South Wales Software Engineering Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alcester Aldershot Altrincham Aylesbury Banbury Barnet Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Carmarthenshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Corby Coulsdon Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Daresbury Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edenbridge Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gateshead Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenock Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Peak High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Inverclyde Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston Llanelli London Lothian Luton Maidenhead Malvern Manchester Marlow Mayfield Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Rugby Rutland Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swadlincote Swindon Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Walton-on-Thames Warminster Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimborne Winchester Woking Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	79	68
Rank change on same period last year	-11
Matching permanent IT job ads	25	34
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	2.674 %	3.217 %
Salaries quoted	25	34
Average minimum salary	£32,800	£29,943
Average salary	£33,520	£34,486
% change on same period last year	-2.80 %
Average maximum salary	£34,240	£39,029
UK excluding London average salary	£36,615	£35,939
% change on same period last year	+1.88 %
Processes & Methodologies South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads	935	1057
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.546 %	0.464 %
Salaries quoted	886	975
Average minimum salary	£33,789	£34,911
Average salary	£38,214	£39,244
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Average maximum salary	£42,639	£43,576
UK excluding London average salary	£42,627	£44,249
% change on same period last year	-3.66 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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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 Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newport	-18	17	£36,382	+1.53 %
Caerphilly	-	1	£17,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 30 (54.55 %) Security Cleared 2 29 (52.73 %) Test Scripting 3 28 (50.91 %) ISEB 4 26 (47.27 %) RUP 5 15 (27.27 %) Degree 6 13 (23.64 %) C 7 12 (21.82 %) Linux 7 12 (21.82 %) UNIX 7 12 (21.82 %) DVB 7 12 (21.82 %) Embedded C 8 7 (12.73 %) Microsoft 8 7 (12.73 %) Electronics 9 6 (10.91 %) Health 9 6 (10.91 %) Manufacturing 9 6 (10.91 %) Integration Testing

9 6 (10.91 %) Embedded Linux 9 6 (10.91 %) TCP/IP 9 6 (10.91 %) SQL Server 10 4 (7.273 %) ASP.NET 10 4 (7.273 %) E-Commerce 10 4 (7.273 %) .NET 10 4 (7.273 %) Web Development 10 4 (7.273 %) Content Management 10 4 (7.273 %) Computer Science 11 3 (5.455 %) Document Management 11 3 (5.455 %) STB 11 3 (5.455 %) MS Visio 11 3 (5.455 %) iDTV 11 3 (5.455 %) C++ 11 3 (5.455 %) UML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Development 1 4 (7.273 %) .NET 1 4 (7.273 %) ASP.NET	Applications 1 3 (5.455 %) MS Excel 1 3 (5.455 %) MS Visio
Communications & Networking 1 12 (21.82 %) DVB 2 6 (10.91 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (10.91 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 2 (3.636 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.818 %) Rational Rose	General 1 7 (12.73 %) Electronics 2 6 (10.91 %) Health 2 6 (10.91 %) Manufacturing 3 2 (3.636 %) Education 4 1 (1.818 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 27 (49.09 %) Analyst 2 26 (47.27 %) Tester 2 26 (47.27 %) Test Analyst 2 26 (47.27 %) Test Engineer 3 13 (23.64 %) Software Engineer 4 4 (7.273 %) .NET Developer 5 3 (5.455 %) Author 5 3 (5.455 %) Technical Author 6 2 (3.636 %) Test Manager 6 2 (3.636 %) Senior Software Engineer 6 2 (3.636 %) .NET Web Developer 6 2 (3.636 %) Project Manager 6 2 (3.636 %) Quality Engineer 6 2 (3.636 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 7 1 (1.818 %) Web Developer 7 1 (1.818 %) Applications Support 7 1 (1.818 %) Requirements Analyst 7 1 (1.818 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 1 (1.818 %) Developer 7 1 (1.818 %) Junior	Miscellaneous 1 4 (7.273 %) Computer Science 2 3 (5.455 %) iDTV 2 3 (5.455 %) STB
Operating Systems 1 12 (21.82 %) UNIX 1 12 (21.82 %) Linux 2 6 (10.91 %) Embedded Linux 3 1 (1.818 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (54.55 %) Security Cleared 2 29 (52.73 %) Test Scripting 3 26 (47.27 %) RUP 4 6 (10.91 %) Integration Testing 5 4 (7.273 %) Web Development 5 4 (7.273 %) E-Commerce 5 4 (7.273 %) Content Management 6 3 (5.455 %) Document Management 6 3 (5.455 %) UML 7 2 (3.636 %) OO 7 2 (3.636 %) Project Management 7 2 (3.636 %) Quality Management 7 2 (3.636 %) Programme Management 7 2 (3.636 %) Test Management 7 2 (3.636 %) SC Cleared 7 2 (3.636 %) PRINCE2 8 1 (1.818 %) Resource Management 8 1 (1.818 %) Use Case 8 1 (1.818 %) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages 1 13 (23.64 %) C 2 12 (21.82 %) Embedded C 3 3 (5.455 %) C++ 4 2 (3.636 %) C# 5 1 (1.818 %) Java	Qualifications 1 28 (50.91 %) ISEB 2 15 (27.27 %) Degree 3 2 (3.636 %) HNC 3 2 (3.636 %) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.636 %) ISO9001 1 2 (3.636 %) TickIT	Vendors 1 7 (12.73 %) Microsoft