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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to 9 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7370
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads50306030
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.585 %2.512 %
As % of the category below2.979 %2.893 %
Salaries quoted40435082
Average minimum salary£33,766£32,870
Average salary£37,528£36,435
% change on same period last year+3.00 %
Average maximum salary£41,290£39,999
UK excluding London average salary£35,997£34,978
% change on same period last year+2.91 %
Job Titles EnglandJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads168867208442
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled86.77 %86.82 %
Salaries quoted139989166875
Average minimum salary£38,896£40,807
Average salary£42,535£44,621
% change on same period last year-4.67 %
Average maximum salary£46,175£48,434
UK excluding London average salary£38,190£39,485
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Software Engineer UKSoftware Engineer
UK

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 England region.

England Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

England Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Software Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastDown-81460£37,938+4.34 %
East of EnglandDown-3908£36,881-0.41 %
South WestDown-5840£35,524+5.39 %
LondonDown-11821£44,983+6.68 %
YorkshireDown-6287£32,909+3.88 %
North WestDown-19281£32,234-3.03 %
West MidlandsDown-23216£33,698+1.34 %
East MidlandsDown-16180£33,910+7.98 %
North EastUp+2048£35,205+27.65 %
MidlandsUp+1222£38,100+1.21 %
South CoastUp+1710£58,250+66.42 %
Software Engineer UKSoftware Engineer
UK

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, 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.

15957 (57.47 %)C++
24059 (39.16 %)C
32585 (24.94 %)Java
42513 (24.25 %)C#
52509 (24.21 %)Degree
62402 (23.17 %).NET
72296 (22.15 %)Windows
82024 (19.53 %)OO
91780 (17.17 %)Linux
101507 (14.54 %)SQL
111459 (14.08 %)Unix
121453 (14.02 %)SQL Server
131381 (13.32 %)UML
141155 (11.14 %)XML
151074 (10.36 %)Embedded C
16965 (9.310 %)Oracle
17961 (9.272 %)Electronics
18906 (8.741 %)Computer Science
19903 (8.712 %)Software Engineering
20890 (8.587 %)Microsoft
21824 (7.950 %)VC++
22786 (7.583 %)J2EE
23770 (7.429 %)Finance
24754 (7.274 %)MFC
25733 (7.072 %)VB
26715 (6.898 %)OOD
27707 (6.821 %)ASP.NET
28668 (6.445 %)Telecoms
29662 (6.387 %)Visual Studio
30645 (6.223 %)HTML

