The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 48 77 61
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 11 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.391% 0.299% 1.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.466% 0.308% 1.136%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 3
Average salary £30,000 £41,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.27% +26.92%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
446 649 440
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.96% 96.87% 96.70%
Number of salaries quoted 376 582 355
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
North West

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Merseyside Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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
Liverpool +23 11 £30,000 -25.00%
Software Engineer
North West

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Software 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (60.00%) Web Development
3 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (53.33%) Mobile App
4 7 (46.67%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (46.67%) C++
5 6 (40.00%) PHP
5 6 (40.00%) Apache
5 6 (40.00%) ISEB
5 6 (40.00%) JMeter
5 6 (40.00%) Scrum
5 6 (40.00%) ISTQB
5 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
5 6 (40.00%) Selenium
5 6 (40.00%) FitNesse
5 6 (40.00%) Manual Testing
5 6 (40.00%) QA
5 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 6 (40.00%) WebDriver
5 6 (40.00%) Open Source
5 6 (40.00%) Jenkins
5 6 (40.00%) User Stories
5 6 (40.00%) Cucumber
5 6 (40.00%) Hudson
5 6 (40.00%) Behat
6 5 (33.33%) Android
7 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
7 4 (26.67%) Windows
7 4 (26.67%) C
8 3 (20.00%) SQL

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Software 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) .NET
1 3 (20.00%) Web Services
2 2 (13.33%) FFmpeg
2 2 (13.33%) HTML5
2 2 (13.33%) WinForms
2 2 (13.33%) JNI
2 2 (13.33%) ActiveX
3 1 (6.667%) HTML
3 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.667%) CSS
3 1 (6.667%) J2EE
3 1 (6.667%) Ajax
3 1 (6.667%) WebSphere
3 1 (6.667%) Java EE
3 1 (6.667%) JSON
3 1 (6.667%) jQuery
3 1 (6.667%) Spring
3 1 (6.667%) Hibernate
3 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (6.667%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) JMeter
1 6 (40.00%) Selenium
1 6 (40.00%) FitNesse
1 6 (40.00%) WebDriver
1 6 (40.00%) Jenkins
1 6 (40.00%) Cucumber
1 6 (40.00%) Hudson
1 6 (40.00%) Behat
2 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.667%) CruiseControl
3 1 (6.667%) Xcode
3 1 (6.667%) MyEclipse
3 1 (6.667%) TeamCity
General
1 2 (13.33%) Electronics
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
1 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Mobile App
2 6 (40.00%) Open Source
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Android
2 4 (26.67%) Windows
3 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Phone 8
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Phone
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (6.667%) Linux
5 1 (6.667%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Web Development
2 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (46.67%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (40.00%) Scrum
4 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Manual Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (40.00%) User Stories
5 2 (13.33%) Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (13.33%) Integration Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Electronic Trading
5 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.667%) OOP
6 1 (6.667%) OO
6 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
6 1 (6.667%) TDD
6 1 (6.667%) MVC
6 1 (6.667%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) C++
3 6 (40.00%) PHP
4 4 (26.67%) C
5 3 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (13.33%) VB6
6 2 (13.33%) VB
6 2 (13.33%) VB.NET
7 1 (6.667%) C#
7 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
7 1 (6.667%) Python
7 1 (6.667%) Ruby
7 1 (6.667%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) ISEB
1 6 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) HND
4 1 (6.667%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) Apple