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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 89 87 92
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3026 3381 3162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 2.972% 2.983% 2.603%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.149% 3.139% 2.762%
Number of salaries quoted 2586 2899 2838
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Engineer
UK

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

England 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 England 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East -8 817 £40,000 - 108
London -6 731 £50,000 - 104
East of England 0 493 £44,000 +10.00% 102
South West -3 380 £35,000 -6.66% 57
North West +1 177 £32,500 -5.79% 36
West Midlands -2 155 £39,500 +25.39% 27
Yorkshire -12 145 £35,000 - 25
East Midlands +3 111 £36,500 +2.81% 12
North East +6 26 £33,000 -4.34% 6
Midlands - 2 £37,500 - 2
South Coast - 2 £55,000 -
Software Engineer
UK

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 2914 (46.68%) C++
2 2412 (38.64%) C#
3 2055 (32.92%) Java
4 2001 (32.06%) Degree
5 1943 (31.13%) .NET
6 1710 (27.40%) C
7 1697 (27.19%) Linux
8 1548 (24.80%) SQL
9 1457 (23.34%) Windows
10 1412 (22.62%) OO
11 1225 (19.63%) Computer Science
12 1102 (17.65%) JavaScript
13 1057 (16.93%) Agile Software Development
14 1038 (16.63%) SQL Server
15 981 (15.72%) Software Engineering
16 836 (13.39%) HTML
17 827 (13.25%) TDD
18 817 (13.09%) ASP.NET
19 789 (12.64%) CSS
20 698 (11.18%) Python
21 638 (10.22%) UNIX
22 637 (10.21%) XML
23 608 (9.740%) Microsoft
24 603 (9.660%) Finance
25 598 (9.580%) Scrum
26 588 (9.420%) MVC
27 574 (9.196%) Web Services
28 568 (9.100%) Multithreading
29 546 (8.747%) Electronics
30 543 (8.699%) Oracle

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1943 (31.13%) .NET
2 836 (13.39%) HTML
3 817 (13.09%) ASP.NET
4 789 (12.64%) CSS
5 637 (10.21%) XML
6 574 (9.196%) Web Services
7 504 (8.074%) WPF
8 469 (7.514%) jQuery
9 465 (7.450%) WCF
10 434 (6.953%) Spring
11 430 (6.889%) J2EE
12 267 (4.277%) Ajax
13 256 (4.101%) Hibernate
14 255 (4.085%) WinForms
15 249 (3.989%) HTML5
16 234 (3.749%) STL
17 215 (3.444%) ASP.NET MVC
18 214 (3.428%) .NET Framework
19 206 (3.300%) MFC
20 202 (3.236%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 214 (3.428%) Apache
2 164 (2.627%) Tomcat
3 107 (1.714%) IIS
4 67 (1.073%) WebLogic
5 60 (0.961%) CMS
6 50 (0.801%) SharePoint
7 40 (0.641%) Windows Azure
8 36 (0.577%) nginx
9 35 (0.561%) Drupal
10 31 (0.497%) WordPress
11 28 (0.449%) Magento
12 26 (0.417%) SAS
12 26 (0.417%) Amazon AWS
13 24 (0.384%) Apache Solr
14 23 (0.368%) Apache Pig
15 16 (0.256%) ESB
16 15 (0.240%) Joomla!
17 14 (0.224%) GlassFish
18 13 (0.208%) CICS
19 12 (0.192%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 244 (3.909%) MS Excel
2 97 (1.554%) MS Office
3 26 (0.417%) Simulink
4 13 (0.208%) Photoshop
5 12 (0.192%) MS PowerPoint
6 10 (0.160%) Stateflow
7 9 (0.144%) Mingle
8 7 (0.112%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.112%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.080%) MS Project
10 2 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.032%) Revit
11 1 (0.016%) SketchUp
11 1 (0.016%) Abaqus
11 1 (0.016%) Blender
11 1 (0.016%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.016%) CATIA
11 1 (0.016%) Windchill
11 1 (0.016%) Maya
11 1 (0.016%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 14 (0.224%) LabWindows
2 10 (0.160%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.112%) Bond Adapt
4 5 (0.080%) Maximo
5 4 (0.064%) BusinessWorks
5 4 (0.064%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.064%) Oracle BPM
6 3 (0.048%) AquaLogic BPM
7 2 (0.032%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.032%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.016%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.016%) Taleo
8 1 (0.016%) Summit
8 1 (0.016%) RMDS
8 1 (0.016%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 286 (4.582%) TCP/IP
2 234 (3.749%) HTTP
3 201 (3.220%) Internet
4 128 (2.051%) Ethernet
5 124 (1.987%) Wireless
6 111 (1.778%) Broadband
7 82 (1.314%) GSM
8 81 (1.298%) DVB
9 55 (0.881%) LTE
10 47 (0.753%) VoIP
11 46 (0.737%) SSL
12 44 (0.705%) UMTS
12 44 (0.705%) Firewall
13 43 (0.689%) GPRS
14 39 (0.625%) DHCP
15 35 (0.561%) SNMP
16 34 (0.545%) 3G
17 32 (0.513%) SAN
17 32 (0.513%) RTP
18 26 (0.417%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1038 (16.63%) SQL Server
2 428 (6.857%) MySQL
3 204 (3.268%) SQL Server 2008
4 138 (2.211%) Big Data
5 122 (1.955%) RDBMS