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, 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
12402 (23.17 %).NET
21155 (11.14 %)XML
3786 (7.583 %)J2EE
4754 (7.274 %)MFC
5707 (6.821 %)ASP.NET
6645 (6.223 %)HTML
7463 (4.467 %)WebServices
8342 (3.300 %)STL
9291 (2.808 %)CSS
10278 (2.682 %)JSP
11273 (2.634 %)AJAX
12253 (2.441 %)ASP
13241 (2.325 %)SOAP
14239 (2.306 %)XSLT
15232 (2.238 %).NET Framework
16220 (2.123 %)Spring
17193 (1.862 %)Hibernate
18171 (1.650 %)WebSphere
19158 (1.524 %)WinForms
20150 (1.447 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
1191 (1.843 %)WebLogic
2158 (1.524 %)JBoss
3123 (1.187 %)Apache
4117 (1.129 %)IIS
5116 (1.119 %)Tomcat
663 (0.608 %)SharePoint
739 (0.376 %)BizTalk Server
833 (0.318 %)CMS
931 (0.299 %)MS Exchange
1025 (0.241 %)MTS
1025 (0.241 %)WebSphere MQ
1122 (0.212 %)WebSphere Application Server
1215 (0.145 %)MQSeries
1313 (0.125 %)SAS
1313 (0.125 %)Oracle Workflow
1412 (0.116 %)Rhythmyx
1412 (0.116 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1510 (0.096 %)Exchange Server 2000
1510 (0.096 %)SharePoint Server 2007
168 (0.077 %)JRun
Applications
1394 (3.801 %)MS Excel
2163 (1.573 %)MATLAB
398 (0.945 %)MS Visio
462 (0.598 %)MS Office
561 (0.589 %)Simulink
561 (0.589 %)3ds Max
654 (0.521 %)Maya
731 (0.299 %)Quicktime
816 (0.154 %)Photoshop
910 (0.096 %)AutoCAD
107 (0.068 %)SPSS
115 (0.048 %)S-PLUS
123 (0.029 %)FrameMaker
123 (0.029 %)Fireworks
123 (0.029 %)Acrobat
123 (0.029 %)Adobe Illustrator
132 (0.019 %)MS PowerPoint
132 (0.019 %)Adobe Director
132 (0.019 %)RoboHelp
141 (0.010 %)MS Project
Business Applications
110 (0.096 %)LabWindows
26 (0.058 %)Summit
26 (0.058 %)Oracle EBS
34 (0.039 %)Movex
34 (0.039 %)Oracle Applications
43 (0.029 %)Microsoft CRM
52 (0.019 %)SAP R/3
52 (0.019 %)SAP Retail
52 (0.019 %)Dynamics AX
52 (0.019 %)Kondor+
61 (0.010 %)AWD
61 (0.010 %)Dynamics CRM
61 (0.010 %)JDE OneWorld
61 (0.010 %)Navision
61 (0.010 %)BASE24
61 (0.010 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
1561 (5.412 %)TCP/IP
2349 (3.367 %)Internet
3341 (3.290 %)Wireless
4210 (2.026 %)GSM
5173 (1.669 %)HTTP
6157 (1.515 %)GPRS
7148 (1.428 %)DVB
8147 (1.418 %)Ethernet
9142 (1.370 %)SNMP
10141 (1.360 %)VoIP
11140 (1.351 %)3G
12116 (1.119 %)UMTS
1381 (0.781 %)Bluetooth
1469 (0.666 %)RTP
1567 (0.646 %)Broadband
1660 (0.579 %)LAN
1756 (0.540 %)RTSP
1855 (0.531 %)2G
1855 (0.531 %)SSL
1952 (0.502 %)WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
11453 (14.02 %)SQL Server
2231 (2.229 %)MySQL
3210 (2.026 %)SQL Server 2005
4178 (1.717 %)SQL Server 2000
5157 (1.515 %)RDBMS
684 (0.810 %)GIS
684 (0.810 %)Datawarehouse
781 (0.781 %)DB2
865 (0.627 %)MS Access
954 (0.521 %)Crystal Reports
1053 (0.511 %)SQL Server 7
1147 (0.453 %)Oracle 8/8i
1233 (0.318 %)Oracle 10g
1331 (0.299 %)Oracle Reports
1331 (0.299 %)ETL
1429 (0.280 %)Ingres
1527 (0.260 %)BusinessObjects
1623 (0.222 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1718 (0.174 %)Data Mining
1816 (0.154 %)Informix
Development Applications
1662 (6.387 %)Visual Studio
2156 (1.505 %)Eclipse
3138 (1.331 %)ClearCase
4115 (1.110 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5111 (1.071 %)Ant
696 (0.926 %)Subversion
775 (0.724 %)Flash
862 (0.598 %)JUnit
959 (0.569 %)NUnit
1057 (0.550 %)WinRunner
1156 (0.540 %)LabVIEW
1250 (0.482 %)Rational Rose
1335 (0.338 %)TestDirector
1431 (0.299 %)MSI
1530 (0.289 %)PowerBuilder
1629 (0.280 %)InstallShield
1725 (0.241 %)QuickTest Pro
1821 (0.203 %)LoadRunner
1919 (0.183 %)ClearQuest
2014 (0.135 %)Bugzilla
General
1961 (9.272 %)Electronics
2770 (7.429 %)Finance
3668 (6.445 %)Telecoms
4552 (5.326 %)Pensions
5415 (4.004 %)Health
6269 (2.595 %)Education
7268 (2.586 %)Aerospace
8237 (2.287 %)Government
9215 (2.074 %)Games
10202 (1.949 %)Automotive
11196 (1.891 %)Manufacturing
12177 (1.708 %)Banking
13171 (1.650 %)Insurance
14140 (1.351 %)3D Graphics
15114 (1.100 %)Multimedia
16110 (1.061 %)Retail
16110 (1.061 %)Marketing
1784 (0.810 %)Military
1876 (0.733 %)Financial Institution
1967 (0.646 %)Advertising
Miscellaneous
1906 (8.741 %)Computer Science
