The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 56 40 29
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -11
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 4 12 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.830% 2.643% 4.831%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.146% 3.785% 7.067%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 20
Average salary £55,000 £38,750 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.93% +6.16%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
349 317 283
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 72.41% 69.82% 68.36%
Number of salaries quoted 312 263 227
Average salary £39,500 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.85% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £21,700
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £70,750 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Tyne and Wear

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Newcastle upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Newcastle upon Tyne Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

1 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) C++
1 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
2 3 (37.50%) Physics
2 3 (37.50%) OOD
2 3 (37.50%) PhD
2 3 (37.50%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (25.00%) MS Office
3 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (25.00%) ETL
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (25.00%) Office 365

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (12.50%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Office 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 4 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) C++/Java Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Java Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
2 3 (37.50%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (37.50%) OOD
2 3 (37.50%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) ETL
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C++
1 4 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) PhD
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft