The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 83 50 13
Rank change year-on-year
-33 -37
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 12 34 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.107% 3.445% 10.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.417% 4.985% 12.80%
Number of salaries quoted 10 32 90
Average salary £24,000 £42,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.85% +2.43%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
847 682 703
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.14% 69.10% 83.00%
Number of salaries quoted 763 593 662
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +3 8 £24,000 -55.34%
Bedford -23 8 £24,000 -7.69%
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering.

1 30 (61.22%) C#
2 23 (46.94%) Windows
3 21 (42.86%) OO
3 21 (42.86%) Degree
4 20 (40.82%) Microsoft
5 19 (38.78%) .NET
6 17 (34.69%) C++
6 17 (34.69%) N-Tier
7 16 (32.65%) C
8 15 (30.61%) SQL Server
8 15 (30.61%) XML
9 14 (28.57%) SQL
9 14 (28.57%) Linux
9 14 (28.57%) Computer Science
9 14 (28.57%) .NET Framework
10 13 (26.53%) Python
10 13 (26.53%) MS Excel
10 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
11 12 (24.49%) Java
11 12 (24.49%) Multithreading
11 12 (24.49%) TDD
11 12 (24.49%) Team Foundation Server
12 11 (22.45%) Oracle
12 11 (22.45%) Web Services
13 10 (20.41%) Visual Studio
13 10 (20.41%) WCF
14 9 (18.37%) SQL Server 2008
14 9 (18.37%) Subversion
14 9 (18.37%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (18.37%) T-SQL

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (38.78%) .NET
2 15 (30.61%) XML
3 14 (28.57%) .NET Framework
4 11 (22.45%) Web Services
5 10 (20.41%) WCF
6 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET
7 8 (16.33%) WinForms
8 6 (12.24%) LINQ
8 6 (12.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 6 (12.24%) LINQ to SQL
8 6 (12.24%) HTML
8 6 (12.24%) ADO.NET
9 5 (10.20%) CSS
9 5 (10.20%) WPF
10 4 (8.163%) Silverlight
11 3 (6.122%) WF
12 2 (4.082%) Hibernate
12 2 (4.082%) Middleware
12 2 (4.082%) JSP
12 2 (4.082%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
1 5 (10.20%) Windows Azure
2 4 (8.163%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (6.122%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (2.041%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (26.53%) MS Excel
2 7 (14.29%) DOC1
3 1 (2.041%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
2 8 (16.33%) SS7
2 8 (16.33%) VoIP
2 8 (16.33%) IP Telephony
3 5 (10.20%) Internet
4 2 (4.082%) RFID
4 2 (4.082%) Wireless
4 2 (4.082%) Ethernet
4 2 (4.082%) GSM
5 1 (2.041%) 3GPP
5 1 (2.041%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.61%) SQL Server
2 9 (18.37%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (12.24%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (12.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (10.20%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (10.20%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (6.122%) GIS
6 2 (4.082%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (24.49%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (20.41%) Visual Studio
3 9 (18.37%) Subversion
4 2 (4.082%) JIRA
4 2 (4.082%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (4.082%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (10.20%) Finance
2 3 (6.122%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (4.082%) Electronics
3 2 (4.082%) Automotive
3 2 (4.082%) French Language
4 1 (2.041%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (36.73%) Software Engineer
2 11 (22.45%) Developer
3 9 (18.37%) Graduate
3 9 (18.37%) Architect
4 8 (16.33%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (16.33%) Support Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) Software Support Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) C Software Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Development Consultant
5 6 (12.24%) Consultant
6 4 (8.163%) Software Developer
7 3 (6.122%) Technical Architect
7 3 (6.122%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.122%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (6.122%) Test Engineer
7 3 (6.122%) Head of Development
8 2 (4.082%) Senior Web Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Software Test Engineer
8 2 (4.082%) Java Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.69%) N-Tier
2 14 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 3 (6.122%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (4.082%) CAN bus
4 2 (4.082%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.082%) Client/Server
4 2 (4.082%) SaaS
4 2 (4.082%) Smartcard
4 2 (4.082%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.041%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.041%) Physics
5 1 (2.041%) Visualisation
5 1 (2.041%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (46.94%) Windows
2 14 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) OO
2 12 (24.49%) TDD
2 12 (24.49%) Multithreading
3 9 (18.37%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
5 6 (12.24%) Business Analysis
5 6 (12.24%) UML
5 6 (12.24%) Project Management
6 5 (10.20%) Change Management
6 5 (10.20%) ETL
6 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.20%) Supplier Management
6 5 (10.20%) Matrix Management
6 5 (10.20%) Performance Management
7 4 (8.163%) Unit Testing
7 4 (8.163%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (8.163%) MVC
8 3 (6.122%) Workflow
8 3 (6.122%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (6.122%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 30 (61.22%) C#
2 17 (34.69%) C++
3 16 (32.65%) C
4 14 (28.57%) SQL
5 13 (26.53%) Python
6 12 (24.49%) Java
7 9 (18.37%) T-SQL
8 6 (12.24%) JavaScript
9 2 (4.082%) PHP
9 2 (4.082%) MATLAB
9 2 (4.082%) Ruby
10 1 (2.041%) PHP5
10 1 (2.041%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.082%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.082%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 2 (4.082%) IEC 61508
2 1 (2.041%) DO-178B
Systems Management
1 1 (2.041%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (40.82%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.45%) Oracle
3 7 (14.29%) XMPie
4 5 (10.20%) Sybase
5 3 (6.122%) Capita
6 2 (4.082%) IBM
6 2 (4.082%) Atmel
Bedford, Bedfordshire
A major Software Engineering Company based in the Home Counties is currently seeking an Embedded / Middleware developer with expertise in C and or C++. The responsibilities of the...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013