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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 40 36 37
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 6 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.954% 1.442% 2.381%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.091% 1.500% 2.427%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 5
Average salary £36,000 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £27,600 £32,900
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £39,600 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
287 200 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 93.49% 96.15% 98.10%
Number of salaries quoted 261 188 200
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,650
10% offered a salary of more than £57,750 £47,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Hampshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Portsmouth Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 15 (62.50%) C#
2 13 (54.17%) Linux
3 12 (50.00%) C
3 12 (50.00%) C++
4 11 (45.83%) JavaScript
5 10 (41.67%) .NET
5 10 (41.67%) UNIX
6 8 (33.33%) Windows
6 8 (33.33%) OO
6 8 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET
7 7 (29.17%) HTML
8 6 (25.00%) Manufacturing
8 6 (25.00%) Device Driver
8 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
8 6 (25.00%) Software Testing
8 6 (25.00%) Degree
8 6 (25.00%) Integration Testing
9 5 (20.83%) Ajax
9 5 (20.83%) Data Analysis
9 5 (20.83%) Scrum
9 5 (20.83%) WinForms
9 5 (20.83%) Python
9 5 (20.83%) XML
9 5 (20.83%) Java
9 5 (20.83%) T-SQL
10 4 (16.67%) CSS
10 4 (16.67%) Electronics
10 4 (16.67%) Web Development
10 4 (16.67%) Computer Science

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 10 (41.67%) .NET
2 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET
2 7 (29.17%) HTML
3 5 (20.83%) XML
3 5 (20.83%) WinForms
3 5 (20.83%) Ajax
4 4 (16.67%) CSS
4 4 (16.67%) GWT
4 4 (16.67%) HTML5
5 2 (8.333%) .NET Framework
5 2 (8.333%) WCF
5 2 (8.333%) WPF
5 2 (8.333%) LINQ
5 2 (8.333%) STL
5 2 (8.333%) MFC
6 1 (4.167%) NHibernate
6 1 (4.167%) OpenCV
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) MySQL
3 2 (8.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
1 1 (4.167%) Bugzilla
1 1 (4.167%) JIRA
1 1 (4.167%) ReSharper
1 1 (4.167%) Selenium
1 1 (4.167%) WebDriver
1 1 (4.167%) Cucumber
General
1 6 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (16.67%) Electronics
3 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Device Driver
2 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (8.333%) Mathematics
3 2 (8.333%) Physics
3 2 (8.333%) Kindle
4 1 (4.167%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Linux
2 10 (41.67%) UNIX
3 8 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) OO
2 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 6 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 5 (20.83%) Data Analysis
3 5 (20.83%) Scrum
4 4 (16.67%) Web Development
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (8.333%) UML
6 2 (8.333%) Waterfall
6 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.167%) BDD
7 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
7 1 (4.167%) MVC
7 1 (4.167%) TDD
7 1 (4.167%) Pair Programming
7 1 (4.167%) Image Processing
7 1 (4.167%) Test Management
7 1 (4.167%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) C#
2 12 (50.00%) C++
2 12 (50.00%) C
3 11 (45.83%) JavaScript
4 5 (20.83%) T-SQL
4 5 (20.83%) Java
4 5 (20.83%) Python
5 2 (8.333%) VB6
5 2 (8.333%) VB
6 1 (4.167%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.167%) Perl
6 1 (4.167%) PHP
6 1 (4.167%) Delphi
6 1 (4.167%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) ISO 9001
2 1 (4.167%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle
Portsmouth, South East
Experience in object oriented design and development using industry recognised tools and techniques... Solid technical background covering a range of modern technology areas with C++ and MFC,GUI...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Experience in object oriented design and development using industry recognised tools and techniques... Solid technical background covering a range of modern technology areas with C++ and MFC,GUI...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 12 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Experience in object oriented design and development using industry recognised tools and techniques... Solid technical background covering a range of modern technology areas with C++ and MFC,GUI...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading digital media organisation, near Portsmouth, as a Senior Software Engineer.You will be responsible for your own projects to...
set2recruit
Salary: Up to £48,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
You'll be developing and re-designing driver software in an embedded Linux environment so skills in this area are essential... To be considered for the role of...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Real Staffing
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013