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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Engineer role in IT jobs within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Development Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank459466
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads1344
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.039 %0.099 %
Salaries quoted1136
Average minimum salary£30,455£31,528
Average salary£36,364£36,681
% change on same period last year-0.86 %
Average maximum salary£42,273£41,833
UK excluding London average salary£35,559£36,200
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads3329944550
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.43 %18.68 %
Salaries quoted2727436851
Average minimum salary£36,341£37,608
Average salary£39,635£40,790
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,929£43,972
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Software Development Engineer EnglandSoftware Development Engineer
England

Software Development Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Software Development Engineer Demand Trend

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South East Software Development Engineer Salary Trend

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South East Software Development Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Development Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+427£37,143+0.84 %
HampshireUp+93£30,000-2.75 %
BuckinghamshireUp+162£43,750-7.28 %
West SussexNew entry-1£22,500-
Software Development Engineer EnglandSoftware Development Engineer
England

Software Development Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Software Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

126 (61.90 %)C++
221 (50.00 %)C
317 (40.48 %)C#
415 (35.71 %)Linux
513 (30.95 %)Degree
610 (23.81 %)OO
79 (21.43 %).NET
79 (21.43 %)Oracle
79 (21.43 %)OOD
88 (19.05 %)Perl
88 (19.05 %)VC++
97 (16.67 %)UNIX
97 (16.67 %)SQL Server
97 (16.67 %)VB
97 (16.67 %)Embedded C
106 (14.29 %)SQL
106 (14.29 %)Java
115 (11.90 %)MFC
115 (11.90 %)ADO
115 (11.90 %)3G
115 (11.90 %)Python
115 (11.90 %)ISO9001
115 (11.90 %)WCF
115 (11.90 %)WPF
115 (11.90 %)WF
115 (11.90 %)LINQ
124 (9.524 %)Computer Science
124 (9.524 %)XAML
133 (7.143 %)RTSP
133 (7.143 %)Software Engineering

Software Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Software Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (21.43 %).NET
25 (11.90 %)MFC
25 (11.90 %)ADO
25 (11.90 %)WCF
25 (11.90 %)WPF
25 (11.90 %)WF
25 (11.90 %)LINQ
33 (7.143 %)CSS
33 (7.143 %)HTML
33 (7.143 %)XML
42 (4.762 %)ATL
42 (4.762 %)COM
42 (4.762 %)Middleware
51 (2.381 %)STL
51 (2.381 %)ODBC
51 (2.381 %)ActiveX
51 (2.381 %)OpenGL
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (7.143 %)Apache
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.762 %)MS Visio
21 (2.381 %)MS Excel
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (11.90 %)3G
23 (7.143 %)RTP
23 (7.143 %)SS7
23 (7.143 %)LDAP
23 (7.143 %)GPRS
23 (7.143 %)GSM
23 (7.143 %)VoIP
23 (7.143 %)SMTP
23 (7.143 %)2G
23 (7.143 %)RTSP
32 (4.762 %)SNMP
32 (4.762 %)Wireless
41 (2.381 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (16.67 %)SQL Server
22 (4.762 %)RDBMS
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.762 %)ClearCase
12 (4.762 %)Visual Studio
21 (2.381 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (2.381 %)ProC
21 (2.381 %)LabVIEW
21 (2.381 %)NUnit
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (7.143 %)Electronics
22 (4.762 %)Telecoms
22 (4.762 %)Advertising
31 (2.381 %)Military
31 (2.381 %)Retail
31 (2.381 %)Pensions
31 (2.381 %)Music
31 (2.381 %)Finance
31 (2.381 %)Education
31 (2.381 %)Electric
31 (2.381 %)Health
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (9.524 %)Computer Science
23 (7.143 %)MPEG
23 (7.143 %)IPTV
23 (7.143 %)Statistics
32 (4.762 %)Physics
32 (4.762 %)Handset
32 (4.762 %)Streaming Video
41 (2.381 %)Clustering
41 (2.381 %)Speech Recognition
41 (2.381 %)DTV
41 (2.381 %)Device Driver
41 (2.381 %)Client/Server
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (35.71 %)Linux
27 (16.67 %)UNIX
31 (2.381 %)Windows
31 (2.381 %)Nucleus RTOS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (23.81 %)OO
29 (21.43 %)OOD
33 (7.143 %)Software Engineering
33 (7.143 %)Requirements Analysis
33 (7.143 %)Web Development
33 (7.143 %)UML
33 (7.143 %)Time Management
42 (4.762 %)Configuration Management
51 (2.381 %)DRM
51 (2.381 %)Yourdon
51 (2.381 %)Agile Software Development
51 (2.381 %)Network Design
51 (2.381 %)Software Testing
51 (2.381 %)SOA
51 (2.381 %)Integration Testing
51 (2.381 %)System Testing
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (61.90 %)C++
221 (50.00 %)C
317 (40.48 %)C#
48 (19.05 %)Perl
48 (19.05 %)VC++
57 (16.67 %)Embedded C
57 (16.67 %)VB
66 (14.29 %)SQL
66 (14.29 %)Java
75 (11.90 %)Python
84 (9.524 %)XAML
93 (7.143 %)JavaScript
93 (7.143 %)PHP
93 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
102 (4.762 %)Assembly Language
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (30.95 %)Degree
22 (4.762 %)HND
31 (2.381 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (2.381 %)MCAD
31 (2.381 %)MCSD
31 (2.381 %)HNC
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (11.90 %)ISO9001
21 (2.381 %)JTAG
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (21.43 %)Oracle
23 (7.143 %)Microsoft
32 (4.762 %)Intel
32 (4.762 %)Ericsson