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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Designer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Designer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank233285
Rank change on same period last yearUp+52
Matching permanent IT job ads71
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.092 %0.009 %
Salaries quoted71
Average minimum salary£75,714£39,000
Average salary£75,714£39,000
% change on same period last year+94.13 %
Average maximum salary£75,714£39,000
UK excluding London average salary£54,040£44,211
% change on same period last year+22.23 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Software Designer South EastSoftware Designer
South East

Software Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Designer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Software Designer Demand Trend

Software Designer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Software Designer Salary Trend

Software Designer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Designer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Software Designer Salary Histogram

Software Designer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Designer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewburyNew entry-6£80,000-
Software Designer South EastSoftware Designer
South East

Software Designer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

18 (100.00 %)Windows
27 (87.50 %)Agile Software Development
27 (87.50 %)MS Visio
27 (87.50 %)COBOL
36 (75.00 %)Microsoft
36 (75.00 %)CICS
36 (75.00 %)JCL
45 (62.50 %).NET Framework
45 (62.50 %)WCF
45 (62.50 %)ASP.NET
45 (62.50 %).NET
45 (62.50 %)SQL Server
53 (37.50 %)Linux
53 (37.50 %)Degree
53 (37.50 %)Education
53 (37.50 %)UNIX
62 (25.00 %)zOS
62 (25.00 %)C
62 (25.00 %)C++
71 (12.50 %)Java
71 (12.50 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (12.50 %)Oracle
71 (12.50 %)IBM
71 (12.50 %)JDBC
71 (12.50 %)Computer Science
71 (12.50 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (12.50 %)ProC
71 (12.50 %)Mainframe

Software Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (62.50 %).NET
15 (62.50 %)ASP.NET
15 (62.50 %).NET Framework
15 (62.50 %)WCF
21 (12.50 %)JDBC
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (75.00 %)CICS
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (87.50 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (62.50 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (12.50 %)ProC
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Education
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Mainframe
11 (12.50 %)Computer Science
11 (12.50 %)IBM Mainframe
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)Linux
23 (37.50 %)UNIX
32 (25.00 %)zOS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (87.50 %)Agile Software Development
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)COBOL
26 (75.00 %)JCL
32 (25.00 %)C
32 (25.00 %)C++
41 (12.50 %)Java
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (37.50 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)Microsoft
21 (12.50 %)Oracle
21 (12.50 %)IBM