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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Milton Keynes region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6233
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads3572
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.030 %
As % of the category below2.662 %4.771 %
Salaries quoted3367
Average minimum salary£25,970£28,403
Average salary£30,758£31,918
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum salary£35,545£35,433
UK excluding London average salary£35,971£35,149
% change on same period last year+2.33 %
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Milton Keynes
Matching permanent IT job ads13151509
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.718 %0.634 %
Salaries quoted11871248
Average minimum salary£34,646£33,318
Average salary£37,484£36,282
% change on same period last year+3.31 %
Average maximum salary£40,321£39,246
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Software Engineer BuckinghamshireSoftware Engineer
Buckinghamshire

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Milton Keynes Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Milton Keynes Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Milton Keynes Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

143 (53.75 %)C++
241 (51.25 %)C
328 (35.00 %).NET
426 (32.50 %)C#
518 (22.50 %)VB
518 (22.50 %)Windows
616 (20.00 %)SQL Server
616 (20.00 %)Degree
715 (18.75 %)ASP.NET
814 (17.50 %)VoIP
912 (15.00 %)DTV
1011 (13.75 %)MPEG
1011 (13.75 %)Microsoft
1011 (13.75 %)UNIX
1011 (13.75 %)OO
1110 (12.50 %)VC++
1110 (12.50 %)VB.NET
1110 (12.50 %)SQL
1110 (12.50 %)Embedded C
128 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
128 (10.00 %)DVB
137 (8.750 %)SQL Server 2000
137 (8.750 %)ASP
137 (8.750 %)Unit Testing
137 (8.750 %)3G
146 (7.500 %)IP Telephony
146 (7.500 %)Oracle
146 (7.500 %)Microsoft Certification
155 (6.250 %)MSI
155 (6.250 %)ISO9001

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (35.00 %).NET
215 (18.75 %)ASP.NET
37 (8.750 %)ASP
45 (6.250 %)Software Packaging
45 (6.250 %)WCF
45 (6.250 %)WPF
45 (6.250 %)WF
45 (6.250 %)LINQ
54 (5.000 %)MFC
54 (5.000 %)ADO
63 (3.750 %)STL
63 (3.750 %)OpenGL
63 (3.750 %)WinForms
72 (2.500 %).NET Framework
81 (1.250 %)XML
81 (1.250 %)XSLT
81 (1.250 %)ActiveX
81 (1.250 %)HTML
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.250 %)MS Excel
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (17.50 %)VoIP
28 (10.00 %)DVB
37 (8.750 %)3G
46 (7.500 %)IP Telephony
53 (3.750 %)TCP/IP
62 (2.500 %)Ethernet
62 (2.500 %)H.323
71 (1.250 %)Wireless
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (20.00 %)SQL Server
28 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (8.750 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.250 %)Oracle 8/8i
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (6.250 %)MSI
24 (5.000 %)AdminStudio
24 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
32 (2.500 %)InstallShield
41 (1.250 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (1.250 %)WinRunner
41 (1.250 %)TestDirector
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (3.750 %)Manufacturing
13 (3.750 %)Multimedia
13 (3.750 %)Telecoms
21 (1.250 %)Health
21 (1.250 %)Pensions
21 (1.250 %)Avionics
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (15.00 %)DTV
211 (13.75 %)MPEG
31 (1.250 %)Device Driver
31 (1.250 %)Replication
31 (1.250 %)Multithreading
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (22.50 %)Windows
211 (13.75 %)UNIX
34 (5.000 %)Linux
42 (2.500 %)Solaris
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (13.75 %)OO
27 (8.750 %)Unit Testing
34 (5.000 %)OOD
43 (3.750 %)Software Engineering
52 (2.500 %)Test Scripting
61 (1.250 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.250 %)UML
61 (1.250 %)SOA
61 (1.250 %)Agile Software Development
61 (1.250 %)Document Management
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (53.75 %)C++
241 (51.25 %)C
326 (32.50 %)C#
418 (22.50 %)VB
510 (12.50 %)VB.NET
510 (12.50 %)VC++
510 (12.50 %)SQL
510 (12.50 %)Embedded C
64 (5.000 %)XAML
64 (5.000 %)VB6
72 (2.500 %)Perl
72 (2.500 %)Python
81 (1.250 %)JavaScript
81 (1.250 %)Embedded C++
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (20.00 %)Degree
26 (7.500 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (2.500 %)HND
32 (2.500 %)MCSE
41 (1.250 %)ISEB
41 (1.250 %)MCAD
41 (1.250 %)MCSD
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (6.250 %)ISO9001
15 (6.250 %)QA
Milton Keynes IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (13.75 %)Microsoft
26 (7.500 %)Oracle
31 (1.250 %)Intel