The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Development Engineer
Rank 565 592 590
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 32 49 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.074% 0.091% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.097% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 20 23 8
Average salary £47,500 £42,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.09% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,250 £42,000 £29,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,000 £33,274
% change year-on-year
-27.77% +35.24%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40625 50517 53034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.40% 93.86% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34197 43879 44601
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Development Engineer
England

Software Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Software Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend

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

London Software Development Engineer Salary Trend

Software Development Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London - 17 £47,500 -
Ealing - 3 £45,000 -
Software Development Engineer
England

Software Development Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Software Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

1 29 (67.44%) C#
2 27 (62.79%) TDD
3 26 (60.47%) SQL Server
3 26 (60.47%) OO
4 25 (58.14%) Oracle
4 25 (58.14%) Microsoft
5 24 (55.81%) Finance
6 23 (53.49%) Windows
6 23 (53.49%) Unit Testing
7 22 (51.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 22 (51.16%) Web Development
7 22 (51.16%) MS Office
7 22 (51.16%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 21 (48.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (48.84%) WinForms
8 21 (48.84%) SQL
8 21 (48.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (48.84%) SQL Server 2008
9 20 (46.51%) Visual Studio
9 20 (46.51%) OOD
9 20 (46.51%) OOP
10 19 (44.19%) Configuration Management
10 19 (44.19%) SharePoint
10 19 (44.19%) Team Foundation Server
10 19 (44.19%) Banking
10 19 (44.19%) Waterfall
11 9 (20.93%) Java
12 8 (18.60%) C++
13 7 (16.28%) .NET
13 7 (16.28%) Degree

Software Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 21 (48.84%) WinForms
2 7 (16.28%) .NET
3 5 (11.63%) STL
3 5 (11.63%) Spring
4 2 (4.651%) Ajax
4 2 (4.651%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.651%) WCF
4 2 (4.651%) jQuery
4 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (4.651%) J2EE
4 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.326%) COM
5 1 (2.326%) XML
5 1 (2.326%) ODBC
5 1 (2.326%) WAP
5 1 (2.326%) OpenGL
5 1 (2.326%) DirectX
5 1 (2.326%) SyncML
Application Platforms
1 19 (44.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (51.16%) MS Office
2 3 (6.977%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) HTTP
2 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.326%) HTTPS
2 1 (2.326%) Internet
2 1 (2.326%) Wireless
2 1 (2.326%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (60.47%) SQL Server
2 22 (51.16%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 22 (51.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 21 (48.84%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (48.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 21 (48.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (11.63%) OLTP
4 5 (11.63%) MySQL
5 3 (6.977%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (46.51%) Visual Studio
2 19 (44.19%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (4.651%) NUnit
4 1 (2.326%) Selenium
General
1 24 (55.81%) Finance
2 19 (44.19%) Banking
3 1 (2.326%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.326%) Games
3 1 (2.326%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Computer Science
2 5 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.63%) Open Source
3 3 (6.977%) Mathematics
3 3 (6.977%) Physics
4 2 (4.651%) N-Tier
5 1 (2.326%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.326%) iPad
5 1 (2.326%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.326%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.326%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 23 (53.49%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Linux
3 1 (2.326%) Mac OS X
3 1 (2.326%) Android
3 1 (2.326%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) TDD
2 26 (60.47%) OO
3 23 (53.49%) Unit Testing
4 22 (51.16%) Web Development
5 20 (46.51%) OOP
5 20 (46.51%) OOD
6 19 (44.19%) Configuration Management
6 19 (44.19%) Waterfall
7 5 (11.63%) BDD
7 5 (11.63%) Performance Management
7 5 (11.63%) E-Commerce
7 5 (11.63%) Scrum
8 3 (6.977%) ERP
8 3 (6.977%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (4.651%) MVC
9 2 (4.651%) RAD
9 2 (4.651%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (4.651%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (4.651%) Project Planning
9 2 (4.651%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (67.44%) C#
2 21 (48.84%) SQL
3 9 (20.93%) Java
4 8 (18.60%) C++
5 5 (11.63%) Perl
5 5 (11.63%) Python
6 3 (6.977%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.326%) PHP
7 1 (2.326%) VB
7 1 (2.326%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) QA
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Oracle
1 25 (58.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.651%) Telerik
2 2 (4.651%) Guidewire
3 1 (2.326%) DataSynapse
3 1 (2.326%) Twitter
Ealing, London
My client specialises in optimising business processes with their software solutions and their customers come from a wide range of industries. They are truly international, with a global...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + + excellent benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Ealing, London
My client specialises in optimising business processes with their software solutions and their customers come from a wide range of industries. They are truly international, with a global...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + + excellent benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Ealing, London
My client specialises in optimising business processes with their software solutions and their customers come from a wide range of industries. They are truly international, with a global...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £4000 - £50000 per annum + + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013