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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Chatham 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank56
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads92
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below19.15 %9.524 %
Salaries quoted22
Average minimum salary£20,000£40,000
Average salary£22,500£40,000
% change on same period last year-43.75 %
Average maximum salary£25,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,986£35,073
% change on same period last year+2.60 %
Chatham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chatham
Matching permanent IT job ads4721
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.009 %
Salaries quoted1821
Average minimum salary£35,216£33,373
Average salary£37,833£35,863
% change on same period last year+5.49 %
Average maximum salary£40,451£38,353
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Software Engineer KentSoftware Engineer
Kent

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Chatham 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 Chatham region.

Chatham Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Chatham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Chatham Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Chatham 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.

114 (100.00 %)C#
114 (100.00 %)SQL Server
28 (57.14 %)C++
28 (57.14 %)Java
28 (57.14 %)SQL
28 (57.14 %)VB
28 (57.14 %).NET
28 (57.14 %)Oracle
28 (57.14 %)OOP
28 (57.14 %)OO
28 (57.14 %)VC++
28 (57.14 %)PowerBuilder
28 (57.14 %)Mapinfo
28 (57.14 %)Education
28 (57.14 %)Software Engineering
28 (57.14 %)Mathematics
28 (57.14 %)Unit Testing
36 (42.86 %)Degree
36 (42.86 %)Internet
36 (42.86 %)Microsoft
36 (42.86 %)MS Office
36 (42.86 %)HND
45 (35.71 %)C
53 (21.43 %)Delphi
61 (7.143 %)Telecoms

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Chatham 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.

Chatham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (57.14 %).NET
Chatham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (42.86 %)MS Office
Chatham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (42.86 %)Internet
Chatham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Chatham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (57.14 %)PowerBuilder
Chatham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (57.14 %)Education
21 (7.143 %)Telecoms
Chatham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (57.14 %)Mathematics
Chatham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (57.14 %)OOP
18 (57.14 %)OO
18 (57.14 %)Software Engineering
18 (57.14 %)Unit Testing
Chatham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (100.00 %)C#
28 (57.14 %)C++
28 (57.14 %)Java
28 (57.14 %)SQL
28 (57.14 %)VB
28 (57.14 %)VC++
35 (35.71 %)C
43 (21.43 %)Delphi
Chatham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (42.86 %)HND
16 (42.86 %)Degree
Chatham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (57.14 %)Oracle
18 (57.14 %)Mapinfo
26 (42.86 %)Microsoft