The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 20 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 34 33 44
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 51 34 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 4.995% 5.329% 3.944%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.285% 5.502% 4.058%
Number of salaries quoted 51 29 30
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,900 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,550
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
965 618 764
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 94.52% 96.87% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 832 548 695
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Oxfordshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Oxford Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 85 (58.62%) C++
2 60 (41.38%) Java
3 53 (36.55%) C#
4 51 (35.17%) Computer Science
5 40 (27.59%) Degree
6 38 (26.21%) Software Engineering
6 38 (26.21%) Mathematics
7 37 (25.52%) Linux
8 28 (19.31%) Windows
9 26 (17.93%) SQL
10 23 (15.86%) .NET
10 23 (15.86%) C
10 23 (15.86%) SQL Server
10 23 (15.86%) Hadoop
11 22 (15.17%) Python
11 22 (15.17%) Microsoft
11 22 (15.17%) ASP.NET
12 21 (14.48%) JavaScript
13 20 (13.79%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 19 (13.10%) Agile Software Development
15 18 (12.41%) XML
15 18 (12.41%) Qt
15 18 (12.41%) Physics
16 17 (11.72%) Automotive
17 16 (11.03%) Visual Studio
18 15 (10.34%) Apache Hive
18 15 (10.34%) MapReduce
18 15 (10.34%) Mahout
18 15 (10.34%) Big Data
18 15 (10.34%) Apache Pig

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 23 (15.86%) .NET
2 22 (15.17%) ASP.NET
3 20 (13.79%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 18 (12.41%) Qt
4 18 (12.41%) XML
5 15 (10.34%) MapReduce
6 14 (9.655%) Web Services
7 11 (7.586%) HTML
7 11 (7.586%) STL
8 10 (6.897%) Hibernate
8 10 (6.897%) Spring
9 9 (6.207%) XML Schema
9 9 (6.207%) CSS
10 8 (5.517%) JSON
10 8 (5.517%) RESTful
11 7 (4.828%) Java EE
12 6 (4.138%) jQuery
12 6 (4.138%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (4.138%) ADO.NET
12 6 (4.138%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 15 (10.34%) Apache Pig
2 8 (5.517%) Amazon EMR
2 8 (5.517%) Amazon AWS
2 8 (5.517%) Amazon SQS
3 7 (4.828%) IIS
4 6 (4.138%) Tomcat
4 6 (4.138%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.690%) Drupal
Applications
1 7 (4.828%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.379%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.207%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.690%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (15.86%) SQL Server
1 23 (15.86%) Hadoop
2 15 (10.34%) Apache Hive
2 15 (10.34%) Mahout
2 15 (10.34%) Big Data
3 9 (6.207%) MongoDB
4 8 (5.517%) Amazon DynamoDB
5 6 (4.138%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.759%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (2.069%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.379%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (1.379%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (0.690%) MySQL
9 1 (0.690%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.690%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (11.03%) Visual Studio
2 6 (4.138%) Git (software)
2 6 (4.138%) Subversion
3 5 (3.448%) Selenium
4 4 (2.759%) JUnit
4 4 (2.759%) NUnit
5 2 (1.379%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.690%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.690%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.690%) Concordion
6 1 (0.690%) FitNesse
General
1 17 (11.72%) Automotive
2 9 (6.207%) Electronics
2 9 (6.207%) Finance
3 6 (4.138%) Publishing
3 6 (4.138%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 51 (35.17%) Computer Science
2 38 (26.21%) Mathematics
3 18 (12.41%) Physics
4 9 (6.207%) MPEG
4 9 (6.207%) STB
5 7 (4.828%) Taxonomies
5 7 (4.828%) Ontologies
6 6 (4.138%) Open Source
7 4 (2.759%) Statistics
8 3 (2.069%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (2.069%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.379%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.379%) Firmware
10 1 (0.690%) Informatics
10 1 (0.690%) SaaS
10 1 (0.690%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.690%) Biotechnology
10 1 (0.690%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 37 (25.52%) Linux
2 28 (19.31%) Windows
3 10 (6.897%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (3.448%) UNIX
5 2 (1.379%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.379%) Android
5 2 (1.379%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (26.21%) Software Engineering
2 19 (13.10%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (8.276%) Unit Testing
4 9 (6.207%) MVC
4 9 (6.207%) Validation
5 8 (5.517%) Scrum
5 8 (5.517%) Project Management
5 8 (5.517%) RDF
5 8 (5.517%) TDD
5 8 (5.517%) Automated Testing
5 8 (5.517%) Signal Processing
5 8 (5.517%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (4.828%) Refactoring
6 7 (4.828%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (4.828%) Manual Testing
7 6 (4.138%) Investment Management
7 6 (4.138%) OOP
8 5 (3.448%) OO
8 5 (3.448%) Multithreading
8 5 (3.448%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 85 (58.62%) C++
2 60 (41.38%) Java
3 53 (36.55%) C#
4 26 (17.93%) SQL
5 23 (15.86%) C
6 22 (15.17%) Python
7 21 (14.48%) JavaScript
8 9 (6.207%) Embedded C
8 9 (6.207%) Assembly Language
9 6 (4.138%) VB.NET
9 6 (4.138%) ActionScript
9 6 (4.138%) VBA
9 6 (4.138%) Delphi
10 3 (2.069%) Perl
10 3 (2.069%) PHP
11 2 (1.379%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.379%) Groovy
11 2 (1.379%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.690%) Ruby
12 1 (0.690%) XPath
Qualifications
1 40 (27.59%) Degree
2 9 (6.207%) PhD
3 6 (4.138%) ISEB
4 5 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.276%) QA
2 8 (5.517%) Dublin Core
3 2 (1.379%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 22 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.828%) Oracle
3 6 (4.138%) Sybase
4 2 (1.379%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (0.690%) Twitter
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Software Developer - C# or C++ - Oxford - £30,000 - £40,000 - C#, C++, Agile... Working in an Agile environment, you will play a prominent figure in the development of...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxford, South East
As the .Net developer joining the team you will have: - Experience with C# Development at a senior level - Solid MVC Experience - Experience with full SDLC - Database Experience It...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser is representing a high profile Digital Company is looking for experienced hands on Senior Engineer with strong server side development experience. The company are based in...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013