The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 24 46 31
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -15
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 26 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 10.74% 2.956% 3.226%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.90% 3.774% 4.192%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 6
Average salary £46,000 £39,250 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.19% -16.48%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 318 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 77.27% 78.33% 76.96%
Number of salaries quoted 148 231 141
Average salary £35,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £63,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Gloucestershire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 28 (100.00%) C#
1 28 (100.00%) C++
1 28 (100.00%) Linux
2 23 (82.14%) HTML
2 23 (82.14%) Java
2 23 (82.14%) UNIX
2 23 (82.14%) Windows
2 23 (82.14%) DV Cleared
2 23 (82.14%) Security Cleared
3 22 (78.57%) Shell Script
3 22 (78.57%) JavaScript
4 18 (64.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (32.14%) Degree
6 6 (21.43%) .NET
6 6 (21.43%) UML
6 6 (21.43%) XML
7 5 (17.86%) Military
7 5 (17.86%) TickIT
7 5 (17.86%) Electronics
7 5 (17.86%) Aerospace
7 5 (17.86%) VxWorks
7 5 (17.86%) Embedded C
7 5 (17.86%) Ethernet
7 5 (17.86%) C
7 5 (17.86%) PVCS
7 5 (17.86%) SysML
7 5 (17.86%) Marketing
7 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
7 5 (17.86%) TDD
7 5 (17.86%) Rational Rhapsody

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 23 (82.14%) HTML
2 6 (21.43%) .NET
2 6 (21.43%) XML
3 4 (14.29%) CGI
4 1 (3.571%) JSF
4 1 (3.571%) Hibernate
4 1 (3.571%) J2EE
4 1 (3.571%) EJB
4 1 (3.571%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.571%) SMS
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) PVCS
1 5 (17.86%) Rational Rhapsody
1 5 (17.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (17.86%) Military
1 5 (17.86%) Electronics
1 5 (17.86%) Aerospace
1 5 (17.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (78.57%) Java Developer
1 22 (78.57%) C++ Developer
1 22 (78.57%) C++/Java Developer
1 22 (78.57%) Developer
2 18 (64.29%) C++/C# Developer
2 18 (64.29%) C# Developer
3 6 (21.43%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
1 5 (17.86%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (17.86%) CAN bus
2 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.571%) iPhone
3 1 (3.571%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Linux
2 23 (82.14%) UNIX
2 23 (82.14%) Windows
3 18 (64.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (17.86%) VxWorks
5 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.571%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) UML
2 5 (17.86%) SysML
2 5 (17.86%) TDD
2 5 (17.86%) Requirements Engineering
3 2 (7.143%) Identity Management
4 1 (3.571%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (3.571%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (3.571%) Kanban
4 1 (3.571%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (3.571%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (3.571%) Scrum
4 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (100.00%) C#
1 28 (100.00%) C++
2 23 (82.14%) Java
3 22 (78.57%) Shell Script
3 22 (78.57%) JavaScript
4 5 (17.86%) Embedded C
4 5 (17.86%) C
5 4 (14.29%) VB
6 1 (3.571%) Ruby
6 1 (3.571%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (82.14%) DV Cleared
1 23 (82.14%) Security Cleared
2 9 (32.14%) Degree
3 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) TickIT
1 5 (17.86%) IEC 61508
1 5 (17.86%) DO-178B
2 1 (3.571%) JTAG
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle
2 1 (3.571%) JBoss
2 1 (3.571%) Symbian
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013