6 120 (1.922%) NoSQL
7 100 (1.602%) SQL Server 2005
8 90 (1.442%) PostgreSQL
9 87 (1.394%) MongoDB
10 82 (1.314%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 71 (1.137%) Hadoop
12 53 (0.849%) DB2
13 49 (0.785%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 39 (0.625%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 37 (0.593%) CouchDB
16 36 (0.577%) GIS
17 32 (0.513%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 32 (0.513%) Oracle 8/8i
18 27 (0.433%) Data Mining
19 25 (0.401%) Redis
Development Applications
1 453 (7.257%) Visual Studio
2 292 (4.678%) Subversion
3 256 (4.101%) Git (software)
4 206 (3.300%) Selenium
5 171 (2.740%) JUnit
6 136 (2.179%) Team Foundation Server
7 129 (2.067%) NUnit
8 105 (1.682%) Eclipse
9 87 (1.394%) Cucumber
10 85 (1.362%) Maven
11 78 (1.250%) FitNesse
12 73 (1.169%) WebDriver
13 70 (1.121%) Rational DOORS
14 68 (1.089%) Jenkins
15 58 (0.929%) JIRA
16 51 (0.817%) ClearCase
16 51 (0.817%) Hudson
17 47 (0.753%) VSS/SourceSafe
18 43 (0.689%) LabVIEW
19 41 (0.657%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 603 (9.660%) Finance
2 546 (8.747%) Electronics
3 305 (4.886%) Telecoms
4 188 (3.012%) Aerospace
5 179 (2.868%) Games
6 156 (2.499%) Marketing
7 154 (2.467%) Military
8 147 (2.355%) Manufacturing
9 140 (2.243%) Banking
10 124 (1.987%) Automotive
11 108 (1.730%) Retail
12 65 (1.041%) Legal
13 53 (0.849%) Publishing
13 53 (0.849%) Multimedia
14 51 (0.817%) Investment Banking
15 48 (0.769%) Front Office
16 34 (0.545%) Financial Institution
17 30 (0.481%) Music Industry
18 28 (0.449%) Advertising
18 28 (0.449%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1225 (19.63%) Computer Science
2 482 (7.722%) Mathematics
3 262 (4.197%) Open Source
4 252 (4.037%) Embedded Systems
5 231 (3.701%) Device Driver
6 197 (3.156%) Enterprise Software
7 161 (2.579%) Physics
8 160 (2.563%) Firmware
9 119 (1.906%) Mobile App
10 118 (1.890%) STB
11 96 (1.538%) Digital Media
12 93 (1.490%) Management Information System
13 78 (1.250%) Client/Server
14 77 (1.234%) DTV
15 71 (1.137%) Cryptography
16 66 (1.057%) N-Tier
17 58 (0.929%) Visualisation
18 56 (0.897%) Blog
19 52 (0.833%) SCADA
20 49 (0.785%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 1697 (27.19%) Linux
2 1457 (23.34%) Windows
3 638 (10.22%) UNIX
4 221 (3.541%) Android
5 188 (3.012%) Embedded Linux
6 149 (2.387%) Apple iOS
7 84 (1.346%) VxWorks
8 58 (0.929%) Solaris
9 50 (0.801%) Windows Phone
10 46 (0.737%) Windows 7
11 36 (0.577%) Windows XP
12 31 (0.497%) Windows Server 2008
13 26 (0.417%) HPUX
14 23 (0.368%) Mac OS X
15 20 (0.320%) Windows Server 2003
15 20 (0.320%) Windows Vista
16 18 (0.288%) Windows CE
16 18 (0.288%) FreeBSD
17 15 (0.240%) AIX
18 13 (0.208%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1412 (22.62%) OO
2 1057 (16.93%) Agile Software Development
3 981 (15.72%) Software Engineering
4 827 (13.25%) TDD
5 598 (9.580%) Scrum
6 588 (9.420%) MVC
7 568 (9.100%) Multithreading
8 448 (7.177%) UML
9 407 (6.520%) OOD
10 398 (6.376%) Unit Testing
11 333 (5.335%) OOP
12 305 (4.886%) Continuous Integration
13 301 (4.822%) E-Commerce
14 274 (4.390%) Automated Testing
15 262 (4.197%) Web Development
16 239 (3.829%) Software Testing
17 204 (3.268%) Validation
18 190 (3.044%) BDD
19 158 (2.531%) Kanban
20 157 (2.515%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 2914 (46.68%) C++
2 2412 (38.64%) C#
3 2055 (32.92%) Java
4 1710 (27.40%) C
5 1548 (24.80%) SQL
6 1102 (17.65%) JavaScript
7 698 (11.18%) Python
8 442 (7.081%) Perl
9 424 (6.793%) Embedded C
10 372 (5.960%) PHP
11 233 (3.733%) Ruby
12 213 (3.412%) T-SQL
13 212 (3.396%) Embedded C++
14 198 (3.172%) VB.NET
15 156 (2.499%) VB
16 112 (1.794%) Assembly Language
17 104 (1.666%) Scala
18 94 (1.506%) VC++
19 89 (1.426%) MATLAB
19 89 (1.426%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2001 (32.06%) Degree
2 354 (5.671%) Security Cleared
3 150 (2.403%) SC Cleared
4 147 (2.355%) ISEB
5 111 (1.778%) PhD
6 83 (1.330%) ISTQB
7 64 (1.025%) DV Cleared
8 59 (0.945%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (0.625%) HND
10 31 (0.497%) HNC
11 30 (0.481%) MCP
12 23 (0.368%) MCTS
13 17 (0.272%) MCPD
14 14 (0.224%) MCSD
15 11 (0.176%) Sun Certification
16 8 (0.128%) Postgraduate
17 7 (0.112%) Chartered Engineer
17 7 (0.112%) BC Cleared
17 7 (0.112%) MCSA
17 7 (0.112%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 342 (5.479%) QA
2 70 (1.121%) ISO 9001
3 58 (0.929%) DO-178B
4 41 (0.657%) ISO 9000
4 41 (0.657%) TickIT
5 26 (0.417%) SLA
6 17 (0.272%) IEC 61508
7 15 (0.240%) JTAG
