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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 173 195 189
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 735 689 793
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.639% 1.319% 1.318%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.068% 1.712% 1.726%
Number of salaries quoted 627 528 612
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -2.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
35550 40249 45935
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.26% 77.05% 76.37%
Number of salaries quoted 29470 34722 38410
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +18 160 £55,000 -8.33% 18
Ealing - 15 £49,000 -
Croydon +16 9 £22,500 -18.18%
Brentford +14 8 - -
Kingston Upon Thames -4 7 £45,000 -10.00%
Twickenham - 5 - - 1
Teddington -11 4 £31,750 +41.11% 1
New Malden - 3 - - 1
Hammersmith - 3 £45,000 -
Romford - 2 £20,000 -
Uxbridge +5 1 £45,000 -18.18%
Sidcup - 1 £60,000 -
Surbiton - 1 £70,000 -
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 667 (48.30%) Java
2 637 (46.13%) Degree
3 535 (38.74%) Computer Science
4 480 (34.76%) Agile Software Development
5 462 (33.45%) JavaScript
6 361 (26.14%) OO
7 359 (26.00%) C#
8 329 (23.82%) HTML
9 328 (23.75%) CSS
10 305 (22.09%) .NET
11 301 (21.80%) XML
12 299 (21.65%) SQL
12 299 (21.65%) Scrum
13 275 (19.91%) Linux
14 263 (19.04%) TDD
15 261 (18.90%) Finance
16 225 (16.29%) SQL Server
17 214 (15.50%) C++
18 209 (15.13%) E-Commerce
19 182 (13.18%) Python
19 182 (13.18%) QA
20 177 (12.82%) Microsoft
20 177 (12.82%) Spring
21 172 (12.45%) HTML5
22 162 (11.73%) MVC
23 154 (11.15%) Project Management
24 149 (10.79%) Windows
24 149 (10.79%) Continuous Integration
25 147 (10.64%) ASP.NET
26 144 (10.43%) J2EE

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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
1 329 (23.82%) HTML
2 328 (23.75%) CSS
3 305 (22.09%) .NET
4 301 (21.80%) XML
5 177 (12.82%) Spring
6 172 (12.45%) HTML5
7 147 (10.64%) ASP.NET
8 144 (10.43%) J2EE
9 136 (9.848%) jQuery
10 133 (9.631%) Web Services
11 111 (8.038%) XSLT
12 107 (7.748%) JSP
12 107 (7.748%) Ajax
13 90 (6.517%) WCF
14 89 (6.445%) WPF
15 80 (5.793%) CSS3
16 70 (5.069%) XHTML
17 62 (4.490%) Hibernate
18 60 (4.345%) XSL
18 60 (4.345%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 86 (6.227%) Apache
2 54 (3.910%) CMS
3 37 (2.679%) Tomcat
4 34 (2.462%) SharePoint
5 25 (1.810%) Sitecore CMS
6 24 (1.738%) Confluence
7 16 (1.159%) Umbraco
8 13 (0.941%) Apache Solr
9 11 (0.797%) Apache Pig
9 11 (0.797%) Drupal
9 11 (0.797%) Adobe CQ
9 11 (0.797%) IIS
10 10 (0.724%) SAS
10 10 (0.724%) Magento
11 9 (0.652%) Force.com
11 9 (0.652%) BizTalk Server
12 8 (0.579%) Windows Azure
12 8 (0.579%) SharePoint 2010
13 7 (0.507%) WebLogic
14 6 (0.434%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 113 (8.182%) MS Excel
2 44 (3.186%) MS PowerPoint
3 36 (2.607%) MS Visio
4 34 (2.462%) MS Office
5 26 (1.883%) MS Project
6 12 (0.869%) PowerPivot
7 10 (0.724%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.434%) SPSS
9 4 (0.290%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.072%) Mingle
10 1 (0.072%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 7 (0.507%) Tridion
2 4 (0.290%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.072%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.072%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.072%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.072%) Endur
3 1 (0.072%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 116 (8.400%) Internet
2 101 (7.314%) HTTP
3 21 (1.521%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.086%) DVB
5 14 (1.014%) Extranet
5 14 (1.014%) Intranet
6 13 (0.941%) NFC
6 13 (0.941%) LDAP
6 13 (0.941%) SMS
7 11 (0.797%) DNS
8 10 (0.724%) Broadband
9 7 (0.507%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.362%) Wireless
11 4 (0.290%) SMTP
12 3 (0.217%) DHCP
12 3 (0.217%) FTP
12 3 (0.217%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.145%) ICMP
13 2 (0.145%) IPv4
13 2 (0.145%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (16.29%) SQL Server
2 117 (8.472%) MySQL
3 95 (6.879%) NoSQL
4 84 (6.083%) MongoDB
5 51 (3.693%) Hadoop
6 37 (2.679%) Big Data
7 36 (2.607%) RDBMS
8 31 (2.245%) SQL Server 2005
9 26 (1.883%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (1.810%) SQL Server 2008
11 24 (1.738%) Data Warehouse
11 24 (1.738%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.159%) HBase
