The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 80 82 71
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 52 54 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.469% 2.390% 2.363%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.603% 2.512% 2.527%
Number of salaries quoted 49 54 39
Average salary £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2150 1741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.87% 95.17% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1633 1856 1398
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Berkshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Reading Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 47 (54.65%) C++
2 39 (45.35%) Degree
3 31 (36.05%) C#
3 31 (36.05%) .NET
4 26 (30.23%) Java
5 25 (29.07%) Computer Science
6 21 (24.42%) SQL Server
6 21 (24.42%) Windows
7 17 (19.77%) JavaScript
7 17 (19.77%) UNIX
8 16 (18.60%) Python
8 16 (18.60%) Scrum
9 15 (17.44%) Linux
10 14 (16.28%) SQL
10 14 (16.28%) MySQL
11 13 (15.12%) ASP.NET
11 13 (15.12%) OO
11 13 (15.12%) Multithreading
12 12 (13.95%) TDD
12 12 (13.95%) XML
13 11 (12.79%) Telecoms
13 11 (12.79%) Finance
13 11 (12.79%) Software Engineering
13 11 (12.79%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (11.63%) WPF
14 10 (11.63%) MVC
15 9 (10.47%) Firmware
15 9 (10.47%) Electronics
15 9 (10.47%) Web Services
15 9 (10.47%) Visual Studio

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 31 (36.05%) .NET
2 13 (15.12%) ASP.NET
3 12 (13.95%) XML
4 10 (11.63%) WPF
5 9 (10.47%) Web Services
5 9 (10.47%) jQuery
5 9 (10.47%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 9 (10.47%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (10.47%) Node.js
6 8 (9.302%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 8 (9.302%) WCF
7 7 (8.140%) STL
8 6 (6.977%) Spring
9 5 (5.814%) Java EE
9 5 (5.814%) .NET Framework
10 4 (4.651%) HTML
10 4 (4.651%) COM
10 4 (4.651%) LINQ
11 3 (3.488%) Razor View Engine
11 3 (3.488%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.488%) Tomcat
1 3 (3.488%) Magento
1 3 (3.488%) CM System
2 2 (2.326%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (1.163%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (1.163%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.814%) MS Office
2 4 (4.651%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.326%) Revit
4 1 (1.163%) SketchUp
4 1 (1.163%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.977%) GSM
1 6 (6.977%) LTE
2 5 (5.814%) 3G
3 4 (4.651%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.651%) DNS
3 4 (4.651%) Broadband
4 3 (3.488%) DVB
4 3 (3.488%) 3GPP
4 3 (3.488%) UMTS
4 3 (3.488%) WCDMA
5 2 (2.326%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.163%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (24.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (16.28%) MySQL
3 9 (10.47%) Big Data
4 4 (4.651%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (3.488%) DB2
6 2 (2.326%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.163%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.163%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.163%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (10.47%) Visual Studio
1 9 (10.47%) ClearCase
2 8 (9.302%) Selenium
3 7 (8.140%) Git (software)
3 7 (8.140%) Rhino Mocks
4 6 (6.977%) Subversion
5 5 (5.814%) ReSharper
5 5 (5.814%) SpecFlow
6 4 (4.651%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (4.651%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
6 4 (4.651%) MSI
6 4 (4.651%) InstallShield
7 3 (3.488%) NUnit
7 3 (3.488%) PVCS
7 3 (3.488%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.163%) ClearQuest
8 1 (1.163%) Maven
General
1 11 (12.79%) Telecoms
1 11 (12.79%) Finance
2 9 (10.47%) Electronics
3 2 (2.326%) Banking
4 1 (1.163%) Billing
4 1 (1.163%) Music
4 1 (1.163%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.163%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 25 (29.07%) Computer Science
2 11 (12.79%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (10.47%) Firmware
4 7 (8.140%) Device Driver
5 6 (6.977%) Social Media
6 4 (4.651%) Digital Media
6 4 (4.651%) Mobile App
7 3 (3.488%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (3.488%) STB
7 3 (3.488%) DTV
8 2 (2.326%) DataPower
8 2 (2.326%) SaaS
9 1 (1.163%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.163%) Mathematics
9 1 (1.163%) Semantic Web
9 1 (1.163%) Visualisation
