Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the East of England region.

 Software Engineering
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7392128
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Up+36
Matching permanent IT job ads149124178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England2.528 %1.918 %1.370 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category4.375 %3.402 %2.528 %
Salaries quoted130108136
Average salary£36,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,900£52,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,250£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.040 %+6.420 %
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
340636457041
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England57.80 %56.39 %54.21 %
Salaries quoted290930775930
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the East of England region.

East of England Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

East of England Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 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
CambridgeshireUp+3115£36,000-4.00 %
EssexUp+3315£36,500-24.74 %
HertfordshireUp+314£36,000+2.85 %
NorfolkNew entry-3£25,000-
BedfordshireUp+132£41,250+66.66 %
SuffolkDown-121£32,500-
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1129 (52.23 %)Degree
2128 (51.82 %)C++
3122 (49.39 %)C
481 (32.79 %)Java
563 (25.51 %)OO
657 (23.08 %)Computer Science
753 (21.46 %)Windows
852 (21.05 %)SQL
946 (18.62 %).NET
1045 (18.22 %)Electronics
1142 (17.00 %)Mathematics
1142 (17.00 %)C#
1239 (15.79 %)JavaScript
1338 (15.38 %)Linux
1338 (15.38 %)Education
1430 (12.15 %)Client/Server
1430 (12.15 %)Perl
1430 (12.15 %)Embedded C
1527 (10.93 %)Internet
1527 (10.93 %)Wireless
1527 (10.93 %)UML
1527 (10.93 %)Security Cleared
1624 (9.717 %)UNIX
1723 (9.312 %)VC++
1723 (9.312 %)PhD
1822 (8.907 %)Python
1822 (8.907 %)QA
1921 (8.502 %)J2EE
1921 (8.502 %)HTTP
1921 (8.502 %)Embedded C++

