Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the London region.

 Software Engineering
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank175176259
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+83
Matching permanent IT job ads719363542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London1.357 %1.278 %0.745 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.881 %1.868 %1.197 %
Salaries quoted614306463
Average salary£52,500£51,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.940 %+3.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,000£30,500£28,650
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£77,500£80,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,500£36,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.380 %+2.850 %
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
382341942845296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London72.17 %68.38 %62.27 %
Salaries quoted310211552137518
Average salary£55,000£52,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.760 %+5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£32,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£82,500£75,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
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 9 September 2010.

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 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 LondonDown-41190£52,500-
UxbridgeNew entry-16£40,000-
HammersmithDown-415£70,000+40.00 %
Canary WharfNew entry-12£55,000-
CroydonNew entry-5£20,000-
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-3£55,000-
Docklands, LondonDown-111£65,000-10.34 %
TeddingtonNew entry-1£27,500-
EnfieldNew entry-1£45,000-
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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.

1552 (43.33 %)Degree
2542 (42.54 %)Java
3511 (40.11 %)Finance
4455 (35.71 %).NET
5419 (32.89 %)Computer Science
6388 (30.46 %)C#
7292 (22.92 %)OO
8286 (22.45 %)Banking
9273 (21.43 %)C++
10255 (20.02 %)SQL
11244 (19.15 %)Oracle
12222 (17.43 %)UNIX
13213 (16.72 %)SQL Server
14211 (16.56 %)Scrum
15209 (16.41 %)Linux
16206 (16.17 %)Agile Software Development
17203 (15.93 %)XML
18199 (15.62 %)JavaScript
19182 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
20181 (14.21 %)J2EE
21176 (13.81 %)Windows
22169 (13.27 %)Client/Server
23159 (12.48 %)Microsoft
24157 (12.32 %)E-Commerce
25152 (11.93 %)Web Services
26147 (11.54 %)HTML
26147 (11.54 %)TDD
27144 (11.30 %)Spring
28136 (10.68 %)CSS
29129 (10.13 %)C

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1455 (35.71 %).NET
2203 (15.93 %)XML
3182 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
4181 (14.21 %)J2EE
5152 (11.93 %)Web Services
6147 (11.54 %)HTML
7144 (11.30 %)Spring
8136 (10.68 %)CSS
9129 (10.13 %)AJAX
10126 (9.890 %)WPF
11120 (9.419 %)WCF
12115 (9.027 %).NET Framework
1374 (5.808 %)Hibernate
1471 (5.573 %)Silverlight
1562 (4.867 %)WinForms
1660 (4.710 %)JMS
1660 (4.710 %)Java EE
1756 (4.396 %)Adobe Flex
1852 (4.082 %)LAMP
1950 (3.925 %)JSP
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
157 (4.474 %)WebLogic
256 (4.396 %)Apache
339 (3.061 %)Tomcat
339 (3.061 %)ESB
432 (2.512 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
525 (1.962 %)IIS
620 (1.570 %)CMS
715 (1.177 %)MQSeries
814 (1.099 %)SharePoint
913 (1.020 %)SAS
109 (0.706 %)ColdFusion
109 (0.706 %)WebSphere MQ
117 (0.549 %)Lightstreamer
126 (0.471 %)Drupal
126 (0.471 %)BizTalk Server
126 (0.471 %)Rendezvous
135 (0.392 %)ColdFusion MX
135 (0.392 %)GlassFish
143 (0.235 %)SharePoint Server 2007
143 (0.235 %)Jetty
