The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 91 100 65
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 135 144 180
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.543% 2.320% 3.341%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.712% 2.460% 3.534%
Number of salaries quoted 125 115 163
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,200 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4978 5853 5093
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 93.77% 94.30% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3982 4924 4272
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +26 67 £40,000 - 11
Newbury +4 18 £42,500 +21.42% 4
Slough -12 11 £37,500 -11.76% 1
Bracknell -20 6 £45,000 +18.42%
Wokingham +12 2 £44,500 +97.77%
Maidenhead -3 1 - -
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 138 (50.55%) C++
2 109 (39.93%) Java
3 101 (37.00%) Degree
4 96 (35.16%) Windows
5 90 (32.97%) C#
5 90 (32.97%) .NET
6 78 (28.57%) Linux
7 63 (23.08%) C
8 61 (22.34%) OO
9 58 (21.25%) SQL Server
10 52 (19.05%) SQL
11 49 (17.95%) ASP.NET
12 46 (16.85%) Computer Science
13 41 (15.02%) JavaScript
14 39 (14.29%) WCF
15 38 (13.92%) Microsoft
16 35 (12.82%) Embedded C
17 33 (12.09%) Python
18 32 (11.72%) XML
18 32 (11.72%) Software Engineering
19 31 (11.36%) Device Driver
19 31 (11.36%) J2EE
20 30 (10.99%) Web Services
20 30 (10.99%) Firmware
20 30 (10.99%) TDD
20 30 (10.99%) Big Data
21 28 (10.26%) WPF
22 27 (9.890%) HTML
22 27 (9.890%) UNIX
23 25 (9.158%) OOD

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 90 (32.97%) .NET
2 49 (17.95%) ASP.NET
3 39 (14.29%) WCF
4 32 (11.72%) XML
5 31 (11.36%) J2EE
6 30 (10.99%) Web Services
7 28 (10.26%) WPF
8 27 (9.890%) HTML
9 22 (8.059%) Spring
9 22 (8.059%) jQuery
10 21 (7.692%) Flash
11 18 (6.593%) CSS
11 18 (6.593%) FIX Protocol
12 17 (6.227%) Java EE
13 16 (5.861%) Ajax
14 15 (5.495%) RESTful
14 15 (5.495%) Swing
15 14 (5.128%) JMX
16 12 (4.396%) WinForms
17 11 (4.029%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 21 (7.692%) SAS
2 12 (4.396%) Tomcat
3 8 (2.930%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.832%) Magento
4 5 (1.832%) Apache
5 4 (1.465%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (1.465%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.465%) IIS
6 3 (1.099%) CM System
7 2 (0.733%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.366%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 20 (7.326%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.465%) MS Office
3 2 (0.733%) Revit
4 1 (0.366%) SketchUp
4 1 (0.366%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.692%) SSL
2 20 (7.326%) SNMP
3 19 (6.960%) GSM
4 18 (6.593%) iSCSI
4 18 (6.593%) Fibre Channel
5 17 (6.227%) TCP/IP
6 13 (4.762%) NAS
7 9 (3.297%) UMTS
7 9 (3.297%) FTP
8 8 (2.930%) 3G
8 8 (2.930%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (2.564%) LTE
10 6 (2.198%) Bluetooth
10 6 (2.198%) ZigBee
11 5 (1.832%) WCDMA
11 5 (1.832%) 3GPP
11 5 (1.832%) DNS
11 5 (1.832%) DVB
12 4 (1.465%) Internet
12 4 (1.465%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (21.25%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.99%) Big Data
3 19 (6.960%) MySQL
4 17 (6.227%) SQL Server 2008
5 13 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
6 11 (4.029%) DB2
7 6 (2.198%) SQLPlus
7 6 (2.198%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.465%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.733%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.733%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.733%) IDOL
9 2 (0.733%) GIS
9 2 (0.733%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (0.733%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.366%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.366%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.366%) Informix
10 1 (0.366%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.366%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 23 (8.425%) Visual Studio
1 23 (8.425%) ClearCase
2 19 (6.960%) Eclipse
3 18 (6.593%) Selenium
4 13 (4.762%) WebDriver
5 12 (4.396%) Git (software)
6 11 (4.029%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (3.297%) Ant
7 9 (3.297%) JUnit
8 6 (2.198%) TestNG
8 6 (2.198%) Rhino Mocks
9 5 (1.832%) NUnit
9 5 (1.832%) Subversion
10 3 (1.099%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
10 3 (1.099%) JIRA
10 3 (1.099%) QADirector
10 3 (1.099%) JMeter
10 3 (1.099%) InstallShield
10 3 (1.099%) PVCS
10 3 (1.099%) MSI
General
1 18 (6.593%) Telecoms
2 17 (6.227%) Finance
3 14 (5.128%) Electronics
4 3 (1.099%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.099%) Advertising
4 3 (1.099%) Banking
4 3 (1.099%) Retail
5 2 (0.733%) Military
6 1 (0.366%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.366%) Publishing
6 1 (0.366%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.366%) Legal
6 1 (0.366%) Games
6 1 (0.366%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.366%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.85%) Computer Science
2 31 (11.36%) Device Driver
3 30 (10.99%) Firmware
4 23 (8.425%) Clustering
5 21 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (5.861%) Embedded Systems
7 13 (4.762%) Mathematics
8 11 (4.029%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 8 (2.930%) Client/Server
9 8 (2.930%) Social Media
10 5 (1.832%) STB
10 5 (1.832%) DTV
