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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the City of London 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank231265
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching permanent IT job ads14459
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.071 %0.026 %
As % of the category below0.697 %0.333 %
Salaries quoted12945
Average minimum salary£50,442£44,822
Average salary£53,988£48,711
% change on same period last year+10.83 %
Average maximum salary£57,535£52,600
UK excluding London average salary£36,148£35,552
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Job Titles City of LondonJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads2066717703
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.13 %7.838 %
Salaries quoted1742113646
Average minimum salary£47,902£52,755
Average salary£52,827£57,289
% change on same period last year-7.78 %
Average maximum salary£57,752£61,824
UK excluding London average salary£38,582£39,161
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Software Engineer LondonSoftware Engineer
London

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

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

City of London Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Software Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the City of London region over the past 3 months.

City of London Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the City of London region citing Software Engineer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Engineer.

1127 (53.36 %)C++
2123 (51.68 %)Finance
393 (39.08 %)Unix
490 (37.82 %)Java
579 (33.19 %)OO
671 (29.83 %)Degree
751 (21.43 %)Windows
850 (21.01 %)Shell Script
949 (20.59 %)C#
1044 (18.49 %)Equities
1142 (17.65 %).NET
1241 (17.23 %)Solaris
1339 (16.39 %)XML
1339 (16.39 %)SQL
1437 (15.55 %)J2EE
1437 (15.55 %)Banking
1536 (15.13 %)C
1536 (15.13 %)OOD
1634 (14.29 %)Sybase
1634 (14.29 %)Linux
1733 (13.87 %)Oracle
1832 (13.45 %)VB
1931 (13.03 %)Perl
1931 (13.03 %)SQL Server
2029 (12.18 %)TIBCO
2128 (11.76 %)MFC
2128 (11.76 %)VC++
2128 (11.76 %)OOA/OOD
2227 (11.34 %)STL
2227 (11.34 %)Ingres