8 7 (0.112%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.048%) DO-254
10 2 (0.032%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.032%) Dublin Core
11 1 (0.016%) Section 508
11 1 (0.016%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.016%) ARP4761
11 1 (0.016%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.016%) GMP
System Software
1 32 (0.513%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (0.497%) Active Directory
3 26 (0.417%) VMware ESX
3 26 (0.417%) vSphere
4 12 (0.192%) Xen
5 10 (0.160%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.112%) NFS
7 5 (0.080%) XenServer
8 4 (0.064%) OpenSIPS
9 2 (0.032%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.032%) Tivoli Directory Server
10 1 (0.016%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.016%) Squid
Systems Management
1 26 (0.417%) NetBackup
2 19 (0.304%) Puppet
3 13 (0.208%) Vagrant
4 9 (0.144%) OSSEC
5 7 (0.112%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (0.096%) WMI
7 4 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.064%) SCCM
8 3 (0.048%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.032%) Nagios
9 2 (0.032%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 1 (0.016%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.016%) Cacti
10 1 (0.016%) Sysprep
10 1 (0.016%) SCOM
10 1 (0.016%) OpenView
10 1 (0.016%) CiscoWorks
10 1 (0.016%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 608 (9.740%) Microsoft
2 543 (8.699%) Oracle
3 115 (1.842%) JBoss
4 88 (1.410%) Google
5 75 (1.202%) VMware
6 71 (1.137%) Cisco
7 63 (1.009%) Zend
8 53 (0.849%) QNX
9 44 (0.705%) Twitter
10 42 (0.673%) HP
11 36 (0.577%) TIBCO
11 36 (0.577%) Apple
12 35 (0.561%) Citrix
13 34 (0.545%) Sybase
14 29 (0.465%) Siemens
15 27 (0.433%) Symantec
16 26 (0.417%) Brocade
16 26 (0.417%) Veritas
16 26 (0.417%) NetApp
17 24 (0.384%) Intel
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Java,C/C++) - Sheffield We are looking for an outstanding Senior Software Engineer to join one of the UK’s leading Healthcare and Utilities solution providers... Key Skills: -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 - 40,000
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C++ Software Engineers URGENTLY required for an established software house in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Due to continued expansion, my client, a market leader in 3D software solutions, has an...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Embedded Software Engineer required by our client a cutting edge technology company based in Gloucester. You will be required to design and implement the embedded software that is...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Dorset
Due to continued growth they are looking to add to their existing, highly skilled software engineering team... Key experience - OO programming. Ideally with C/C++, Java, Python or...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridgeshire
As the successful Software Engineer, you will be degree educated, preferably in Electronics or Software Engineering or related field, achieving 1st or a 2.1 degree... You will...
Intapeople
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Anderson Lamb
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum plus package to include options
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Computer Futures
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Southend-On-Sea, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Southend-On-Sea, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £23,000 to £25,000 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bath, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits & Training
Posted: 18 June 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Great Base + Top Prospects
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£50k + top package + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £60k plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £43000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Stott & May
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus and Extensive Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Computer People
Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reigate, Surrey
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: upto 30,000+Pension+Bonus+Healthcare+Flexi Time
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Colchester, Essex
Technical Futures
Salary: Dep on Exp
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridgeshire
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013