The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 24 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 41 68 59
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 75 22 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 5.792% 2.151% 3.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.995% 2.294% 3.215%
Number of salaries quoted 60 21 25
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £28,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £32,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1251 959 902
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.60% 93.74% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1051 779 778
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Buckinghamshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 106 (63.86%) C#
2 85 (51.20%) .NET
3 72 (43.37%) Java
4 60 (36.14%) C++
4 60 (36.14%) SQL Server
5 49 (29.52%) WPF
6 43 (25.90%) C
7 40 (24.10%) Software Engineering
7 40 (24.10%) WCF
7 40 (24.10%) Computer Science
8 37 (22.29%) Linux
9 35 (21.08%) Degree
10 34 (20.48%) WinForms
11 32 (19.28%) Windows
12 28 (16.87%) E-Commerce
13 27 (16.27%) JavaScript
14 26 (15.66%) Hibernate
15 24 (14.46%) J2EE
16 23 (13.86%) SQL
16 23 (13.86%) JMS
16 23 (13.86%) Swing
16 23 (13.86%) Finance
17 18 (10.84%) Python
18 17 (10.24%) Microsoft
18 17 (10.24%) Agile Software Development
19 15 (9.036%) TCP/IP
19 15 (9.036%) OO
19 15 (9.036%) VoIP
19 15 (9.036%) HTML
19 15 (9.036%) ASP.NET

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 85 (51.20%) .NET
2 49 (29.52%) WPF
3 40 (24.10%) WCF
4 34 (20.48%) WinForms
5 26 (15.66%) Hibernate
6 24 (14.46%) J2EE
7 23 (13.86%) JMS
7 23 (13.86%) Swing
8 15 (9.036%) HTML
8 15 (9.036%) ASP.NET
9 11 (6.627%) CSS
10 10 (6.024%) Ajax
11 9 (5.422%) .NET Framework
12 8 (4.819%) MFC
12 8 (4.819%) SOAP
13 7 (4.217%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 6 (3.614%) REST
15 5 (3.012%) Middleware
16 4 (2.410%) XML
16 4 (2.410%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.217%) Apache
2 4 (2.410%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.602%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.205%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.602%) MS Project
2 1 (0.602%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.036%) TCP/IP
1 15 (9.036%) VoIP
2 8 (4.819%) DNS
2 8 (4.819%) IPv6
2 8 (4.819%) Firewall
2 8 (4.819%) SS7
2 8 (4.819%) IP Telephony
2 8 (4.819%) Network Security
3 6 (3.614%) VPN
4 5 (3.012%) HTTP
5 3 (1.807%) GPRS
5 3 (1.807%) GSM
6 2 (1.205%) SNMP
6 2 (1.205%) DHCP
6 2 (1.205%) IPv4
6 2 (1.205%) CTI
6 2 (1.205%) OSPF
6 2 (1.205%) Intranet
7 1 (0.602%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.602%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (36.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.819%) MySQL
3 3 (1.807%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.602%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.602%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.422%) Visual Studio
2 6 (3.614%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (2.410%) GNU Toolchain
4 3 (1.807%) Subversion
4 3 (1.807%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (1.205%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.205%) Bugzilla
5 2 (1.205%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.205%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.602%) Selenium
6 1 (0.602%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.602%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.602%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.602%) NetBeans
6 1 (0.602%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.602%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.602%) PVCS
General
1 23 (13.86%) Finance
2 6 (3.614%) Games
3 3 (1.807%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.205%) Publishing
5 1 (0.602%) Automotive
5 1 (0.602%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 40 (24.10%) Computer Science
2 8 (4.819%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.614%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (3.614%) Mathematics
3 6 (3.614%) Physics
4 5 (3.012%) Device Driver
5 4 (2.410%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.807%) iPad
6 3 (1.807%) iPhone
6 3 (1.807%) Firmware
7 2 (1.205%) Replication
7 2 (1.205%) IVR
7 2 (1.205%) Visualisation
8 1 (0.602%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (22.29%) Linux
2 32 (19.28%) Windows
3 5 (3.012%) UNIX
4 4 (2.410%) VxWorks
4 4 (2.410%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.807%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.807%) Windows Mobile
5 3 (1.807%) Android
6 1 (0.602%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.602%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.10%) Software Engineering
2 28 (16.87%) E-Commerce
3 17 (10.24%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (9.036%) OO
5 10 (6.024%) OOP
5 10 (6.024%) MVC
6 9 (5.422%) Time Management
7 8 (4.819%) Mobile Application Development
8 7 (4.217%) Data Analysis
9 6 (3.614%) OOD
9 6 (3.614%) TDD
9 6 (3.614%) Scrum
9 6 (3.614%) Unit Testing
9 6 (3.614%) Multithreading
9 6 (3.614%) Image Processing
9 6 (3.614%) Signal Processing
9 6 (3.614%) BDD
10 5 (3.012%) MVVM
10 5 (3.012%) UML
11 4 (2.410%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (63.86%) C#
2 72 (43.37%) Java
3 60 (36.14%) C++
4 43 (25.90%) C
5 27 (16.27%) JavaScript
6 23 (13.86%) SQL
7 18 (10.84%) Python
8 9 (5.422%) Perl
9 7 (4.217%) Embedded C
10 6 (3.614%) VB.NET
11 4 (2.410%) PHP
12 3 (1.807%) Objective-C
13 2 (1.205%) Fortran
13 2 (1.205%) Ruby
14 1 (0.602%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.602%) Tcl
14 1 (0.602%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (21.08%) Degree
2 7 (4.217%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (4.217%) MCP
2 7 (4.217%) MCAD
2 7 (4.217%) MCSD
3 6 (3.614%) Postgraduate
3 6 (3.614%) PhD
4 2 (1.205%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.205%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.602%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.602%) QA
1 1 (0.602%) JTAG
1 1 (0.602%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 17 (10.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.205%) HP
2 2 (1.205%) Avaya
3 1 (0.602%) ArcSight
3 1 (0.602%) Twitter
3 1 (0.602%) TippingPoint
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Along with a solid practical knowledge of software engineering, you should have experience of working in application and/or kernel development for either Windows or Linux with proficiency...
HMGCC
Salary: £26,500 - £32,600 + £5000 welcome package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
With this in mind my client's C# Software Engineers come from diverse backgrounds and work with various technologies such as C# / C++ / Java / SQL / TDD / BDD / MVC /...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Responsibilities of Software Engineer (C/C++/Linux) 1... Highly proficient in C/C++ and associated Object Oriented design 2... KEY SKILLS: HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, Object Orientated Design (...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + 20% performance related bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
You could be working on server side and/or front end development gaining skills such as Hibernate, Spring, Dojo, Websphere etc... Skills/Experience required:- Ideally 2011/2012/2013...
IT Connections
Salary: Graduate Salary
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Ideally but not essentially, you will also have commercial exposure to Apache (Apache Tomcat/ Apache HTTP Server), AJAX, Linux, C or C ++ and MySQL... KEY SKILLS: HTML, JavaScript,...
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL, Developer, Senior Software house, Milton Keynes... To be considered for this role you should have: -At least 5 years experience working in...
Spring Technology
Salary: £34000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + it
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
The markets they operate in include communications, food technology and scientific data analysis.The RoleWorking as a Software Engineer / Software Developer / Graduate, you will be responsible for developing...
JAM
Salary: £22000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Knowledge and use of JTAG; code coverage/profiling; and automated test tools would be highly desirable... Knowledge of WIFI, Classic Bluetooth, BLE would be highly desirable... Familiarity with...
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + package
Posted: 8 May 2013