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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Buckinghamshire 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 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5332
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads125250
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.105 %
As % of the category below3.954 %6.093 %
Salaries quoted118230
Average minimum salary£31,954£35,300
Average salary£36,023£38,953
% change on same period last year-7.52 %
Average maximum salary£40,092£42,607
UK excluding London average salary£35,972£35,173
% change on same period last year+2.27 %
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Buckinghamshire
Matching permanent IT job ads31614103
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.755 %1.728 %
Salaries quoted27923480
Average minimum salary£34,696£35,298
Average salary£37,831£38,237
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Average maximum salary£40,967£41,175
UK excluding London average salary£38,057£39,434
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-2533£30,565-5.14 %
High WycombeUp+325£35,613-16.95 %
AylesburyUp+1115£38,167+42.41 %
MarlowNo change09£40,167-15.43 %
BeaconsfieldUp+94£37,500-6.25 %
BuckinghamNew entry-3£35,000-
AmershamDown-41£45,000+12.50 %
Software Engineer South EastSoftware Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1157 (55.09 %)C
2153 (53.68 %)C++
388 (30.88 %)Windows
485 (29.82 %)UNIX
564 (22.46 %)Linux
656 (19.65 %)Java
656 (19.65 %).NET
750 (17.54 %)Oracle
849 (17.19 %)OO
946 (16.14 %)SQL Server
946 (16.14 %)Degree
1044 (15.44 %)C#
1143 (15.09 %)Embedded C
1240 (14.04 %)SQL
1338 (13.33 %)Perl
1435 (12.28 %)Software Engineering
1532 (11.23 %)VB
1629 (10.18 %)VxWorks
1728 (9.825 %)J2EE
1826 (9.123 %)MFC
1826 (9.123 %)ASP.NET
1925 (8.772 %)Electronics
2024 (8.421 %)Microsoft
2024 (8.421 %)Tomcat
2122 (7.719 %)XML
2221 (7.368 %)JBoss
2221 (7.368 %)J2SE
2221 (7.368 %)VB.NET
2319 (6.667 %)UML
2417 (5.965 %)PL/SQL

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (19.65 %).NET
228 (9.825 %)J2EE
326 (9.123 %)MFC
326 (9.123 %)ASP.NET
422 (7.719 %)XML
521 (7.368 %)J2SE
613 (4.561 %)XSLT
613 (4.561 %)STL
711 (3.860 %)Adobe Flex
89 (3.158 %)ATL
98 (2.807 %)ADO.NET
107 (2.456 %)AJAX
107 (2.456 %)WebSphere
116 (2.105 %).NET Framework
116 (2.105 %)WinForms
116 (2.105 %)ASP
116 (2.105 %)WebServices
125 (1.754 %)ADO
125 (1.754 %)Spring
125 (1.754 %)Software Packaging
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (8.421 %)Tomcat
221 (7.368 %)JBoss
314 (4.912 %)Apache
314 (4.912 %)Oracle HTTP Server
43 (1.053 %)IIS
51 (0.351 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.351 %)CMS
51 (0.351 %)LiveLink
51 (0.351 %)MS Exchange
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.404 %)MS Excel
22 (0.702 %)MS Visio
31 (0.351 %)MS Office
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (5.614 %)HTTP
213 (4.561 %)VoIP
39 (3.158 %)Firewall
47 (2.456 %)3G
47 (2.456 %)DVB
56 (2.105 %)IP Telephony
64 (1.404 %)IMAP
73 (1.053 %)Internet
73 (1.053 %)Ethernet
73 (1.053 %)TCP/IP
81 (0.351 %)CTI
81 (0.351 %)H.323
81 (0.351 %)Wireless
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (16.14 %)SQL Server
211 (3.860 %)MySQL
310 (3.509 %)RDBMS
48 (2.807 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (2.456 %)Hyperion Essbase
57 (2.456 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (2.456 %)Datawarehouse
57 (2.456 %)ETL
65 (1.754 %)DB2
74 (1.404 %)Informix
82 (0.702 %)TOAD
