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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 42 34 34
Rank change year-on-year
-8 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 9 4 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 2.663% 2.564% 8.333%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.203% 3.509% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 21
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -29.34%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
281 114 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 83.14% 73.08% 71.03%
Number of salaries quoted 147 97 174
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Cheshire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 11 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (45.45%) Web Application Development
2 10 (45.45%) MVC
2 10 (45.45%) HTML
2 10 (45.45%) Java
2 10 (45.45%) CSS
3 9 (40.91%) Windows
3 9 (40.91%) C#
4 8 (36.36%) C++
4 8 (36.36%) SQL
4 8 (36.36%) OO
4 8 (36.36%) Electronics
4 8 (36.36%) Supplier Management
5 7 (31.82%) Twitter
6 4 (18.18%) C
7 3 (13.64%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
7 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
7 3 (13.64%) Embedded C
7 3 (13.64%) Linux
7 3 (13.64%) HND
7 3 (13.64%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 3 (13.64%) SCADA
7 3 (13.64%) Finance
7 3 (13.64%) Military
7 3 (13.64%) Subversion
7 3 (13.64%) BC Cleared
7 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
8 1 (4.545%) WPF
8 1 (4.545%) Multithreading

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 10 (45.45%) HTML
1 10 (45.45%) CSS
2 1 (4.545%) WPF
2 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.545%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
1 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (13.64%) Subversion
2 1 (4.545%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Electronics
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 10 (45.45%) Developer
2 10 (45.45%) Java Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (13.64%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (13.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Web Application Development
1 10 (45.45%) MVC
2 8 (36.36%) OO
2 8 (36.36%) Supplier Management
3 1 (4.545%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Java
2 9 (40.91%) C#
3 8 (36.36%) C++
3 8 (36.36%) SQL
4 4 (18.18%) C
5 3 (13.64%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) HND
1 3 (13.64%) BC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Twitter
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