The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 140 119 111
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 9 11 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.348% 0.522% 0.483%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.363% 0.535% 0.498%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 2
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +21.21%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2477 2055 1808
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.71% 97.49% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2011 1772 1537
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Engineer
West Yorkshire

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the Leeds region.

Leeds Senior Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

1 16 (61.54%) C++
2 15 (57.69%) Java
3 13 (50.00%) C#
4 12 (46.15%) J2EE
5 11 (42.31%) Linux
6 10 (38.46%) UNIX
7 9 (34.62%) .NET
8 8 (30.77%) Degree
9 7 (26.92%) SQL
9 7 (26.92%) HTML
9 7 (26.92%) CSS
9 7 (26.92%) Web Services
9 7 (26.92%) Apache
10 6 (23.08%) Publishing
10 6 (23.08%) Games
10 6 (23.08%) Cocoa
10 6 (23.08%) Objective-C
10 6 (23.08%) Apple
10 6 (23.08%) Blackberry
10 6 (23.08%) XHTML
10 6 (23.08%) XML
10 6 (23.08%) XSL
10 6 (23.08%) Windows
10 6 (23.08%) JSP
10 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
10 6 (23.08%) C
10 6 (23.08%) Android
10 6 (23.08%) Silverlight
10 6 (23.08%) Windows Phone
10 6 (23.08%) Spring

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (46.15%) J2EE
2 9 (34.62%) .NET
3 7 (26.92%) HTML
3 7 (26.92%) CSS
3 7 (26.92%) Web Services
4 6 (23.08%) Cocoa
4 6 (23.08%) XHTML
4 6 (23.08%) XML
4 6 (23.08%) XSL
4 6 (23.08%) JSP
4 6 (23.08%) Silverlight
4 6 (23.08%) Spring
5 5 (19.23%) Apache Flex
5 5 (19.23%) Spring Integration
5 5 (19.23%) BlazeDS
5 5 (19.23%) WinForms
6 4 (15.38%) STL
6 4 (15.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (11.54%) CSS3
7 3 (11.54%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) Apache
2 4 (15.38%) CMS
3 1 (3.846%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (3.846%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) DHCP
1 5 (19.23%) HTTP
1 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.846%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 5 (19.23%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Maven
2 5 (19.23%) Subversion
2 5 (19.23%) Hudson
3 3 (11.54%) JUnit
4 2 (7.692%) Eclipse
4 2 (7.692%) JProfiler
General
1 6 (23.08%) Publishing
1 6 (23.08%) Games
2 5 (19.23%) Electronics
3 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (3.846%) Retail
4 1 (3.846%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.846%) Automotive
4 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Blackberry
1 6 (23.08%) Smartphone
2 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
2 5 (19.23%) Online Games
3 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 3 (11.54%) Open Source
5 1 (3.846%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Linux
2 10 (38.46%) UNIX
3 6 (23.08%) Windows
3 6 (23.08%) Android
3 6 (23.08%) Windows Phone
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Workflow
1 4 (15.38%) E-Commerce
1 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
1 4 (15.38%) Workflow Management
2 2 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (3.846%) TDD
3 1 (3.846%) Web Development
3 1 (3.846%) PLM
3 1 (3.846%) CAD
3 1 (3.846%) MVC
3 1 (3.846%) OO
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) C++
2 15 (57.69%) Java
3 13 (50.00%) C#
4 7 (26.92%) SQL
5 6 (23.08%) Objective-C
5 6 (23.08%) C
6 1 (3.846%) Ruby
6 1 (3.846%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.846%) Embedded C++
6 1 (3.846%) Python
6 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Apple
2 5 (19.23%) Oracle
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
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