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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 47 28 49
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +21
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 4 20 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 1.231% 6.897% 2.922%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.826% 8.439% 3.913%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 9
Average salary £25,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £24,900 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £72,500 £43,300
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
219 237 230
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 67.38% 81.72% 74.68%
Number of salaries quoted 200 208 219
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Suffolk

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 11 (84.62%) Java
2 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
3 7 (53.85%) Spring
3 7 (53.85%) C++
3 7 (53.85%) J2EE
4 6 (46.15%) HTTP
4 6 (46.15%) SQL
4 6 (46.15%) Degree
4 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
5 5 (38.46%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (38.46%) Hibernate
5 5 (38.46%) TDD
5 5 (38.46%) C
5 5 (38.46%) XML
5 5 (38.46%) UML
6 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
6 4 (30.77%) Device Driver
6 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (30.77%) Mobile App
7 3 (23.08%) Maven
7 3 (23.08%) Web Services
7 3 (23.08%) Subversion
7 3 (23.08%) XSLT
7 3 (23.08%) Windows
7 3 (23.08%) Linux
7 3 (23.08%) Ant
7 3 (23.08%) Servlets
8 2 (15.38%) SOAP
8 2 (15.38%) EJB
8 2 (15.38%) WebLogic

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 7 (53.85%) Spring
1 7 (53.85%) J2EE
2 5 (38.46%) Hibernate
2 5 (38.46%) XML
3 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 3 (23.08%) XSLT
3 3 (23.08%) Servlets
4 2 (15.38%) SOAP
4 2 (15.38%) EJB
4 2 (15.38%) Ajax
4 2 (15.38%) JSON
4 2 (15.38%) Qt
4 2 (15.38%) REST
4 2 (15.38%) jQuery
5 1 (7.692%) WCF
5 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
5 1 (7.692%) LAMP
5 1 (7.692%) .NET
5 1 (7.692%) HTML
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) WebLogic
1 2 (15.38%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) HTTP
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Big Data
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Maven
1 3 (23.08%) Subversion
1 3 (23.08%) Ant
2 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.692%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 7 (53.85%) Software Developer
3 6 (46.15%) Graduate
4 4 (30.77%) C++ Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Java Software Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Junior
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Junior Software Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Junior Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Junior Java Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Graduate Software Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Graduate Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Junior Java Software Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Graduate Java Developer
7 1 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (7.692%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (7.692%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Device Driver
2 4 (30.77%) Mobile App
3 2 (15.38%) Speech Recognition
3 2 (15.38%) iPhone
4 1 (7.692%) Mathematics
4 1 (7.692%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (38.46%) TDD
1 5 (38.46%) UML
2 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (15.38%) Web Development
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Security
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) Java
2 7 (53.85%) C++
3 6 (46.15%) SQL
4 5 (38.46%) C
5 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (7.692%) Embedded C
6 1 (7.692%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) JBoss
2 1 (7.692%) Twitter
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
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