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
167 (5.259 %)MS Excel
238 (2.983 %)MS Visio
316 (1.256 %)MATLAB
47 (0.549 %)Photoshop
56 (0.471 %)MS Office
64 (0.314 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (0.235 %)Adobe Illustrator
73 (0.235 %)MS Project
82 (0.157 %)InfoPath
82 (0.157 %)FrameMaker
91 (0.078 %)DOC1
91 (0.078 %)Spreadsheet
91 (0.078 %)Maple
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
125 (1.962 %)Temenos T24
213 (1.020 %)Oracle EBS
37 (0.549 %)Oracle Financials
44 (0.314 %)Microsoft CRM
53 (0.235 %)Temenos Globus
53 (0.235 %)Dynamics CRM
62 (0.157 %)Great Plains
62 (0.157 %)SAP R/3
62 (0.157 %)Oracle Applications
71 (0.078 %)Adaptiv
71 (0.078 %)Reech
71 (0.078 %)Misys Midas
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
197 (7.614 %)Internet
249 (3.846 %)HTTP
337 (2.904 %)TCP/IP
426 (2.041 %)Intranet
511 (0.863 %)VoIP
511 (0.863 %)WAN
610 (0.785 %)Network Security
79 (0.706 %)Wireless
79 (0.706 %)Firewall
88 (0.628 %)GPRS
88 (0.628 %)3G
97 (0.549 %)DVB
97 (0.549 %)SMS
106 (0.471 %)SAN
106 (0.471 %)DNS
115 (0.392 %)GSM
124 (0.314 %)LAN
124 (0.314 %)SSL
133 (0.235 %)TETRA
133 (0.235 %)Broadband
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1213 (16.72 %)SQL Server
2122 (9.576 %)MySQL
342 (3.297 %)SQL Server 2005
342 (3.297 %)PostgreSQL
432 (2.512 %)Oracle 8/8i
526 (2.041 %)SQL Server 2008
621 (1.648 %)RDBMS
715 (1.177 %)BusinessObjects
715 (1.177 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
814 (1.099 %)ETL
814 (1.099 %)Oracle 10g
912 (0.942 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1011 (0.863 %)MS Access
119 (0.706 %)DB2
128 (0.628 %)Oracle OLAP
128 (0.628 %)OLAP
135 (0.392 %)SQL Server 2000
135 (0.392 %)Oracle Reports
144 (0.314 %)SQL Server Integration Services
144 (0.314 %)Data Mining
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
161 (4.788 %)Subversion
161 (4.788 %)ClearCase
248 (3.768 %)NUnit
341 (3.218 %)Visual Studio
438 (2.983 %)Git (software)
537 (2.904 %)JUnit
630 (2.355 %)Maven
630 (2.355 %)JIRA
726 (2.041 %)Eclipse
822 (1.727 %)Ant
920 (1.570 %)Selenium
920 (1.570 %)Bugzilla
1015 (1.177 %)JSUnit
1113 (1.020 %)QuickTest Pro
1210 (0.785 %)jMock
1210 (0.785 %)VSS/SourceSafe
138 (0.628 %)WebDriver
138 (0.628 %)TeamCity
138 (0.628 %)FitNesse
147 (0.549 %)Log4Net
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1511 (40.11 %)Finance
2286 (22.45 %)Banking
3103 (8.085 %)Investment Banking
482 (6.436 %)Front Office
574 (5.808 %)Retail
672 (5.651 %)Telecoms
763 (4.945 %)Education
763 (4.945 %)Games
854 (4.239 %)Pensions
937 (2.904 %)Health
1035 (2.747 %)Marketing
1134 (2.669 %)Retail Banking
1228 (2.198 %)Financial Institution
1323 (1.805 %)Insurance
1421 (1.648 %)Online Betting
1520 (1.570 %)Government
1615 (1.177 %)Online Games
1714 (1.099 %)Advertising
1812 (0.942 %)Music
1911 (0.863 %)Social Media
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1686 (53.85 %)Developer
2168 (13.19 %)Software Engineer
3156 (12.24 %)Senior Developer
4154 (12.09 %)Java Developer
5111 (8.713 %).NET Developer
6109 (8.556 %)C# Developer
7102 (8.006 %)Web Developer
897 (7.614 %)Architect
991 (7.143 %)Software Developer
1074 (5.808 %)C++ Developer
1173 (5.730 %)Graduate
1270 (5.495 %)Analyst
1270 (5.495 %)Consultant
1355 (4.317 %)Project Manager
1452 (4.082 %)Senior Software Engineer
1548 (3.768 %)Senior C++ Developer
1645 (3.532 %)Graduate Developer
1742 (3.297 %)C++ Software Engineer
1742 (3.297 %)ASP.NET Developer
1742 (3.297 %)Applications Support
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1419 (32.89 %)Computer Science
2169 (13.27 %)Client/Server
3102 (8.006 %)Derivative
