The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 32 24 31
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 7 34 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 3.302% 8.500% 1.992%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.303% 10.66% 2.959%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 4
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
132 319 169
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 62.26% 79.75% 67.33%
Number of salaries quoted 126 228 139
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £28,076
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Gloucestershire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheltenham Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Cheltenham Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering.

1 17 (89.47%) C++
2 12 (63.16%) C
2 12 (63.16%) C#
3 11 (57.89%) Aerospace
3 11 (57.89%) Linux
3 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
4 10 (52.63%) Military
5 9 (47.37%) TDD
6 8 (42.11%) Windows
6 8 (42.11%) .NET
7 7 (36.84%) Ethernet
7 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
8 6 (31.58%) Degree
8 6 (31.58%) Subversion
8 6 (31.58%) Borland
8 6 (31.58%) Java
8 6 (31.58%) Visual Studio
8 6 (31.58%) Open Source
8 6 (31.58%) DO-178B
8 6 (31.58%) Hudson
8 6 (31.58%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (31.58%) DV Cleared
9 5 (26.32%) Assembly Language
9 5 (26.32%) Marketing
9 5 (26.32%) Ada
10 4 (21.05%) Electronics
10 4 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (21.05%) ISEB
10 4 (21.05%) Citrix
10 4 (21.05%) Shell Script

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (42.11%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) Java EE 5
2 2 (10.53%) XML
2 2 (10.53%) J2EE
2 2 (10.53%) Spring
3 1 (5.263%) OpenGL
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Simulink
1 3 (15.79%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Subversion
1 6 (31.58%) Visual Studio
1 6 (31.58%) Hudson
2 2 (10.53%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (5.263%) PVCS
3 1 (5.263%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (57.89%) Aerospace
2 10 (52.63%) Military
3 5 (26.32%) Marketing
4 4 (21.05%) Electronics
5 3 (15.79%) Avionics
6 2 (10.53%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineer
2 10 (52.63%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Java Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior C# Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Embedded Software Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Real Time Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
2 6 (31.58%) Open Source
2 6 (31.58%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.263%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (5.263%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Linux
2 8 (42.11%) Windows
3 4 (21.05%) UNIX
3 4 (21.05%) HPUX
3 4 (21.05%) Solaris
4 1 (5.263%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) TDD
2 4 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (15.79%) UML
3 3 (15.79%) Six Sigma
4 2 (10.53%) Requirements Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) OO
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (10.53%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 17 (89.47%) C++
2 12 (63.16%) C
2 12 (63.16%) C#
3 6 (31.58%) Java
4 5 (26.32%) Assembly Language
4 5 (26.32%) Ada
5 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
5 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
5 4 (21.05%) VB
6 3 (15.79%) MATLAB
6 3 (15.79%) Embedded C
7 2 (10.53%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 6 (31.58%) DV Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) ISEB
4 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) DO-178B
2 2 (10.53%) IEC 61508
2 2 (10.53%) TickIT
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Borland
2 4 (21.05%) Citrix
3 3 (15.79%) HP
4 1 (5.263%) Intel
4 1 (5.263%) Motorola
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