The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Dunfermline 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 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the Dunfermline region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 2 2 16
Rank change year-on-year
0 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 13 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunfermline 72.22% 16.67% 2.222%
As % of the Job Titles category 81.25% 17.39% 2.326%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 1
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Job Titles
Dunfermline
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
16 23 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunfermline 88.89% 95.83% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 30
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Fife

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunfermline 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 Dunfermline region.

Dunfermline Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunfermline 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 20 (76.92%) C++
1 20 (76.92%) C
2 17 (65.38%) C#
3 16 (61.54%) Degree
3 16 (61.54%) Computer Science
4 15 (57.69%) Software Engineering
4 15 (57.69%) Automotive
4 15 (57.69%) Telecoms
5 7 (26.92%) Linux
6 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
6 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++
6 5 (19.23%) Retail
6 5 (19.23%) NFC
6 5 (19.23%) Finance
6 5 (19.23%) EPoS
6 5 (19.23%) EFTPOS
6 5 (19.23%) Middleware
6 5 (19.23%) Smartcard
6 5 (19.23%) Validation
6 5 (19.23%) Mobile Payment
7 4 (15.38%) SQL
8 3 (11.54%) .NET
9 2 (7.692%) ISEB
9 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET
9 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
9 2 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
9 2 (7.692%) LAN
9 2 (7.692%) Games
9 2 (7.692%) MVC
9 2 (7.692%) WCF

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunfermline 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 5 (19.23%) Middleware
2 3 (11.54%) .NET
3 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET
3 2 (7.692%) WCF
3 2 (7.692%) WPF
3 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.846%) JSF
4 1 (3.846%) JPA
4 1 (3.846%) Facelets
4 1 (3.846%) Hibernate
4 1 (3.846%) JavaBeans
4 1 (3.846%) CSS
4 1 (3.846%) XML
4 1 (3.846%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) NFC
2 2 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (3.846%) SMS
3 1 (3.846%) SMTP
3 1 (3.846%) FTP
3 1 (3.846%) HTTP
3 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.846%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.846%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.846%) MySQL
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (3.846%) JUnit
General
1 15 (57.69%) Automotive
1 15 (57.69%) Telecoms
2 5 (19.23%) Retail
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 2 (7.692%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 16 (61.54%) Computer Science
2 5 (19.23%) EPoS
2 5 (19.23%) EFTPOS
2 5 (19.23%) Smartcard
2 5 (19.23%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (3.846%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
2 1 (3.846%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Software Engineering
2 5 (19.23%) Validation
3 2 (7.692%) MVC
4 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Scrum
4 1 (3.846%) Extreme Programming
4 1 (3.846%) UML
Programming Languages
1 20 (76.92%) C++
1 20 (76.92%) C
2 17 (65.38%) C#
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++
4 4 (15.38%) SQL
5 1 (3.846%) Bash shell
5 1 (3.846%) sed
5 1 (3.846%) AWK
5 1 (3.846%) Python
5 1 (3.846%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.846%) Java
5 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.692%) ISEB
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle
2 1 (3.846%) JBoss
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