The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton 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 17 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 36 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 0.833% 1.538% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.847% 1.613% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £35,000 £41,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.15% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
118 124 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 98.33% 95.38% 98.31%
Number of salaries quoted 103 123 56
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Manchester

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (50.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (50.00%) DirectX
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Physics
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) CUDA
1 1 (50.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (50.00%) GLSL
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 1 (50.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (50.00%) DirectX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Physics
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) CUDA
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (50.00%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) DO-178B