The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Software Engineer
Rank 420 434 421
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 14 14 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.063% 0.059% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.061% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 14
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+15.78% -
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20945 22788 22522
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.95% 95.35% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 17397 19520 19460
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Lead Software Engineer
England

Lead Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Lead Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South East Lead Software Engineer Salary Trend

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Software Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Lead Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Lead Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
East Sussex - 6 £50,000 -
Berkshire +23 5 £70,000 +16.66%
West Sussex -8 3 £42,500 +3.03%
Lead Software Engineer
England

Lead Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (54.55%) C#
2 11 (50.00%) Scrum
3 10 (45.45%) SQL
3 10 (45.45%) .NET
3 10 (45.45%) Web Services
4 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
4 9 (40.91%) Java
4 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
4 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
4 9 (40.91%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (36.36%) Silverlight
5 8 (36.36%) LINQ
5 8 (36.36%) jQuery
5 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (36.36%) MVC
5 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
6 7 (31.82%) SOAP
6 7 (31.82%) Python
7 6 (27.27%) XHTML
7 6 (27.27%) CSS
7 6 (27.27%) ASP.NET
7 6 (27.27%) VBScript
7 6 (27.27%) HTML
7 6 (27.27%) Software Engineering
7 6 (27.27%) QA
7 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
8 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (22.73%) REST
8 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (22.73%) Spring

Lead Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (45.45%) .NET
1 10 (45.45%) Web Services
2 8 (36.36%) Silverlight
2 8 (36.36%) LINQ
2 8 (36.36%) jQuery
3 7 (31.82%) SOAP
4 6 (27.27%) XHTML
4 6 (27.27%) CSS
4 6 (27.27%) ASP.NET
4 6 (27.27%) HTML
5 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (22.73%) REST
5 5 (22.73%) Spring
6 3 (13.64%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (9.091%) J2EE
7 2 (9.091%) Hibernate
7 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
8 1 (4.545%) WCF
8 1 (4.545%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (4.545%) .NET Remoting
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (4.545%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) ATM
1 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (9.091%) DB2
4 1 (4.545%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) QADirector
1 3 (13.64%) Selenium
1 3 (13.64%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (13.64%) WebDriver
1 3 (13.64%) JMeter
1 3 (13.64%) JUnit
2 1 (4.545%) StarTeam
2 1 (4.545%) ClearCase
2 1 (4.545%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (4.545%) Electronics
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
1 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
3 2 (9.091%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) UNIX
2 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Scrum
2 8 (36.36%) MVC
3 6 (27.27%) Software Engineering
3 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (22.73%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) OO
5 4 (18.18%) OOP
5 4 (18.18%) Automated Testing
6 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Unit Testing
6 3 (13.64%) User Stories
6 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.091%) UML
7 2 (9.091%) RUP
7 2 (9.091%) Software Architecture
7 2 (9.091%) Waterfall
7 2 (9.091%) Kanban
7 2 (9.091%) V-Model
8 1 (4.545%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) C#
2 10 (45.45%) SQL
3 9 (40.91%) Java
3 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
4 7 (31.82%) Python
5 6 (27.27%) VBScript
6 5 (22.73%) XAML
6 5 (22.73%) VB.NET
6 5 (22.73%) VBA
7 4 (18.18%) C
7 4 (18.18%) C++
7 4 (18.18%) Perl
7 4 (18.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) ISTQB
2 3 (13.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) IBM
2 2 (9.091%) Twitter
3 1 (4.545%) Borland