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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 43 34 45
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 91 85 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.948% 5.810% 4.159%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.254% 5.965% 4.345%
Number of salaries quoted 88 67 63
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,850
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1732 1425 1519
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.18% 97.40% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1506 1277 1367
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford -1 51 £40,000 -11.11%
Abingdon -11 12 £40,000 +45.45%
Banbury -2 3 £28,500 -25.49%
Witney -5 3 £35,000 -6.04%
Wallingford - 2 £30,000 -
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 102 (46.15%) C++
2 93 (42.08%) Java
3 86 (38.91%) C#
4 66 (29.86%) Linux
4 66 (29.86%) Computer Science
5 58 (26.24%) .NET
6 57 (25.79%) Software Engineering
7 56 (25.34%) Degree
8 55 (24.89%) SQL
9 49 (22.17%) SQL Server
10 46 (20.81%) ASP.NET
11 42 (19.00%) Windows
11 42 (19.00%) Mathematics
12 35 (15.84%) Agile Software Development
13 32 (14.48%) C
14 29 (13.12%) Python
14 29 (13.12%) Hadoop
15 28 (12.67%) JavaScript
16 25 (11.31%) XML
16 25 (11.31%) Microsoft
16 25 (11.31%) QA
17 21 (9.502%) Apache Hive
17 21 (9.502%) Boost C++ Libraries
17 21 (9.502%) MapReduce
17 21 (9.502%) Mahout
17 21 (9.502%) Big Data
17 21 (9.502%) Apache Pig
18 20 (9.050%) Qt
18 20 (9.050%) HTML
19 19 (8.597%) CSS

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 58 (26.24%) .NET
2 46 (20.81%) ASP.NET
3 25 (11.31%) XML
4 21 (9.502%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 21 (9.502%) MapReduce
5 20 (9.050%) Qt
5 20 (9.050%) HTML
6 19 (8.597%) CSS
7 18 (8.145%) Web Services
8 16 (7.240%) STL
9 13 (5.882%) Hibernate
10 12 (5.430%) jQuery
11 10 (4.525%) Spring
12 9 (4.072%) XML Schema
12 9 (4.072%) JSON
12 9 (4.072%) ASP
12 9 (4.072%) JDBC
13 8 (3.620%) ADO.NET
13 8 (3.620%) Java EE
13 8 (3.620%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 21 (9.502%) Apache Pig
2 18 (8.145%) IIS
3 8 (3.620%) Amazon AWS
3 8 (3.620%) Amazon SQS
3 8 (3.620%) Amazon EMR
4 7 (3.167%) Tomcat
5 6 (2.715%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.810%) Apache
7 1 (0.452%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.452%) Drupal
7 1 (0.452%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (3.620%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.357%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.357%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.905%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.072%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.357%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.905%) Internet
3 2 (0.905%) 3G
3 2 (0.905%) LTE
3 2 (0.905%) 4G
4 1 (0.452%) Firewall
4 1 (0.452%) SAN
4 1 (0.452%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (22.17%) SQL Server
2 29 (13.12%) Hadoop
3 21 (9.502%) Apache Hive
3 21 (9.502%) Mahout
3 21 (9.502%) Big Data
4 10 (4.525%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (4.072%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.620%) Amazon DynamoDB
7 7 (3.167%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.262%) MySQL
9 4 (1.810%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.810%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (1.357%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.357%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.357%) SQL Server 2005
11 2 (0.905%) SQL Server 2008
12 1 (0.452%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 19 (8.597%) Visual Studio
2 15 (6.787%) Subversion
3 11 (4.977%) Selenium
4 10 (4.525%) JUnit
5 9 (4.072%) Git (software)
6 4 (1.810%) NUnit
6 4 (1.810%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.810%) MSBuild
6 4 (1.810%) CMake
7 3 (1.357%) TestNG
7 3 (1.357%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.905%) GCC
9 1 (0.452%) GDB
9 1 (0.452%) Concordion
9 1 (0.452%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.452%) RSpec
9 1 (0.452%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.452%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.452%) Hudson
9 1 (0.452%) TeamCity
General
1 19 (8.597%) Automotive
2 15 (6.787%) Electronics
3 12 (5.430%) Finance
4 6 (2.715%) Publishing
4 6 (2.715%) Music
5 1 (0.452%) Japanese Language
5 1 (0.452%) Retail
5 1 (0.452%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.452%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 66 (29.86%) Computer Science
2 42 (19.00%) Mathematics
3 18 (8.145%) Physics
4 11 (4.977%) MPEG
5 9 (4.072%) Device Driver
5 9 (4.072%) STB
5 9 (4.072%) Open Source
6 7 (3.167%) Taxonomies
6 7 (3.167%) Ontologies
7 4 (1.810%) Statistics
7 4 (1.810%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.357%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.357%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (1.357%) Firmware
