The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 58 59 72
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 122 131 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 3.977% 3.923% 2.984%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.185% 4.135% 3.106%
Number of salaries quoted 109 117 99
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% +13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,300 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £45,000 £40,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2915 3168 3477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 95.01% 94.88% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2502 2825 2995
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Northamptonshire +28 46 £37,500 +41.50%
Nottinghamshire +11 36 £40,000 +2.56%
Leicestershire -32 20 £26,500 -37.64%
Derbyshire -9 12 £32,500 -9.72%
Lincolnshire -14 3 £32,500 -13.33%
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 122 (53.98%) C#
2 111 (49.12%) .NET
3 96 (42.48%) SQL
4 86 (38.05%) OO
5 78 (34.51%) C++
6 74 (32.74%) Java
7 64 (28.32%) JavaScript
8 62 (27.43%) SQL Server
8 62 (27.43%) Windows
9 60 (26.55%) Agile Software Development
10 56 (24.78%) Microsoft
11 52 (23.01%) Degree
12 51 (22.57%) OOD
13 48 (21.24%) MVC
13 48 (21.24%) TDD
14 46 (20.35%) Scrum
15 39 (17.26%) OOP
16 38 (16.81%) Finance
17 37 (16.37%) ASP.NET
17 37 (16.37%) C
17 37 (16.37%) WPF
18 36 (15.93%) Computer Science
19 34 (15.04%) Software Engineering
20 32 (14.16%) Linux
21 31 (13.72%) Oracle
22 30 (13.27%) HTML
22 30 (13.27%) Selenium
22 30 (13.27%) FitNesse
22 30 (13.27%) Mathematics
22 30 (13.27%) Web Development

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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
1 111 (49.12%) .NET
2 37 (16.37%) ASP.NET
2 37 (16.37%) WPF
3 30 (13.27%) HTML
4 29 (12.83%) Java EE
4 29 (12.83%) CSS
5 26 (11.50%) WCF
6 21 (9.292%) WinForms
7 20 (8.850%) Web Services
8 19 (8.407%) XML
9 15 (6.637%) .NET Framework
9 15 (6.637%) ASP.NET MVC
10 12 (5.310%) ASP.NET MVC 2
10 12 (5.310%) XSLT
10 12 (5.310%) CodeIgniter
10 12 (5.310%) CakePHP
11 11 (4.867%) Spring
11 11 (4.867%) jQuery
11 11 (4.867%) ASP
11 11 (4.867%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 22 (9.735%) Windows Azure
2 12 (5.310%) Drupal
2 12 (5.310%) WordPress
2 12 (5.310%) Joomla!
2 12 (5.310%) CMS
3 6 (2.655%) Magento
3 6 (2.655%) Apache
4 4 (1.770%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.770%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.770%) SAS
5 3 (1.327%) IIS
6 1 (0.442%) ESB
6 1 (0.442%) Mule
6 1 (0.442%) Liferay
Applications
1 18 (7.965%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.982%) MS Office
3 3 (1.327%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.327%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.885%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.442%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.442%) ENOVIA
1 1 (0.442%) Teamcenter
1 1 (0.442%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.752%) NFC
1 13 (5.752%) VPN
2 7 (3.097%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.655%) VoIP
4 5 (2.212%) SSL
4 5 (2.212%) SNMP
5 4 (1.770%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (1.770%) HTTP
5 4 (1.770%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.885%) Intranet
6 2 (0.885%) Wireless
7 1 (0.442%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (27.43%) SQL Server
2 23 (10.18%) MySQL
3 19 (8.407%) SQL Server 2005
3 19 (8.407%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (2.655%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (2.655%) DB2
5 5 (2.212%) MS Access
6 3 (1.327%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.327%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.327%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.885%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.885%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.885%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.442%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.442%) Oracle OLAP
8 1 (0.442%) OLAP
8 1 (0.442%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 30 (13.27%) Selenium
1 30 (13.27%) FitNesse
2 29 (12.83%) JUnit
3 24 (10.62%) Visual Studio
4 13 (5.752%) NUnit
4 13 (5.752%) MSTest
5 11 (4.867%) Moq
6 10 (4.425%) Subversion
7 5 (2.212%) NetBeans
7 5 (2.212%) Git (software)
7 5 (2.212%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.770%) TestDirector
9 3 (1.327%) Visual Studio Team System
