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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Leeds region.

 Software Engineering
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7786128
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+42
Matching permanent IT job ads91739
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds0.726 %1.168 %0.997 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.186 %1.984 %1.726 %
Salaries quoted91727
Average salary£35,000£30,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£31,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£37,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,250£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.040 %+6.420 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
7598572259
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds61.21 %58.86 %57.77 %
Salaries quoted6756801732
Average salary£37,500£37,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+11.94 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£24,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£50,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
Software Engineering West YorkshireSoftware Engineering
West Yorkshire

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Leeds Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

18 (47.06 %)C
27 (41.18 %)C++
36 (35.29 %)Java
36 (35.29 %)Electronics
45 (29.41 %)Embedded C
45 (29.41 %)Embedded C++
45 (29.41 %)Middleware
45 (29.41 %)Manufacturing
45 (29.41 %)J2EE
54 (23.53 %)Degree
54 (23.53 %)SQL
63 (17.65 %)Oracle
63 (17.65 %)Progress 4GL
63 (17.65 %)Windows
63 (17.65 %)DTV
63 (17.65 %)WebSpeed
63 (17.65 %)Computer Science
72 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
72 (11.76 %)STB
72 (11.76 %)Hibernate
72 (11.76 %)AJAX
72 (11.76 %)WCF
72 (11.76 %)WPF
72 (11.76 %)LINC
72 (11.76 %)OO
72 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
72 (11.76 %)SOA
72 (11.76 %)C#
72 (11.76 %)SQL Server
72 (11.76 %)ASP.NET

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (29.41 %)J2EE
15 (29.41 %)Middleware
22 (11.76 %)Hibernate
22 (11.76 %)AJAX
22 (11.76 %)WCF
22 (11.76 %)WPF
22 (11.76 %)ASP.NET
22 (11.76 %)JSP
22 (11.76 %)Servlets
22 (11.76 %)Web Services
22 (11.76 %).NET
Leeds IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)OpenEdge
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (11.76 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (17.65 %)WebSpeed
21 (5.882 %)Eclipse
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (35.29 %)Electronics
25 (29.41 %)Manufacturing
31 (5.882 %)Finance
31 (5.882 %)Automotive
31 (5.882 %)Electric
Leeds IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (58.82 %)Developer
27 (41.18 %)Software Engineer
35 (29.41 %)C Software Engineer
43 (17.65 %)GUI Developer
43 (17.65 %)Java Developer
43 (17.65 %)C++ Software Engineer
43 (17.65 %)Progress Developer
52 (11.76 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
52 (11.76 %).NET Web Developer
52 (11.76 %)Senior J2EE Developer
52 (11.76 %)C# Web Developer
52 (11.76 %)ASP.NET Developer
52 (11.76 %)SQL Developer
52 (11.76 %).NET Developer
52 (11.76 %)C# Developer
52 (11.76 %)Embedded Software Engineer
52 (11.76 %)Senior Software Engineer
52 (11.76 %)J2EE Developer
52 (11.76 %)Web Developer
52 (11.76 %)Senior Developer
Leeds IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)DTV
13 (17.65 %)Computer Science
22 (11.76 %)STB
31 (5.882 %)Multithreading
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (17.65 %)Windows
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)OO
12 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
12 (11.76 %)SOA
12 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (47.06 %)C
27 (41.18 %)C++
36 (35.29 %)Java
45 (29.41 %)Embedded C
45 (29.41 %)Embedded C++
54 (23.53 %)SQL
63 (17.65 %)Progress 4GL
72 (11.76 %)LINC
72 (11.76 %)C#
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (23.53 %)Degree
Leeds IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (17.65 %)Oracle
21 (5.882 %)OpenTV