The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Salford 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 21 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 Salford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank - 14 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford - 3.846% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 4.255% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £41,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40 47 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 97.56% 90.38% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 47 46
Average salary £32,500 £36,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.72% +30.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,250 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £42,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Manchester

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 18 (100.00%) Java
1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 18 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 18 (100.00%) BBC
2 16 (88.89%) Games
2 16 (88.89%) Ruby
3 14 (77.78%) PHP
3 14 (77.78%) SQL
3 14 (77.78%) Linux
3 14 (77.78%) Web Services
4 12 (66.67%) Apache
4 12 (66.67%) UML
4 12 (66.67%) Scrum
4 12 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (66.67%) LAMP
4 12 (66.67%) MySQL
4 12 (66.67%) SOA
4 12 (66.67%) Ontologies
4 12 (66.67%) Semantic Web
4 12 (66.67%) Game Development
4 12 (66.67%) REST
5 8 (44.44%) Social Network
5 8 (44.44%) Analytics
5 8 (44.44%) SEO
6 6 (33.33%) C++
6 6 (33.33%) Interactive TV
7 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
7 4 (22.22%) MHEG
7 4 (22.22%) C#
7 4 (22.22%) OOP

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 14 (77.78%) Web Services
2 12 (66.67%) LAMP
2 12 (66.67%) REST
3 2 (11.11%) Spring
3 2 (11.11%) .NET
3 2 (11.11%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 12 (66.67%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (66.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Maven
General
1 16 (88.89%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 18 (100.00%) BBC
2 12 (66.67%) Ontologies
2 12 (66.67%) Semantic Web
3 8 (44.44%) Social Network
4 6 (33.33%) Interactive TV
5 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
5 4 (22.22%) MHEG
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) UML
1 12 (66.67%) Scrum
1 12 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 12 (66.67%) SOA
1 12 (66.67%) Game Development
2 8 (44.44%) Analytics
2 8 (44.44%) SEO
3 4 (22.22%) OOP
3 4 (22.22%) CRM
4 2 (11.11%) Benchmarking
4 2 (11.11%) Content Management
4 2 (11.11%) OO
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) Java
1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 18 (100.00%) ActionScript
2 16 (88.89%) Ruby
3 14 (77.78%) PHP
3 14 (77.78%) SQL
4 6 (33.33%) C++
5 4 (22.22%) C#
6 2 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree