The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 23 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 West Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 35 43 51
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +8
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 4 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.093% 1.821% 0.442%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.619% 2.459% 0.637%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £250 £296 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £335 £323
% change year-on-year
-1.11% +3.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.25 £36.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-3.42% +8.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
247 488 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 67.49% 74.05% 69.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 292 153
Average daily rate £388 £338 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -12.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £25.15 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Horsham +6 2 - -
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Life Science
2 2 (50.00%) jQuery
2 2 (50.00%) HTML5
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Publishing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Informatics
3 1 (25.00%) Biology
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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%) jQuery
1 2 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) BGP
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Life Science
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) Informatics
3 1 (25.00%) Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) Bioinformatics
1 1 (25.00%) Web Development
1 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (25.00%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint