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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank431820
Rank change year-on-year
Down-25Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads206554771
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West4.090 %8.864 %6.692 %
As % of the Job Titles category4.324 %9.521 %7.071 %
Salaries quoted184496683
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,100£28,500£27,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,500£42,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4764581910904
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West94.58 %93.10 %94.64 %
Salaries quoted416850568905
Average salary£32,500£35,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+2.940 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

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

South West Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South West Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

South West Software Engineer Salary Histogram

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 West 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
BristolDown-1285£35,000+2.94 %
SomersetDown-1544£39,000+4.00 %
GloucestershireDown-3024£41,500+25.75 %
WiltshireDown-4624£30,000-20.00 %
DorsetDown-2118£22,000-32.82 %
DevonDown-107£37,500+19.04 %
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1223 (50.23 %)C++
2192 (43.24 %)C#
3188 (42.34 %)Java
4169 (38.06 %).NET
5146 (32.88 %)SQL
6131 (29.50 %)Degree
7113 (25.45 %)J2EE
893 (20.95 %)Windows
991 (20.50 %)SQL Server
1089 (20.05 %)ASP.NET
1183 (18.69 %)VB.NET
1280 (18.02 %)Oracle
1377 (17.34 %)C
1461 (13.74 %)RDBMS
1555 (12.39 %)QA
1650 (11.26 %)VB
1749 (11.04 %)DCOM
1846 (10.36 %)UML
1944 (9.910 %)Mathematics
2039 (8.784 %)Unit Testing
2137 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
2137 (8.333 %)HTML
2236 (8.108 %)Computer Science
2335 (7.883 %)OO
2434 (7.658 %)VC++
2533 (7.432 %)Linux
2533 (7.432 %)JavaScript
2533 (7.432 %)Pensions
2533 (7.432 %)Security Cleared
2632 (7.207 %)UNIX