12 16 (1.159%) Apache Cassandra
13 15 (1.086%) SQLite
14 13 (0.941%) Oracle 8/8i
15 12 (0.869%) DB2
16 11 (0.797%) MarkLogic
16 11 (0.797%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 11 (0.797%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 122 (8.834%) Subversion
2 118 (8.545%) Maven
3 94 (6.807%) JUnit
4 88 (6.372%) Git (software)
5 77 (5.576%) Selenium
6 51 (3.693%) JIRA
7 47 (3.403%) Ant
8 39 (2.824%) Cucumber
9 38 (2.752%) Visual Studio
10 30 (2.172%) Team Foundation Server
10 30 (2.172%) Jenkins
11 28 (2.028%) Jasmine
12 21 (1.521%) QUnit
13 16 (1.159%) WebDriver
14 15 (1.086%) CaliberRM
14 15 (1.086%) FrontPage
14 15 (1.086%) Rational DOORS
14 15 (1.086%) Dreamweaver
14 15 (1.086%) RequisitePro
15 14 (1.014%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 261 (18.90%) Finance
2 131 (9.486%) Games
3 82 (5.938%) Banking
4 67 (4.852%) Marketing
5 57 (4.127%) Retail
6 56 (4.055%) Front Office
7 44 (3.186%) Telecoms
8 43 (3.114%) Publishing
9 37 (2.679%) Advertising
10 31 (2.245%) Investment Banking
11 27 (1.955%) Electronics
12 20 (1.448%) Billing
13 19 (1.376%) Back Office
14 15 (1.086%) Multimedia
15 13 (0.941%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.290%) Legal
17 3 (0.217%) French Language
17 3 (0.217%) German Language
17 3 (0.217%) Music Industry
17 3 (0.217%) Military
Job Titles
1 703 (50.91%) Developer
2 168 (12.17%) Java Developer
3 160 (11.59%) Senior Developer
4 122 (8.834%) Software Developer
5 114 (8.255%) Software Engineer
5 114 (8.255%) C# Developer
6 108 (7.820%) Analyst
7 107 (7.748%) .NET Developer
8 78 (5.648%) C# .NET Developer
8 78 (5.648%) Project Manager
9 76 (5.503%) Web Developer
10 70 (5.069%) Front-End Developer
11 69 (4.996%) Programmer
12 65 (4.707%) Consultant
13 62 (4.490%) Graduate
14 60 (4.345%) ASP.NET Developer
15 58 (4.200%) C# ASP.NET Developer
16 54 (3.910%) Architect
17 52 (3.765%) ScrumMaster
18 49 (3.548%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 535 (38.74%) Computer Science
2 123 (8.907%) Mathematics
3 106 (7.676%) Open Source
4 85 (6.155%) Physics
5 61 (4.417%) N-Tier
6 57 (4.127%) Mobile App
7 52 (3.765%) Management Information System
8 49 (3.548%) Visualisation
9 42 (3.041%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (2.896%) Digital Media
11 37 (2.679%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 31 (2.245%) Hedge funds
12 31 (2.245%) iPad
13 29 (2.100%) Client/Server
13 29 (2.100%) Online Games
14 25 (1.810%) SaaS
14 25 (1.810%) Social Network
15 22 (1.593%) Chemistry
15 22 (1.593%) Derivative
16 21 (1.521%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 275 (19.91%) Linux
2 149 (10.79%) Windows
3 115 (8.327%) UNIX
4 113 (8.182%) Apple iOS
5 82 (5.938%) Android
6 16 (1.159%) Windows Phone
7 8 (0.579%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (0.507%) Embedded Linux
9 6 (0.434%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (0.362%) CentOS
11 4 (0.290%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.290%) Solaris
11 4 (0.290%) Windows Mobile
12 3 (0.217%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.217%) VMS
13 2 (0.145%) Symbian OS
13 2 (0.145%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.145%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.145%) Windows Phone 7
13 2 (0.145%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (34.76%) Agile Software Development
2 361 (26.14%) OO
3 299 (21.65%) Scrum
4 263 (19.04%) TDD
5 209 (15.13%) E-Commerce
6 162 (11.73%) MVC
7 154 (11.15%) Project Management
8 149 (10.79%) Continuous Integration
9 141 (10.21%) Unit Testing
10 102 (7.386%) Multithreading
11 101 (7.314%) Web Development
12 84 (6.083%) OOP
13 66 (4.779%) Kanban
14 63 (4.562%) Waterfall
15 60 (4.345%) Risk Management
16 59 (4.272%) Automated Testing
17 58 (4.200%) OOD
17 58 (4.200%) Business Development
18 54 (3.910%) Data Management
18 54 (3.910%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 667 (48.30%) Java
2 462 (33.45%) JavaScript
3 359 (26.00%) C#
4 299 (21.65%) SQL
5 214 (15.50%) C++
6 182 (13.18%) Python
7 114 (8.255%) PHP
8 110 (7.965%) Ruby
9 88 (6.372%) C
10 59 (4.272%) Perl
11 44 (3.186%) XPath
12 43 (3.114%) T-SQL
13 36 (2.607%) Shell Script
14 32 (2.317%) Objective-C
15 29 (2.100%) VBA
16 26 (1.883%) Scala
17 23 (1.665%) Bash shell
18 22 (1.593%) Assembly Language
19 21 (1.521%) Groovy
19 21 (1.521%) VB
Qualifications
1 637 (46.13%) Degree
2 39 (2.824%) PhD
3 21 (1.521%) Security Cleared
4 12 (0.869%) ISEB
