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This section looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Engineering
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank6849
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads130146
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.063 %
As % of the category below5.845 %7.385 %
Salaries quoted93118
Average minimum salary£35,628£33,828
Average salary£37,601£37,914
% change on same period last year-0.82 %
Average maximum salary£39,574£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,106£37,478
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Processes & Methodologies CambridgeshireProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads22241977
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.088 %0.849 %
Salaries quoted18891680
Average minimum salary£36,365£35,178
Average salary£39,348£38,488
% change on same period last year+2.23 %
Average maximum salary£42,332£41,797
UK excluding London average salary£42,900£44,043
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Software Engineering East of EnglandSoftware Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering 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-9105£37,045-2.24 %
2PeterboroughDown-79£29,000-35.55 %
3HuntingdonUp+37£35,286-10.66 %
Software Engineering East of EnglandSoftware Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Software Engineering 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 Engineering.

1132 (57.89 %)C++
2113 (49.56 %)Degree
382 (35.96 %)C
472 (31.58 %)Computer Science
567 (29.39 %)C#
664 (28.07 %)Java
755 (24.12 %).NET
849 (21.49 %)OO
943 (18.86 %)Linux
1033 (14.47 %)Windows
1131 (13.60 %)UML
1131 (13.60 %)VC++
1226 (11.40 %)Electronics
1325 (10.96 %)Unix
1424 (10.53 %)ASP.NET
1522 (9.649 %)SQL Server
1621 (9.211 %)XML
1720 (8.772 %)SQL
1819 (8.333 %)OOD
1819 (8.333 %)Microsoft
1819 (8.333 %)VHDL
1819 (8.333 %)Verilog
1918 (7.895 %)Agile Software Development
1918 (7.895 %)Mathematics
1918 (7.895 %)Telecoms
2017 (7.456 %)J2EE
2017 (7.456 %)Games
2116 (7.018 %)JBoss
2215 (6.579 %)Embedded C
2313 (5.702 %)Multimedia

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Software Engineering 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 Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
155 (24.12 %).NET
224 (10.53 %)ASP.NET
321 (9.211 %)XML
417 (7.456 %)J2EE
513 (5.702 %)AJAX
612 (5.263 %)MFC
710 (4.386 %)CORBA
88 (3.509 %)Middleware
96 (2.632 %).NET Framework
96 (2.632 %)HTML
103 (1.316 %)ADO.NET
103 (1.316 %)JSP
103 (1.316 %)WebServices
103 (1.316 %)SWT
103 (1.316 %)Series 60
103 (1.316 %)JMX
103 (1.316 %)JMS
112 (0.877 %)WAP
112 (0.877 %)CGI
112 (0.877 %)JavaBeans
Application Platforms
116 (7.018 %)JBoss
24 (1.754 %)IIS
24 (1.754 %)Tomcat
32 (0.877 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (0.877 %)Apache
41 (0.439 %)WebLogic
Applications
110 (4.386 %)MS Excel
25 (2.193 %)MATLAB
34 (1.754 %)CA Clarity
34 (1.754 %)MS Project
43 (1.316 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
18 (3.509 %)3G
27 (3.070 %)Wireless
27 (3.070 %)Internet
34 (1.754 %)3GPP
43 (1.316 %)VoIP
43 (1.316 %)Ethernet
43 (1.316 %)2.5G
43 (1.316 %)HSDPA
52 (0.877 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.877 %)VPN
61 (0.439 %)DVB
61 (0.439 %)SS7
61 (0.439 %)SCCP
61 (0.439 %)2G
61 (0.439 %)Frame Relay
61 (0.439 %)GPRS
61 (0.439 %)GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
122 (9.649 %)SQL Server
27 (3.070 %)MySQL
27 (3.070 %)RDBMS
35 (2.193 %)SQL Server 7
44 (1.754 %)GIS
