The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 58 13 45
Rank change year-on-year
-45 +32
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 12 40 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 1.902% 11.17% 1.276%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.759% 14.87% 1.689%
Number of salaries quoted 12 40 5
Average salary £25,000 £28,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.50% -13.07%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
435 269 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 68.94% 75.14% 75.51%
Number of salaries quoted 360 243 287
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £47,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -21.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £65,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
West Midlands

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Coventry Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 15 (55.56%) SQL
2 13 (48.15%) Degree
3 12 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 11 (40.74%) Java
5 8 (29.63%) C++
5 8 (29.63%) Oracle
6 7 (25.93%) J2EE
6 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
6 7 (25.93%) Electronics
7 6 (22.22%) .NET
7 6 (22.22%) EJB
7 6 (22.22%) JSP
7 6 (22.22%) Servlets
7 6 (22.22%) Web Development
7 6 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (14.81%) Hibernate
8 4 (14.81%) Linux
8 4 (14.81%) VB.NET
8 4 (14.81%) Spring
9 3 (11.11%) Maven
9 3 (11.11%) OWASP
9 3 (11.11%) iSeries
9 3 (11.11%) JIRA
9 3 (11.11%) Jenkins
9 3 (11.11%) Hudson
9 3 (11.11%) Ant
9 3 (11.11%) C#
9 3 (11.11%) UML
9 3 (11.11%) XML
9 3 (11.11%) XSLT

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 7 (25.93%) J2EE
2 6 (22.22%) .NET
2 6 (22.22%) EJB
2 6 (22.22%) JSP
2 6 (22.22%) Servlets
3 4 (14.81%) Hibernate
3 4 (14.81%) Spring
4 3 (11.11%) XML
4 3 (11.11%) XSLT
4 3 (11.11%) SOAP
4 3 (11.11%) JDBC
4 3 (11.11%) J2SE
5 2 (7.407%) HTML5
6 1 (3.704%) Ajax
6 1 (3.704%) NHibernate
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (3.704%) WCF
6 1 (3.704%) WPF
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET
6 1 (3.704%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) Apache
1 1 (3.704%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
1 2 (7.407%) MS Office
1 2 (7.407%) Simulink
2 1 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.704%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.704%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
2 1 (3.704%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) DB2
1 1 (3.704%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Maven
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
1 3 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 3 (11.11%) Hudson
1 3 (11.11%) Ant
1 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
1 3 (11.11%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.704%) ERwin
General
1 7 (25.93%) Electronics
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (7.407%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.407%) Automotive
3 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Developer
2 10 (37.04%) Java Developer
3 6 (22.22%) Graduate
3 6 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Designer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Designer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Database Designer
4 5 (18.52%) Database Designer
5 2 (7.407%) Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Python Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Software Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) J2EE Developer
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Developer Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 6 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (11.11%) iSeries
4 2 (7.407%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (7.407%) CAN bus
4 2 (7.407%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) UNIX
2 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Solaris
3 2 (7.407%) Android
3 2 (7.407%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Web Development
2 3 (11.11%) OWASP
2 3 (11.11%) UML
2 3 (11.11%) Scrum
3 2 (7.407%) Validation
3 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (3.704%) Use Case
4 1 (3.704%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (3.704%) MVC
4 1 (3.704%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) SQL
2 11 (40.74%) Java
3 8 (29.63%) C++
4 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
5 4 (14.81%) VB.NET
6 3 (11.11%) C#
7 2 (7.407%) Embedded C
7 2 (7.407%) Embedded C++
7 2 (7.407%) Python
7 2 (7.407%) MATLAB
7 2 (7.407%) C
7 2 (7.407%) VB
8 1 (3.704%) PHP
8 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
8 1 (3.704%) VC++
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) SCJP
2 1 (3.704%) SCJD
2 1 (3.704%) SCJA
2 1 (3.704%) HNC
2 1 (3.704%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Oracle
2 1 (3.704%) Teradata
2 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.704%) Sun