%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (8.475%) Windows 7
4 5 (8.475%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (5.085%) Solaris
5 3 (5.085%) UNIX
6 2 (3.390%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.95%) OO
2 8 (13.56%) OOD
2 8 (13.56%) Multithreading
3 6 (10.17%) MVVM
4 5 (8.475%) Embedded Software Development
4 5 (8.475%) Test Strategy
4 5 (8.475%) Data Analysis
4 5 (8.475%) Automated Testing
5 4 (6.780%) Load Testing
5 4 (6.780%) Test Automation
6 3 (5.085%) Scrum
6 3 (5.085%) SOA
7 2 (3.390%) Configuration Management
7 2 (3.390%) Code Coverage
7 2 (3.390%) TDD
7 2 (3.390%) Web Development
7 2 (3.390%) Network Planning
7 2 (3.390%) Software Testing
7 2 (3.390%) Game Development
7 2 (3.390%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (38.98%) C#
1 23 (38.98%) C++
2 18 (30.51%) C
3 10 (16.95%) SQL
4 7 (11.86%) VBScript
5 6 (10.17%) Embedded C
5 6 (10.17%) Embedded C++
5 6 (10.17%) PowerShell
6 3 (5.085%) VB
7 2 (3.390%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.390%) Perl
7 2 (3.390%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.695%) GLSL
8 1 (1.695%) sed
8 1 (1.695%) AWK
8 1 (1.695%) Ada
8 1 (1.695%) Tcl
8 1 (1.695%) Python
8 1 (1.695%) PHP
8 1 (1.695%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Degree
2 4 (6.780%) ISTQB
3 3 (5.085%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.390%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.695%) HNC
5 1 (1.695%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.695%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (8.475%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.475%) WMI
Vendors
1 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.17%) Cisco
3 5 (8.475%) VMware
4 3 (5.085%) Oracle
5 1 (1.695%) Teradata
5 1 (1.695%) BEA
5 1 (1.695%) Siemens
Woking, South East
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Rate: £32 - £35 per hour
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Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Rate: £20 - £60 per hour + NEG
Posted: 21 May 2013
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