11 4 (1.465%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.465%) SaaS
12 3 (1.099%) Video Editing
12 3 (1.099%) Digital Media
12 3 (1.099%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.099%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.733%) Blackberry
13 2 (0.733%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 96 (35.16%) Windows
2 78 (28.57%) Linux
3 27 (9.890%) UNIX
4 18 (6.593%) FreeBSD
5 13 (4.762%) VxWorks
6 6 (2.198%) Windows CE
6 6 (2.198%) ThreadX
6 6 (2.198%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.832%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.832%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.465%) Android
9 2 (0.733%) Solaris
10 1 (0.366%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.366%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.366%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.366%) Windows Phone 8
10 1 (0.366%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.34%) OO
2 32 (11.72%) Software Engineering
3 30 (10.99%) TDD
4 25 (9.158%) OOD
5 22 (8.059%) MVC
6 18 (6.593%) Multithreading
6 18 (6.593%) Web Development
7 17 (6.227%) Scrum
8 16 (5.861%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (5.128%) Unit Testing
10 13 (4.762%) V-Model
10 13 (4.762%) Waterfall
11 12 (4.396%) RUP
12 11 (4.029%) CAD
12 11 (4.029%) Configuration Management
12 11 (4.029%) RDF
13 10 (3.663%) Data Modelling
13 10 (3.663%) Business Analysis
13 10 (3.663%) Automated Testing
13 10 (3.663%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 138 (50.55%) C++
2 109 (39.93%) Java
3 90 (32.97%) C#
4 63 (23.08%) C
5 52 (19.05%) SQL
6 41 (15.02%) JavaScript
7 35 (12.82%) Embedded C
8 33 (12.09%) Python
9 22 (8.059%) Embedded C++
10 14 (5.128%) Ruby
11 10 (3.663%) T-SQL
12 9 (3.297%) Perl
12 9 (3.297%) PHP
13 7 (2.564%) Scala
14 5 (1.832%) VC++
15 4 (1.465%) Assembly Language
16 3 (1.099%) XAML
16 3 (1.099%) Ada
17 2 (0.733%) VB.NET
18 1 (0.366%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 101 (37.00%) Degree
2 9 (3.297%) ISEB
3 5 (1.832%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.733%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.733%) Sun Certification
4 2 (0.733%) PhD
4 2 (0.733%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.733%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.227%) QA
2 2 (0.733%) SLA
3 1 (0.366%) JTAG
3 1 (0.366%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (4.762%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.564%) NFS
3 1 (0.366%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 38 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.791%) Oracle
3 8 (2.930%) Hitachi
4 7 (2.564%) QNX
4 7 (2.564%) Intel
5 6 (2.198%) JBoss
5 6 (2.198%) Sybase
6 5 (1.832%) hybris
6 5 (1.832%) ATG
7 3 (1.099%) DevExpress
7 3 (1.099%) Aprimo
7 3 (1.099%) Teradata
7 3 (1.099%) NEC
7 3 (1.099%) Cisco
7 3 (1.099%) IBM
7 3 (1.099%) EMC
8 2 (0.733%) Sun
8 2 (0.733%) HP
8 2 (0.733%) Borland
8 2 (0.733%) Progress
Reading, Berkshire
If you have any knowledge of C# programming in addition to your C++ / Java knowledge then your application will be enhanced, but this is certainly not a must.
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire
C#, Visual C++, ASP.NET, SQL Server - Berkshire... Essential Skills: * C# * ASP.NET * Some C++ Experience * Some Microsoft operating systems experience The Software Engineer will also apply proven...
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Successful candidates will have good mathematical and geometry ability and a degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics or equivalent experience... Programming experience in C or C++ with Object...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Programming experience in C or C++ with Object Oriented (OO) Design and GUI design are essential to the role, preferably gained within a commercial environment. Experience in other...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire
Due to increased growth and success of the company, a new positions for experienced Software Engineers with core experience in C and/or C++ and/or Perl, Python,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £26,000 to £36,000 per annum + Good Bonus, Pension and other Bene
Posted: 18 June 2013
Thatcham, Thames Valley
greywood
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum GBP 55k +Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
ninesharp
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + bonus, pension, BUPA health
Posted: 13 June 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: £25 - 36,000 + Bonus: Up to 8% +VG Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Berkshire
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £36,000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The People Network
Salary: £40000 - £52000 per annum + good benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
IT Connections
Salary: £35.000-£45,000 dependant on experience.
Posted: 14 June 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + pension, bonus, benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
bridgenoble
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + pension, bonus, benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £37,000 + Bonus Up to 8% + VG Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: From £22,000 to £32,000 per annum You MUST have some experience with A
Posted: 17 June 2013