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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 37 31 22
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 9 11 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 3.297% 5.189% 6.977%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.435% 5.238% 7.186%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 8
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% -9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £34,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
262 210 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 95.97% 99.06% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 207 146 127
Average salary £35,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.23% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
West Midlands

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Solihull Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) OO
2 5 (50.00%) Web Services
2 5 (50.00%) XML
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 3 (30.00%) OOP
3 3 (30.00%) CAD
3 3 (30.00%) VC++
3 3 (30.00%) Apache
3 3 (30.00%) XHTML
3 3 (30.00%) CRM
3 3 (30.00%) Perl
3 3 (30.00%) PHP
3 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
3 3 (30.00%) MySQL
3 3 (30.00%) Scrum
3 3 (30.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (30.00%) CSS
3 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (30.00%) Zend
3 3 (30.00%) Zend Framework
3 3 (30.00%) jQuery
3 3 (30.00%) Subversion
4 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 7 (70.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) Web Services
2 5 (50.00%) XML
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) CSS
3 3 (30.00%) Zend Framework
3 3 (30.00%) jQuery
3 3 (30.00%) XHTML
4 2 (20.00%) MFC
4 2 (20.00%) ASP
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (10.00%) WinForms
5 1 (10.00%) WCF
5 1 (10.00%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Subversion
2 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 2 (20.00%) TestComplete
2 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (10.00%) Automotive
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (20.00%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) OO
2 3 (30.00%) CRM
2 3 (30.00%) CAD
2 3 (30.00%) Scrum
2 3 (30.00%) OOP
3 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (20.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) Perl
3 3 (30.00%) PHP
3 3 (30.00%) VC++
4 2 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 2 (20.00%) Java
4 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ISEB
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Zend
3 2 (20.00%) Borland