The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 57 57 48
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 2 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.407% 1.246% 0.802%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.570% 1.809% 1.210%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 3
Average salary £50,000 £25,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -31.50%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
351 387 248
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 71.49% 68.86% 66.31%
Number of salaries quoted 312 355 207
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
North West

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Web Services
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
2 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (40.00%) JSP
2 2 (40.00%) Servlets
2 2 (40.00%) SOA
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (20.00%) XPages
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) ADSL
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Linux

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (60.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
2 2 (40.00%) JSP
2 2 (40.00%) Servlets
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
3 1 (20.00%) XPages
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) ADSL
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Software Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Java Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Validation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Validation Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) SOA
2 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco