The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 27 11 37
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +26
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 28 57 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 7.071% 13.35% 4.490%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.756% 17.38% 6.667%
Number of salaries quoted 26 56 22
Average salary £32,500 £28,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.07% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
287 328 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 72.47% 76.81% 67.35%
Number of salaries quoted 265 317 307
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,850 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Northamptonshire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Northampton Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 38 (90.48%) SQL
2 32 (76.19%) Agile Software Development
3 31 (73.81%) Scrum
4 30 (71.43%) C#
4 30 (71.43%) .NET
4 30 (71.43%) OOP
4 30 (71.43%) OOD
5 28 (66.67%) Java
6 20 (47.62%) OO
7 19 (45.24%) JavaScript
7 19 (45.24%) JUnit
7 19 (45.24%) TDD
7 19 (45.24%) Java EE
7 19 (45.24%) Selenium
7 19 (45.24%) FitNesse
8 18 (42.86%) Web Development
9 11 (26.19%) Computer Science
9 11 (26.19%) HTML
10 10 (23.81%) T-SQL
10 10 (23.81%) ASP.NET
10 10 (23.81%) SQL Server
10 10 (23.81%) CSS
10 10 (23.81%) Extreme Programming
10 10 (23.81%) WinForms
10 10 (23.81%) MVC
10 10 (23.81%) jQuery
10 10 (23.81%) ASP.NET MVC
10 10 (23.81%) HTML5
10 10 (23.81%) CSS3
11 9 (21.43%) Oracle

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 30 (71.43%) .NET
2 19 (45.24%) Java EE
3 11 (26.19%) HTML
4 10 (23.81%) WinForms
4 10 (23.81%) jQuery
4 10 (23.81%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (23.81%) HTML5
4 10 (23.81%) CSS3
4 10 (23.81%) ASP.NET
4 10 (23.81%) CSS
5 9 (21.43%) J2EE
6 8 (19.05%) EJB
6 8 (19.05%) JSP
6 8 (19.05%) Servlets
7 1 (2.381%) Struts
7 1 (2.381%) Hibernate
7 1 (2.381%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.381%) Apache
1 1 (2.381%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.381%) MS Office
1 1 (2.381%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.381%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.381%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (45.24%) JUnit
1 19 (45.24%) Selenium
1 19 (45.24%) FitNesse
General
1 2 (4.762%) Electronics
2 1 (2.381%) Automotive
2 1 (2.381%) Publishing
2 1 (2.381%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (52.38%) Software Engineer
2 19 (45.24%) Developer
3 11 (26.19%) Senior Software Engineer
4 9 (21.43%) Java Developer
4 9 (21.43%) Graduate
5 5 (11.90%) Software Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Developer
5 5 (11.90%) .NET Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (2.381%) Senior IT Manager
6 1 (2.381%) Software Support Analyst
6 1 (2.381%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 1 (2.381%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 1 (2.381%) J2EE Developer
6 1 (2.381%) Developer Analyst
6 1 (2.381%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.381%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (2.381%) Analyst
6 1 (2.381%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.381%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Computer Science
2 8 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.762%) Linux
2 1 (2.381%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (76.19%) Agile Software Development
2 31 (73.81%) Scrum
3 30 (71.43%) OOP
3 30 (71.43%) OOD
4 20 (47.62%) OO
5 19 (45.24%) TDD
6 18 (42.86%) Web Development
7 10 (23.81%) MVC
7 10 (23.81%) Extreme Programming
8 1 (2.381%) E-Commerce
8 1 (2.381%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (90.48%) SQL
2 30 (71.43%) C#
3 28 (66.67%) Java
4 19 (45.24%) JavaScript
5 10 (23.81%) T-SQL
6 3 (7.143%) C
7 1 (2.381%) Python
7 1 (2.381%) PHP
7 1 (2.381%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (9.524%) Degree
2 1 (2.381%) SCJA
2 1 (2.381%) Sun Certification
2 1 (2.381%) SCJP
2 1 (2.381%) SCJD
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Oracle
2 1 (2.381%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.381%) Sun
Northampton, Northamptonshire
This role would suit a recent Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar graduate who has gained Java programming experience and an understanding of J2EE development, JSP, JavaScript, Servlets,...
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Salary: £20,000 to £25,000
Posted: 14 June 2013