The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Poole 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 17 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 Poole region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 10 12 17
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 8 15 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 9.412% 15.79% 3.529%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.756% 15.96% 3.571%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 3
Average salary £28,500 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.00% +36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Poole
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
82 94 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 96.47% 98.95% 98.82%
Number of salaries quoted 66 93 76
Average salary £27,500 £29,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.17% -7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Dorset

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Poole 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 Poole region.

Poole Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Poole region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Poole Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Poole 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 17 (80.95%) C++
2 14 (66.67%) Java
2 14 (66.67%) Windows
2 14 (66.67%) Linux
3 11 (52.38%) OOP
4 9 (42.86%) Data Management
5 8 (38.10%) C
6 4 (19.05%) SQL
6 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
6 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
7 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Electronics
7 3 (14.29%) Validation
8 2 (9.524%) CSS
8 2 (9.524%) DirectX
8 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
8 2 (9.524%) PHP
8 2 (9.524%) C#
8 2 (9.524%) HTML
8 2 (9.524%) jQuery
8 2 (9.524%) Software Engineering
8 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
8 2 (9.524%) Visual Studio
8 2 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (4.762%) Software Architecture
9 1 (4.762%) Marketing
9 1 (4.762%) Web Development
9 1 (4.762%) Degree
9 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Poole 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 2 (9.524%) HTML
1 2 (9.524%) CSS
1 2 (9.524%) DirectX
1 2 (9.524%) jQuery
2 1 (4.762%) VXML
2 1 (4.762%) Ajax
2 1 (4.762%) Web Services
2 1 (4.762%) XML
2 1 (4.762%) .NET
2 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Electronics
3 1 (4.762%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 14 (66.67%) Windows
1 14 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) OOP
2 9 (42.86%) Data Management
3 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
3 3 (14.29%) Validation
4 2 (9.524%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Web Development
5 1 (4.762%) CRM
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) MVC
5 1 (4.762%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (80.95%) C++
2 14 (66.67%) Java
3 8 (38.10%) C
4 4 (19.05%) SQL
5 2 (9.524%) C#
5 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
5 2 (9.524%) PHP
6 1 (4.762%) VB
6 1 (4.762%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.762%) HNC
3 1 (4.762%) HND
3 1 (4.762%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.762%) Atmel
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