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1169 (38.06 %).NET
2113 (25.45 %)J2EE
389 (20.05 %)ASP.NET
449 (11.04 %)DCOM
537 (8.333 %)HTML
630 (6.757 %)XML
729 (6.532 %)ODBC
828 (6.306 %)MFC
828 (6.306 %)MDX
828 (6.306 %)Spring
926 (5.856 %)JSP
926 (5.856 %)Servlets
1024 (5.405 %)Java EE
1122 (4.955 %)Java SE
1220 (4.505 %)Struts
1316 (3.604 %)CSS
1316 (3.604 %)Hibernate
1415 (3.378 %)EJB
1514 (3.153 %)JDBC
1612 (2.703 %)AJAX
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (1.577 %)IIS
25 (1.126 %)Apache
34 (0.901 %)ColdFusion
34 (0.901 %)Tomcat
41 (0.225 %)ActiveMQ
41 (0.225 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.225 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (0.225 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.225 %)Lotus Domino
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (3.829 %)MS Excel
210 (2.252 %)MATLAB
35 (1.126 %)MS Visio
44 (0.901 %)Photoshop
51 (0.225 %)Simulink
51 (0.225 %)Stateflow
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (2.928 %)DVB
27 (1.577 %)Internet
34 (0.901 %)SMPP
43 (0.676 %)WAN
43 (0.676 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.450 %)SMTP
61 (0.225 %)ZigBee
61 (0.225 %)Wireless
61 (0.225 %)WiMAX
61 (0.225 %)LDAP
61 (0.225 %)CDMA
61 (0.225 %)GPRS
61 (0.225 %)GSM
61 (0.225 %)DNS
61 (0.225 %)SMS
61 (0.225 %)FTP
61 (0.225 %)HTTP
61 (0.225 %)3G
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
191 (20.50 %)SQL Server
261 (13.74 %)RDBMS
329 (6.532 %)OLAP
423 (5.180 %)DB2
516 (3.604 %)Oracle OLAP
66 (1.351 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
73 (0.676 %)MSDE
82 (0.450 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.450 %)SQL Server 2008
91 (0.225 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.225 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.225 %)OLTP
91 (0.225 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.225 %)MySQL
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
125 (5.631 %)Eclipse
223 (5.180 %)JUnit
38 (1.802 %)CheckStyle
46 (1.351 %)Ant
46 (1.351 %)Maven
46 (1.351 %)CruiseControl
46 (1.351 %)Subversion
46 (1.351 %)Bugzilla
55 (1.126 %)ClearCase
64 (0.901 %)Visual Studio
64 (0.901 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (0.450 %)LabVIEW
81 (0.225 %)ARTiSAN
81 (0.225 %)InstallShield
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
133 (7.432 %)Pensions
225 (5.631 %)Finance
320 (4.505 %)Telecoms
320 (4.505 %)Government
419 (4.279 %)Electronics
512 (2.703 %)Aerospace
68 (1.802 %)Retail
68 (1.802 %)Military
68 (1.802 %)Manufacturing
77 (1.577 %)Electric
77 (1.577 %)Games
77 (1.577 %)Banking
77 (1.577 %)Marketing
86 (1.351 %)Advertising
86 (1.351 %)Automotive
95 (1.126 %)Education
95 (1.126 %)Health
95 (1.126 %)Multimedia
102 (0.450 %)Insurance
111 (0.225 %)Financial Institution
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
144 (9.910 %)Mathematics
236 (8.108 %)Computer Science
331 (6.982 %)Client/Server
422 (4.955 %)Physics
59 (2.027 %)Open Source
59 (2.027 %)Wiki
68 (1.802 %)SaaS
77 (1.577 %)DTV
86 (1.351 %)Robotics
86 (1.351 %)STB
95 (1.126 %)Streaming Video
95 (1.126 %)Chemistry
95 (1.126 %)Photography
95 (1.126 %)MPEG
95 (1.126 %)N-Tier
104 (0.901 %)Remote Sensing
113 (0.676 %)VHDL
113 (0.676 %)SCADA
113 (0.676 %)Firmware
122 (0.450 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
193 (20.95 %)Windows
233 (7.432 %)Linux
332 (7.207 %)UNIX
45 (1.126 %)Embedded Linux
45 (1.126 %)Windows Vista
54 (0.901 %)VxWorks
63 (0.676 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (0.676 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.450 %)Windows CE
72 (0.450 %)Windows XP
72 (0.450 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.225 %)Windows 2000
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
146 (10.36 %)UML
239 (8.784 %)Unit Testing
337 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
435 (7.883 %)OO
520 (4.505 %)Project Management
617 (3.829 %)Scrum
715 (3.378 %)Agile Software Development
715 (3.378 %)OOD
811 (2.477 %)Software Architecture
910 (2.252 %)Requirements Analysis
109 (2.027 %)TDD
109 (2.027 %)Six Sigma
109 (2.027 %)Product Management
118 (1.802 %)Data Management
127 (1.577 %)DSDM
127 (1.577 %)OOA/OOD
136 (1.351 %)SysML
136 (1.351 %)Software Testing
136 (1.351 %)Pair Programming
136 (1.351 %)Continuous Integration
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1223 (50.23 %)C++
2192 (43.24 %)C#
3188 (42.34 %)Java
4146 (32.88 %)SQL
583 (18.69 %)VB.NET
677 (17.34 %)C
750 (11.26 %)VB
834 (7.658 %)VC++
933 (7.432 %)JavaScript
1013 (2.928 %)Perl
1013 (2.928 %)Embedded C++
1013 (2.928 %)VB6
1111 (2.477 %)T-SQL
129 (2.027 %)Embedded C
129 (2.027 %)Python
129 (2.027 %)ActionScript
137 (1.577 %)PHP
146 (1.351 %)Ada
146 (1.351 %)Delphi
155 (1.126 %)PowerHouse
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1131 (29.50 %)Degree
233 (7.432 %)Security Cleared
39 (2.027 %)PhD
48 (1.802 %)SC Cleared
57 (1.577 %)Microsoft Certification
65 (1.126 %)MCP
72 (0.450 %)ISEB
72 (0.450 %)MCPD
72 (0.450 %)MCTS
72 (0.450 %)DV Cleared
81 (0.225 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.225 %)HNC
81 (0.225 %)HND
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
155 (12.39 %)QA
21 (0.225 %)ISO9001
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.225 %)Active Directory
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
129 (6.532 %)MSI
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
180 (18.02 %)Oracle
231 (6.982 %)Microsoft
312 (2.703 %)JBoss
410 (2.252 %)Borland
58 (1.802 %)Sybase
65 (1.126 %)EMC
65 (1.126 %)Siemens
74 (0.901 %)Adobe
82 (0.450 %)HP
91 (0.225 %)Google
91 (0.225 %)Sage
91 (0.225 %)Lotus