The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Software Engineer
Rank 212 220 183
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 5 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.096% 0.016% 0.117%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.102% 0.017% 0.124%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 5
Average salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year
+15.78% +1.06%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4914 5915 4843
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.50% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3900 5047 4023
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Software Engineer
South East

Lead Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Lead Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Lead Software Engineer Salary Trend

Lead Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Reading +1 2 - -
Lead Software Engineer
South East

Lead Software Engineer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) Spring
1 5 (100.00%) REST
2 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) WebDriver
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) JMeter
2 3 (60.00%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) QADirector
2 3 (60.00%) Selenium
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) JUnit
3 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) RUP
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) J2EE
3 2 (40.00%) DB2
3 2 (40.00%) V-Model
3 2 (40.00%) DataPower
3 2 (40.00%) Hibernate
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) WebSphere

Lead Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) Spring
1 5 (100.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
2 2 (40.00%) Hibernate
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) WebDriver
1 3 (60.00%) JMeter
1 3 (60.00%) QADirector
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
1 3 (60.00%) JUnit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (40.00%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) RUP
2 2 (40.00%) V-Model
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IBM