9 1 (1.163%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.42%) Windows
2 17 (19.77%) UNIX
3 15 (17.44%) Linux
4 7 (8.140%) VxWorks
5 5 (5.814%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.326%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.163%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.163%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (18.60%) Scrum
2 13 (15.12%) OO
2 13 (15.12%) Multithreading
3 12 (13.95%) TDD
4 11 (12.79%) Software Engineering
5 10 (11.63%) MVC
6 8 (9.302%) UML
6 8 (9.302%) RDF
6 8 (9.302%) CAD
6 8 (9.302%) Kanban
6 8 (9.302%) BDD
7 7 (8.140%) Unit Testing
7 7 (8.140%) Data Modelling
8 6 (6.977%) Configuration Management
8 6 (6.977%) Metaprogramming
9 4 (4.651%) V-Model
9 4 (4.651%) MVVM
9 4 (4.651%) Waterfall
9 4 (4.651%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (4.651%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (54.65%) C++
2 31 (36.05%) C#
3 26 (30.23%) Java
4 17 (19.77%) JavaScript
5 16 (18.60%) Python
6 14 (16.28%) SQL
7 9 (10.47%) PHP
8 8 (9.302%) C
8 8 (9.302%) Ruby
9 5 (5.814%) Scala
9 5 (5.814%) VC++
10 4 (4.651%) XAML
11 3 (3.488%) Ada
11 3 (3.488%) Embedded C
12 2 (2.326%) VB.NET
13 1 (1.163%) DataFlex
13 1 (1.163%) Assembly Language
13 1 (1.163%) MATLAB
13 1 (1.163%) T-SQL
13 1 (1.163%) Perl
Qualifications
1 39 (45.35%) Degree
2 2 (2.326%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.326%) MCSD
3 1 (1.163%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.977%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (8.140%) Microsoft
1 7 (8.140%) Intel
1 7 (8.140%) QNX
2 4 (4.651%) DevExpress
3 3 (3.488%) hybris
3 3 (3.488%) ATG
3 3 (3.488%) IBM
4 2 (2.326%) Progress
4 2 (2.326%) Oracle
4 2 (2.326%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.163%) Zend
5 1 (1.163%) Twitter
5 1 (1.163%) Sybase
5 1 (1.163%) Interwoven
5 1 (1.163%) ILOG
5 1 (1.163%) Lotus
Reading, Berkshire
Software Engineer C# / ASP.NET... The Software engineer needs to have :- A proven experience of working with C# ASP.NET development experience... Some experience of C++ would be...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £37,000 - £45,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The ideal candidate will have the following: *Experience in developing software using C# and C++ *Knowledge of ASP.Net *Experience WCF/Web Services *Knowledge of technologies such as...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Location: Reading, Berkshire An Embedded Software Engineer with Linux experience is required to work in an innovative media organisation based in the Reading vicinity. As the Embedded software...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Attractive Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software Engineer - C++ / Java / Touch Screen / Audio / Video / UI - Reading... If you have any knowledge of C# programming in addition to your C++ / Java knowledge then your application...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software Developer / Engineer Skills Required to be successful - Solid commercial experience of C#.Net - Solid experience of SQL Server Desirable skills - TDD experience - Experience of using Rhino Mocks -...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The successful C# / ASP.Net software engineer will have a strong record of academic achievement (good degree in Software engineering, Computer Science or related) and 2+ years commercial...
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: GBP Negotiable on experience +benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Job Title:- Senior Software Engineer - C# (WPF) Windows applications - Reading, Berkshire... Technical Knowledge for the C# (WPF) Software Engineer role. Candidates must have experience in the following: Current...
Bentley Whitaker
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + 10% bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Job Title:- Senior Software Engineer - C# (WPF) Windows applications - Reading... Person Specification for the C# (WPF) Software Engineer role... Technical Knowledge for the C# (WPF) Software Engineer role...
Bentley Whitaker
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + 10% bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
RG - Embedded Software Engineer - Embedded C, ARM, PIC, Optics- £40,000p.a Location: Berkshire - RG IMPORTANT: Applicants must be no further than a 15 mile radius of RG...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013