Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the Yeovil region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank62
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.010 %
As % of the category below55.81 %56.25 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£320
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
Hourly rates quoted246
Average minimum hourly rate£31.04£30.00
Average hourly rate£33.25£33.50
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.46£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.19£34.81
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Yeovil IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yeovil
Matching contract IT job ads4316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£200£340
Average daily rate£200£382
% change on same period last year-47.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted407
Average minimum hourly rate£30.88£28.33
Average hourly rate£32.97£31.42
% change on same period last year+4.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.05£34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Software Engineer SomersetSoftware Engineer
Somerset

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Yeovil region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yeovil Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Engineer across the Yeovil region.

Yeovil Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Yeovil region.

Yeovil Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Yeovil region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Yeovil Software Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yeovil 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.

131 (70.45 %)Aerospace
230 (68.18 %)Security Cleared
329 (65.91 %)C++
426 (59.09 %)UML
515 (34.09 %)Ada
612 (27.27 %)OO
612 (27.27 %)Eclipse
710 (22.73 %)MFC
710 (22.73 %)Visual Studio
88 (18.18 %)OOD
97 (15.91 %)Java
97 (15.91 %)Validation
106 (13.64 %)Scrum
106 (13.64 %)Agile Software Development
106 (13.64 %)wxWidgets
106 (13.64 %)Unit Testing
115 (11.36 %)SC Cleared
115 (11.36 %)JNI
124 (9.091 %)Use Case
133 (6.818 %)Military
142 (4.545 %)ARTiSAN
142 (4.545 %)Avionics
151 (2.273 %)Requirements Management
151 (2.273 %)Software Engineering
151 (2.273 %)BC Cleared
151 (2.273 %)Test Scripting
151 (2.273 %)C
151 (2.273 %)XML Schema
151 (2.273 %)XML
151 (2.273 %)VC++

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yeovil 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.

Yeovil IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (22.73 %)MFC
26 (13.64 %)wxWidgets
35 (11.36 %)JNI
41 (2.273 %)XML
41 (2.273 %)XML Schema
Yeovil IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (27.27 %)Eclipse
210 (22.73 %)Visual Studio
32 (4.545 %)ARTiSAN
Yeovil IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (70.45 %)Aerospace
23 (6.818 %)Military
32 (4.545 %)Avionics
Yeovil IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (68.18 %)Security Cleared
226 (59.09 %)UML
312 (27.27 %)OO
48 (18.18 %)OOD
57 (15.91 %)Validation
66 (13.64 %)Scrum
66 (13.64 %)Agile Software Development
66 (13.64 %)Unit Testing
75 (11.36 %)SC Cleared
84 (9.091 %)Use Case
91 (2.273 %)BC Cleared
91 (2.273 %)Test Scripting
91 (2.273 %)Software Engineering
91 (2.273 %)Requirements Management
Yeovil IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (65.91 %)C++
215 (34.09 %)Ada
37 (15.91 %)Java
41 (2.273 %)VC++
41 (2.273 %)C