The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 65 50 51
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 14 25 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 2.044% 3.316% 1.708%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.729% 4.348% 2.542%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 8
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
513 575 354
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 74.89% 76.26% 67.17%
Number of salaries quoted 457 500 317
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
East Midlands

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Leicestershire Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leicester -11 10 £50,000 +11.11% 1
Software Engineering
East Midlands

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 14 (87.50%) C#
2 13 (81.25%) C++
2 13 (81.25%) .NET
2 13 (81.25%) Oracle
2 13 (81.25%) Computer Science
3 12 (75.00%) Mathematics
3 12 (75.00%) Android
3 12 (75.00%) Apple iOS
3 12 (75.00%) Java
3 12 (75.00%) Windows
4 11 (68.75%) Information Security
4 11 (68.75%) Finance
4 11 (68.75%) Smartcard
4 11 (68.75%) Blackberry
4 11 (68.75%) LDAP
4 11 (68.75%) SQL Server
4 11 (68.75%) XML
4 11 (68.75%) BlackBerry OS
4 11 (68.75%) Cyber Security
4 11 (68.75%) PKI
4 11 (68.75%) Web Development
5 4 (25.00%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) ERwin
7 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
7 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
7 2 (12.50%) DB2
7 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (12.50%) Teradata
8 1 (6.250%) 3D Graphics

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 13 (81.25%) .NET
2 11 (68.75%) XML
3 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (6.250%) CSS
4 1 (6.250%) HTML
4 1 (6.250%) OpenGL
4 1 (6.250%) DirectX
4 1 (6.250%) .NET Framework
4 1 (6.250%) WPF
4 1 (6.250%) OGRE
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Maya
1 1 (6.250%) 3ds Max
1 1 (6.250%) Blender
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (68.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) DB2
2 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) ERwin
2 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Software Developer
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
2 11 (68.75%) C++ Developer
2 11 (68.75%) C++ Software Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Database Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Database Designer
4 1 (6.250%) Software Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Graduate Software Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 13 (81.25%) Computer Science
2 12 (75.00%) Mathematics
3 11 (68.75%) PKI
3 11 (68.75%) Smartcard
3 11 (68.75%) Blackberry
4 1 (6.250%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (6.250%) Streaming Video
4 1 (6.250%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Windows
1 12 (75.00%) Android
1 12 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 11 (68.75%) BlackBerry OS
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Web Development
1 11 (68.75%) Information Security
1 11 (68.75%) Cyber Security
2 1 (6.250%) Automated Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
2 1 (6.250%) Multithreading
2 1 (6.250%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (6.250%) Software Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) C#
2 13 (81.25%) C++
3 12 (75.00%) Java
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
6 1 (6.250%) C
6 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
6 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) Teradata
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