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This section looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Engineering
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank246220
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching permanent IT job ads575985
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.310 %0.411 %
As % of the category below1.242 %1.586 %
Salaries quoted500818
Average minimum salary£48,082£46,751
Average salary£52,701£50,882
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
Average maximum salary£57,320£55,013
UK excluding London average salary£37,869£35,281
% change on same period last year+7.33 %
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching permanent IT job ads4630162107
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.93 %25.89 %
Salaries quoted3836848474
Average minimum salary£48,942£49,815
Average salary£53,473£54,538
% change on same period last year-1.95 %
Average maximum salary£58,004£59,261
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 London region.

London Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Job Locations

This section 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 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-47149£52,655+12.29 %
CroydonDown-510£29,611-8.65 %
UxbridgeNew entry-10£43,950-
Docklands, LondonUp+439£51,438+2.87 %
HammersmithUp+78--
Canary WharfUp+248£37,813-24.37 %
LutonDown-266£45,000-
TwickenhamNew entry-3£30,000-
CoulsdonNew entry-2£50,000-
BarnetNew entry-1£33,750-
WembleyNew entry-1£45,000-
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1510 (41.53 %)Java
2457 (37.21 %)Degree
3419 (34.12 %)Finance
4410 (33.39 %)C++
5391 (31.84 %)C#
6388 (31.60 %).NET
7301 (24.51 %)Oracle
8263 (21.42 %)SQL
9239 (19.46 %)Computer Science
10238 (19.38 %)OO
11235 (19.14 %)XML
12228 (18.57 %)SQL Server
13217 (17.67 %)Banking
14205 (16.69 %)Windows
15203 (16.53 %)Derivative
16188 (15.31 %)UNIX
17166 (13.52 %)J2EE
18165 (13.44 %)JavaScript
19159 (12.95 %)Project Management
20151 (12.30 %)Agile Software Development
21147 (11.97 %)Microsoft
22144 (11.73 %)VB
23141 (11.48 %)UML
24137 (11.16 %)Linux
25133 (10.83 %)ASP.NET
26121 (9.853 %)Solaris
27118 (9.609 %)JSP
28116 (9.446 %)AJAX
29111 (9.039 %)HTML
30107 (8.713 %)CSS

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1388 (31.60 %).NET
2235 (19.14 %)XML
3166 (13.52 %)J2EE
4133 (10.83 %)ASP.NET
5118 (9.609 %)JSP
6116 (9.446 %)AJAX
7111 (9.039 %)HTML
8107 (8.713 %)CSS
9106 (8.632 %)Servlets
1090 (7.329 %)WebServices
1181 (6.596 %)ASP
1273 (5.945 %)Spring
1370 (5.700 %).NET Framework
1460 (4.886 %)EJB
1555 (4.479 %)STL
1654 (4.397 %)Middleware
1753 (4.316 %)Hibernate
1849 (3.990 %)Struts
1948 (3.909 %)JMS
2037 (3.013 %)WCF
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
173 (5.945 %)WebLogic
250 (4.072 %)Apache
346 (3.746 %)BizTalk Server
439 (3.176 %)Tomcat
535 (2.850 %)MQSeries
620 (1.629 %)JBoss
719 (1.547 %)IIS
818 (1.466 %)SharePoint
99 (0.733 %)CMS
108 (0.651 %)MS Exchange
116 (0.489 %)Rendezvous
125 (0.407 %)ArcGIS
125 (0.407 %)OpenROAD
125 (0.407 %)ColdFusion
134 (0.326 %)Commerce Server
134 (0.326 %)SharePoint Server 2007
143 (0.244 %)Alfresco
143 (0.244 %)EPiServer
143 (0.244 %)ESB
