Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank905163
Rank change year-on-year
Down-39Up+12
Matching permanent IT job ads81163325
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire2.085 %3.421 %2.793 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.233 %3.714 %2.963 %
Salaries quoted71153276
Average salary£40,000£45,000£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11 %+15.38 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,200£28,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£56,600
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3627438910968
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire93.38 %92.13 %94.27 %
Salaries quoted305835729025
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Software Engineer South EastSoftware Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

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 11 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-933£43,000+7.50 %
SloughDown-48£23,500-47.77 %
NewburyDown-107£39,000-7.14 %
MaidenheadDown-186£37,000-26.00 %
WokinghamDown-54£35,000+20.68 %
BracknellDown-212£40,000-13.97 %
WindsorDown-21--
Software Engineer South EastSoftware Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, 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.

1106 (54.64 %)C++
266 (34.02 %)C
363 (32.47 %)C#
455 (28.35 %).NET
554 (27.84 %)Degree
650 (25.77 %)SQL
744 (22.68 %)Linux
843 (22.16 %)Java
940 (20.62 %)ASP.NET
1038 (19.59 %)JavaScript
1038 (19.59 %)XML
1137 (19.07 %)Windows
1236 (18.56 %)Computer Science
1331 (15.98 %)HTML
1331 (15.98 %)Visual Studio
1430 (15.46 %)UNIX
1526 (13.40 %)UML
1625 (12.89 %)SQL Server
1625 (12.89 %)Software Engineering
1721 (10.82 %)AJAX
1820 (10.31 %)Telecoms
1820 (10.31 %)OO
1820 (10.31 %)Oracle
1919 (9.794 %)Perl
1919 (9.794 %)ClearCase
2018 (9.278 %)ClearQuest
2018 (9.278 %)Mathematics
2117 (8.763 %)J2EE
2216 (8.247 %)TCP/IP
2315 (7.732 %)Embedded C

