The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 21 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 186 186 157
Rank change year-on-year
0 -29
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 145 141 195
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.232% 1.073% 1.287%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.584% 1.400% 1.703%
Number of salaries quoted 126 134 162
Average salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,500 £28,650
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £85,000 £89,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
9153 10068 11449
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.80% 76.64% 75.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7868 9137 10224
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,400 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
London

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 136 (51.52%) Degree
2 133 (50.38%) Java
3 108 (40.91%) Computer Science
4 95 (35.98%) JavaScript
5 86 (32.58%) Agile Software Development
6 79 (29.92%) C#
7 73 (27.65%) Linux
8 70 (26.52%) OO
9 65 (24.62%) C++
10 63 (23.86%) Python
11 57 (21.59%) SQL
12 53 (20.08%) Finance
13 52 (19.70%) .NET
14 46 (17.42%) Windows
14 46 (17.42%) Scrum
15 42 (15.91%) CSS
15 42 (15.91%) HTML
16 41 (15.53%) Microsoft
17 38 (14.39%) E-Commerce
18 37 (14.02%) SQL Server
19 36 (13.64%) J2EE
20 35 (13.26%) TDD
21 33 (12.50%) Project Management
22 31 (11.74%) Django
23 30 (11.36%) QA
24 28 (10.61%) Node.js
24 28 (10.61%) Web Services
24 28 (10.61%) XML
25 27 (10.23%) CherryPy
25 27 (10.23%) ExpressJS

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 52 (19.70%) .NET
2 42 (15.91%) CSS
2 42 (15.91%) HTML
3 36 (13.64%) J2EE
4 31 (11.74%) Django
5 28 (10.61%) Node.js
5 28 (10.61%) Web Services
5 28 (10.61%) XML
6 27 (10.23%) CherryPy
6 27 (10.23%) ExpressJS
7 24 (9.091%) ASP.NET
7 24 (9.091%) jQuery
8 17 (6.439%) JSP
8 17 (6.439%) HTML5
9 16 (6.061%) Spring
9 16 (6.061%) WPF
10 14 (5.303%) WCF
10 14 (5.303%) Ajax
11 12 (4.545%) Middleware
12 11 (4.167%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 15 (5.682%) CMS
2 11 (4.167%) Sitecore CMS
3 8 (3.030%) ActiveMQ
4 7 (2.652%) Apache
5 6 (2.273%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.273%) Magento
5 6 (2.273%) Apache Pig
6 5 (1.894%) Adobe CQ
7 4 (1.515%) WebSphere Portal
7 4 (1.515%) Confluence
7 4 (1.515%) Windows Azure
7 4 (1.515%) Kafka
8 3 (1.136%) SAS
8 3 (1.136%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.758%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.758%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.758%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (0.758%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.758%) Force.com
9 2 (0.758%) OpenStack
Applications
1 25 (9.470%) MS Excel
2 19 (7.197%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (1.515%) MS Office
3 4 (1.515%) PowerPivot
4 3 (1.136%) SPSS
4 3 (1.136%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.136%) MS Project
5 1 (0.379%) Mingle
5 1 (0.379%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.379%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.515%) Tridion
2 1 (0.379%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.379%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.379%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.379%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.712%) HTTP
2 13 (4.924%) Internet
3 10 (3.788%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.894%) LDAP
5 4 (1.515%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.136%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.758%) Wireless
7 2 (0.758%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.379%) Firewall
8 1 (0.379%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.379%) Intranet
8 1 (0.379%) Extranet
8 1 (0.379%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.02%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.818%) Hadoop
3 14 (5.303%) MongoDB
3 14 (5.303%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.924%) MySQL
4 13 (4.924%) Big Data
5 9 (3.409%) Apache Cassandra
5 9 (3.409%) HBase
6 8 (3.030%) Data Mining
6 8 (3.030%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (2.273%) OLAP
7 6 (2.273%) RDBMS
7 6 (2.273%) Apache Hive
7 6 (2.273%) Mahout
8 5 (1.894%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.894%) DB2
9 4 (1.515%) SQL Server 2005
10 3 (1.136%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.758%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.758%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 21 (7.955%) Subversion
2 19 (7.197%) Git (software)
3 13 (4.924%) JUnit
4 12 (4.545%) Maven
5 9 (3.409%) Selenium
6 7 (2.652%) Xcode
7 6 (2.273%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.273%) Eclipse
7 6 (2.273%) JIRA
8 5 (1.894%) Jasmine
8 5 (1.894%) NUnit