143 (0.244 %)WebSphere MQ
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (5.863 %)MS Excel
253 (4.316 %)MS Visio
39 (0.733 %)MS Office
47 (0.570 %)MS Project
54 (0.326 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.244 %)MATLAB
63 (0.244 %)PrintSoft PReS
72 (0.163 %)Photoshop
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.163 %)Oracle Applications
12 (0.163 %)LabWindows
12 (0.163 %)SAP Retail
21 (0.081 %)Capstone
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
160 (4.886 %)Internet
230 (2.443 %)TCP/IP
321 (1.710 %)HTTP
416 (1.303 %)DHCP
513 (1.059 %)Broadband
68 (0.651 %)Intranet
77 (0.570 %)BSS
85 (0.407 %)SAN
93 (0.244 %)HTTPS
93 (0.244 %)SSL
102 (0.163 %)UMTS
102 (0.163 %)LLU
111 (0.081 %)IMAP
111 (0.081 %)Extranet
111 (0.081 %)3G
111 (0.081 %)NNTP
111 (0.081 %)Firewall
111 (0.081 %)Wireless
111 (0.081 %)SMTP
111 (0.081 %)RIP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1228 (18.57 %)SQL Server
259 (4.805 %)SQL Server 2000
348 (3.909 %)SQL Server 2005
440 (3.257 %)RDBMS
539 (3.176 %)MySQL
628 (2.280 %)Datawarehouse
716 (1.303 %)PostgreSQL
815 (1.221 %)SQL Server 2008
914 (1.140 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1012 (0.977 %)GIS
1111 (0.896 %)Ingres
128 (0.651 %)Oracle Reports
136 (0.489 %)MS Access
136 (0.489 %)OLAP
145 (0.407 %)DB2
145 (0.407 %)Oracle 8/8i
145 (0.407 %)Oracle 9i
145 (0.407 %)Oracle 10g
145 (0.407 %)ETL
145 (0.407 %)Reference Data
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
168 (5.537 %)ClearCase
247 (3.827 %)JUnit
344 (3.583 %)Ant
439 (3.176 %)Subversion
537 (3.013 %)VSS/SourceSafe
633 (2.687 %)Eclipse
730 (2.443 %)Visual Studio
730 (2.443 %)PVCS
828 (2.280 %)JIRA
919 (1.547 %)Selenium
919 (1.547 %)FitNesse
919 (1.547 %)IntelliJ
1011 (0.896 %)NUnit
1110 (0.814 %)Flash
128 (0.651 %)TestDirector
128 (0.651 %)CruiseControl
137 (0.570 %)Rational Rose
137 (0.570 %)Log4j
146 (0.489 %)MSI
146 (0.489 %)InstallShield
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1419 (34.12 %)Finance
2217 (17.67 %)Banking
365 (5.293 %)Investment Banking
464 (5.212 %)Front Office
464 (5.212 %)Education
550 (4.072 %)Telecoms
645 (3.664 %)Games
742 (3.420 %)Marketing
829 (2.362 %)Financial Institution
926 (2.117 %)3D Graphics
1024 (1.954 %)Online Games
1119 (1.547 %)Pensions
1119 (1.547 %)Publishing
1218 (1.466 %)Retail
1316 (1.303 %)International Banking
1316 (1.303 %)Law
1415 (1.221 %)Health
1513 (1.059 %)Government
1513 (1.059 %)Electronics
1612 (0.977 %)Insurance
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1566 (46.09 %)Developer
2179 (14.58 %)Java Developer
3164 (13.36 %)Architect
4112 (9.121 %)C# Developer
599 (8.062 %)Senior Developer
697 (7.899 %).NET Developer
794 (7.655 %)Software Engineer
884 (6.840 %)Solutions Architect
968 (5.537 %)Applications Support
1067 (5.456 %)Technical Architect
1165 (5.293 %)Graduate
1255 (4.479 %)Development Manager
1255 (4.479 %)C++ Developer
1350 (4.072 %)Consultant
1448 (3.909 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1545 (3.664 %)Senior Java Developer
1643 (3.502 %)Project Manager
1643 (3.502 %)Analyst
1741 (3.339 %)Junior
1839 (3.176 %)Software Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1239 (19.46 %)Computer Science
2203 (16.53 %)Derivative
387 (7.085 %)Equities
