The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bradford 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 20 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 Bradford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 34 35 40
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 11 19 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 3.254% 4.492% 0.920%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.459% 4.634% 0.965%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 3
Average salary £40,000 £43,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.04% +16.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
318 410 311
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 94.08% 96.93% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 223 257 194
Average salary £33,500 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.47% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £23,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,200 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Bradford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bradford Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 32 (65.31%) Java
2 30 (61.22%) Linux
3 29 (59.18%) Agile Software Development
4 20 (40.82%) C++
5 18 (36.73%) C
6 17 (34.69%) Embedded C
6 17 (34.69%) STB
7 16 (32.65%) UPnP
7 16 (32.65%) IPTV
7 16 (32.65%) Embedded Linux
7 16 (32.65%) DVB
7 16 (32.65%) Embedded C++
7 16 (32.65%) MPEG
7 16 (32.65%) Unit Testing
7 16 (32.65%) Digital Media
8 10 (20.41%) Degree
9 9 (18.37%) Subversion
9 9 (18.37%) Software Engineering
9 9 (18.37%) Broadband
9 9 (18.37%) UNIX
9 9 (18.37%) JavaScript
9 9 (18.37%) Perl
9 9 (18.37%) PHP
9 9 (18.37%) SQL
10 8 (16.33%) COBOL
10 8 (16.33%) Oracle
10 8 (16.33%) JUnit
10 8 (16.33%) Web Services
10 8 (16.33%) XML
10 8 (16.33%) PRINCE2

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 8 (16.33%) Web Services
1 8 (16.33%) XML
1 8 (16.33%) WSDL
1 8 (16.33%) XML Schema
1 8 (16.33%) JAXB
1 8 (16.33%) Hibernate
1 8 (16.33%) Spring
1 8 (16.33%) WebSphere
1 8 (16.33%) Grails
2 3 (6.122%) .NET
3 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (16.33%) Apache
1 8 (16.33%) CICS
1 8 (16.33%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Office
1 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.65%) DVB
1 16 (32.65%) UPnP
2 9 (18.37%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.041%) MySQL
1 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Subversion
2 8 (16.33%) JUnit
General
1 4 (8.163%) Electronics
2 1 (2.041%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.041%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.69%) STB
2 16 (32.65%) IPTV
2 16 (32.65%) MPEG
2 16 (32.65%) Digital Media
3 8 (16.33%) W3C
3 8 (16.33%) Mainframe
4 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
5 4 (8.163%) Open Source
6 1 (2.041%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 30 (61.22%) Linux
2 16 (32.65%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (18.37%) UNIX
4 1 (2.041%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (59.18%) Agile Software Development
2 16 (32.65%) Unit Testing
3 9 (18.37%) Software Engineering
4 8 (16.33%) TDD
4 8 (16.33%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (16.33%) Kanban
4 8 (16.33%) Feature Driven Development
4 8 (16.33%) User Stories
4 8 (16.33%) PRINCE2
4 8 (16.33%) ETL
4 8 (16.33%) Project Management
4 8 (16.33%) Scrum
5 1 (2.041%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 32 (65.31%) Java
2 20 (40.82%) C++
3 18 (36.73%) C
4 17 (34.69%) Embedded C
5 16 (32.65%) Embedded C++
6 9 (18.37%) JavaScript
6 9 (18.37%) Perl
6 9 (18.37%) PHP
6 9 (18.37%) SQL
7 8 (16.33%) COBOL
8 3 (6.122%) C#
9 1 (2.041%) Delphi
9 1 (2.041%) VB.NET
9 1 (2.041%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Oracle
2 1 (2.041%) Microsoft
Bradford, Yorkshire
As an embedded software engineer you'll be working primarily on embedded linux based projects; utilising your skills in C++ or Java to develop high quality embedded applications...
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 2 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
As an embedded software engineer you'll be working primarily on embedded linux based projects; utilising your skills in C++ or Java to develop high quality embedded applications...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013