Software Engineer Jobs in Leicestershire
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Leicestershire region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 58 25 43
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 21 51 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 3.079% 7.265% 2.841%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.187% 7.658% 3.067%
Number of salaries quoted 20 44 15
Average salary £26,500 £42,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.64% +70.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,900 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £40,200 £45,000 £40,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 659 666 489
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.63% 94.87% 92.61%
Number of salaries quoted 583 588 428
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
East Midlands

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Leicestershire Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester -27 15 £26,500 -39.42%
Coalville +1 1 £35,000 +25.00%
Loughborough -6 1 £42,500 -
Software Engineer
East Midlands

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 27 (56.25%) C#
1 27 (56.25%) C++
1 27 (56.25%) .NET
2 22 (45.83%) Degree
3 19 (39.58%) SQL Server
4 17 (35.42%) Windows
4 17 (35.42%) Computer Science
5 15 (31.25%) Web Services
6 14 (29.17%) JavaScript
6 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
7 13 (27.08%) SQL
7 13 (27.08%) Web Development
8 12 (25.00%) Mathematics
8 12 (25.00%) C
8 12 (25.00%) PhD
9 11 (22.92%) Java
9 11 (22.92%) Objective-C
10 10 (20.83%) Cryptography
10 10 (20.83%) NFC
10 10 (20.83%) Mobile Payment
10 10 (20.83%) Cyber Security
10 10 (20.83%) VB
10 10 (20.83%) OO
10 10 (20.83%) CRM
10 10 (20.83%) Firmware
10 10 (20.83%) Biometrics
10 10 (20.83%) Smartcard
10 10 (20.83%) VPN
10 10 (20.83%) XAML
10 10 (20.83%) Finance

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Application Development
1 27 (56.25%) .NET
2 15 (31.25%) Web Services
3 8 (16.67%) WCF
4 6 (12.50%) XML
4 6 (12.50%) WinForms
5 5 (10.42%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.250%) Zend Framework
6 3 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 3 (6.250%) jQuery
6 3 (6.250%) XHTML
6 3 (6.250%) CSS
6 3 (6.250%) ASP
6 3 (6.250%) HTML
7 2 (4.167%) MFC
7 2 (4.167%) .NET Framework
7 2 (4.167%) LINQ
7 2 (4.167%) WPF
7 2 (4.167%) WF
7 2 (4.167%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.75%) Windows Azure
2 4 (8.333%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) MS Office
2 6 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 3 (6.250%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (6.250%) Photoshop
4 2 (4.167%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.83%) NFC
1 10 (20.83%) VPN
2 1 (2.083%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (39.58%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (6.250%) MySQL
5 1 (2.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.083%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 4 (8.333%) NUnit
2 4 (8.333%) Subversion
3 3 (6.250%) MSTest
3 3 (6.250%) Moq
4 2 (4.167%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.083%) JIRA
General
1 10 (20.83%) Finance
2 2 (4.167%) Automotive
3 1 (2.083%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.083%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.083%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 17 (35.42%) Computer Science
2 12 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 10 (20.83%) Cryptography
3 10 (20.83%) Mobile Payment
3 10 (20.83%) Firmware
3 10 (20.83%) Biometrics
3 10 (20.83%) Smartcard
4 1 (2.083%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.083%) Physics
4 1 (2.083%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 17 (35.42%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Linux
3 2 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.083%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Web Development
2 10 (20.83%) Cyber Security
2 10 (20.83%) OO
2 10 (20.83%) CRM
3 7 (14.58%) Migration
4 6 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (12.50%) Data Transformation
5 5 (10.42%) TDD
5 5 (10.42%) OOD
6 4 (8.333%) OOP
6 4 (8.333%) Multithreading
7 3 (6.250%) Automated Testing
7 3 (6.250%) MVC
8 2 (4.167%) Workflow
8 2 (4.167%) Project Management
8 2 (4.167%) CAD
8 2 (4.167%) Scrum
8 2 (4.167%) Manual Testing
8 2 (4.167%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (56.25%) C#
1 27 (56.25%) C++
2 14 (29.17%) JavaScript
3 13 (27.08%) SQL
4 12 (25.00%) C
5 11 (22.92%) Java
5 11 (22.92%) Objective-C
6 10 (20.83%) VB
6 10 (20.83%) XAML
7 6 (12.50%) T-SQL
8 4 (8.333%) PHP
9 3 (6.250%) Perl
9 3 (6.250%) VB.NET
10 2 (4.167%) Embedded C
11 1 (2.083%) Python
11 1 (2.083%) VC++
11 1 (2.083%) Embedded C++
11 1 (2.083%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Degree
2 12 (25.00%) PhD
3 1 (2.083%) ISEB
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.250%) Zend
2 3 (6.250%) Oracle
3 1 (2.083%) Perforce
3 1 (2.083%) SolidWorks
Leicester - Software Engineer - £40 - £45k
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Desirables include:- - Familiarity with Real Time Operating Systems including Windows CE, and embedded Linux- Knowledge and experience of PC Applications development using Visual Studio/.NET If you have...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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