The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 40 47 34
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 3 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 1.402% 2.723% 1.619%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.435% 2.872% 1.688%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 3
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
209 383 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 97.66% 94.80% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 202 287 178
Average salary £33,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.84% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Engineer
Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cheltenham Senior Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (92.31%) C++
2 11 (84.62%) C
3 10 (76.92%) Aerospace
3 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
4 9 (69.23%) C#
5 8 (61.54%) .NET
5 8 (61.54%) Windows
6 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio
7 6 (46.15%) Linux
7 6 (46.15%) Ethernet
7 6 (46.15%) Borland
7 6 (46.15%) TDD
7 6 (46.15%) Subversion
7 6 (46.15%) Degree
7 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
7 6 (46.15%) Open Source
7 6 (46.15%) DO-178B
7 6 (46.15%) Hudson
7 6 (46.15%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (38.46%) Marketing
8 5 (38.46%) Military
9 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
9 4 (30.77%) Assembly Language
9 4 (30.77%) Ada
10 2 (15.38%) XML
10 2 (15.38%) UML
10 2 (15.38%) Electronics
10 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
11 1 (7.692%) SysML
11 1 (7.692%) CCTV

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) XML
3 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.692%) WPF
3 1 (7.692%) OpenGL
3 1 (7.692%) MFC
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Simulink
1 1 (7.692%) Stateflow
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) GIS
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio
2 6 (46.15%) Subversion
2 6 (46.15%) Hudson
3 1 (7.692%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 10 (76.92%) Aerospace
2 5 (38.46%) Marketing
2 5 (38.46%) Military
3 2 (15.38%) Electronics
4 1 (7.692%) Automotive
4 1 (7.692%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (7.692%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Open Source
1 6 (46.15%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.692%) CCTV
3 1 (7.692%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
2 6 (46.15%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) UML
4 1 (7.692%) SysML
4 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
4 1 (7.692%) Requirements Engineering
4 1 (7.692%) Six Sigma
4 1 (7.692%) OO
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) C++
2 11 (84.62%) C
3 9 (69.23%) C#
4 4 (30.77%) Assembly Language
4 4 (30.77%) Ada
5 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
6 1 (7.692%) Embedded C++
6 1 (7.692%) MATLAB
6 1 (7.692%) VC++
6 1 (7.692%) SQL
6 1 (7.692%) VB
6 1 (7.692%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) DO-178B
2 1 (7.692%) IEC 61508
2 1 (7.692%) TickIT
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Borland
2 1 (7.692%) Intel
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Motorola