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the City of London region citing Software Engineer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Engineer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
142 (17.65 %).NET
239 (16.39 %)XML
337 (15.55 %)J2EE
428 (11.76 %)MFC
527 (11.34 %)STL
625 (10.50 %)WebSphere
721 (8.824 %)Spring
820 (8.403 %)WebServices
918 (7.563 %)Hibernate
918 (7.563 %)ASP.NET
1015 (6.303 %)HTML
1113 (5.462 %)DCOM
129 (3.782 %)ASP.NET 2.0
138 (3.361 %)Struts
147 (2.941 %)XSL
155 (2.101 %)JSP
155 (2.101 %)WPF
164 (1.681 %)WinForms
164 (1.681 %)XSLT
164 (1.681 %)CSS
Application Platforms
125 (10.50 %)WebSphere MQ
219 (7.983 %)WebLogic
38 (3.361 %)Tomcat
44 (1.681 %)IIS
52 (0.840 %)SAS
52 (0.840 %)MQSeries
61 (0.420 %)SharePoint
61 (0.420 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.420 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.420 %)Apache
61 (0.420 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
18 (3.361 %)MS Excel
23 (1.261 %)MS Visio
32 (0.840 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
114 (5.882 %)Internet
29 (3.782 %)TCP/IP
33 (1.261 %)GPRS
33 (1.261 %)GSM
33 (1.261 %)UMTS
33 (1.261 %)Wireless
42 (0.840 %)Extranet
42 (0.840 %)LAN
42 (0.840 %)Intranet
51 (0.420 %)Broadband
51 (0.420 %)VPN
51 (0.420 %)WAN
51 (0.420 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
131 (13.03 %)SQL Server
227 (11.34 %)Ingres
313 (5.462 %)Datawarehouse
412 (5.042 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (2.941 %)MySQL
66 (2.521 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (0.840 %)BusinessObjects XI
72 (0.840 %)DB2
72 (0.840 %)RDBMS
72 (0.840 %)BusinessObjects
72 (0.840 %)SQL Server 7
81 (0.420 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.420 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
127 (11.34 %)ClearCase
217 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
37 (2.941 %)JUnit
37 (2.941 %)Subversion
43 (1.261 %)Ant
43 (1.261 %)Eclipse
43 (1.261 %)NUnit
43 (1.261 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.420 %)JIRA
General
1123 (51.68 %)Finance
237 (15.55 %)Banking
319 (7.983 %)Financial Institution
412 (5.042 %)Front Office
57 (2.941 %)Education
57 (2.941 %)International Banking
64 (1.681 %)Electronics
64 (1.681 %)Telecoms
64 (1.681 %)Retail
72 (0.840 %)Pensions
81 (0.420 %)Music
81 (0.420 %)Automotive
81 (0.420 %)Multimedia
81 (0.420 %)Investment Banking
81 (0.420 %)Back Office
81 (0.420 %)Electric
81 (0.420 %)Health
81 (0.420 %)3D Graphics
81 (0.420 %)Games
81 (0.420 %)Military
Miscellaneous
144 (18.49 %)Equities
215 (6.303 %)Multithreading
312 (5.042 %)Client/Server
48 (3.361 %)Fixed Income
48 (3.361 %)Computer Science
56 (2.521 %)Derivative
64 (1.681 %)Mathematics
64 (1.681 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
73 (1.261 %)Management Information System
81 (0.420 %)Asset Management
81 (0.420 %)Smartcard
81 (0.420 %)Blackberry
81 (0.420 %)N-Tier
81 (0.420 %)French Language
81 (0.420 %)German Language
81 (0.420 %)Italian Language
81 (0.420 %)Social Network
Operating Systems
193 (39.08 %)Unix
251 (21.43 %)Windows
341 (17.23 %)Solaris
434 (14.29 %)Linux
526 (10.92 %)VMS
69 (3.782 %)AIX
72 (0.840 %)Windows NT
81 (0.420 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.420 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.420 %)Symbian OS
81 (0.420 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
179 (33.19 %)OO
236 (15.13 %)OOD
328 (11.76 %)OOA/OOD
425 (10.50 %)UML
523 (9.664 %)Software Engineering
615 (6.303 %)Risk Management
712 (5.042 %)Electronic Trading
89 (3.782 %)Unit Testing
89 (3.782 %)Agile Software Development
98 (3.361 %)Scrum
98 (3.361 %)Performance Testing
106 (2.521 %)Web Development
106 (2.521 %)Algorithmic Trading
106 (2.521 %)Business Intelligence
106 (2.521 %)RUP
115 (2.101 %)Data Management
123 (1.261 %)TDD
123 (1.261 %)SOA
132 (0.840 %)Configuration Management
132 (0.840 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
1127 (53.36 %)C++
290 (37.82 %)Java
350 (21.01 %)Shell Script
449 (20.59 %)C#
539 (16.39 %)SQL
636 (15.13 %)C
732 (13.45 %)VB
831 (13.03 %)Perl
928 (11.76 %)VC++
1025 (10.50 %)DCL
116 (2.521 %)PHP
116 (2.521 %)VBA
116 (2.521 %)PHP4
125 (2.101 %)Transact-SQL
134 (1.681 %)VB.NET
143 (1.261 %)Korn
143 (1.261 %)JavaScript
151 (0.420 %)DHTML
151 (0.420 %)Python
Qualifications
171 (29.83 %)Degree
21 (0.420 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.361 %)QA
21 (0.420 %)SLA
System Software
11 (0.420 %)Active Directory
Vendors
134 (14.29 %)Sybase
233 (13.87 %)Oracle
329 (12.18 %)TIBCO
415 (6.303 %)Microsoft
52 (0.840 %)Sun
52 (0.840 %)BEA
52 (0.840 %)Business Objects
52 (0.840 %)Red Hat
61 (0.420 %)Remedy
61 (0.420 %)Ab Initio
61 (0.420 %)Symbian
61 (0.420 %)Cisco
61 (0.420 %)Informatica
61 (0.420 %)Retek
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