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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Birmingham 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 Engineer in their job title over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank81105
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads6126
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.946 %0.996 %
Salaries quoted2823
Average minimum salary£29,179£31,174
Average salary£33,446£33,326
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Average maximum salary£37,714£35,478
UK excluding London average salary£36,168£35,523
% change on same period last year+1.81 %
Job Titles BirminghamJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads31342611
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.537 %1.156 %
Salaries quoted27032140
Average minimum salary£37,580£31,909
Average salary£42,017£35,005
% change on same period last year+20.03 %
Average maximum salary£46,454£38,101
UK excluding London average salary£38,585£39,157
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Software Engineer West MidlandsSoftware Engineer
West Midlands

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Birmingham region over the past 3 months.

Birmingham Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Software Engineer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Engineer.

155 (55.00 %)C
249 (49.00 %)C++
336 (36.00 %)Embedded C
430 (30.00 %)OO
526 (26.00 %)Unix
623 (23.00 %)UML
722 (22.00 %)Linux
722 (22.00 %)Degree
821 (21.00 %)OOD
919 (19.00 %)Embedded C++
1016 (16.00 %)VB
1115 (15.00 %).NET
1214 (14.00 %)Automotive
1214 (14.00 %)C#
1313 (13.00 %)Telecoms
1412 (12.00 %)Electronics
1412 (12.00 %)SQL Server
1511 (11.00 %)Java
1511 (11.00 %)XML
1511 (11.00 %)VxWorks
1610 (10.00 %)Perl
1610 (10.00 %)SQL
179 (9.000 %)VB.NET
179 (9.000 %)Aerospace
188 (8.000 %)SCADA
188 (8.000 %)HTML
188 (8.000 %)JavaScript
197 (7.000 %)ASP.NET
197 (7.000 %)Embedded Linux
197 (7.000 %)pSOS

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Software Engineer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Engineer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
115 (15.00 %).NET
211 (11.00 %)XML
38 (8.000 %)HTML
47 (7.000 %)ASP.NET
55 (5.000 %)CGI
63 (3.000 %)ISPF
72 (2.000 %)JSON
72 (2.000 %)XSL
72 (2.000 %)SOAP
72 (2.000 %)COM+
72 (2.000 %)MFC
81 (1.000 %)J2EE
81 (1.000 %)DCOM
81 (1.000 %)JSP
81 (1.000 %)COM
81 (1.000 %)WebServices
81 (1.000 %)OpenGL
81 (1.000 %)Hibernate
81 (1.000 %)Spring
Application Platforms
13 (3.000 %)CICS
21 (1.000 %)BizTalk Server
21 (1.000 %)Apache
21 (1.000 %)Tomcat
21 (1.000 %)SharePoint
Applications
13 (3.000 %)MATLAB
13 (3.000 %)Simulink
Communications & Networking
15 (5.000 %)SNMP
15 (5.000 %)WINS
24 (4.000 %)TCP/IP
32 (2.000 %)VoIP
32 (2.000 %)Ethernet
32 (2.000 %)HTTP
32 (2.000 %)ATM
32 (2.000 %)DSL
32 (2.000 %)Megaco
32 (2.000 %)Wireless
41 (1.000 %)TETRA
41 (1.000 %)3G
41 (1.000 %)GPRS
41 (1.000 %)GSM
41 (1.000 %)UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
112 (12.00 %)SQL Server
21 (1.000 %)OLAP
21 (1.000 %)Datawarehouse
21 (1.000 %)RDBMS
21 (1.000 %)SQL Server 7
21 (1.000 %)GIS
Development Applications
13 (3.000 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.000 %)TestDirector
21 (1.000 %)LabVIEW
General
114 (14.00 %)Automotive
213 (13.00 %)Telecoms
312 (12.00 %)Electronics
49 (9.000 %)Aerospace
55 (5.000 %)Finance
55 (5.000 %)Education
55 (5.000 %)Pensions
62 (2.000 %)Marketing
62 (2.000 %)Health
62 (2.000 %)Manufacturing
62 (2.000 %)3D Graphics
62 (2.000 %)Insurance
71 (1.000 %)Government
Miscellaneous
18 (8.000 %)SCADA
25 (5.000 %)Mathematics
25 (5.000 %)Physics
25 (5.000 %)Firmware
33 (3.000 %)Mainframe
33 (3.000 %)Computer Science
42 (2.000 %)Multithreading
51 (1.000 %)Device Driver
51 (1.000 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
51 (1.000 %)ASIC
51 (1.000 %)NHS
Operating Systems
126 (26.00 %)Unix
222 (22.00 %)Linux
311 (11.00 %)VxWorks
47 (7.000 %)pSOS
47 (7.000 %)Embedded Linux
56 (6.000 %)Windows
64 (4.000 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
130 (30.00 %)OO
223 (23.00 %)UML
321 (21.00 %)OOD
45 (5.000 %)OOP
54 (4.000 %)Validation
63 (3.000 %)Web Development
72 (2.000 %)Software Engineering
72 (2.000 %)Product Marketing
72 (2.000 %)Investment Management
72 (2.000 %)OOA/OOD
72 (2.000 %)E-Commerce
81 (1.000 %)Business Intelligence
81 (1.000 %)CAD
81 (1.000 %)Configuration Management
81 (1.000 %)Service Delivery
81 (1.000 %)Requirements Analysis
81 (1.000 %)Test Scripting
Programming Languages
155 (55.00 %)C
249 (49.00 %)C++
336 (36.00 %)Embedded C
419 (19.00 %)Embedded C++
516 (16.00 %)VB
614 (14.00 %)C#
711 (11.00 %)Java
810 (10.00 %)Perl
810 (10.00 %)SQL
99 (9.000 %)VB.NET
108 (8.000 %)JavaScript
114 (4.000 %)VB6
123 (3.000 %)COBOL
123 (3.000 %)DHTML
132 (2.000 %)MapBasic
132 (2.000 %)Ada
132 (2.000 %)Assembly Language
141 (1.000 %)Tcl
141 (1.000 %)VBScript
Qualifications
122 (22.00 %)Degree
22 (2.000 %)HNC
31 (1.000 %)ISEB
31 (1.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.000 %)QA
Vendors
15 (5.000 %)Microsoft
22 (2.000 %)Mapinfo
22 (2.000 %)ESRI
31 (1.000 %)Fujitsu
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