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The first part of the 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 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East Midlands region.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank665463
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Up+9
Matching permanent IT job ads5982177
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands2.512 %3.369 %2.948 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.646 %3.544 %3.096 %
Salaries quoted5176152
Average salary£31,500£33,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.540 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£24,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
223023145717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands94.93 %95.07 %95.20 %
Salaries quoted190919954975
Average salary£32,500£32,500£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+1.560 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£22,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

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 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyshireUp+1029£32,000-
NottinghamshireUp+916£30,750-12.14 %
LeicestershireUp+78£30,000-25.00 %
NorthamptonshireDown-125£35,000-
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

147 (50.54 %)C++
238 (40.86 %)C#
337 (39.78 %).NET
429 (31.18 %)C
525 (26.88 %)Windows
622 (23.66 %)SQL Server
718 (19.35 %)Visual Studio
718 (19.35 %)Microsoft
816 (17.20 %)SQL
915 (16.13 %)VB
1014 (15.05 %)OO
1112 (12.90 %)Linux
1112 (12.90 %)ASP.NET
1112 (12.90 %)Degree
1211 (11.83 %)Software Engineering
1211 (11.83 %)Security Cleared
1211 (11.83 %)Java
1211 (11.83 %)JavaScript
1310 (10.75 %)ASP
1310 (10.75 %)CSS
1310 (10.75 %)AJAX
149 (9.677 %)Embedded Linux
149 (9.677 %)XML
149 (9.677 %)VB.NET
149 (9.677 %)ClearCase
149 (9.677 %)Configuration Management
158 (8.602 %)Firmware
158 (8.602 %)Telecoms
158 (8.602 %)Scrum
158 (8.602 %)XSLT

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
137 (39.78 %).NET
212 (12.90 %)ASP.NET
310 (10.75 %)ASP
310 (10.75 %)CSS
310 (10.75 %)AJAX
49 (9.677 %)XML
58 (8.602 %)XSLT
67 (7.527 %)SOAP
67 (7.527 %)XHTML
76 (6.452 %)HTML
76 (6.452 %)MFC
84 (4.301 %)J2EE
84 (4.301 %).NET Framework
93 (3.226 %)WCF
93 (3.226 %)WPF
93 (3.226 %)COM
102 (2.151 %)WinForms
102 (2.151 %)MVC
102 (2.151 %)OpenGL
102 (2.151 %)DirectX
East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.151 %)SharePoint
21 (1.075 %)WebSphere Portal
21 (1.075 %)SharePoint Server 2007
East Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (2.151 %)MATLAB
12 (2.151 %)MS Excel
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (7.527 %)GSM
17 (7.527 %)TCP/IP
25 (5.376 %)GPRS
34 (4.301 %)IPsec
34 (4.301 %)SMTP
43 (3.226 %)Ethernet
43 (3.226 %)SAN
East Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (23.66 %)SQL Server
24 (4.301 %)GIS
32 (2.151 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (1.075 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (1.075 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (1.075 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (1.075 %)MySQL
East Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
118 (19.35 %)Visual Studio
29 (9.677 %)ClearCase
34 (4.301 %)Bugzilla
42 (2.151 %)LabVIEW
42 (2.151 %)ClearQuest
42 (2.151 %)JUnit
51 (1.075 %)Maven
51 (1.075 %)Eclipse
51 (1.075 %)Subversion
East Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (8.602 %)Telecoms
27 (7.527 %)3D Graphics
27 (7.527 %)Automotive
35 (5.376 %)Aerospace
44 (4.301 %)Government
53 (3.226 %)Manufacturing
62 (2.151 %)Retail
62 (2.151 %)Education
62 (2.151 %)Electronics
71 (1.075 %)Finance
71 (1.075 %)Advertising
71 (1.075 %)Military
East Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (8.602 %)Firmware
18 (8.602 %)Computer Science
26 (6.452 %)Mathematics
34 (4.301 %)Device Driver
43 (3.226 %)French Language
43 (3.226 %)SCADA
52 (2.151 %)VHDL
52 (2.151 %)Verilog
52 (2.151 %)Visualisation
61 (1.075 %)Web 2.0
61 (1.075 %)CCTV
61 (1.075 %)German Language
61 (1.075 %)Video Conferencing
61 (1.075 %)Open Source
61 (1.075 %)Multithreading
61 (1.075 %)MPEG
61 (1.075 %)N-Tier
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
125 (26.88 %)Windows
212 (12.90 %)Linux
39 (9.677 %)Embedded Linux
46 (6.452 %)UNIX
54 (4.301 %)Solaris
63 (3.226 %)Windows 2000
63 (3.226 %)AIX
63 (3.226 %)HPUX
72 (2.151 %)IRIX
72 (2.151 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (2.151 %)Windows XP
72 (2.151 %)Windows Vista
81 (1.075 %)Windows CE
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (15.05 %)OO
211 (11.83 %)Software Engineering
39 (9.677 %)Configuration Management
48 (8.602 %)Scrum
57 (7.527 %)UML
65 (5.376 %)Image Processing
65 (5.376 %)RUP
65 (5.376 %)Project Management
65 (5.376 %)Unified Process
74 (4.301 %)Information Security
74 (4.301 %)Agile Software Development
74 (4.301 %)OOD
74 (4.301 %)Systems Analysis
83 (3.226 %)TDD
92 (2.151 %)Validation
92 (2.151 %)CAD
92 (2.151 %)EDA
92 (2.151 %)Software Testing
101 (1.075 %)AOP
101 (1.075 %)Domain-Driven Design
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
147 (50.54 %)C++
238 (40.86 %)C#
329 (31.18 %)C
416 (17.20 %)SQL
515 (16.13 %)VB
611 (11.83 %)Java
611 (11.83 %)JavaScript
79 (9.677 %)VB.NET
87 (7.527 %)Delphi
95 (5.376 %)Embedded C
95 (5.376 %)Embedded C++
104 (4.301 %)Assembly Language
113 (3.226 %)VC++
113 (3.226 %)VB6
121 (1.075 %)PHP
East Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (12.90 %)Degree
211 (11.83 %)Security Cleared
35 (5.376 %)SC Cleared
44 (4.301 %)DV Cleared
51 (1.075 %)MCTS
51 (1.075 %)MCPD
51 (1.075 %)Microsoft Certification
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (7.527 %)WAI
21 (1.075 %)QA
21 (1.075 %)JTAG
21 (1.075 %)SLA
East Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (2.151 %)VMware Infrastructure
East Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (3.226 %)EMC NetWorker
13 (3.226 %)NetBackup
22 (2.151 %)Legato
31 (1.075 %)MSI
East Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (19.35 %)Microsoft
24 (4.301 %)VMware
32 (2.151 %)Veritas
32 (2.151 %)HP
32 (2.151 %)Oracle
41 (1.075 %)EMC
41 (1.075 %)Citrix
41 (1.075 %)BEA
41 (1.075 %)TIBCO