82 (0.702 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.702 %)SQLPlus
91 (0.351 %)Oracle 8/8i
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (5.965 %)Eclipse
216 (5.614 %)JBuilder
314 (4.912 %)JDeveloper
45 (1.754 %)MSI
45 (1.754 %)Subversion
54 (1.404 %)AdminStudio
54 (1.404 %)Visual Studio
63 (1.053 %)ProC
72 (0.702 %)WinRunner
72 (0.702 %)TestDirector
72 (0.702 %)InstallShield
81 (0.351 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (8.772 %)Electronics
213 (4.561 %)Health
213 (4.561 %)Pensions
36 (2.105 %)Multimedia
36 (2.105 %)Government
45 (1.754 %)Telecoms
45 (1.754 %)Manufacturing
54 (1.404 %)Police
54 (1.404 %)Automotive
54 (1.404 %)Education
63 (1.053 %)Pharmaceutical
63 (1.053 %)Finance
63 (1.053 %)Aerospace
71 (0.351 %)Military
71 (0.351 %)Retail
71 (0.351 %)Marketing
71 (0.351 %)Avionics
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (5.614 %)Computer Science
215 (5.263 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
313 (4.561 %)Device Driver
411 (3.860 %)DTV
510 (3.509 %)MPEG
65 (1.754 %)German Language
74 (1.404 %)Firmware
74 (1.404 %)Grid Computing
74 (1.404 %)IVR
83 (1.053 %)VHDL
83 (1.053 %)Verilog
83 (1.053 %)Danish Language
83 (1.053 %)Dutch Language
83 (1.053 %)Finnish Language
83 (1.053 %)Norwegian Language
83 (1.053 %)Swedish Language
92 (0.702 %)Russian Language
92 (0.702 %)Japanese Language
92 (0.702 %)Web 2.0
101 (0.351 %)Speech Recognition
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
188 (30.88 %)Windows
285 (29.82 %)UNIX
364 (22.46 %)Linux
429 (10.18 %)VxWorks
57 (2.456 %)Red Hat Linux
65 (1.754 %)SUSE
65 (1.754 %)Debian
65 (1.754 %)FreeBSD
65 (1.754 %)HPUX
65 (1.754 %)Solaris
73 (1.053 %)Embedded Linux
82 (0.702 %)Windows CE
82 (0.702 %)AIX
91 (0.351 %)Windows NT
91 (0.351 %)Windows XP
91 (0.351 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.351 %)Windows Vista
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
149 (17.19 %)OO
235 (12.28 %)Software Engineering
319 (6.667 %)UML
416 (5.614 %)OOA/OOD
513 (4.561 %)Computer Security
612 (4.211 %)Project Planning
711 (3.860 %)OOP
87 (2.456 %)Business Intelligence
87 (2.456 %)ERP
87 (2.456 %)OOD
87 (2.456 %)Unit Testing
96 (2.105 %)Project Management
103 (1.053 %)Software Testing
103 (1.053 %)Risk Management
103 (1.053 %)Data Management
103 (1.053 %)Security Cleared
103 (1.053 %)Load Testing
112 (0.702 %)Test Scripting
112 (0.702 %)Document Management
121 (0.351 %)Content Management
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1157 (55.09 %)C
2153 (53.68 %)C++
356 (19.65 %)Java
444 (15.44 %)C#
543 (15.09 %)Embedded C
640 (14.04 %)SQL
738 (13.33 %)Perl
832 (11.23 %)VB
921 (7.368 %)VB.NET
1017 (5.965 %)PL/SQL
1115 (5.263 %)VC++
1213 (4.561 %)Assembly Language
1311 (3.860 %)Python
1410 (3.509 %)Embedded C++
158 (2.807 %)JavaScript
167 (2.456 %)VB6
175 (1.754 %)PHP
175 (1.754 %)Shell Script
184 (1.404 %)XAML
192 (0.702 %)Tcl
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
146 (16.14 %)Degree
27 (2.456 %)PhD
36 (2.105 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (1.754 %)HND
52 (0.702 %)MCSE
61 (0.351 %)MCAD
61 (0.351 %)MCSD
61 (0.351 %)ISEB
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (5.965 %)QA
26 (2.105 %)ISO9001
32 (0.702 %)JTAG
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.404 %)Nagios
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
150 (17.54 %)Oracle
224 (8.421 %)Microsoft
38 (2.807 %)Sybase
47 (2.456 %)PeopleSoft
47 (2.456 %)Hyperion
47 (2.456 %)Red Hat
52 (0.702 %)HP
52 (0.702 %)Symbian
61 (0.351 %)Intel
61 (0.351 %)Open Text