The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 30 32 25
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 19 18 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 5.539% 4.724% 4.777%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.775% 5.187% 5.068%
Number of salaries quoted 17 17 14
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
329 347 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.92% 91.08% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 231 269 247
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £54,507 £72,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Engineer
Scotland

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Aberdeen Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title.

1 17 (68.00%) C#
1 17 (68.00%) .NET
2 14 (56.00%) C++
3 13 (52.00%) Degree
4 9 (36.00%) C
5 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
5 8 (32.00%) Visual Studio
5 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
5 8 (32.00%) Java
5 8 (32.00%) Windows
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
6 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
6 7 (28.00%) WPF
7 6 (24.00%) Linux
7 6 (24.00%) SQL
7 6 (24.00%) VB
7 6 (24.00%) MVC
8 5 (20.00%) VHDL
8 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
8 5 (20.00%) OO
8 5 (20.00%) SCADA
8 5 (20.00%) .NET Framework
9 4 (16.00%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (16.00%) jQuery
9 4 (16.00%) Digital Signal Processing
9 4 (16.00%) Signal Processing
9 4 (16.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (16.00%) WCF
9 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (68.00%) .NET
2 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (28.00%) WPF
4 5 (20.00%) .NET Framework
5 4 (16.00%) jQuery
5 4 (16.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (16.00%) WCF
5 4 (16.00%) WinForms
6 3 (12.00%) LINQ
7 2 (8.000%) CSS
8 1 (4.000%) Flash
8 1 (4.000%) HTML
8 1 (4.000%) JDBC
8 1 (4.000%) Web Services
8 1 (4.000%) XML
8 1 (4.000%) XSLT
8 1 (4.000%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.00%) Modbus
3 2 (8.000%) CDMA
4 1 (4.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.000%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.000%) Subversion
2 1 (4.000%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.000%) JUnit
2 1 (4.000%) Redmine
General
1 4 (16.00%) Advertising
2 2 (8.000%) Electronics
2 2 (8.000%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (20.00%) VHDL
2 5 (20.00%) SCADA
3 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (8.000%) Physics
6 1 (4.000%) E-Learning
6 1 (4.000%) Firmware
6 1 (4.000%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Linux
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (4.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) MVC
2 5 (20.00%) OO
3 4 (16.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 4 (16.00%) Signal Processing
3 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) Scrum
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.000%) Quality Management
5 1 (4.000%) Change Management
5 1 (4.000%) Regression Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
5 1 (4.000%) Project Management
5 1 (4.000%) Information Management
5 1 (4.000%) Automated Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.000%) TDD
5 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.000%) OOP
5 1 (4.000%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) C#
2 14 (56.00%) C++
3 9 (36.00%) C
4 8 (32.00%) Java
5 6 (24.00%) SQL
5 6 (24.00%) VB
6 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (12.00%) Python
7 3 (12.00%) Perl
7 3 (12.00%) Ruby
8 1 (4.000%) PHP
8 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
8 1 (4.000%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.00%) MCP
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (4.000%) Sun Certification
3 1 (4.000%) ISEB
3 1 (4.000%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle
3 1 (4.000%) Primavera
Aberdeen, Scotland
Knowledge of .net (C# or VB) and C/C++ is required, developing code that interfaces with embedded devices is highly desirable, estimating development timescales and good documentation is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Knowledge of .net (C# or VB) and C/C++ is required, developing code that interfaces with embedded devices is highly desirable, estimating development timescales and good documentation is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013