The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 124 130 113
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 10 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.443% 0.174% 0.415%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.466% 0.185% 0.439%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 7
Average salary £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £54,700
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-2.32% +1.17%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2145 2164 1823
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 95.00% 94.09% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1745 1827 1499
Average salary £40,000 £43,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% +4.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Senior Software Engineer
Berkshire

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Reading Senior Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Reading Senior Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

1 17 (94.44%) C++
2 9 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 8 (44.44%) Multithreading
4 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
5 6 (33.33%) Java
5 6 (33.33%) MySQL
5 6 (33.33%) STL
5 6 (33.33%) UNIX
5 6 (33.33%) QA
5 6 (33.33%) Finance
5 6 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 6 (33.33%) Big Data
6 5 (27.78%) ZeroMQ
6 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
6 5 (27.78%) Ruby
6 5 (27.78%) Python
6 5 (27.78%) PHP
7 4 (22.22%) C#
7 4 (22.22%) Mac OS X
7 4 (22.22%) .NET
7 4 (22.22%) Linux
7 4 (22.22%) Node.js
7 4 (22.22%) Automation Testing
7 4 (22.22%) Scala
8 3 (16.67%) Metaprogramming
8 3 (16.67%) jQuery
8 3 (16.67%) CSS
8 3 (16.67%) Windows
8 3 (16.67%) 3GPP

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (33.33%) STL
1 6 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 5 (27.78%) ZeroMQ
3 4 (22.22%) .NET
3 4 (22.22%) Node.js
4 3 (16.67%) jQuery
4 3 (16.67%) CSS
4 3 (16.67%) HTML
5 2 (11.11%) Spring
5 2 (11.11%) Ajax
5 2 (11.11%) Java EE
5 2 (11.11%) WPF
5 2 (11.11%) J2EE
6 1 (5.556%) RESTful
6 1 (5.556%) Web Services
6 1 (5.556%) XML
6 1 (5.556%) XSLT
6 1 (5.556%) Symfony
6 1 (5.556%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (5.556%) CakePHP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) 3GPP
1 3 (16.67%) UMTS
1 3 (16.67%) WCDMA
1 3 (16.67%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) MySQL
1 6 (33.33%) Big Data
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) ClearCase
2 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (11.11%) Firmware
2 2 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) UNIX
2 4 (22.22%) Mac OS X
2 4 (22.22%) Linux
3 3 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Multithreading
2 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Automation Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Metaprogramming
4 3 (16.67%) OOD
4 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) TDD
5 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 2 (11.11%) UML
5 2 (11.11%) Web Application Development
6 1 (5.556%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
6 1 (5.556%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) C++
2 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
3 6 (33.33%) Java
4 5 (27.78%) Ruby
4 5 (27.78%) Python
4 5 (27.78%) PHP
5 4 (22.22%) C#
5 4 (22.22%) Scala
6 2 (11.11%) SQL
6 2 (11.11%) VB.NET
7 1 (5.556%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
1 2 (11.11%) Progress
1 2 (11.11%) JBoss
2 1 (5.556%) Zend
Reading, Berkshire
The successful Senior C# / ASP.Net software engineer will have a strong record of academic achievement (good degree in Software engineering, Computer Science or related) and 5+ years...
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum GBP 55k +Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As the Senior Software Engineer you will need to demonstrate strong experience within MySQL, unix and multi-threading... 3+ years' experience with C++ including STL and Boost. Experience...
bridgenoble
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013