The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 11 15 10
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 313 286 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 17.25% 14.23% 17.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.11% 14.77% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 274 238 350
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £48,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1936 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.21% 96.32% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1644 1847
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 370 (63.90%) C++
2 254 (43.87%) Linux
3 234 (40.41%) Degree
4 232 (40.07%) C
5 230 (39.72%) C#
6 214 (36.96%) Python
7 166 (28.67%) Java
8 164 (28.32%) .NET
9 142 (24.53%) Windows
10 137 (23.66%) Computer Science
11 127 (21.93%) Perl
12 108 (18.65%) Agile Software Development
13 105 (18.13%) OO
14 103 (17.79%) UNIX
15 99 (17.10%) TDD
16 80 (13.82%) HTML
17 70 (12.09%) E-Commerce
18 69 (11.92%) SQL Server
18 69 (11.92%) Mathematics
19 68 (11.74%) Electronics
20 67 (11.57%) Software Engineering
21 65 (11.23%) CSS
22 59 (10.19%) Multithreading
23 58 (10.02%) Open Source
24 52 (8.981%) ASP.NET
25 49 (8.463%) QA
26 48 (8.290%) SQL
27 47 (8.117%) Test Scripting
27 47 (8.117%) Pair Programming
27 47 (8.117%) Automated Testing

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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
1 164 (28.32%) .NET
2 80 (13.82%) HTML
3 65 (11.23%) CSS
4 52 (8.981%) ASP.NET
5 29 (5.009%) jQuery
5 29 (5.009%) STL
5 29 (5.009%) XML
6 23 (3.972%) Web Services
7 22 (3.800%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 22 (3.800%) Qt
8 21 (3.627%) MFC
9 20 (3.454%) Middleware
9 20 (3.454%) QML
10 18 (3.109%) JMS
11 16 (2.763%) WPF
12 11 (1.900%) JSON
13 10 (1.727%) WinForms
14 9 (1.554%) Hibernate
14 9 (1.554%) Symfony
15 8 (1.382%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (1.209%) nginx
1 7 (1.209%) Apache
2 3 (0.518%) IIS
3 2 (0.345%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.173%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.173%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.173%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.173%) Jetty
Applications
1 29 (5.009%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.036%) MS Office
3 4 (0.691%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.691%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.173%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 44 (7.599%) Internet
2 29 (5.009%) Wireless
3 25 (4.318%) Ethernet
4 24 (4.145%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.418%) Broadband
5 14 (2.418%) LTE
6 13 (2.245%) 3GPP
6 13 (2.245%) HTTP
7 11 (1.900%) GPRS
7 11 (1.900%) GSM
7 11 (1.900%) WCDMA
8 7 (1.209%) WAN
9 6 (1.036%) DSLAM
10 4 (0.691%) 3G
10 4 (0.691%) RIP
11 3 (0.518%) 4G
12 2 (0.345%) Intranet
12 2 (0.345%) SNMP
12 2 (0.345%) FTP
13 1 (0.173%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.92%) SQL Server
2 36 (6.218%) MySQL
3 7 (1.209%) Redis
4 4 (0.691%) Big Data
5 2 (0.345%) MS Access
5 2 (0.345%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.173%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.173%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.173%) GIS
6 1 (0.173%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (6.563%) Visual Studio
2 32 (5.527%) Selenium
3 22 (3.800%) FitNesse
4 12 (2.073%) Git (software)
5 10 (1.727%) Subversion
6 5 (0.864%) WATIR
7 3 (0.518%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.518%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (0.518%) Bugzilla
8 2 (0.345%) GCC
8 2 (0.345%) CppUnit
9 1 (0.173%) FinalBuilder
9 1 (0.173%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.173%) CMake
9 1 (0.173%) InstallShield
General
1 68 (11.74%) Electronics
2 21 (3.627%) Military
3 19 (3.282%) Telecoms
4 17 (2.936%) Multimedia
5 10 (1.727%) Finance
6 5 (0.864%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.691%) Automotive
8 2 (0.345%) French Language
8 2 (0.345%) German Language
8 2 (0.345%) Italian Language
8 2 (0.345%) Japanese Language
8 2 (0.345%) Publishing
8 2 (0.345%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.173%) Banking
9 1 (0.173%) Music
9 1 (0.173%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 137 (23.66%) Computer Science
2 69 (11.92%) Mathematics
3 58 (10.02%) Open Source
4 44 (7.599%) Device Driver
5 41 (7.081%) Physics
6 35 (6.045%) Embedded Systems
7 26 (4.491%) Blog
8 23 (3.972%) Cryptography
9 20 (3.454%) PKI
10 16 (2.763%) Artificial Intelligence
11 15 (2.591%) VHDL
12 13 (2.245%) Verilog
13 8 (1.382%) Smartphone
14 6 (1.036%) Digital Media
14 6 (1.036%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.691%) Enterprise Software
16 3 (0.518%) Handset
17 2 (0.345%) 3D Graphics
17 2 (0.345%) Management Information System
17 2 (0.345%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 254 (43.87%) Linux
2 142 (24.53%) Windows
3 103 (17.79%) UNIX
4 18 (3.109%) Solaris
5 11 (1.900%) Android
6 9 (1.554%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.864%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.691%) Windows 8
8 4 (0.691%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.518%) Symbian OS
9 3 (0.518%) Windows Mobile
10 2 (0.345%) Windows CE
11 1 (0.173%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.173%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.173%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.173%) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (18.65%) Agile Software Development
2 105 (18.13%) OO
3 99 (17.10%) TDD
4 70 (12.09%) E-Commerce
5 67 (11.57%) Software Engineering
6 59 (10.19%) Multithreading
7 47 (8.117%) Test Scripting
7 47 (8.117%) Pair Programming
7 47 (8.117%) Automated Testing
8 42 (7.254%) Manual Testing
9 38 (6.563%) OOD
10 37 (6.390%) Software Testing
11 30 (5.181%) Continuous Integration
12 27 (4.663%) Scrum
13 26 (4.491%) Unit Testing
14 24 (4.145%) Test Automation
15 21 (3.627%) UML
16 19 (3.282%) Product Management
17 18 (3.109%) Validation
17 18 (3.109%) CQRS
Programming Languages
1 370 (63.90%) C++
2 232 (40.07%) C
3 230 (39.72%) C#
4 214 (36.96%) Python
5 166 (28.67%) Java
6 127 (21.93%) Perl
7 48 (8.290%) SQL
8 46 (7.945%) JavaScript
8 46 (7.945%) Embedded C
9 27 (4.663%) Embedded C++
10 25 (4.318%) Ruby
11 20 (3.454%) Haskell
12 17 (2.936%) VB.NET
13 16 (2.763%) Erlang
13 16 (2.763%) Bash shell
14 11 (1.900%) PHP
15 9 (1.554%) Assembly Language
15 9 (1.554%) VB
16 8 (1.382%) VB6
17 6 (1.036%) F#
Qualifications
1 234 (40.41%) Degree
2 33 (5.699%) ISEB
3 20 (3.454%) ISTQB
3 20 (3.454%) SC Cleared
3 20 (3.454%) Security Cleared
4 5 (0.864%) PhD
5 3 (0.518%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.463%) QA
2 21 (3.627%) ISO 9000
3 3 (0.518%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.518%) TickIT
4 1 (0.173%) JTAG
System Software
1 14 (2.418%) Xen
2 3 (0.518%) XenServer
Vendors
1 33 (5.699%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.527%) Oracle
3 13 (2.245%) VMware
4 10 (1.727%) Anite
5 7 (1.209%) Riverbed
5 7 (1.209%) Twitter
6 4 (0.691%) webMethods
6 4 (0.691%) Adobe
7 3 (0.518%) Sybase
8 2 (0.345%) Altera
9 1 (0.173%) Progress
9 1 (0.173%) JBoss
9 1 (0.173%) EMC
9 1 (0.173%) Epicor
9 1 (0.173%) QNX
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: From £45,000 to £65,000 per annum plus benefits package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Salary: to circa £45k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Shares, Private medical, pension
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As the successful Software Engineer / Developer, you will have a minimum of a bachelors degree in Computer Science or other numerate subject with a high software engineering content.....
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Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: Strong C++ experience on a Linux platform... Experience with Python... Experience with RDBMS a must, preferably MySQL... Technical degree or equivalent experience... Keywords: Strong C++, Linux, Python,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: C++ and C# .NET development using Microsoft visual studio. Engineering degree or equivalent qualification or work experience... Design experience in multi threaded real time applications on Windows...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Software Developer C C++ or C# with strong maths skills... Programming skills with the likes of C C++ or C#. Essential: Good degree, Maths, C or C++ or...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Great Base + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Pension,Bonus,BUPA,25 days hol
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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DP Connect Ltd
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Posted: 4 May 2013
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Salary: £41k
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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The People Network
Salary: £40000 - £70000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£40k DOE + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Great Salary+Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Awesome + Top Prospects
Posted: 21 May 2013
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Auburn Rose
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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North Point Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Negotiable + share options
Posted: 10 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Salary: £Competitive + Bonuses + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013