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
146 (18.62 %).NET
221 (8.502 %)J2EE
320 (8.097 %)CSS
320 (8.097 %)ODBC
419 (7.692 %)AJAX
516 (6.478 %)HTML
615 (6.073 %)Hibernate
712 (4.858 %)LAMP
811 (4.453 %)XML
99 (3.644 %)EJB
99 (3.644 %)Swing
99 (3.644 %)Flash
108 (3.239 %)Adobe Flex
108 (3.239 %)JMS
108 (3.239 %)Java RMI
117 (2.834 %)ASP.NET
126 (2.429 %)JDBC
126 (2.429 %)XSLT
126 (2.429 %)Spring
135 (2.024 %).NET Framework
East of England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (4.453 %)Apache
28 (3.239 %)SharePoint
32 (0.810 %)SAS
32 (0.810 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (0.810 %)IIS
East of England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (1.215 %)MS Excel
21 (0.405 %)MATLAB
East of England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.810 %)Microsoft CRM
12 (0.810 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.405 %)Oracle Financials
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
127 (10.93 %)Internet
127 (10.93 %)Wireless
221 (8.502 %)HTTP
320 (8.097 %)SMTP
416 (6.478 %)3G
513 (5.263 %)DSL
513 (5.263 %)VoIP
611 (4.453 %)3GPP
710 (4.049 %)2G
710 (4.049 %)LTE
87 (2.834 %)HSUPA
87 (2.834 %)HSPA
87 (2.834 %)HSDPA
96 (2.429 %)ZigBee
96 (2.429 %)Bluetooth
96 (2.429 %)GPRS
96 (2.429 %)Wi-Fi
101 (0.405 %)SSL
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (7.287 %)SQL Server
216 (6.478 %)MySQL
36 (2.429 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (2.024 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (1.619 %)RDBMS
63 (1.215 %)SQL Server 2008
63 (1.215 %)Data Mining
72 (0.810 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.810 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.405 %)DB2
81 (0.405 %)ETL
81 (0.405 %)GIS
East of England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (6.073 %)JUnit
115 (6.073 %)Eclipse
28 (3.239 %)CheckStyle
36 (2.429 %)Selenium
36 (2.429 %)TestComplete
44 (1.619 %)LabVIEW
44 (1.619 %)ClearCase
52 (0.810 %)Subversion
52 (0.810 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.405 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.405 %)Visual Studio
East of England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
145 (18.22 %)Electronics
238 (15.38 %)Education
320 (8.097 %)Finance
419 (7.692 %)Marketing
517 (6.883 %)Pensions
616 (6.478 %)Health
79 (3.644 %)Manufacturing
87 (2.834 %)Publishing
87 (2.834 %)3D Graphics
87 (2.834 %)Auditing
96 (2.429 %)Aerospace
96 (2.429 %)Government
105 (2.024 %)Telecoms
105 (2.024 %)Insurance
114 (1.619 %)Pharmaceutical
123 (1.215 %)Billing
123 (1.215 %)Military
132 (0.810 %)Games
132 (0.810 %)Electric
141 (0.405 %)Multimedia
East of England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
195 (38.46 %)Software Engineer
277 (31.17 %)Developer
341 (16.60 %)Graduate
419 (7.692 %)Web Developer
518 (7.287 %)Graduate Software Engineer
617 (6.883 %)Software Developer
617 (6.883 %)Programmer
617 (6.883 %)Java Developer
716 (6.478 %)Graduate Developer
814 (5.668 %)Java Software Engineer
814 (5.668 %)QA Engineer
911 (4.453 %)C++ Programmer
911 (4.453 %)Embedded Software Engineer
911 (4.453 %)C++ Software Engineer
911 (4.453 %)Tester
911 (4.453 %)Software Programmer
1010 (4.049 %)Test Engineer
1010 (4.049 %)Junior
1010 (4.049 %)Junior Developer
119 (3.644 %)Team Leader
East of England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
157 (23.08 %)Computer Science
242 (17.00 %)Mathematics
330 (12.15 %)Client/Server
420 (8.097 %)Physics
58 (3.239 %)Data Protection Act
58 (3.239 %)Device Driver
63 (1.215 %)Economics
72 (0.810 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
72 (0.810 %)Social Network
81 (0.405 %)iPhone
81 (0.405 %)Visualisation
81 (0.405 %)Open Source
81 (0.405 %)Informatics
81 (0.405 %)Biology
81 (0.405 %)Statistics
81 (0.405 %)N-Tier
81 (0.405 %)EPoS
81 (0.405 %)ASIC
East of England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
153 (21.46 %)Windows
238 (15.38 %)Linux
324 (9.717 %)UNIX
420 (8.097 %)AIX
420 (8.097 %)Solaris
58 (3.239 %)Windows CE
58 (3.239 %)Embedded Linux
64 (1.619 %)ThreadX
73 (1.215 %)VxWorks
81 (0.405 %)Windows XP
81 (0.405 %)OS/400
81 (0.405 %)Mac OS X
81 (0.405 %)Mac OS
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
163 (25.51 %)OO
227 (10.93 %)UML
316 (6.478 %)Software Architecture
414 (5.668 %)Validation
510 (4.049 %)Software Testing
510 (4.049 %)Unit Testing
69 (3.644 %)Web Development
78 (3.239 %)Project Management
78 (3.239 %)Data Protection
87 (2.834 %)Six Sigma
87 (2.834 %)System Testing
87 (2.834 %)Agile Software Development
96 (2.429 %)Automated Testing
96 (2.429 %)Business Development
96 (2.429 %)OOD
96 (2.429 %)Rapid Prototyping
96 (2.429 %)Computer Architecture
96 (2.429 %)Configuration Management
105 (2.024 %)Test Automation
105 (2.024 %)3D Rendering
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1128 (51.82 %)C++
2122 (49.39 %)C
381 (32.79 %)Java
452 (21.05 %)SQL
542 (17.00 %)C#
639 (15.79 %)JavaScript
730 (12.15 %)Perl
730 (12.15 %)Embedded C
823 (9.312 %)VC++
922 (8.907 %)Python
1021 (8.502 %)Embedded C++
1115 (6.073 %)Assembly Language
1214 (5.668 %)PHP
135 (2.024 %)Delphi
144 (1.619 %)VB.NET
153 (1.215 %)VB6
153 (1.215 %)VB
162 (0.810 %)PHP5
162 (0.810 %)T-SQL
171 (0.405 %)VBScript
East of England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1129 (52.23 %)Degree
227 (10.93 %)Security Cleared
323 (9.312 %)PhD
45 (2.024 %)HNC
54 (1.619 %)MCAD
54 (1.619 %)MCSD
54 (1.619 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.810 %)SC Cleared
62 (0.810 %)ISEB
71 (0.405 %)ISTQB
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (8.907 %)QA
29 (3.644 %)ISO9001
32 (0.810 %)TickIT
41 (0.405 %)ISO12207
East of England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (7.692 %)Oracle
210 (4.049 %)JBoss
39 (3.644 %)Sybase
48 (3.239 %)Microsoft
57 (2.834 %)Anite
62 (0.810 %)Ab Initio
62 (0.810 %)Netezza
62 (0.810 %)QNX
71 (0.405 %)JD Edwards
71 (0.405 %)IBM