The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Exeter 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 23 May 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 Exeter region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 25 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Exeter 2.586% 4.147% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.885% 4.186% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
Average salary £40,000 £31,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.98% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Job Titles
Exeter
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104 215 131
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Exeter 89.66% 99.08% 97.76%
Number of salaries quoted 93 174 108
Average salary £33,000 £30,212 £27,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.22% +8.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,500 £21,050
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Devon

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Exeter 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 17 (62.96%) ISEB
1 17 (62.96%) ISTQB
2 16 (59.26%) Degree
2 16 (59.26%) Test Scripting
2 16 (59.26%) QA
2 16 (59.26%) Web Services
2 16 (59.26%) HND
2 16 (59.26%) HTTP
3 9 (33.33%) SQL
4 8 (29.63%) C#
4 8 (29.63%) C++
4 8 (29.63%) .NET
4 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
4 8 (29.63%) SLA
5 7 (25.93%) VB
5 7 (25.93%) VB.NET
5 7 (25.93%) Java
5 7 (25.93%) Windows XP
5 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
5 7 (25.93%) Windows
5 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
5 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (25.93%) VB6
6 1 (3.704%) Finite Element Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Multithreading
6 1 (3.704%) Time Management
6 1 (3.704%) wxWidgets
6 1 (3.704%) Image Processing
6 1 (3.704%) Visualisation

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Exeter 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 16 (59.26%) Web Services
2 8 (29.63%) .NET
3 1 (3.704%) wxWidgets
3 1 (3.704%) VTK
3 1 (3.704%) OpenGL
3 1 (3.704%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) ColdFusion
Communications & Networking
1 16 (59.26%) HTTP
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
2 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows XP
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
1 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Test Scripting
2 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
3 1 (3.704%) Finite Element Analysis
3 1 (3.704%) Multithreading
3 1 (3.704%) Time Management
3 1 (3.704%) Image Processing
3 1 (3.704%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.704%) Change Control
3 1 (3.704%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (3.704%) Quality Management
3 1 (3.704%) CAD
3 1 (3.704%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) SQL
2 8 (29.63%) C#
2 8 (29.63%) C++
3 7 (25.93%) VB
3 7 (25.93%) VB.NET
3 7 (25.93%) Java
3 7 (25.93%) VB6
4 1 (3.704%) C
4 1 (3.704%) VC++
4 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) ISEB
1 17 (62.96%) ISTQB
2 16 (59.26%) Degree
2 16 (59.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (59.26%) QA
2 8 (29.63%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
Exeter, South West
Position: C++ Software Engineer (Image Processing, 3D Visualisation and Simulation) Location: Exeter, South West Salary: Competitive - DOE The Company: Our client is a fast-growing international software company-...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: Competitive - DOE
Posted: 22 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Position: C++ Software Engineer... Any of the following would be beneficial to your application: - Experience of using OpenGL or DirectX, multithreading and/or scripting languages; - Knowledge of VTK,...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: Competitive - DOE
Posted: 22 May 2013