488 (6.907 %)Mathematics
573 (5.730 %)Multithreading
668 (5.338 %)Open Source
760 (4.710 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
859 (4.631 %)Fixed Income
943 (3.375 %)Equities
1030 (2.355 %)Hedge funds
1126 (2.041 %)RIA
1223 (1.805 %)iPhone
1321 (1.648 %)N-Tier
1420 (1.570 %)Physics
1420 (1.570 %)Management Information System
1519 (1.491 %)Equity Derivative
1616 (1.256 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1715 (1.177 %)Social Network
1812 (0.942 %)SaaS
1812 (0.942 %)W3C
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1222 (17.43 %)UNIX
2209 (16.41 %)Linux
3176 (13.81 %)Windows
454 (4.239 %)Solaris
516 (1.256 %)Windows Server 2003
615 (1.177 %)Android
714 (1.099 %)VMS
812 (0.942 %)Windows 2000
910 (0.785 %)Windows XP
106 (0.471 %)Windows Mobile
115 (0.392 %)Windows Server 2008
124 (0.314 %)Embedded Linux
133 (0.235 %)Symbian OS
142 (0.157 %)LiMo
142 (0.157 %)Maemo
142 (0.157 %)Nucleus RTOS
142 (0.157 %)Windows Vista
142 (0.157 %)VxWorks
142 (0.157 %)pSOS
151 (0.078 %)Mac OS X
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1292 (22.92 %)OO
2211 (16.56 %)Scrum
3206 (16.17 %)Agile Software Development
4157 (12.32 %)E-Commerce
5147 (11.54 %)TDD
690 (7.064 %)Project Management
786 (6.750 %)Unit Testing
868 (5.338 %)Workflow
965 (5.102 %)SOA
1063 (4.945 %)UML
1063 (4.945 %)Web Development
1155 (4.317 %)MVC
1247 (3.689 %)B2C
1345 (3.532 %)Automated Testing
1345 (3.532 %)Continuous Integration
1441 (3.218 %)B2B
1540 (3.140 %)Configuration Management
1639 (3.061 %)PRINCE2
1735 (2.747 %)ITIL
1834 (2.669 %)OOP
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1542 (42.54 %)Java
2388 (30.46 %)C#
3273 (21.43 %)C++
4255 (20.02 %)SQL
5199 (15.62 %)JavaScript
6129 (10.13 %)C
7117 (9.184 %)PHP
8103 (8.085 %)Python
978 (6.122 %)Perl
1055 (4.317 %)VB.NET
1140 (3.140 %)T-SQL
1236 (2.826 %)Shell Script
1329 (2.276 %)XAML
1428 (2.198 %)Ruby
1527 (2.119 %)VBA
1626 (2.041 %)VB
1724 (1.884 %)PL/SQL
1822 (1.727 %)Erlang
1920 (1.570 %)VB6
2016 (1.256 %)ActionScript
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1552 (43.33 %)Degree
217 (1.334 %)Microsoft Certification
315 (1.177 %)PMP
315 (1.177 %)PMI Certification
413 (1.020 %)ISEB
413 (1.020 %)PhD
511 (0.863 %)Security Cleared
610 (0.785 %)PRINCE2 Certification
79 (0.706 %)MCSD
88 (0.628 %)MCTS
97 (0.549 %)ITIL Certification
97 (0.549 %)APMP
97 (0.549 %)Brainbench
106 (0.471 %)SC Cleared
106 (0.471 %)Postgraduate
114 (0.314 %)CSQA
122 (0.157 %)MCPD
122 (0.157 %)CCNA
122 (0.157 %)Cisco Certification
122 (0.157 %)ISEB Practitioner
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1102 (8.006 %)QA
23 (0.235 %)ISO 9001
23 (0.235 %)MiFID
32 (0.157 %)COBIT
41 (0.078 %)Basel II
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (1.727 %)MSMQ
28 (0.628 %)Hadoop
36 (0.471 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (0.392 %)Active Directory
54 (0.314 %)Oracle RAC
62 (0.157 %)Xen
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.471 %)Tivoli
25 (0.392 %)Netcool
33 (0.235 %)Control-M
42 (0.157 %)Puppet
42 (0.157 %)SCCM
42 (0.157 %)AutoSys
42 (0.157 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.078 %)MOM
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1244 (19.15 %)Oracle
2159 (12.48 %)Microsoft
355 (4.317 %)Sybase
448 (3.768 %)Google
534 (2.669 %)Perforce
627 (2.119 %)jBASE
726 (2.041 %)Temenos
817 (1.334 %)BEA
817 (1.334 %)JBoss
915 (1.177 %)TIBCO
915 (1.177 %)Business Objects
1013 (1.020 %)Adobe
1112 (0.942 %)Cognos
1112 (0.942 %)SAP
1211 (0.863 %)Novell
1310 (0.785 %)IBM
1310 (0.785 %)Symbian
149 (0.706 %)Zend
157 (0.549 %)Genesys
157 (0.549 %)Atlassian