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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 56 54 53
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 31 34 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.900% 3.512% 3.543%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.975% 3.606% 3.723%
Number of salaries quoted 29 26 31
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £75,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1042 943 967
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 97.47% 97.42% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 934 857 905
Average salary £35,000 £34,077 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Engineer
Wales

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the South Wales 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cardiff -5 10 £35,000 -4.10% 2
Torfaen +7 7 £33,000 -67.00% 2
Newport +1 7 £35,000 -15.15%
Bridgend -12 5 £32,500 -1.51%
Software Engineer
Wales

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 40 (53.33%) Linux
2 35 (46.67%) C
3 33 (44.00%) C++
4 29 (38.67%) TCP/IP
5 27 (36.00%) HTML
5 27 (36.00%) CSS
6 23 (30.67%) IPTV
7 22 (29.33%) JavaScript
8 21 (28.00%) Windows
9 19 (25.33%) DTV
10 18 (24.00%) STB
11 16 (21.33%) Java
11 16 (21.33%) Agile Software Development
12 14 (18.67%) Electronics
12 14 (18.67%) Internet
13 13 (17.33%) ActionScript
13 13 (17.33%) Flash
13 13 (17.33%) Ajax
13 13 (17.33%) HTML5
14 11 (14.67%) OO
14 11 (14.67%) Scrum
15 10 (13.33%) Device Driver
15 10 (13.33%) Middleware
15 10 (13.33%) DVB
15 10 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
15 10 (13.33%) Digital Media
15 10 (13.33%) Embedded Linux
16 9 (12.00%) SQL
17 8 (10.67%) Web Services
17 8 (10.67%) OOP

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 27 (36.00%) HTML
1 27 (36.00%) CSS
2 13 (17.33%) Flash
2 13 (17.33%) Ajax
2 13 (17.33%) HTML5
3 10 (13.33%) Middleware
4 8 (10.67%) Web Services
5 7 (9.333%) Spring
5 7 (9.333%) Hibernate
5 7 (9.333%) Struts
6 5 (6.667%) .NET
7 4 (5.333%) STL
7 4 (5.333%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (1.333%) Java EE
8 1 (1.333%) MDX
8 1 (1.333%) SOAP
8 1 (1.333%) J2EE
8 1 (1.333%) Swing
8 1 (1.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.333%) Apache
1 1 (1.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.333%) PowerPivot
1 1 (1.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (38.67%) TCP/IP
2 14 (18.67%) Internet
3 10 (13.33%) DVB
4 1 (1.333%) Wireless
4 1 (1.333%) TETRA
4 1 (1.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (1.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.333%) PerformancePoint
2 1 (1.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.333%) DB2
2 1 (1.333%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (9.333%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.667%) Ant
3 1 (1.333%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.333%) Hudson
3 1 (1.333%) CruiseControl
3 1 (1.333%) Subversion
General
1 14 (18.67%) Electronics
2 8 (10.67%) Marketing
3 4 (5.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.333%) Banking
4 1 (1.333%) Avionics
4 1 (1.333%) Finance
4 1 (1.333%) Automotive
4 1 (1.333%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 23 (30.67%) IPTV
2 19 (25.33%) DTV
3 18 (24.00%) STB
4 10 (13.33%) Device Driver
4 10 (13.33%) Digital Media
5 5 (6.667%) VHDL
6 1 (1.333%) Video on Demand
6 1 (1.333%) iPhone
6 1 (1.333%) Physics
6 1 (1.333%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.333%) Firmware
6 1 (1.333%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (53.33%) Linux
2 21 (28.00%) Windows
3 10 (13.33%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (4.000%) VMS
5 2 (2.667%) Android
6 1 (1.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.33%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (14.67%) OO
2 11 (14.67%) Scrum
3 10 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 8 (10.67%) OOP
5 7 (9.333%) Web Development
5 7 (9.333%) Web Application Development
6 3 (4.000%) UML
7 2 (2.667%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (2.667%) Software Engineering
8 1 (1.333%) Software Architecture
8 1 (1.333%) Analytics
8 1 (1.333%) User Stories
8 1 (1.333%) Software Testing
8 1 (1.333%) Data Management
8 1 (1.333%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.333%) System Testing
8 1 (1.333%) Kanban
8 1 (1.333%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 35 (46.67%) C
2 33 (44.00%) C++
3 22 (29.33%) JavaScript
4 16 (21.33%) Java
5 13 (17.33%) ActionScript
6 9 (12.00%) SQL
7 5 (6.667%) Python
7 5 (6.667%) C#
7 5 (6.667%) Objective-C
8 2 (2.667%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.333%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
9 1 (1.333%) Ruby
9 1 (1.333%) Embedded C++
9 1 (1.333%) Assembly Language
9 1 (1.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.667%) JTAG
2 1 (1.333%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 3 (4.000%) Twitter
2 1 (1.333%) Embarcadero
2 1 (1.333%) Borland
2 1 (1.333%) Sybase
2 1 (1.333%) Oracle
2 1 (1.333%) Microsoft
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