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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 32 42 43
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 6 7 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 2.752% 2.381% 0.304%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.774% 3.518% 0.410%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 1
Average salary £47,500 £36,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.94% +71.42%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Derby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
159 199 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 72.94% 67.69% 74.16%
Number of salaries quoted 144 182 217
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Derbyshire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 18 (81.82%) C#
2 14 (63.64%) Degree
3 13 (59.09%) .NET
3 13 (59.09%) SQL Server
4 11 (50.00%) Windows
4 11 (50.00%) C++
5 10 (45.45%) Computer Science
6 8 (36.36%) Oracle
6 8 (36.36%) Mathematics
7 7 (31.82%) Web Development
8 6 (27.27%) PKI
8 6 (27.27%) Finance
8 6 (27.27%) Information Security
8 6 (27.27%) SQL
8 6 (27.27%) Java
8 6 (27.27%) XML
8 6 (27.27%) Smartcard
8 6 (27.27%) Blackberry
8 6 (27.27%) LDAP
8 6 (27.27%) Cyber Security
8 6 (27.27%) SCADA
8 6 (27.27%) Android
8 6 (27.27%) Apple iOS
8 6 (27.27%) BlackBerry OS
9 5 (22.73%) C
9 5 (22.73%) OO
9 5 (22.73%) Visual Studio
9 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
9 5 (22.73%) VB
9 5 (22.73%) VBA

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 13 (59.09%) .NET
2 6 (27.27%) XML
3 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
3 5 (22.73%) .NET Framework
4 2 (9.091%) WinForms
4 2 (9.091%) CSS
4 2 (9.091%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) LDAP
2 3 (13.64%) Internet
3 1 (4.545%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (59.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (4.545%) LoadRunner
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Developer
2 9 (40.91%) Software Developer
3 6 (27.27%) C++ Developer
3 6 (27.27%) C++ Software Developer
4 4 (18.18%) PLC Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) SCADA Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) PLC SCADA Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Software Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) C# Software Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (9.091%) .NET Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Senior Developer
7 1 (4.545%) Graduate
7 1 (4.545%) Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Systems Support
7 1 (4.545%) Support Technician
7 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 8 (36.36%) Mathematics
3 6 (27.27%) PKI
3 6 (27.27%) Smartcard
3 6 (27.27%) Blackberry
3 6 (27.27%) SCADA
4 5 (22.73%) CCTV
5 1 (4.545%) Wiki
5 1 (4.545%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Android
2 6 (27.27%) Apple iOS
2 6 (27.27%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Web Development
2 6 (27.27%) Information Security
2 6 (27.27%) Cyber Security
3 5 (22.73%) OO
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) Web Design
5 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (9.091%) MVC
6 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
6 1 (4.545%) UML
6 1 (4.545%) PRINCE
6 1 (4.545%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.545%) Regression Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (4.545%) Performance Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Test Management
6 1 (4.545%) Test Scripting
6 1 (4.545%) System Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (81.82%) C#
2 11 (50.00%) C++
3 6 (27.27%) SQL
3 6 (27.27%) Java
4 5 (22.73%) C
4 5 (22.73%) VB
4 5 (22.73%) VBA
5 2 (9.091%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Oracle
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft