The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Software Engineer
Rank 83 113 108
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 36 13 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.111% 0.641% 0.715%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.239% 0.659% 0.750%
Number of salaries quoted 32 10 15
Average salary £60,000 £47,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.31% +7.95%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+15.78% -
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1608 1974 2001
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 94.31% 97.39% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1441 1689 1824
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Lead Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Lead Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Lead Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Software Engineer across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Lead Software Engineer Salary Trend

Lead Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer in their job title.

1 41 (85.42%) C#
2 40 (83.33%) Java
3 34 (70.83%) E-Commerce
4 33 (68.75%) C++
5 31 (64.58%) .NET
6 30 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
7 29 (60.42%) TDD
8 23 (47.92%) Pair Programming
8 23 (47.92%) Open Source
8 23 (47.92%) OO
9 11 (22.92%) OOD
9 11 (22.92%) C
9 11 (22.92%) Degree
10 10 (20.83%) Mathematics
10 10 (20.83%) Computer Science
10 10 (20.83%) Cryptography
10 10 (20.83%) Software Engineering
10 10 (20.83%) Military
10 10 (20.83%) Embedded Systems
10 10 (20.83%) SC Cleared
10 10 (20.83%) Security Cleared
10 10 (20.83%) PKI
10 10 (20.83%) Product Management
10 10 (20.83%) UNIX
10 10 (20.83%) Windows
10 10 (20.83%) ISO 9000
10 10 (20.83%) Internet
10 10 (20.83%) Electronics
11 9 (18.75%) MySQL
11 9 (18.75%) SQL

Lead Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 31 (64.58%) .NET
2 8 (16.67%) HTML
2 8 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 8 (16.67%) CSS
2 8 (16.67%) jQuery
3 7 (14.58%) Hibernate
4 6 (12.50%) J2EE
4 6 (12.50%) Spring
5 1 (2.083%) JPA
5 1 (2.083%) JDBC
5 1 (2.083%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.083%) Jetty
1 1 (2.083%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.83%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.75%) MySQL
2 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.083%) PostgreSQL
General
1 10 (20.83%) Military
1 10 (20.83%) Electronics
2 1 (2.083%) Banking
2 1 (2.083%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.083%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 23 (47.92%) Open Source
2 10 (20.83%) Mathematics
2 10 (20.83%) Computer Science
2 10 (20.83%) Cryptography
2 10 (20.83%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (20.83%) PKI
3 1 (2.083%) Clustering
3 1 (2.083%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.83%) UNIX
1 10 (20.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (70.83%) E-Commerce
2 30 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
3 29 (60.42%) TDD
4 23 (47.92%) Pair Programming
4 23 (47.92%) OO
5 11 (22.92%) OOD
6 10 (20.83%) Software Engineering
6 10 (20.83%) Product Management
7 6 (12.50%) Scrum
8 1 (2.083%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 41 (85.42%) C#
2 40 (83.33%) Java
3 33 (68.75%) C++
4 11 (22.92%) C
5 9 (18.75%) SQL
6 8 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.083%) PHP
7 1 (2.083%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) Degree
2 10 (20.83%) SC Cleared
2 10 (20.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 1 (2.083%) Oracle