The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 22 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 Crawley region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 55 58 32
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -26
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 20 7 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crawley 3.200% 1.232% 5.394%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.228% 1.480% 7.202%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 10
Average salary £30,000 £45,000 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Crawley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
473 473 361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crawley 75.68% 83.27% 74.90%
Number of salaries quoted 349 367 275
Average salary £42,500 £48,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.45% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
West Sussex

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crawley 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 43 (82.69%) C
1 43 (82.69%) Windows
2 41 (78.85%) Electronics
2 41 (78.85%) Military
2 41 (78.85%) Software Testing
2 41 (78.85%) Waterfall
3 38 (73.08%) Degree
4 33 (63.46%) OO
4 33 (63.46%) C++
5 30 (57.69%) Rational DOORS
6 27 (51.92%) Linux
7 26 (50.00%) Computer Science
8 24 (46.15%) Mathematics
9 22 (42.31%) UNIX
9 22 (42.31%) Management Information System
10 21 (40.38%) Telecoms
10 21 (40.38%) Aerospace
10 21 (40.38%) Device Driver
10 21 (40.38%) Chip and PIN
10 21 (40.38%) Middleware
10 21 (40.38%) ClearQuest
10 21 (40.38%) VxWorks
10 21 (40.38%) Configuration Management
10 21 (40.38%) UML
10 21 (40.38%) ClearCase
10 21 (40.38%) Ada
10 21 (40.38%) MS Office
10 21 (40.38%) Communications Security
10 21 (40.38%) Requirements Management
10 21 (40.38%) Information Management

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crawley 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 21 (40.38%) Middleware
1 21 (40.38%) JSF
2 6 (11.54%) HTML
2 6 (11.54%) J2EE
2 6 (11.54%) JSP
2 6 (11.54%) Struts
2 6 (11.54%) Web Services
2 6 (11.54%) Ajax
2 6 (11.54%) jQuery
2 6 (11.54%) HTML5
3 3 (5.769%) CSS
4 2 (3.846%) XML
4 2 (3.846%) .NET
4 2 (3.846%) POSIX
5 1 (1.923%) XSLT
5 1 (1.923%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.923%) XHTML
5 1 (1.923%) WCF
5 1 (1.923%) WPF
Applications
1 21 (40.38%) MS Office
2 16 (30.77%) MS Excel
3 13 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.769%) MySQL
1 3 (5.769%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (57.69%) Rational DOORS
2 21 (40.38%) ClearQuest
2 21 (40.38%) ClearCase
3 6 (11.54%) Eclipse
General
1 41 (78.85%) Electronics
1 41 (78.85%) Military
2 21 (40.38%) Telecoms
2 21 (40.38%) Aerospace
2 21 (40.38%) Avionics
3 6 (11.54%) Multimedia
4 5 (9.615%) Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (55.77%) Software Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Senior Software Engineer
3 9 (17.31%) Developer
3 9 (17.31%) Technical Architect
3 9 (17.31%) Architect
4 7 (13.46%) Software Architect
5 6 (11.54%) Java Developer
6 4 (7.692%) Junior
7 3 (5.769%) Junior Developer
7 3 (5.769%) Junior Java Developer
8 2 (3.846%) Software Team Leader
8 2 (3.846%) C++ Developer
8 2 (3.846%) Team Leader
9 1 (1.923%) Project Manager
9 1 (1.923%) Web Developer
9 1 (1.923%) IT Project Manager
9 1 (1.923%) Junior Project Manager
9 1 (1.923%) Junior IT Project Manager
9 1 (1.923%) C++/C# Developer
9 1 (1.923%) C Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 24 (46.15%) Mathematics
3 22 (42.31%) Management Information System
4 21 (40.38%) Device Driver
4 21 (40.38%) Chip and PIN
5 20 (38.46%) Cryptography
6 3 (5.769%) Client/Server
6 3 (5.769%) Statistics
6 3 (5.769%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 43 (82.69%) Windows
2 27 (51.92%) Linux
3 22 (42.31%) UNIX
4 21 (40.38%) VxWorks
5 6 (11.54%) Android
6 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.923%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.923%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (78.85%) Software Testing
1 41 (78.85%) Waterfall
2 33 (63.46%) OO
3 21 (40.38%) Configuration Management
3 21 (40.38%) UML
3 21 (40.38%) Communications Security
3 21 (40.38%) Requirements Management
3 21 (40.38%) Information Management
3 21 (40.38%) Embedded Software Development
4 20 (38.46%) Computer Security
5 17 (32.69%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (25.00%) SSADM
6 13 (25.00%) Yourdon
6 13 (25.00%) Validation
7 12 (23.08%) Digital Signal Processing
7 12 (23.08%) Signal Processing
8 10 (19.23%) Unit Testing
9 8 (15.38%) OOA/OOD
9 8 (15.38%) Integration Testing
10 3 (5.769%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 43 (82.69%) C
2 33 (63.46%) C++
3 21 (40.38%) Ada
4 15 (28.85%) Java
5 13 (25.00%) C#
6 9 (17.31%) Python
6 9 (17.31%) SQL
7 6 (11.54%) JavaScript
7 6 (11.54%) Objective-C
8 2 (3.846%) PL/SQL
8 2 (3.846%) Fortran
9 1 (1.923%) VC++
Qualifications
1 38 (73.08%) Degree
2 20 (38.46%) SC Cleared
2 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 13 (25.00%) PhD
4 1 (1.923%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (40.38%) DO-178B
2 20 (38.46%) ISO 9000
2 20 (38.46%) ISO 9001
2 20 (38.46%) TickIT
3 1 (1.923%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (3.846%) Perforce