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
155 (28.35 %).NET
240 (20.62 %)ASP.NET
338 (19.59 %)XML
431 (15.98 %)HTML
521 (10.82 %)AJAX
617 (8.763 %)J2EE
715 (7.732 %)MFC
715 (7.732 %)Qt
810 (5.155 %)JSF
810 (5.155 %)Struts
810 (5.155 %)Web Services
810 (5.155 %)EJB
810 (5.155 %)JDBC
810 (5.155 %)JSP
810 (5.155 %)Struts2
99 (4.639 %)CSS
108 (4.124 %)MVC
108 (4.124 %)DCOM
108 (4.124 %)XSLT
117 (3.608 %)ASP.NET MVC
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (5.155 %)Apache
25 (2.577 %)Lotus Domino
32 (1.031 %)WebLogic
41 (0.515 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.515 %)BizTalk Server
41 (0.515 %)SharePoint
41 (0.515 %)GlassFish
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (4.124 %)MS Excel
22 (1.031 %)MATLAB
31 (0.515 %)MS Project
31 (0.515 %)MS Office
31 (0.515 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (8.247 %)TCP/IP
215 (7.732 %)Internet
310 (5.155 %)FTP
49 (4.639 %)HTTP
58 (4.124 %)Firewall
58 (4.124 %)Wi-Fi
67 (3.608 %)IPv6
73 (1.546 %)LTE
73 (1.546 %)Bluetooth
73 (1.546 %)GSM
73 (1.546 %)UMTS
73 (1.546 %)Ethernet
73 (1.546 %)Wireless
82 (1.031 %)HSUPA
82 (1.031 %)HSDPA
82 (1.031 %)Gigabit Ethernet
82 (1.031 %)GPRS
91 (0.515 %)LDAP
91 (0.515 %)DVB
91 (0.515 %)VPN
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (12.89 %)SQL Server
214 (7.216 %)MySQL
37 (3.608 %)SQL Server Integration Services
44 (2.062 %)DB2
53 (1.546 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (1.031 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.515 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.515 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.515 %)MS Access
71 (0.515 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (0.515 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.515 %)RDBMS
71 (0.515 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.515 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (15.98 %)Visual Studio
219 (9.794 %)ClearCase
318 (9.278 %)ClearQuest
47 (3.608 %)NUnit
47 (3.608 %)Subversion
47 (3.608 %)JIRA
47 (3.608 %)TeamCity
52 (1.031 %)InstallShield
61 (0.515 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.515 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.515 %)Eclipse
61 (0.515 %)Xcode
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (10.31 %)Telecoms
212 (6.186 %)Military
212 (6.186 %)Education
39 (4.639 %)Pensions
47 (3.608 %)Aerospace
56 (3.093 %)Retail
65 (2.577 %)Electric
65 (2.577 %)Electronics
65 (2.577 %)Billing
65 (2.577 %)Insurance
74 (2.062 %)Automotive
74 (2.062 %)Construction
74 (2.062 %)Finance
83 (1.546 %)Health
92 (1.031 %)Animation
92 (1.031 %)Investment Banking
92 (1.031 %)Auditing
92 (1.031 %)Games
92 (1.031 %)Banking
92 (1.031 %)Social Media
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
136 (18.56 %)Computer Science
218 (9.278 %)Mathematics
315 (7.732 %)Physics
48 (4.124 %)N-Tier
57 (3.608 %)Client/Server
57 (3.608 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
66 (3.093 %)SaaS
74 (2.062 %)Firmware
83 (1.546 %)Open Source
83 (1.546 %)Device Driver
83 (1.546 %)Handset
92 (1.031 %)iPhone
92 (1.031 %)Biometrics
101 (0.515 %)Video on Demand
101 (0.515 %)Blackberry
101 (0.515 %)DTV
101 (0.515 %)STB
101 (0.515 %)Clustering
101 (0.515 %)VHDL
101 (0.515 %)Social Network
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
144 (22.68 %)Linux
237 (19.07 %)Windows
330 (15.46 %)UNIX
47 (3.608 %)Solaris
47 (3.608 %)Embedded Linux
53 (1.546 %)Windows Server 2008
53 (1.546 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (1.031 %)Windows CE
62 (1.031 %)AIX
62 (1.031 %)HPUX
71 (0.515 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (0.515 %)Windows 2000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
126 (13.40 %)UML
225 (12.89 %)Software Engineering
320 (10.31 %)OO
410 (5.155 %)Web Development
58 (4.124 %)Validation
67 (3.608 %)Project Planning
76 (3.093 %)Software Architecture
76 (3.093 %)Software Testing
76 (3.093 %)Requirements Analysis
76 (3.093 %)Automated Testing
85 (2.577 %)Agile Software Development
94 (2.062 %)CAPI
103 (1.546 %)RUP
103 (1.546 %)Business Intelligence
103 (1.546 %)B2B
103 (1.546 %)Unified Process
103 (1.546 %)Unit Testing
103 (1.546 %)Integration Testing
103 (1.546 %)Test Scripting
112 (1.031 %)Usability Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1106 (54.64 %)C++
266 (34.02 %)C
363 (32.47 %)C#
450 (25.77 %)SQL
543 (22.16 %)Java
638 (19.59 %)JavaScript
719 (9.794 %)Perl
815 (7.732 %)Embedded C
914 (7.216 %)VC++
914 (7.216 %)Embedded C++
109 (4.639 %)Delphi
116 (3.093 %)Shell Script
116 (3.093 %)Python
124 (2.062 %)Assembly Language
124 (2.062 %)VB.NET
133 (1.546 %)Bash shell
133 (1.546 %)PL/SQL
133 (1.546 %)T-SQL
133 (1.546 %)Ruby
142 (1.031 %)VB
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
154 (27.84 %)Degree
214 (7.216 %)Security Cleared
310 (5.155 %)PhD
45 (2.577 %)Postgraduate
52 (1.031 %)MCPD
52 (1.031 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (1.031 %)MCT
52 (1.031 %)MCSD
61 (0.515 %)ISEB
61 (0.515 %)SC Cleared
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (6.701 %)QA
23 (1.546 %)ISO9001
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.515 %)Active Directory
11 (0.515 %)NFS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.515 %)MSI
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
120 (10.31 %)Oracle
212 (6.186 %)Microsoft
35 (2.577 %)Lotus
44 (2.062 %)IBM
53 (1.546 %)EMC
53 (1.546 %)Cramer
62 (1.031 %)VMware
62 (1.031 %)Adobe
62 (1.031 %)BEA
62 (1.031 %)Hitachi
62 (1.031 %)ILOG
71 (0.515 %)JBoss
71 (0.515 %)JD Edwards
71 (0.515 %)Sun
71 (0.515 %)Symbian
71 (0.515 %)GUPTA
71 (0.515 %)Google