9 2 (0.905%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.905%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
10 1 (0.452%) Informatics
10 1 (0.452%) Biotechnology
10 1 (0.452%) SaaS
10 1 (0.452%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 66 (29.86%) Linux
2 42 (19.00%) Windows
3 14 (6.335%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (4.525%) UNIX
5 7 (3.167%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.167%) Windows XP
6 4 (1.810%) Android
7 3 (1.357%) AIX
7 3 (1.357%) HPUX
7 3 (1.357%) Solaris
8 2 (0.905%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.905%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (25.79%) Software Engineering
2 35 (15.84%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (7.692%) UML
3 17 (7.692%) Automated Testing
4 14 (6.335%) Manual Testing
5 13 (5.882%) Unit Testing
5 13 (5.882%) OO
6 12 (5.430%) MVC
7 10 (4.525%) Project Management
8 9 (4.072%) TDD
8 9 (4.072%) Validation
8 9 (4.072%) OOP
8 9 (4.072%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (3.620%) RDF
9 8 (3.620%) Configuration Management
9 8 (3.620%) Scrum
9 8 (3.620%) Signal Processing
9 8 (3.620%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (3.167%) Refactoring
11 6 (2.715%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 102 (46.15%) C++
2 93 (42.08%) Java
3 86 (38.91%) C#
4 55 (24.89%) SQL
5 32 (14.48%) C
6 29 (13.12%) Python
7 28 (12.67%) JavaScript
8 16 (7.240%) VB.NET
9 12 (5.430%) Embedded C
10 10 (4.525%) Perl
11 9 (4.072%) T-SQL
11 9 (4.072%) Assembly Language
12 8 (3.620%) Bash shell
13 7 (3.167%) PHP
14 6 (2.715%) Delphi
14 6 (2.715%) ActionScript
14 6 (2.715%) VBA
15 5 (2.262%) Groovy
16 3 (1.357%) Scala
16 3 (1.357%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 56 (25.34%) Degree
2 13 (5.882%) ISEB
3 11 (4.977%) PhD
4 5 (2.262%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.452%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.31%) QA
2 8 (3.620%) Dublin Core
3 2 (0.905%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 25 (11.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.977%) Oracle
3 6 (2.715%) Sybase
4 3 (1.357%) Zend
5 2 (0.905%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (0.905%) Telerik
6 1 (0.452%) Symantec
6 1 (0.452%) Perforce
6 1 (0.452%) VMware
6 1 (0.452%) Twitter
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
As well as having strong C# / .NET or Java skills it would be highly beneficial to have experience developing for Windows 7 or Windows XP and have knowledge...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £27,000 to £40,000 per annum Dep on Experience
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
As a successful Software Engineer, you will be responsible for a mix of low level, middleware and application level software development for their products... Requirements: degree educated in...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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
Oxfordshire
Are you a graduate or junior java developer looking for an exciting challenge in a passionate and successful software company?... You will need to have studied at a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
This will suit a software engineer who can take on a lead role, being responsible for the design and implementation of software to be used for their next...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Major worldwide US brand seek an Embedded Software Engineer with solid experience of Embedded C running under an RTOS, BSD or Linux in an embedded system and Driver-...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
As such, the successful candidate will have the following: degree educated in electronics engineering or computer science commercial experience in software development programming in C/ C++/Java embedded...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 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
Oxfordshire, South East
You will be responsible for hands on embedded software development including specification, design, coding and validation... Requirements: degree educated in electronics/ software engineering or related discipline proven commercial...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Witney, Oxfordshire
They are seeking an ASP.NET/C# Developer with demonstrable experience of developing web based applications and user interfaces... Additional advantageous attributes include HTML, CSS, Javascript and any...
X4 Group
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
The successful candidate will also be responsible for: *Extensive experience of the specification, design and development of moderate size software projects within an ISO9001 compliant Quality System framework. *...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £32500 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 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