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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 48 33 57
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 15 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.923% 5.172% 0.325%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.958% 5.190% 0.340%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 1
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% +1.69%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
313 289 294
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 96.31% 99.66% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 292 253 275
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Engineer
Suffolk

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Ipswich Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) LAMP
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) CMS
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (20.00%) SOA
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) Scala
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) Twitter

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 3 (60.00%) LAMP
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) SOA
1 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (20.00%) TDD
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (20.00%) Scala
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Twitter