The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Slough region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 53 44 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 13 28 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 1.890% 4.230% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.368% 6.181% -
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 0
Average salary £27,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
549 453 380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 79.80% 68.43% 79.00%
Number of salaries quoted 458 338 308
Average salary £50,000 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Berkshire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Slough Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Slough Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Slough region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Slough Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering.

1 19 (63.33%) C
2 17 (56.67%) Computer Science
3 12 (40.00%) Degree
4 11 (36.67%) Internet
5 10 (33.33%) Cisco
5 10 (33.33%) UNIX
5 10 (33.33%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 10 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 10 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (30.00%) Linux
6 9 (30.00%) C#
6 9 (30.00%) SQL
6 9 (30.00%) SQL Server
6 9 (30.00%) .NET
7 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
7 7 (23.33%) Device Driver
7 7 (23.33%) Visual Studio
7 7 (23.33%) C++
7 7 (23.33%) Windows
7 7 (23.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (23.33%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (20.00%) T-SQL
8 6 (20.00%) Java
8 6 (20.00%) WinForms
8 6 (20.00%) SQLPlus
9 5 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (13.33%) XML
11 3 (10.00%) Oracle
11 3 (10.00%) Solaris

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (30.00%) .NET
2 6 (20.00%) WinForms
3 4 (13.33%) XML
4 2 (6.667%) JSON
4 2 (6.667%) REST
4 2 (6.667%) Middleware
4 2 (6.667%) XHTML
4 2 (6.667%) POSIX
4 2 (6.667%) XSLT
4 2 (6.667%) J2EE
4 2 (6.667%) JSP
4 2 (6.667%) Servlets
4 2 (6.667%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Internet
2 3 (10.00%) IPv6
3 2 (6.667%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (23.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (20.00%) SQLPlus
4 2 (6.667%) Data Mining
5 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Visual Studio
1 7 (23.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (6.667%) Subversion
General
1 3 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
2 1 (3.333%) Games
2 1 (3.333%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Developer
2 8 (26.67%) Software Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Graduate
4 3 (10.00%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Junior
4 3 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Head of Development
5 2 (6.667%) Embedded C Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) C Software Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Junior Software Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Junior Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.333%) Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.333%) Senior Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) Computer Science
2 10 (33.33%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 10 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 10 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (23.33%) Device Driver
4 4 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (6.667%) Open Source
5 2 (6.667%) STB
5 2 (6.667%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) UNIX
2 9 (30.00%) Linux
3 7 (23.33%) Windows
4 3 (10.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (10.00%) OO
2 3 (10.00%) Change Management
2 3 (10.00%) Software Architecture
2 3 (10.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (6.667%) Multithreading
3 2 (6.667%) Scrum
3 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (6.667%) TDD
3 2 (6.667%) DSDM
3 2 (6.667%) RUP
3 2 (6.667%) SOA
4 1 (3.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.333%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (3.333%) E-business
4 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
4 1 (3.333%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.333%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (63.33%) C
2 9 (30.00%) C#
2 9 (30.00%) SQL
3 7 (23.33%) C++
4 6 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 6 (20.00%) Java
5 2 (6.667%) Embedded C
5 2 (6.667%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Cisco
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) Oracle
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