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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Cambridgeshire 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank126
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads605683
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.296 %0.302 %
As % of the category below14.30 %17.52 %
Salaries quoted491534
Average minimum salary£32,437£34,000
Average salary£36,203£38,049
% change on same period last year-4.85 %
Average maximum salary£39,970£42,099
UK excluding London average salary£36,148£35,552
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Job Titles CambridgeshireJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads42303898
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.073 %1.726 %
Salaries quoted35393261
Average minimum salary£33,108£32,390
Average salary£36,173£35,543
% change on same period last year+1.77 %
Average maximum salary£39,237£38,696
UK excluding London average salary£38,582£39,161
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Software Engineer East of EnglandSoftware Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region over the past 3 months.

Cambridgeshire Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1CambridgeDown-2486£36,301-4.78 %
2PeterboroughDown-223£33,467+34.94 %
3ElyNew entry-7£31,429-
3HuntingdonUp+67£31,917+26.40 %
4St NeotsDown-13£33,500-4.28 %
Software Engineer East of EnglandSoftware Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Software Engineer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Engineer.

1851 (63.75 %)C++
2566 (42.40 %)C
3505 (37.83 %)Degree
4377 (28.24 %)C#
5329 (24.64 %).NET
6326 (24.42 %)Windows
7285 (21.35 %)Linux
8233 (17.45 %)Computer Science
9210 (15.73 %)Java
10166 (12.43 %)Electronics
11161 (12.06 %)Embedded C
12147 (11.01 %)Unix
13136 (10.19 %)SQL
14125 (9.363 %)OO
15119 (8.914 %)VC++
16113 (8.464 %)Embedded C++
16113 (8.464 %)Mathematics
17111 (8.315 %)Python
18104 (7.790 %)Perl
1997 (7.266 %)Software Engineering
2087 (6.517 %)Pensions
2185 (6.367 %)XML
2283 (6.217 %)SQL Server
2381 (6.067 %)Wireless
2479 (5.918 %)ASP.NET
2578 (5.843 %)OOD
2677 (5.768 %)Health
2775 (5.618 %)PHP
2874 (5.543 %)3D Graphics
2973 (5.468 %)Microsoft

