The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior 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 West Yorkshire 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
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 87 90 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.080% 0.064% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.068% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £37.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +8.69%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1185 1480 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.42% 94.57% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 828 495
Average daily rate £313 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 74
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Software Engineer
Yorkshire

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Senior Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -7 1 £325 -
Senior Software Engineer
Yorkshire

Senior Software Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) MPEG
1 3 (75.00%) STB
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) IPTV
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 2 (50.00%) GStreamer
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Middleware
2 2 (50.00%) DVB
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) HND
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (25.00%) 4G
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Multithreading

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) GStreamer
1 2 (50.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DVB
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) 4G
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) MPEG
1 3 (75.00%) STB
2 2 (50.00%) IPTV
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) HND
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft