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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8879
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads1729
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.357 %1.866 %
Salaries quoted1720
Average minimum salary£34,294£33,000
Average salary£37,235£35,300
% change on same period last year+5.48 %
Average maximum salary£40,176£37,600
UK excluding London average salary£35,880£35,274
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads12531554
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.728 %0.669 %
Salaries quoted10591279
Average minimum salary£32,561£31,672
Average salary£35,140£34,073
% change on same period last year+3.13 %
Average maximum salary£37,720£36,474
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Software Engineer South EastSoftware Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Kent region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Kent Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
MargateNew entry-7£36,857-
DartfordNew entry-1£30,000-
Software Engineer South EastSoftware Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

125 (56.82 %)C#
222 (50.00 %)C
222 (50.00 %)SQL Server
319 (43.18 %).NET
319 (43.18 %)Embedded C
319 (43.18 %)Internet
418 (40.91 %)OO
418 (40.91 %)C++
517 (38.64 %)Java
517 (38.64 %)PowerBuilder
616 (36.36 %)Oracle
715 (34.09 %)DHCP
715 (34.09 %)VB
715 (34.09 %)Multithreading
811 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
910 (22.73 %)OOP
109 (20.45 %)VC++
109 (20.45 %)SQL
109 (20.45 %)Education
109 (20.45 %)Unit Testing
118 (18.18 %)Mathematics
118 (18.18 %)RDBMS
118 (18.18 %)Mapinfo
126 (13.64 %)Degree
134 (9.091 %)Microsoft
134 (9.091 %)HND
134 (9.091 %)MS Office
143 (6.818 %)Delphi
152 (4.545 %)Computer Science
152 (4.545 %)WCF

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (43.18 %).NET
22 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
22 (4.545 %)WCF
22 (4.545 %)WPF
22 (4.545 %)WF
22 (4.545 %)LINQ
22 (4.545 %)XHTML
31 (2.273 %)X-Windows
31 (2.273 %)WebServices
31 (2.273 %)XML
Kent IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (9.091 %)MS Office
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (43.18 %)Internet
215 (34.09 %)DHCP
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (50.00 %)SQL Server
28 (18.18 %)RDBMS
32 (4.545 %)MySQL
Kent IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (38.64 %)PowerBuilder
22 (4.545 %)Visual Studio
31 (2.273 %)Eclipse
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (20.45 %)Education
22 (4.545 %)Billing
22 (4.545 %)Telecoms
31 (2.273 %)Electronics
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (34.09 %)Multithreading
28 (18.18 %)Mathematics
32 (4.545 %)Computer Science
32 (4.545 %)Management Information System
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (2.273 %)Windows
11 (2.273 %)Linux
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (40.91 %)OO
211 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
310 (22.73 %)OOP
49 (20.45 %)Unit Testing
52 (4.545 %)OOA/OOD
61 (2.273 %)OOD
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (56.82 %)C#
222 (50.00 %)C
319 (43.18 %)Embedded C
418 (40.91 %)C++
517 (38.64 %)Java
615 (34.09 %)VB
79 (20.45 %)SQL
79 (20.45 %)VC++
83 (6.818 %)Delphi
92 (4.545 %)PHP
101 (2.273 %)VB.NET
101 (2.273 %)Embedded C++
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (13.64 %)Degree
24 (9.091 %)HND
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (36.36 %)Oracle
28 (18.18 %)Mapinfo
34 (9.091 %)Microsoft
41 (2.273 %)Sybase