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Software Engineer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Engineer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1329 (24.64 %).NET
285 (6.367 %)XML
379 (5.918 %)ASP.NET
459 (4.419 %)J2EE
554 (4.045 %)MFC
644 (3.296 %)HTML
741 (3.071 %)STL
741 (3.071 %)WebServices
834 (2.547 %)SOAP
930 (2.247 %)DCOM
1026 (1.948 %)WinForms
1026 (1.948 %)AJAX
1125 (1.873 %)Hibernate
1224 (1.798 %).NET Framework
1321 (1.573 %)CSS
1420 (1.498 %)Spring
1420 (1.498 %)OpenGL
1518 (1.348 %)ADO.NET
1617 (1.273 %)J2ME
1716 (1.199 %)DOM
Application Platforms
114 (1.049 %)JBoss
212 (0.899 %)Apache
35 (0.375 %)Tomcat
35 (0.375 %)WebLogic
43 (0.225 %)Oracle 9iAS
51 (0.075 %)ColdFusion
51 (0.075 %)Oracle Spatial
51 (0.075 %)SharePoint
Applications
152 (3.895 %)3ds Max
244 (3.296 %)Maya
244 (3.296 %)MS Excel
335 (2.622 %)MATLAB
425 (1.873 %)MS Visio
52 (0.150 %)MS Office
61 (0.075 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
13 (0.225 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
181 (6.067 %)Wireless
265 (4.869 %)TCP/IP
340 (2.996 %)Bluetooth
432 (2.397 %)Internet
529 (2.172 %)VoIP
624 (1.798 %)GSM
624 (1.798 %)3G
719 (1.423 %)Ethernet
818 (1.348 %)HTTP
818 (1.348 %)Wi-Fi
818 (1.348 %)DVB
914 (1.049 %)UMTS
1012 (0.899 %)3GPP
1111 (0.824 %)WCDMA
1111 (0.824 %)Broadband
1210 (0.749 %)SNMP
1210 (0.749 %)TETRA
139 (0.674 %)ATM
139 (0.674 %)2G
139 (0.674 %)CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
183 (6.217 %)SQL Server
226 (1.948 %)MySQL
320 (1.498 %)GIS
418 (1.348 %)Data Mining
513 (0.974 %)SQL Server 2005
612 (0.899 %)RDBMS
710 (0.749 %)SQL Server 7
710 (0.749 %)MS Access
83 (0.225 %)Oracle 9i
83 (0.225 %)Text Mining
92 (0.150 %)DTS
92 (0.150 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.075 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
166 (4.944 %)Visual Studio
220 (1.498 %)InstallShield
315 (1.124 %)LabVIEW
315 (1.124 %)WinRunner
315 (1.124 %)TestDirector
414 (1.049 %)NUnit
513 (0.974 %)MSI
610 (0.749 %)VSS/SourceSafe
78 (0.599 %)Rational Robot
87 (0.524 %)Eclipse
87 (0.524 %)Subversion
96 (0.449 %)JUnit
103 (0.225 %)ClearCase
112 (0.150 %)Ant
121 (0.075 %)Flash
121 (0.075 %)Rational Rose
121 (0.075 %)TestPartner
General
1166 (12.43 %)Electronics
287 (6.517 %)Pensions
377 (5.768 %)Health
474 (5.543 %)3D Graphics
565 (4.869 %)Telecoms
645 (3.371 %)Finance
739 (2.921 %)Insurance
835 (2.622 %)Education
926 (1.948 %)Multimedia
1022 (1.648 %)Games
1120 (1.498 %)Manufacturing
1216 (1.199 %)Retail
1315 (1.124 %)Pharmaceutical
1410 (0.749 %)Automotive
159 (0.674 %)Animation
167 (0.524 %)Law
176 (0.449 %)Electric
184 (0.300 %)Publishing
193 (0.225 %)Government
193 (0.225 %)Chemicals
Miscellaneous
1233 (17.45 %)Computer Science
2113 (8.464 %)Mathematics
350 (3.745 %)DTV
448 (3.596 %)Physics
539 (2.921 %)STB
628 (2.097 %)Device Driver
726 (1.948 %)Firmware
825 (1.873 %)MPEG
924 (1.798 %)Client/Server
1020 (1.498 %)VHDL
1020 (1.498 %)Verilog
1119 (1.423 %)IPTV
1119 (1.423 %)Multithreading
1217 (1.273 %)CCTV
1314 (1.049 %)Life Science
1412 (0.899 %)Biotechnology
1412 (0.899 %)Neural Network
1511 (0.824 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1610 (0.749 %)Artificial Intelligence
179 (0.674 %)Applied Mathematics
Operating Systems
1326 (24.42 %)Windows
2285 (21.35 %)Linux
3147 (11.01 %)Unix
446 (3.446 %)Embedded Linux
525 (1.873 %)Symbian OS
621 (1.573 %)Windows CE
719 (1.423 %)Windows XP
813 (0.974 %)VxWorks
912 (0.899 %)Solaris
1011 (0.824 %)Windows Mobile
119 (0.674 %)Windows NT
127 (0.524 %)Windows 2000
134 (0.300 %)HPUX
143 (0.225 %)pSOS
152 (0.150 %)ThreadX
152 (0.150 %)Windows Server 2003
152 (0.150 %)Windows Vista
161 (0.075 %)LynxOS
Processes & Methodologies
1125 (9.363 %)OO
297 (7.266 %)Software Engineering
378 (5.843 %)OOD
460 (4.494 %)UML
535 (2.622 %)OOP
535 (2.622 %)Software Testing
631 (2.322 %)Agile Software Development
726 (1.948 %)CAD
825 (1.873 %)Unit Testing
920 (1.498 %)Automated Testing
1018 (1.348 %)Project Management
1117 (1.273 %)PLM
1216 (1.199 %)Scrum
1315 (1.124 %)Validation
1413 (0.974 %)Data Security
1413 (0.974 %)Information Management
1413 (0.974 %)Project Planning
1512 (0.899 %)Numerical Analysis
1611 (0.824 %)Requirements Analysis
1611 (0.824 %)Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1851 (63.75 %)C++
2566 (42.40 %)C
3377 (28.24 %)C#
4210 (15.73 %)Java
5161 (12.06 %)Embedded C
6136 (10.19 %)SQL
7119 (8.914 %)VC++
8113 (8.464 %)Embedded C++
9111 (8.315 %)Python
10104 (7.790 %)Perl
1175 (5.618 %)PHP
1248 (3.596 %)Assembly Language
1339 (2.921 %)JavaScript
1437 (2.772 %)VB
1517 (1.273 %)VB.NET
1517 (1.273 %)Delphi
1612 (0.899 %)VB6
1710 (0.749 %)PL/SQL
188 (0.599 %)Ruby
197 (0.524 %)XPath
Qualifications
1505 (37.83 %)Degree
262 (4.644 %)PhD
310 (0.749 %)ISEB
43 (0.225 %)HND
43 (0.225 %)Postgraduate
51 (0.075 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
148 (3.596 %)QA
25 (0.375 %)ISO9000
34 (0.300 %)ISO9001
System Software
12 (0.150 %)NFS
Vendors
173 (5.468 %)Microsoft
252 (3.895 %)Symbian
346 (3.446 %)Oracle
413 (0.974 %)Perforce
57 (0.524 %)Macrovision
65 (0.375 %)Intel
74 (0.300 %)HP
83 (0.225 %)Adobe
83 (0.225 %)Sun
83 (0.225 %)Red Hat
92 (0.150 %)NEC
92 (0.150 %)Siemens
92 (0.150 %)Borland
101 (0.075 %)MKS
101 (0.075 %)IBM
101 (0.075 %)Citrix
101 (0.075 %)CA
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