5 11 (0.797%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (0.797%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (0.724%) PMI Certification
6 10 (0.724%) SC Cleared
7 9 (0.652%) PMP
8 8 (0.579%) CISSP
9 7 (0.507%) SSCP
9 7 (0.507%) GIAC
10 6 (0.434%) MCSE
10 6 (0.434%) HNC
10 6 (0.434%) HND
11 5 (0.362%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.217%) MCTS
12 3 (0.217%) MCPD
12 3 (0.217%) MCAD
12 3 (0.217%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (13.18%) QA
2 11 (0.797%) ISO 9001
3 9 (0.652%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.507%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.362%) SLA
6 4 (0.290%) Basel III
7 3 (0.217%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.145%) WCAG
8 2 (0.145%) WAI
9 1 (0.072%) COBIT
9 1 (0.072%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (0.434%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 5 (0.362%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.217%) IMail Server
4 2 (0.145%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.145%) NFS
4 2 (0.145%) Xen
5 1 (0.072%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.072%) XenApp
5 1 (0.072%) Veritas File System
5 1 (0.072%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (0.797%) Puppet
2 8 (0.579%) HP Quality Center
3 6 (0.434%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 3 (0.217%) Vagrant
4 3 (0.217%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 177 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 142 (10.28%) Oracle
3 44 (3.186%) Facebook
4 29 (2.100%) IBM
5 25 (1.810%) Sitecore
6 23 (1.665%) SAP
7 19 (1.376%) Google
7 19 (1.376%) Adobe
8 16 (1.159%) EPiServer
9 15 (1.086%) iRise
9 15 (1.086%) Telelogic
10 14 (1.014%) Sencha
10 14 (1.014%) Zend
11 13 (0.941%) MicroStrategy
12 12 (0.869%) Telerik
12 12 (0.869%) VMware
12 12 (0.869%) Tableau
13 11 (0.797%) Twitter
13 11 (0.797%) Salesforce.com
14 10 (0.724%) Fujitsu
City of London
A leading financial services consultancy in London are looking to hire a number of C++/C#/ Java technical consultants due to continued expansion... There is particular preference to...
Real Staffing
Salary: £30000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 27 May 2013
London
They are looking for smart candidates who come from a Computer Science (or related) degree from the Top UK universities (predominately Russell Group universities). You will have been...
Prism Digital
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Java, C++, C#) who have the willingness to learn new technologies and want to be part of a close-knit, friendly and supportive development team.You will be...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits + bonus
Posted: 4 June 2013
West London
The .Net Developer must be experienced in Agile development using scrum and able to contribute actively during the design and planning stage of any project. It is essential...
Tinderstone
Salary: From £25,000 to £42,000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Teddington, Middlesex
Systems Programmer / Developer - C#, .Net, VBA, SQL - £37k + Excellent Benefits - Teddington. Skills: C#, .Net, SQL Server, VBA, Object Oriented programming A leading organisation in its field is looking...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
West London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + pension, healthcare
Posted: 4 June 2013
South West London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 - 40,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 17 June 2013
West London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 28 May 2013
City, London
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
North London
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum - Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Annapurna
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
West London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £80,000 to £80,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
London
J-Com
Salary: £32000 - 40000 Per Annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
New Malden, Surrey
Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine
Salary: Competitive salary & benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Central London / West End
Flex Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £60k to £70k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 June 2013
South West London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 50,000 - 85,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013