2543 (5.239 %)Mathematics
3340 (3.280 %)Device Driver
4216 (2.084 %)Multithreading
5213 (2.055 %)MPEG
6198 (1.910 %)Physics
7186 (1.795 %)Client/Server
8150 (1.447 %)Handset
9143 (1.380 %)DTV
10136 (1.312 %)Firmware
11105 (1.013 %)STB
12100 (0.965 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1393 (0.897 %)N-Tier
1489 (0.859 %)IPTV
1588 (0.849 %)VHDL
1673 (0.704 %)Equities
1747 (0.453 %)PDA
1846 (0.444 %)Management Information System
1943 (0.415 %)SCADA
2039 (0.376 %)ASIC
Operating Systems
12296 (22.15 %)Windows
21780 (17.17 %)Linux
31459 (14.08 %)Unix
4261 (2.518 %)Solaris
5255 (2.460 %)Embedded Linux
6247 (2.383 %)VxWorks
7154 (1.486 %)Windows Mobile
8152 (1.466 %)Symbian OS
9139 (1.341 %)Windows XP
10137 (1.322 %)Windows CE
11131 (1.264 %)Windows NT
1282 (0.791 %)HPUX
1377 (0.743 %)AIX
1377 (0.743 %)Windows 2000
1463 (0.608 %)Nucleus RTOS
1539 (0.376 %)VMS
1631 (0.299 %)ThreadX
1725 (0.241 %)Windows XP Embedded
1822 (0.212 %)pSOS
1822 (0.212 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
12024 (19.53 %)OO
21381 (13.32 %)UML
3903 (8.712 %)Software Engineering
4715 (6.898 %)OOD
5341 (3.290 %)Security Cleared
6288 (2.779 %)OOA/OOD
7278 (2.682 %)Agile Software Development
8271 (2.615 %)Project Management
9239 (2.306 %)Configuration Management
10210 (2.026 %)Software Testing
11207 (1.997 %)Unit Testing
12198 (1.910 %)Validation
13189 (1.823 %)OOP
14159 (1.534 %)Requirements Analysis
15150 (1.447 %)Web Development
16126 (1.216 %)Scrum
17124 (1.196 %)TDD
18120 (1.158 %)RUP
19110 (1.061 %)Test Scripting
2094 (0.907 %)SC Cleared
Programming Languages
15957 (57.47 %)C++
24059 (39.16 %)C
32585 (24.94 %)Java
42513 (24.25 %)C#
51507 (14.54 %)SQL
61074 (10.36 %)Embedded C
7824 (7.950 %)VC++
8733 (7.072 %)VB
9596 (5.750 %)Perl
10595 (5.740 %)Embedded C++
11576 (5.557 %)JavaScript
12513 (4.949 %)VB.NET
13455 (4.390 %)Python
14323 (3.116 %)PHP
15242 (2.335 %)VB6
16233 (2.248 %)Assembly Language
17183 (1.766 %)Ada
18150 (1.447 %)Shell Script
19134 (1.293 %)Delphi
20133 (1.283 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
12509 (24.21 %)Degree
2131 (1.264 %)PhD
3102 (0.984 %)Microsoft Certification
4101 (0.974 %)ISEB
597 (0.936 %)HND
639 (0.376 %)MCSD
735 (0.338 %)HNC
826 (0.251 %)MCP
916 (0.154 %)MCAD
916 (0.154 %)ISEB Practitioner
1014 (0.135 %)MCSE
1111 (0.106 %)NVQ Level 3
1210 (0.096 %)Chartered Engineer
137 (0.068 %)MCSA
146 (0.058 %)ISTQB
155 (0.048 %)Cisco Certification
155 (0.048 %)Postgraduate
164 (0.039 %)MCDBA
164 (0.039 %)CCNP
173 (0.029 %)MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1295 (2.846 %)QA
264 (0.617 %)ISO9001
336 (0.347 %)ISO9000
434 (0.328 %)TickIT
518 (0.174 %)WAI
612 (0.116 %)DICOM
711 (0.106 %)SLA
88 (0.077 %)JTAG
88 (0.077 %)WCAG
95 (0.048 %)21 CFR Part 11
101 (0.010 %)GAMP
101 (0.010 %)ISO12207
101 (0.010 %)ISO14001
101 (0.010 %)ISO8583
System Software
173 (0.704 %)Active Directory
239 (0.376 %)MSMQ
312 (0.116 %)NFS
312 (0.116 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.019 %)NDS
42 (0.019 %)AquaLogic
42 (0.019 %)Xen
51 (0.010 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
51 (0.010 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.010 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.010 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.010 %)Samba
51 (0.010 %)VMware Workstation
Systems Management
144 (0.425 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
223 (0.222 %)MOM
315 (0.145 %)MIIS
45 (0.048 %)SCCM
45 (0.048 %)SCOM
54 (0.039 %)Unicenter
62 (0.019 %)Tivoli
62 (0.019 %)OpenView
62 (0.019 %)OpenView Configuration Management
62 (0.019 %)Nagios
Vendors
1965 (9.310 %)Oracle
2890 (8.587 %)Microsoft
3327 (3.155 %)Symbian
4179 (1.727 %)Sybase
5123 (1.187 %)Google
684 (0.810 %)IBM
771 (0.685 %)Perforce
861 (0.589 %)Intel
959 (0.569 %)Sun
1043 (0.415 %)TIBCO
1132 (0.309 %)Motorola
1229 (0.280 %)QNX
1327 (0.260 %)Business Objects
1426 (0.251 %)SAP
1525 (0.241 %)Borland
1623 (0.222 %)HP
1623 (0.222 %)BEA
1720 (0.193 %)CA
1720 (0.193 %)ESRI
1818 (0.174 %)Mapinfo
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