Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South East region.

 Software Engineering
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank167125175
Rank change year-on-year
Down-42Up+50
Matching permanent IT job ads170264426
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East1.094 %1.485 %1.001 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.713 %2.600 %1.914 %
Salaries quoted146232351
Average salary£37,500£42,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76 %+13.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£23,550
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£47,900£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
99221015422256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East63.86 %57.12 %52.32 %
Salaries quoted8157843218219
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£64,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

South East Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

South East Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HampshireDown-2759£36,500-14.11 %
SurreyDown-2242£40,000-11.11 %
BerkshireDown-2731£43,500-8.42 %
OxfordshireDown-1510£33,500+21.81 %
BuckinghamshireDown-17£25,000-16.66 %
East SussexUp+14£40,000+14.28 %
Home CountiesNew entry-4£50,000-
KentUp+33£42,500+6.25 %
West SussexDown-13£26,500-24.28 %
M4 CorridorNew entry-1£60,000-
Software Engineering EnglandSoftware Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1213 (55.32 %)Degree
2163 (42.34 %)C++
3143 (37.14 %)Computer Science
4136 (35.32 %).NET
5130 (33.77 %)Java
6107 (27.79 %)OO
7106 (27.53 %)C#
8103 (26.75 %)C
983 (21.56 %)UML
1079 (20.52 %)Windows
1170 (18.18 %)SQL
1269 (17.92 %)SQL Server
1358 (15.06 %)Finance
1457 (14.81 %)ASP.NET
1555 (14.29 %)Linux
1652 (13.51 %)XML
1750 (12.99 %)Microsoft
1848 (12.47 %)CRM
1946 (11.95 %)J2EE
2045 (11.69 %)QA
2143 (11.17 %)Mathematics
2143 (11.17 %)Security Cleared
2242 (10.91 %)Scrum
2340 (10.39 %)HTML
2340 (10.39 %)Agile Software Development
2439 (10.13 %)Retail
2538 (9.870 %)MFC
2538 (9.870 %)UNIX
2635 (9.091 %)JavaScript
2635 (9.091 %)Oracle

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1136 (35.32 %).NET
257 (14.81 %)ASP.NET
352 (13.51 %)XML
446 (11.95 %)J2EE
540 (10.39 %)HTML
638 (9.870 %)MFC
729 (7.532 %)Web Services
828 (7.273 %)STL
923 (5.974 %)CSS
1021 (5.455 %)XHTML
1021 (5.455 %)WCF
1120 (5.195 %)AJAX
1120 (5.195 %)Boost C++ Libraries
1219 (4.935 %)Servlets
1316 (4.156 %)Hibernate
1415 (3.896 %)WebSphere
1415 (3.896 %)Spring
1514 (3.636 %)JSP
1613 (3.377 %)Swing
1613 (3.377 %)WF
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (3.636 %)Tomcat
213 (3.377 %)Apache
213 (3.377 %)WebLogic
311 (2.857 %)WebLogic Portal
311 (2.857 %)Alfresco
311 (2.857 %)Liferay
311 (2.857 %)AquaLogic
311 (2.857 %)GlassFish
44 (1.039 %)DotNetNuke
44 (1.039 %)WebSphere MQ
53 (0.779 %)ESB
62 (0.519 %)SharePoint
71 (0.260 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.260 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (0.260 %)ActiveMQ
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (2.857 %)MS Excel
27 (1.818 %)MS Visio
34 (1.039 %)MATLAB
41 (0.260 %)MS Project
41 (0.260 %)3ds Max
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.260 %)Google Analytics
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (5.714 %)Internet
29 (2.338 %)VoIP
29 (2.338 %)HTTP
29 (2.338 %)TCP/IP
38 (2.078 %)GSM
44 (1.039 %)Wireless
44 (1.039 %)Broadband
44 (1.039 %)GPRS
53 (0.779 %)UMTS
53 (0.779 %)Wi-Fi
53 (0.779 %)LTE
62 (0.519 %)Bluetooth
62 (0.519 %)Ethernet
71 (0.260 %)CTI
71 (0.260 %)SSL
71 (0.260 %)WCDMA
71 (0.260 %)SNMP
71 (0.260 %)SDH
71 (0.260 %)3G
71 (0.260 %)MPLS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (17.92 %)SQL Server
224 (6.234 %)MySQL
319 (4.935 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2008
56 (1.558 %)Data Mining
56 (1.558 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (1.299 %)RDBMS
73 (0.779 %)BusinessObjects
82 (0.519 %)DB2
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
121 (5.455 %)Visual Studio
213 (3.377 %)JUnit
213 (3.377 %)Subversion
213 (3.377 %)Selenium
312 (3.117 %)TestComplete
411 (2.857 %)LoadRunner
411 (2.857 %)Ant
411 (2.857 %)Cactus
510 (2.597 %)ClearQuest
510 (2.597 %)ClearCase
67 (1.818 %)NUnit
76 (1.558 %)Expression Blend
84 (1.039 %)Eclipse
84 (1.039 %)ARTiSAN
93 (0.779 %)Team Foundation Server
102 (0.519 %)Telelogic Synergy
111 (0.260 %)CheckStyle
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
158 (15.06 %)Finance
239 (10.13 %)Retail
330 (7.792 %)Electronics
425 (6.494 %)Telecoms
425 (6.494 %)Pensions
520 (5.195 %)Health
616 (4.156 %)Military
712 (3.117 %)Investment Banking
712 (3.117 %)Banking
712 (3.117 %)Aerospace
88 (2.078 %)Education
97 (1.818 %)Electric
106 (1.558 %)Avionics
106 (1.558 %)Games
115 (1.299 %)Insurance
121 (0.260 %)Financial Institution
121 (0.260 %)Advertising
121 (0.260 %)Government
121 (0.260 %)Marketing
121 (0.260 %)Animation
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1125 (32.47 %)Software Engineer
2122 (31.69 %)Developer
341 (10.65 %)Software Developer
437 (9.610 %)Architect
536 (9.351 %)C++ Software Engineer
632 (8.312 %)Graduate
728 (7.273 %)Junior
826 (6.753 %)Junior Developer
925 (6.494 %)Tester
925 (6.494 %)Consultant
1023 (5.974 %)Technical Leader
1121 (5.455 %).NET Developer
1218 (4.675 %)Web Developer
1218 (4.675 %)Java Developer
1317 (4.416 %)Lead Architect
1416 (4.156 %)C# Developer
1416 (4.156 %)ASP.NET Developer
1515 (3.896 %)J2EE Architect
1515 (3.896 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1515 (3.896 %)Graduate Developer
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1143 (37.14 %)Computer Science
243 (11.17 %)Mathematics
324 (6.234 %)Multithreading
423 (5.974 %)Open Source
516 (4.156 %)SaaS
67 (1.818 %)VHDL
76 (1.558 %)Physics
85 (1.299 %)Client/Server
94 (1.039 %)Mechatronics
94 (1.039 %)Dependency Injection
103 (0.779 %)Handset
103 (0.779 %)Verilog
103 (0.779 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
112 (0.519 %)N-Tier
112 (0.519 %)Firmware
121 (0.260 %)Thin Client
121 (0.260 %)MPEG
121 (0.260 %)Management Information System
121 (0.260 %)DTV
121 (0.260 %)Device Driver
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
179 (20.52 %)Windows
255 (14.29 %)Linux
338 (9.870 %)UNIX
47 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (1.039 %)Windows Mobile
54 (1.039 %)Windows CE
61 (0.260 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.260 %)AIX
61 (0.260 %)HPUX
61 (0.260 %)Solaris
61 (0.260 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (0.260 %)Ubuntu
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1107 (27.79 %)OO
283 (21.56 %)UML
348 (12.47 %)CRM
442 (10.91 %)Scrum
540 (10.39 %)Agile Software Development
635 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
732 (8.312 %)OOP
831 (8.052 %)Project Management
928 (7.273 %)B2B
1026 (6.753 %)B2C
1123 (5.974 %)MVC
1222 (5.714 %)OOD
1222 (5.714 %)SOA
1315 (3.896 %)Zachman Framework
1315 (3.896 %)TOGAF
1414 (3.636 %)ERP
1513 (3.377 %)Configuration Management
1513 (3.377 %)Integration Testing
1611 (2.857 %)Systems Analysis
1611 (2.857 %)Software Testing
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1163 (42.34 %)C++
2130 (33.77 %)Java
3106 (27.53 %)C#
4103 (26.75 %)C
570 (18.18 %)SQL
635 (9.091 %)JavaScript
729 (7.532 %)PHP
827 (7.013 %)Perl
926 (6.753 %)VB.NET
1019 (4.935 %)Python
1117 (4.416 %)VB
1213 (3.377 %)VC++
1213 (3.377 %)Delphi
139 (2.338 %)T-SQL
148 (2.078 %)Ada
156 (1.558 %)VB6
156 (1.558 %)Objective-C
165 (1.299 %)Embedded C
165 (1.299 %)PHP5
174 (1.039 %)Ruby
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1213 (55.32 %)Degree
243 (11.17 %)Security Cleared
35 (1.299 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (1.299 %)SC Cleared
44 (1.039 %)PhD
44 (1.039 %)ISEB
53 (0.779 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.260 %)HND
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
145 (11.69 %)QA
26 (1.558 %)ISO9001
34 (1.039 %)DICOM
41 (0.260 %)TickIT
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.779 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (0.519 %)NFS
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
150 (12.99 %)Microsoft
235 (9.091 %)Oracle
314 (3.636 %)JBoss
411 (2.857 %)Citrix
411 (2.857 %)ATG
411 (2.857 %)Blue Martini
411 (2.857 %)GigaSpaces
56 (1.558 %)Google
64 (1.039 %)Lawson
73 (0.779 %)Adobe
73 (0.779 %)Siebel
73 (0.779 %)Business Objects
73 (0.779 %)VMware
82 (0.519 %)Telelogic
91 (0.260 %)Red Hat
91 (0.260 %)BMC
91 (0.260 %)Macromedia
91 (0.260 %)Sun
91 (0.260 %)IBM
91 (0.260 %)HP