10 2 (0.885%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.885%) FishEye
10 2 (0.885%) QuickTest Pro
10 2 (0.885%) Xcode
11 1 (0.442%) Maven
11 1 (0.442%) JIRA
11 1 (0.442%) TestComplete
General
1 38 (16.81%) Finance
2 13 (5.752%) Electronics
3 6 (2.655%) Automotive
4 4 (1.770%) Marketing
4 4 (1.770%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.885%) Aerospace
5 2 (0.885%) Telecoms
5 2 (0.885%) Publishing
6 1 (0.442%) Banking
6 1 (0.442%) Military
6 1 (0.442%) Advertising
6 1 (0.442%) Games
6 1 (0.442%) Legal
6 1 (0.442%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.93%) Computer Science
2 30 (13.27%) Mathematics
3 14 (6.195%) N-Tier
4 13 (5.752%) Cryptography
4 13 (5.752%) Biometrics
4 13 (5.752%) Smartcard
4 13 (5.752%) Mobile Payment
5 12 (5.310%) Client/Server
6 10 (4.425%) Firmware
7 4 (1.770%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.770%) Physics
8 3 (1.327%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.327%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.885%) iPhone
9 2 (0.885%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.885%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.442%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1 (0.442%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.442%) 3D Graphics
10 1 (0.442%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 62 (27.43%) Windows
2 32 (14.16%) Linux
3 16 (7.080%) UNIX
4 3 (1.327%) Android
5 2 (0.885%) Windows Phone
5 2 (0.885%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.442%) Windows CE
6 1 (0.442%) AIX
6 1 (0.442%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (38.05%) OO
2 60 (26.55%) Agile Software Development
3 51 (22.57%) OOD
4 48 (21.24%) MVC
4 48 (21.24%) TDD
5 46 (20.35%) Scrum
6 39 (17.26%) OOP
7 34 (15.04%) Software Engineering
8 30 (13.27%) Web Development
9 13 (5.752%) Cyber Security
10 11 (4.867%) CRM
11 9 (3.982%) Unit Testing
11 9 (3.982%) Electronic Design Automation
12 8 (3.540%) Project Management
12 8 (3.540%) Migration
13 7 (3.097%) Product Management
13 7 (3.097%) Signal Processing
13 7 (3.097%) Analytics
14 6 (2.655%) Data Transformation
14 6 (2.655%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 122 (53.98%) C#
2 96 (42.48%) SQL
3 78 (34.51%) C++
4 74 (32.74%) Java
5 64 (28.32%) JavaScript
6 37 (16.37%) C
7 26 (11.50%) PHP
8 20 (8.850%) XAML
9 19 (8.407%) VB
10 17 (7.522%) VB.NET
11 16 (7.080%) Objective-C
11 16 (7.080%) PHP5
12 12 (5.310%) Python
13 11 (4.867%) XPath
14 9 (3.982%) Embedded C
14 9 (3.982%) T-SQL
15 5 (2.212%) VC++
16 3 (1.327%) Perl
17 2 (0.885%) PowerShell
18 1 (0.442%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 52 (23.01%) Degree
2 22 (9.735%) PhD
3 15 (6.637%) MCTS
4 13 (5.752%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.867%) MCPD
5 11 (4.867%) MCP
6 7 (3.097%) Postgraduate
7 5 (2.212%) ISEB
8 2 (0.885%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.442%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.442%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.442%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.442%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.752%) QA
2 3 (1.327%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.442%) JTAG
3 1 (0.442%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (0.442%) GMP
System Software
1 5 (2.212%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.885%) Shibboleth
2 2 (0.885%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.770%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 56 (24.78%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.72%) Oracle
3 19 (8.407%) Zend
4 5 (2.212%) Cisco
4 5 (2.212%) Siemens
5 2 (0.885%) Red Gate
5 2 (0.885%) Citrix
5 2 (0.885%) Capita
5 2 (0.885%) VMware
6 1 (0.442%) Perforce
6 1 (0.442%) HP
6 1 (0.442%) EMC
6 1 (0.442%) DevExpress
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £37000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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A leader, planner and communicator with a good knowledge of OOP, OOD, Procedural programming and SQL, it's also important that you're up to speed with all...
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Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + bonus+ health+ pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
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Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + Pension, Corporate Discount
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Salary: Unspecified
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