The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Design Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Design Engineer
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Design Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.980% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.042% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -11.51%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
288 164 276
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 94.12% 98.80% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 160 152 263
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £23,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Design Engineer
Cheshire

Software Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Software Design Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Design Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Chester Software Design Engineer Salary Trend

Software Design Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Software Design 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 Design Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded C
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) DO-178B
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++
4 1 (20.00%) EMC
4 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control

Software Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Software Design 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 Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) UML
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (20.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (40.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) EMC