53 (1.316 %)DB2
62 (0.877 %)DTS
71 (0.439 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.439 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.439 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.439 %)Text Mining
Development Applications
112 (5.263 %)JUnit
211 (4.825 %)Visual Studio
36 (2.632 %)Eclipse
42 (0.877 %)InstallShield
42 (0.877 %)NUnit
42 (0.877 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (0.877 %)TestPartner
51 (0.439 %)Subversion
General
126 (11.40 %)Electronics
218 (7.895 %)Telecoms
317 (7.456 %)Games
413 (5.702 %)Multimedia
413 (5.702 %)Pensions
413 (5.702 %)Education
512 (5.263 %)Health
512 (5.263 %)Finance
68 (3.509 %)Manufacturing
76 (2.632 %)Insurance
85 (2.193 %)Retail
85 (2.193 %)Government
94 (1.754 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (0.877 %)Military
102 (0.877 %)Aerospace
111 (0.439 %)3D Graphics
111 (0.439 %)Marketing
Job Titles
198 (42.98 %)Software Engineer
258 (25.44 %)Developer
325 (10.96 %)Software Developer
416 (7.018 %)Graduate
416 (7.018 %)Java Developer
514 (6.140 %)Team Leader
514 (6.140 %)Engineering Manager
613 (5.702 %)Graduate Software Engineer
711 (4.825 %)C++ Software Engineer
810 (4.386 %)C++ Developer
810 (4.386 %)Embedded Software Engineer
99 (3.947 %)Senior Software Engineer
108 (3.509 %)C# Software Engineer
108 (3.509 %)Consultant
108 (3.509 %)Java/J2EE Developer
117 (3.070 %)Project Manager
126 (2.632 %)Games Developer
126 (2.632 %)Java Software Engineer
126 (2.632 %)Java Team Leader
135 (2.193 %)QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
172 (31.58 %)Computer Science
219 (8.333 %)VHDL
219 (8.333 %)Verilog
318 (7.895 %)Mathematics
411 (4.825 %)Client/Server
57 (3.070 %)MPEG
57 (3.070 %)Tandem
65 (2.193 %)Physics
65 (2.193 %)Streaming Video
74 (1.754 %)Artificial Intelligence
74 (1.754 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
74 (1.754 %)iDTV
83 (1.316 %)BBC
83 (1.316 %)Chemistry
83 (1.316 %)Biology
92 (0.877 %)Life Science
92 (0.877 %)Web 2.0
101 (0.439 %)Biotechnology
101 (0.439 %)IPTV
101 (0.439 %)ASIC
Operating Systems
143 (18.86 %)Linux
233 (14.47 %)Windows
325 (10.96 %)Unix
45 (2.193 %)Solaris
54 (1.754 %)HPUX
54 (1.754 %)Symbian OS
62 (0.877 %)VxWorks
62 (0.877 %)LynxOS
71 (0.439 %)Windows NT
71 (0.439 %)Windows XP
71 (0.439 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
149 (21.49 %)OO
231 (13.60 %)UML
319 (8.333 %)OOD
418 (7.895 %)Agile Software Development
513 (5.702 %)Project Management
68 (3.509 %)OOP
77 (3.070 %)Extreme Programming
86 (2.632 %)Algorithmic Trading
86 (2.632 %)Project Planning
95 (2.193 %)Use Case
95 (2.193 %)Web Design
95 (2.193 %)OOA/OOD
103 (1.316 %)Configuration Management
103 (1.316 %)Risk Management
103 (1.316 %)Data Management
103 (1.316 %)PRINCE2
112 (0.877 %)Unit Testing
112 (0.877 %)Automated Testing
112 (0.877 %)Programme Management
112 (0.877 %)TDD
Programming Languages
1132 (57.89 %)C++
282 (35.96 %)C
367 (29.39 %)C#
464 (28.07 %)Java
531 (13.60 %)VC++
620 (8.772 %)SQL
715 (6.579 %)Embedded C
813 (5.702 %)Perl
910 (4.386 %)Embedded C++
109 (3.947 %)PHP
118 (3.509 %)Python
127 (3.070 %)VB
135 (2.193 %)JavaScript
143 (1.316 %)PL/SQL
143 (1.316 %)VB6
151 (0.439 %)VB.NET
151 (0.439 %)VBScript
Qualifications
1113 (49.56 %)Degree
213 (5.702 %)PhD
33 (1.316 %)Postgraduate
42 (0.877 %)ISEB
42 (0.877 %)PMP
42 (0.877 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
113 (5.702 %)QA
Vendors
119 (8.333 %)Microsoft
213 (5.702 %)Oracle
39 (3.947 %)Symbian
44 (1.754 %)HP
44 (1.754 %)MKS
51 (0.439 %)Sun
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