9 4 (1.515%) Moq
10 3 (1.136%) Jenkins
10 3 (1.136%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.136%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.136%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.136%) QuickTest Pro
11 2 (0.758%) Ant
11 2 (0.758%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.758%) WebDriver
General
1 53 (20.08%) Finance
2 20 (7.576%) Games
3 11 (4.167%) Marketing
3 11 (4.167%) Telecoms
3 11 (4.167%) Banking
4 10 (3.788%) Publishing
5 9 (3.409%) Music
6 7 (2.652%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.652%) Advertising
7 6 (2.273%) Music Industry
8 5 (1.894%) Back Office
9 4 (1.515%) Electronics
10 3 (1.136%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.136%) Front Office
11 1 (0.379%) Automotive
11 1 (0.379%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.379%) Billing
Job Titles
1 113 (42.80%) Developer
2 39 (14.77%) Software Developer
3 24 (9.091%) Analyst
4 22 (8.333%) Software Engineer
4 22 (8.333%) Senior Developer
5 19 (7.197%) Project Manager
6 18 (6.818%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 18 (6.818%) Business Analyst
6 18 (6.818%) Business Systems Analyst
6 18 (6.818%) Systems Analyst
6 18 (6.818%) Java Developer
7 15 (5.682%) C# Developer
8 14 (5.303%) Development Manager
9 13 (4.924%) Technical Project Manager
9 13 (4.924%) Technical Manager
10 9 (3.409%) Senior Java Developer
10 9 (3.409%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.030%) Architect
11 8 (3.030%) Agile Project Manager
12 7 (2.652%) ScrumMaster
Miscellaneous
1 108 (40.91%) Computer Science
2 22 (8.333%) Open Source
3 18 (6.818%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.924%) Mathematics
5 11 (4.167%) Mobile App
6 8 (3.030%) Physics
7 7 (2.652%) N-Tier
8 6 (2.273%) Social Network
9 5 (1.894%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.894%) Web 2.0
9 5 (1.894%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.894%) Data Integration
10 4 (1.515%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.515%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.515%) Machine Learning
10 4 (1.515%) Online Games
10 4 (1.515%) Wiki
11 3 (1.136%) Statistics
11 3 (1.136%) Neural Network
11 3 (1.136%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 73 (27.65%) Linux
2 46 (17.42%) Windows
3 17 (6.439%) Apple iOS
4 16 (6.061%) Android
5 14 (5.303%) UNIX
6 3 (1.136%) Windows Phone
6 3 (1.136%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.758%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.379%) Tizen
8 1 (0.379%) Symbian OS
8 1 (0.379%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (32.58%) Agile Software Development
2 70 (26.52%) OO
3 46 (17.42%) Scrum
4 38 (14.39%) E-Commerce
5 35 (13.26%) TDD
6 33 (12.50%) Project Management
7 26 (9.848%) Continuous Integration
8 22 (8.333%) Data Management
9 21 (7.955%) Web Development
10 19 (7.197%) Service Delivery
10 19 (7.197%) Unit Testing
11 18 (6.818%) Use Case
12 17 (6.439%) MVC
13 15 (5.682%) Multithreading
14 13 (4.924%) Waterfall
14 13 (4.924%) PRINCE2
14 13 (4.924%) OOD
15 12 (4.545%) Risk Management
15 12 (4.545%) BDD
16 11 (4.167%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 133 (50.38%) Java
2 95 (35.98%) JavaScript
3 79 (29.92%) C#
4 65 (24.62%) C++
5 63 (23.86%) Python
6 57 (21.59%) SQL
7 26 (9.848%) Ruby
8 18 (6.818%) T-SQL
9 15 (5.682%) PHP
10 9 (3.409%) Scala
10 9 (3.409%) Perl
11 8 (3.030%) C
12 6 (2.273%) Objective-C
12 6 (2.273%) PHP5
13 5 (1.894%) Assembly Language
14 4 (1.515%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.515%) F#
15 3 (1.136%) R
15 3 (1.136%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.758%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 136 (51.52%) Degree
2 4 (1.515%) PhD
2 4 (1.515%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.136%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.136%) MBA
4 2 (0.758%) MCAD
4 2 (0.758%) MCSD
4 2 (0.758%) ISEB
4 2 (0.758%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.758%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.758%) MCTS
4 2 (0.758%) ISTQB
4 2 (0.758%) MCPD
5 1 (0.379%) MCITP
5 1 (0.379%) CCEE
5 1 (0.379%) Brainbench
5 1 (0.379%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.379%) CISSP
5 1 (0.379%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.379%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.36%) QA
2 2 (0.758%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.758%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.379%) WCAG
3 1 (0.379%) WAI
System Software
1 4 (1.515%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (0.379%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (1.136%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.091%) Oracle
3 11 (4.167%) Sitecore
3 11 (4.167%) Google
4 8 (3.030%) IBM
5 7 (2.652%) Adobe
6 6 (2.273%) Demandware
7 5 (1.894%) FatWire
8 4 (1.515%) Sencha
8 4 (1.515%) Yahoo!
9 3 (1.136%) Perforce
10 2 (0.758%) Sybase
10 2 (0.758%) Business Objects
10 2 (0.758%) Trillium
10 2 (0.758%) Cognos
10 2 (0.758%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.758%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.758%) Informatica
10 2 (0.758%) Citrix
10 2 (0.758%) Salesforce.com
City of London
Java, C++, C#) who have the willingness to learn new technologies and want to be part of a close-knit, friendly and supportive development team.You will be...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits + bonus
Posted: 4 May 2013
City of London
Java, C++, C#) who have the willingness to learn new technologies and want to be part of a close-knit, friendly and supportive development team.You will be...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
City, London
Python Developer / Software Engineer / Programmer x3 (Python Java / C++ Linux)... Linux. SQL... Degree educated, 2.1 or above in Software Engineering / Computer Science. Desirable: Hadoop, Pylons, Pyramid, JavaScript,...
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £60k + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
It is an incubation area for innovative products, and a portal by which we can open up our GSM and VoIP network services to developers, partners and end-...
Truphone
Salary: £25,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
For the role you will be working with some of the strongest developers in the city, working on provding technical C# and Sharepoint solutions for the business. You...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Extensive Package + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Fast Moving Brand focused on providing leading competitive intelligence service for Google search advertisers and located in the heart of Shoreditch seek talented Senior Web Developers to embark...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £70000 per annum + + Stock Options
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
At Sage Pay we are currently looking for bright, enthusiastic and talented IT graduates to join our Software Engineering department this summer... Our Software engineers work in customer...
Sage Pay
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Web developer, Php, Linux, Javascript, Ajax, MySQL, Fusion charts, OOP, JQuery, MVC, Linux, MVC frameworks, Codeigniter, Zend, developer, Programmer, Team Lead, software engineer... Passionate and talented PHP Developer...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum +great bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
London, City
We need people who are professional, enthusiastic and will make a real contribution to both the success and the banter in the office!You will have the opportunity...
GreySpark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Microsoft .Net certifications or Brainbench certifications are a plus... Multitier architecture and the technologies associated with it (.Net Remoting, Windows Communication Foundation, Web services, SOAP) Understanding of Multithreaded...
Grey Spark
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 1 May 2013
City, London
The Senior PHP developer will possess entrepreneurial drive, and hold a track record of significant engineering achievement and demonstrated ability to achieve goals in an innovative and fast...
Marcus Donald People
Salary: £45000 to £55000 per annum - benefits and bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
NB: CANDIDATES WHO HAVE PRIMARILY PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS WITHOUT ANY IN-DEPTH TECHNICAL SKILLS SHOULD NOT APPLY.The core technology areas are: Mobile Applications and Server Applications in...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
City, London
Experience with server setup and overall best Adobe CQ practices also needed. * Solid understanding of Java / J2EE, JSP in the context of Adobe CQ, Web logic, Apache and...
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus And Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London, City
You will have the following experience: - Java/J2EE/J2SE. - Advanced OOP concepts, Design Patterns, and Software Engineering best practices. - Development processes and methodologies (e.g., RUP / XP / UML).
GreySpark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
CORBA/RMI, Web services, SOAP. JSP, JDBC, Java Servlets, Javabeans/EJBs, ASP. Understanding of Multithreaded applications and Java internals Strong relational database experience (DB2, Sybase, SQL, Oracle 8i/...
Grey Spark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Quarterly Bonus (OTE)
Posted: 1 May 2013
City, London
Experience with Microsoft PowerPivot and SharePoint, experience with PowerView a significant benefit ?... Strong MS Project and Visio skills ?... Change management ?... Bachelor degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Solid understanding of Java / J2EE, JSP in the context of FatWire, Web logic, Apache and Tomcat technologies... * Have a good understanding of software engineering practices * SDLC... * Expertise in...
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013