387 (7.085 %)Multithreading
480 (6.515 %)Client/Server
570 (5.700 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
667 (5.456 %)Mathematics
740 (3.257 %)Equity Derivative
827 (2.199 %)Physics
922 (1.792 %)Index Arbitrage
1019 (1.547 %)Statistics
1117 (1.384 %)Web 2.0
1216 (1.303 %)N-Tier
1314 (1.140 %)Device Driver
1413 (1.059 %)Social Network
1512 (0.977 %)Fixed Income
1610 (0.814 %)Spread Betting
179 (0.733 %)Handset
186 (0.489 %)Grid Computing
186 (0.489 %)iPhone
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1205 (16.69 %)Windows
2188 (15.31 %)UNIX
3137 (11.16 %)Linux
4121 (9.853 %)Solaris
568 (5.537 %)Windows 2000
663 (5.130 %)VMS
759 (4.805 %)Windows XP
834 (2.769 %)Symbian OS
98 (0.651 %)AIX
107 (0.570 %)Windows Server 2003
116 (0.489 %)OpenVMS
116 (0.489 %)Windows NT
125 (0.407 %)Red Hat Linux
133 (0.244 %)HPUX
141 (0.081 %)VxWorks
141 (0.081 %)Windows Mobile
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1238 (19.38 %)OO
2159 (12.95 %)Project Management
3151 (12.30 %)Agile Software Development
4141 (11.48 %)UML
589 (7.248 %)Scrum
680 (6.515 %)OOA/OOD
770 (5.700 %)TDD
869 (5.619 %)ITIL
967 (5.456 %)Unit Testing
1057 (4.642 %)Continuous Integration
1151 (4.153 %)RUP
1151 (4.153 %)SOA
1244 (3.583 %)OOD
1343 (3.502 %)Technical Architecture
1438 (3.094 %)Business Development
1537 (3.013 %)Web Development
1537 (3.013 %)IT Governance
1537 (3.013 %)Electronic Trading
1635 (2.850 %)OOP
1733 (2.687 %)Data Modelling
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1510 (41.53 %)Java
2410 (33.39 %)C++
3391 (31.84 %)C#
4263 (21.42 %)SQL
5165 (13.44 %)JavaScript
6144 (11.73 %)VB
7100 (8.143 %)Perl
878 (6.352 %)Python
976 (6.189 %)VB.NET
1072 (5.863 %)C
1171 (5.782 %)PHP
1258 (4.723 %)DHTML
1355 (4.479 %)VC++
1436 (2.932 %)ActionScript
1436 (2.932 %)Ruby
1534 (2.769 %)VB6
1633 (2.687 %)Shell Script
1731 (2.524 %)Transact-SQL
1827 (2.199 %)VBA
1923 (1.873 %)Embedded C++
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1457 (37.21 %)Degree
220 (1.629 %)PRINCE2 Certification
319 (1.547 %)Microsoft Certification
49 (0.733 %)PhD
58 (0.651 %)MCAD
66 (0.489 %)MySQL Certification
66 (0.489 %)MCP
73 (0.244 %)MBA
82 (0.163 %)ISEB
82 (0.163 %)Oracle Certification
91 (0.081 %)HNC
91 (0.081 %)Postgraduate
91 (0.081 %)SCJD
91 (0.081 %)ISEB Practitioner
91 (0.081 %)MCTS
91 (0.081 %)MCPD
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
179 (6.433 %)QA
245 (3.664 %)SLA
32 (0.163 %)ISO9000
41 (0.081 %)ISO9001
41 (0.081 %)WCAG
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.570 %)Active Directory
23 (0.244 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.081 %)MSMQ
31 (0.081 %)MetaFrame
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.570 %)SCOM
25 (0.407 %)AppManager
31 (0.081 %)Tivoli
31 (0.081 %)AutoSys
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1301 (24.51 %)Oracle
2147 (11.97 %)Microsoft
359 (4.805 %)Sun
452 (4.235 %)Symbian
542 (3.420 %)Sybase
641 (3.339 %)TIBCO
730 (2.443 %)Perforce
828 (2.280 %)SAP
924 (1.954 %)BEA
1011 (0.896 %)Google
119 (0.733 %)Zend
126 (0.489 %)Yahoo!
126 (0.489 %)Adobe
135 (0.407 %)ESRI
135 (0.407 %)NetIQ
135 (0.407 %)Red Hat
135 (0.407 %)Altiris
144 (0.326 %)IBM
144 (0.326 %)Vignette
153 (0.244 %)Interwoven