The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dundee region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 17 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 Dundee region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 22 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 5.882% 2.817% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.897% 4.082% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £42,500 £56,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.44% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dundee
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
58 49 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 85.29% 69.01% 70.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39 40 15
Average salary £28,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.91% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Scotland

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Dundee region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dundee Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Android
2 3 (75.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (75.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) Flash
2 3 (75.00%) Games
2 3 (75.00%) ActionScript
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Game Development
3 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) OOP
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) Flash
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (75.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) OOP
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) ActionScript
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree