The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 19 June 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 East Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 55 89 81
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -8
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 41 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 4.394% 0.529% 0.137%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.452% 0.786% 0.206%
Number of salaries quoted 41 4 1
Average salary £39,000 £31,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.80% -17.10%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -
All Processes & Methodologies
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
752 636 485
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 80.60% 67.30% 66.53%
Number of salaries quoted 642 559 462
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Brighton +28 37 £29,000 -7.93%
Hastings - 1 £61,500 -
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 39 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 36 (69.23%) HTML
3 35 (67.31%) .NET
4 34 (65.38%) XML
5 32 (61.54%) C#
5 32 (61.54%) Web Services
6 31 (59.62%) XSLT
7 30 (57.69%) SQL
7 30 (57.69%) TDD
8 29 (55.77%) ASP.NET
8 29 (55.77%) BDD
9 24 (46.15%) Refactoring
9 24 (46.15%) WCF
10 15 (28.85%) Requirements Analysis
11 13 (25.00%) Degree
11 13 (25.00%) QA
11 13 (25.00%) JavaScript
12 12 (23.08%) CSS
13 11 (21.15%) OO
13 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
14 10 (19.23%) MS Excel
14 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
15 8 (15.38%) Java
15 8 (15.38%) Project Management
16 7 (13.46%) Subversion
16 7 (13.46%) Hibernate
16 7 (13.46%) Servlets
16 7 (13.46%) XQuery
16 7 (13.46%) Apache
16 7 (13.46%) Tomcat

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 36 (69.23%) HTML
2 35 (67.31%) .NET
3 34 (65.38%) XML
4 32 (61.54%) Web Services
5 31 (59.62%) XSLT
6 29 (55.77%) ASP.NET
7 24 (46.15%) WCF
8 12 (23.08%) CSS
9 7 (13.46%) Hibernate
9 7 (13.46%) Servlets
9 7 (13.46%) JPA
9 7 (13.46%) Spring
10 5 (9.615%) XHTML
10 5 (9.615%) SOAP
10 5 (9.615%) Silverlight
10 5 (9.615%) LINQ
10 5 (9.615%) jQuery
10 5 (9.615%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (5.769%) RabbitMQ
12 1 (1.923%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.46%) Apache
1 7 (13.46%) Tomcat
1 7 (13.46%) Jetty
Applications
1 10 (19.23%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.923%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.923%) Modbus
1 1 (1.923%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Subversion
1 7 (13.46%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.923%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.923%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.923%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (9.615%) Publishing
2 1 (1.923%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.923%) Electronics
2 1 (1.923%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.923%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (59.62%) Developer
2 26 (50.00%) Graduate
3 21 (40.38%) Graduate Developer
4 18 (34.62%) .NET Developer
5 15 (28.85%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 12 (23.08%) Analyst
7 7 (13.46%) Business Analyst
7 7 (13.46%) Java Developer
8 6 (11.54%) Graduate Web Developer
8 6 (11.54%) Software Engineer
8 6 (11.54%) Web Developer
9 5 (9.615%) Test Analyst
9 5 (9.615%) QA Analyst
9 5 (9.615%) Lead Software Engineer
9 5 (9.615%) QA Test Analyst
10 2 (3.846%) Business Systems Analyst
10 2 (3.846%) Systems Analyst
11 1 (1.923%) Project Manager
11 1 (1.923%) Senior Manager
11 1 (1.923%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (13.46%) Inversion of Control
3 5 (9.615%) Management Information System
3 5 (9.615%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.769%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (1.923%) Linux
2 1 (1.923%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.923%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.923%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (57.69%) TDD
2 29 (55.77%) BDD
3 24 (46.15%) Refactoring
4 15 (28.85%) Requirements Analysis
5 11 (21.15%) OO
6 8 (15.38%) Project Management
7 7 (13.46%) Integration Testing
7 7 (13.46%) Web Development
7 7 (13.46%) Waterfall
8 6 (11.54%) Scrum
9 5 (9.615%) MVC
9 5 (9.615%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (9.615%) Information Architecture
10 4 (7.692%) OOD
11 2 (3.846%) Embedded Software Development
12 1 (1.923%) Risk Management
12 1 (1.923%) Quality Management
12 1 (1.923%) Validation
12 1 (1.923%) PRINCE2
12 1 (1.923%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (61.54%) C#
2 30 (57.69%) SQL
3 13 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (15.38%) Java
5 7 (13.46%) XQuery
5 7 (13.46%) XPath
6 5 (9.615%) XAML
6 5 (9.615%) VBScript
6 5 (9.615%) VB.NET
6 5 (9.615%) VBA
7 3 (5.769%) C++
8 1 (1.923%) C
8 1 (1.923%) Lua
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (11.54%) ISEB
3 5 (9.615%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.923%) APMP
4 1 (1.923%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.923%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.923%) Perforce
2 1 (1.923%) IBM