Oxfordshire Software Engineer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Engineer
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Amersham Andover Aylesbury Banbury Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bordon Bournemouth Brackley Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Brixham Bromsgrove Buckingham Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Cheltenham Chepstow Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Clevedon Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Daresbury Dartford Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devizes Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham Ellesmere Port England Epsom Essex Evesham Exeter Exmouth Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Flintshire Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenock Guildford Gwent Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Haslemere Havant Haverhill Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hull Hungerford Huntingdon Inverclyde Inverness Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lewisham Lichfield Lincolnshire Liphook Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Loughton Luton Lymington M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Malvern Manchester Mansfield Margate Marlow Matlock Melksham Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Monmouthshire Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newport-on-Tay Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Peterborough Petersfield Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Royston Rugby Saffron Walden Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stirlingshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadley Tamworth Taunton Tewkesbury Thame Thames Valley Torfaen Tring Tyne and Wear UK Usk Uxbridge Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Wareham Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Wotton-under-Edge Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	27
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching permanent IT job ads	149	191
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.100 %	0.085 %
As % of the category below	6.549 %	6.598 %
Salaries quoted	145	179
Average minimum salary	£32,279	£29,055
Average salary	£37,425	£33,282
% change on same period last year	+12.44 %
Average maximum salary	£42,571	£37,508
UK excluding London average salary	£36,257	£35,876
% change on same period last year	+1.06 %
Job Titles Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2275	2895
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.522 %	1.292 %
Salaries quoted	2050	2641
Average minimum salary	£33,230	£31,504
Average salary	£36,476	£34,914
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Average maximum salary	£39,722	£38,323
UK excluding London average salary	£38,498	£39,074
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Software Engineer South East

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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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 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Oxford	-13	71	£36,800	+6.22 %
Abingdon	+18	32	£39,148	+37.90 %
Banbury	+17	17	£36,912	+5.46 %
Bicester	+4	3	£38,333	+28.85 %
Thame	+3	2	£37,000	+64.44 %
Witney	-	1	£37,500	-

Software Engineer South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

1 153 (44.87 %) C++ 2 125 (36.66 %) .NET 3 122 (35.78 %) C# 4 101 (29.62 %) C 5 78 (22.87 %) Java 6 74 (21.70 %) SQL Server 7 73 (21.41 %) Degree 8 72 (21.11 %) ASP.NET 8 72 (21.11 %) Linux 9 63 (18.48 %) XML 10 54 (15.84 %) Windows 11 44 (12.90 %) Microsoft 12 43 (12.61 %) Software Engineering 13 42 (12.32 %) SQL 14 40 (11.73 %) OO

15 38 (11.14 %) Electronics 16 34 (9.971 %) WebServices 17 32 (9.384 %) UNIX 18 29 (8.504 %) Python 19 28 (8.211 %) Perl 20 27 (7.918 %) Computer Science 21 25 (7.331 %) VB 22 24 (7.038 %) UML 23 22 (6.452 %) JavaScript 24 21 (6.158 %) SOA 24 21 (6.158 %) Physics 25 20 (5.865 %) Unit Testing 26 19 (5.572 %) Embedded C 27 18 (5.279 %) Project Management 27 18 (5.279 %) Client/Server

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 1 125 (36.66 %) .NET 2 72 (21.11 %) ASP.NET 3 63 (18.48 %) XML 4 34 (9.971 %) WebServices 5 18 (5.279 %) J2EE 6 17 (4.985 %) HTML 7 15 (4.399 %) XSLT 7 15 (4.399 %) AJAX 8 13 (3.812 %) CORBA 8 13 (3.812 %) MFC 9 12 (3.519 %) DCOM 9 12 (3.519 %) .NET Framework 10 9 (2.639 %) Apache Axis 10 9 (2.639 %) CSS 10 9 (2.639 %) JSP 10 9 (2.639 %) Struts 10 9 (2.639 %) ASP 10 9 (2.639 %) XHTML 10 9 (2.639 %) MVC 11 8 (2.346 %) OpenGL	Application Platforms 1 12 (3.519 %) MTS 2 9 (2.639 %) Tomcat 3 6 (1.760 %) IIS 4 1 (0.293 %) Apache
Applications 1 12 (3.519 %) MS Excel 2 6 (1.760 %) MATLAB 3 4 (1.173 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.293 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 16 (4.692 %) TCP/IP 2 14 (4.106 %) Internet 3 9 (2.639 %) GPRS 3 9 (2.639 %) GSM 4 8 (2.346 %) Intranet 5 5 (1.466 %) UMTS 5 5 (1.466 %) Bluetooth 6 4 (1.173 %) WAN 6 4 (1.173 %) Ethernet 6 4 (1.173 %) HTTP 6 4 (1.173 %) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 74 (21.70 %) SQL Server 2 14 (4.106 %) GIS 3 13 (3.812 %) MySQL 4 3 (0.880 %) DB2 5 1 (0.293 %) MS Access 5 1 (0.293 %) RDBMS 5 1 (0.293 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.293 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 14 (4.106 %) Visual Studio 2 10 (2.933 %) Eclipse 3 8 (2.346 %) JUnit 4 3 (0.880 %) Ant 4 3 (0.880 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 3 (0.880 %) QuickTest Pro 5 1 (0.293 %) MSI 5 1 (0.293 %) InstallShield 5 1 (0.293 %) Subversion 5 1 (0.293 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.293 %) WinRunner 5 1 (0.293 %) TestDirector
General 1 38 (11.14 %) Electronics 2 17 (4.985 %) Manufacturing 3 15 (4.399 %) Telecoms 3 15 (4.399 %) Pharmaceutical 4 14 (4.106 %) Pensions 5 13 (3.812 %) Automotive 5 13 (3.812 %) Health 6 10 (2.933 %) Electric 7 8 (2.346 %) Education 7 8 (2.346 %) Finance 7 8 (2.346 %) 3D Graphics 8 5 (1.466 %) Games 8 5 (1.466 %) Government 9 3 (0.880 %) Banking 9 3 (0.880 %) Insurance 10 2 (0.587 %) Auditing 10 2 (0.587 %) Retail 10 2 (0.587 %) Law 11 1 (0.293 %) Military 11 1 (0.293 %) Advertising	Miscellaneous 1 27 (7.918 %) Computer Science 2 21 (6.158 %) Physics 3 18 (5.279 %) Client/Server 4 10 (2.933 %) Mathematics 5 9 (2.639 %) N-Tier 5 9 (2.639 %) SCADA 6 6 (1.760 %) Device Driver 6 6 (1.760 %) Multithreading 7 5 (1.466 %) Statistics 8 2 (0.587 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 8 2 (0.587 %) MPEG 8 2 (0.587 %) Chemistry 8 2 (0.587 %) Biology 9 1 (0.293 %) Applied Mathematics 9 1 (0.293 %) Robotics 9 1 (0.293 %) Smartphone 9 1 (0.293 %) Pocket PC 9 1 (0.293 %) CCTV 9 1 (0.293 %) VHDL 9 1 (0.293 %) Verilog
Operating Systems 1 72 (21.11 %) Linux 2 54 (15.84 %) Windows 3 32 (9.384 %) UNIX 4 10 (2.933 %) VxWorks 5 6 (1.760 %) Windows Mobile 6 5 (1.466 %) Embedded Linux 6 5 (1.466 %) Windows CE 7 3 (0.880 %) Mac OS X 7 3 (0.880 %) CentOS 8 1 (0.293 %) Symbian OS 8 1 (0.293 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 43 (12.61 %) Software Engineering 2 40 (11.73 %) OO 3 24 (7.038 %) UML 4 21 (6.158 %) SOA 5 20 (5.865 %) Unit Testing 6 18 (5.279 %) Project Management 7 16 (4.692 %) Integration Testing 7 16 (4.692 %) Software Testing 8 14 (4.106 %) Test Scripting 9 10 (2.933 %) Web Development 10 8 (2.346 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 8 (2.346 %) E-Commerce 11 7 (2.053 %) RUP 11 7 (2.053 %) Validation 12 5 (1.466 %) OOD 12 5 (1.466 %) Computer Security 12 5 (1.466 %) Security Cleared 12 5 (1.466 %) Monte Carlo Method 13 3 (0.880 %) System Testing 13 3 (0.880 %) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages 1 153 (44.87 %) C++ 2 122 (35.78 %) C# 3 101 (29.62 %) C 4 78 (22.87 %) Java 5 42 (12.32 %) SQL 6 29 (8.504 %) Python 7 28 (8.211 %) Perl 8 25 (7.331 %) VB 9 22 (6.452 %) JavaScript 10 19 (5.572 %) Embedded C 11 17 (4.985 %) VC++ 11 17 (4.985 %) VB6 12 14 (4.106 %) Assembly Language 13 11 (3.226 %) Embedded C++ 14 8 (2.346 %) VBScript 15 7 (2.053 %) VB.NET 16 6 (1.760 %) Fortran 17 5 (1.466 %) Objective-C 18 3 (0.880 %) Jython 18 3 (0.880 %) AppleScript	Qualifications 1 73 (21.41 %) Degree 2 14 (4.106 %) Microsoft Certification 3 13 (3.812 %) PhD 4 10 (2.933 %) HNC 4 10 (2.933 %) HND 5 9 (2.639 %) MCSD 6 7 (2.053 %) MCAD 6 7 (2.053 %) MCPD 7 6 (1.760 %) ISEB 7 6 (1.760 %) MCTS 8 1 (0.293 %) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (5.279 %) QA 2 7 (2.053 %) 21 CFR Part 11	Vendors 1 44 (12.90 %) Microsoft 2 10 (2.933 %) Oracle 3 7 (2.053 %) Intel 4 6 (1.760 %) CA 5 3 (0.880 %) Apple 5 3 (0.880 %) OPNET 6 2 (0.587 %) Symbian