The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford 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 22 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 33 35 33
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 16 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 6.375% 3.883% 1.227%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.531% 3.980% 1.235%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 2
Average salary £30,000 £25,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -43.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £41,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 201 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.61% 97.57% 99.39%
Number of salaries quoted 239 191 157
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedford Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 22 (75.86%) C#
2 19 (65.52%) C++
2 19 (65.52%) Windows
3 16 (55.17%) Computer Science
4 14 (48.28%) .NET
4 14 (48.28%) Degree
5 13 (44.83%) Linux
6 11 (37.93%) C
6 11 (37.93%) Mathematics
6 11 (37.93%) Physics
6 11 (37.93%) Software Engineering
7 10 (34.48%) OO
8 9 (31.03%) Python
9 8 (27.59%) Java
9 8 (27.59%) VoIP
9 8 (27.59%) TCP/IP
9 8 (27.59%) SS7
9 8 (27.59%) IP Telephony
10 7 (24.14%) MVC
10 7 (24.14%) JavaScript
11 6 (20.69%) MFC
11 6 (20.69%) HTML
11 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET
11 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET MVC
11 6 (20.69%) Image Processing
11 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (20.69%) Games
11 6 (20.69%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (20.69%) Multithreading
12 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC 3

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 14 (48.28%) .NET
2 6 (20.69%) MFC
2 6 (20.69%) HTML
2 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET
2 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 5 (17.24%) CSS
4 4 (13.79%) Qt
5 2 (6.897%) WCF
6 1 (3.448%) WPF
6 1 (3.448%) WinForms
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) VoIP
1 8 (27.59%) TCP/IP
1 8 (27.59%) SS7
1 8 (27.59%) IP Telephony
2 5 (17.24%) Internet
3 1 (3.448%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.897%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (20.69%) Games
2 2 (6.897%) Automotive
2 2 (6.897%) Electronics
3 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 16 (55.17%) Computer Science
2 11 (37.93%) Mathematics
2 11 (37.93%) Physics
3 6 (20.69%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (3.448%) Visualisation
4 1 (3.448%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 13 (44.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Software Engineering
2 10 (34.48%) OO
3 7 (24.14%) MVC
4 6 (20.69%) Image Processing
4 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (20.69%) Multithreading
5 4 (13.79%) OOD
6 1 (3.448%) ERP
6 1 (3.448%) Project Management
6 1 (3.448%) Product Management
6 1 (3.448%) Software Architecture
6 1 (3.448%) MVVM
6 1 (3.448%) Validation
6 1 (3.448%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 22 (75.86%) C#
2 19 (65.52%) C++
3 11 (37.93%) C
4 9 (31.03%) Python
5 8 (27.59%) Java
6 7 (24.14%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.448%) PHP
7 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) TickIT
1 1 (3.448%) ISO 9001