The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Devon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 38 32 52
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 4 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 1.389% 5.036% 1.139%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.538% 5.109% 1.168%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 4
Average salary £43,250 £31,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.30% +26.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
260 274 428
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 90.28% 98.56% 97.49%
Number of salaries quoted 213 227 383
Average salary £33,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,920 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Engineer
South West

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Devon Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Devon region.

Devon Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Devon region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Devon Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Devon region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Exeter +9 3 £43,250 +37.30% 2
Software Engineer
South West

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Devon region that cited Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Software Engineer in their job title.

1 19 (63.33%) Degree
2 15 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 15 (50.00%) QA
2 15 (50.00%) ISEB
2 15 (50.00%) HND
2 15 (50.00%) Web Services
2 15 (50.00%) HTTP
2 15 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 10 (33.33%) SQL
4 9 (30.00%) C++
5 8 (26.67%) Windows
6 7 (23.33%) Linux
6 7 (23.33%) Multithreading
7 6 (20.00%) .NET
7 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 6 (20.00%) C#
7 6 (20.00%) SLA
8 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
8 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 5 (16.67%) C
8 5 (16.67%) Java
8 5 (16.67%) VB
8 5 (16.67%) VB.NET
8 5 (16.67%) VB6
8 5 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (16.67%) Windows 7
8 5 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (13.33%) OO
10 3 (10.00%) XML
10 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Devon region that cited Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (50.00%) Web Services
2 6 (20.00%) .NET
3 3 (10.00%) XML
3 3 (10.00%) JSON
4 2 (6.667%) VTK
4 2 (6.667%) wxWidgets
4 2 (6.667%) OpenGL
4 2 (6.667%) DirectX
5 1 (3.333%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) ColdFusion
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 15 (50.00%) HTTP
2 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Firmware
1 3 (10.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (10.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (3.333%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Linux
3 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 5 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (23.33%) Multithreading
3 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 4 (13.33%) OO
5 3 (10.00%) UML
5 3 (10.00%) OOP
6 2 (6.667%) Image Processing
6 2 (6.667%) Finite Element Analysis
6 2 (6.667%) CAD
7 1 (3.333%) B2B
7 1 (3.333%) Web Development
7 1 (3.333%) Quality Management
7 1 (3.333%) Time Management
7 1 (3.333%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.333%) Change Control
7 1 (3.333%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) SQL
2 9 (30.00%) C++
3 6 (20.00%) C#
4 5 (16.67%) C
4 5 (16.67%) Java
4 5 (16.67%) VB
4 5 (16.67%) VB.NET
4 5 (16.67%) VB6
5 3 (10.00%) Perl
5 3 (10.00%) Python
6 2 (6.667%) VC++
7 1 (3.333%) Embedded C
7 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) Degree
2 15 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 15 (50.00%) ISEB
2 15 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (50.00%) QA
2 6 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
Exeter, Devon
Candidate Key words - C++, Software, Engineer, Programmer, Developer, Embedded, OOD, MySQL, Coding, Design, MFC, Visual Studio, Windows Device Driver Commutable from - Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Taunton, Yeovil... Ideally the...
Acorn
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Exeter, South West
Position: C++ Software Engineer (Image Processing, 3D Visualisation and Simulation) Location: Exeter, South West Salary: Competitive - DOE The Company: Our client is a fast-growing international software company-...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: Competitive - DOE
Posted: 22 May 2013