The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bath 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bath region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 20 37 35
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 33 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 8.707% 2.315% 2.392%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.091% 2.315% 2.392%
Number of salaries quoted 32 5 5
Average salary £34,000 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £36,600
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,100 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Job Titles
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
363 216 209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 95.78% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 339 213 196
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £21,050 £25,000 £25,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Somerset

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Bath region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bath Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 70 (78.65%) C++
2 45 (50.56%) C#
3 44 (49.44%) Software Engineering
4 42 (47.19%) Computer Science
5 37 (41.57%) Multithreading
6 29 (32.58%) OO
7 28 (31.46%) Degree
8 27 (30.34%) Windows
8 27 (30.34%) STL
8 27 (30.34%) MFC
9 24 (26.97%) .NET
9 24 (26.97%) Java
10 22 (24.72%) ATL
10 22 (24.72%) WPF
11 21 (23.60%) Automated Testing
12 17 (19.10%) C
13 16 (17.98%) Java EE
13 16 (17.98%) Linux
14 15 (16.85%) CppUnit
14 15 (16.85%) GoogleTest
15 14 (15.73%) XML
16 12 (13.48%) Ada
16 12 (13.48%) ActionScript
16 12 (13.48%) Security Cleared
16 12 (13.48%) SC Cleared
17 11 (12.36%) DV Cleared
18 10 (11.24%) Tcl
18 10 (11.24%) Perl
19 9 (10.11%) SQL
19 9 (10.11%) MySQL

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 27 (30.34%) STL
1 27 (30.34%) MFC
2 24 (26.97%) .NET
3 22 (24.72%) ATL
3 22 (24.72%) WPF
4 16 (17.98%) Java EE
5 14 (15.73%) XML
6 5 (5.618%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.247%) J2EE
8 1 (1.124%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.124%) Web Services
8 1 (1.124%) Flash
8 1 (1.124%) OpenGL
8 1 (1.124%) DirectX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.11%) TCP/IP
1 9 (10.11%) VPN
1 9 (10.11%) IGMP
2 1 (1.124%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.11%) MySQL
1 9 (10.11%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.124%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (16.85%) CppUnit
1 15 (16.85%) GoogleTest
2 5 (5.618%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (3.371%) Finance
2 1 (1.124%) Banking
2 1 (1.124%) Advertising
2 1 (1.124%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 42 (47.19%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.247%) SWIFT
3 1 (1.124%) STB
3 1 (1.124%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (1.124%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.124%) Visualisation
3 1 (1.124%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 27 (30.34%) Windows
2 16 (17.98%) Linux
3 4 (4.494%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (49.44%) Software Engineering
2 37 (41.57%) Multithreading
3 29 (32.58%) OO
4 21 (23.60%) Automated Testing
5 9 (10.11%) Test Automation
5 9 (10.11%) Waterfall
5 9 (10.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (3.371%) Software Architecture
7 2 (2.247%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (2.247%) Software Testing
7 2 (2.247%) Manual Testing
8 1 (1.124%) SOA
8 1 (1.124%) Investment Management
8 1 (1.124%) Product Management
8 1 (1.124%) 3D Programming
8 1 (1.124%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 70 (78.65%) C++
2 45 (50.56%) C#
3 24 (26.97%) Java
4 17 (19.10%) C
5 12 (13.48%) Ada
5 12 (13.48%) ActionScript
6 10 (11.24%) Tcl
6 10 (11.24%) Perl
7 9 (10.11%) SQL
7 9 (10.11%) Bash shell
8 7 (7.865%) Embedded C
8 7 (7.865%) Assembly Language
9 1 (1.124%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (31.46%) Degree
2 12 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.48%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.36%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (7.865%) Atmel
2 1 (1.124%) Oracle
2 1 (1.124%) Microsoft
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Graduate C Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-Threading, Multi-Processing, Design Patterns, £25k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- Computer related degree.- Straight...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £20-25,000 + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-Threading, Multi-Processing, £30-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Frenchay, North Bristol. Key Skills:- Good C Software development /...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-35,000 + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013