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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the St Albans 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3012
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads1731
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.013 %
As % of the category below5.882 %15.05 %
Salaries quoted1721
Average minimum salary£33,294£27,143
Average salary£37,265£31,048
% change on same period last year+20.02 %
Average maximum salary£41,235£34,952
UK excluding London average salary£36,034£34,924
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
St Albans IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
St Albans
Matching permanent IT job ads289206
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.153 %0.084 %
Salaries quoted272182
Average minimum salary£34,056£29,915
Average salary£37,445£33,072
% change on same period last year+13.22 %
Average maximum salary£40,834£36,228
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Software Engineer HertfordshireSoftware Engineer
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Software Engineer
Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the St Albans region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

St Albans Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

121 (61.76 %)Java
215 (44.12 %)C++
215 (44.12 %)J2EE
314 (41.18 %)EJB
314 (41.18 %)JSP
314 (41.18 %)Servlets
314 (41.18 %)Struts
314 (41.18 %)XML
314 (41.18 %)JBoss
314 (41.18 %)Swing
314 (41.18 %)J2SE
314 (41.18 %)JavaBeans
314 (41.18 %)Hibernate
413 (38.24 %)Windows
59 (26.47 %)C
67 (20.59 %)Oracle
67 (20.59 %)SQL Server
76 (17.65 %)UNIX
76 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
76 (17.65 %)Multithreading
85 (14.71 %)Software Engineering
94 (11.76 %)Degree
94 (11.76 %)C#
103 (8.824 %)SQL
103 (8.824 %)ISO9000
103 (8.824 %)Windows NT
103 (8.824 %).NET
103 (8.824 %)VC++
103 (8.824 %)Software Testing
103 (8.824 %)LabWindows

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (44.12 %)J2EE
214 (41.18 %)EJB
214 (41.18 %)JSP
214 (41.18 %)Servlets
214 (41.18 %)Struts
214 (41.18 %)XML
214 (41.18 %)Swing
214 (41.18 %)J2SE
214 (41.18 %)JavaBeans
214 (41.18 %)Hibernate
33 (8.824 %).NET
33 (8.824 %).NET Framework
42 (5.882 %)ASP.NET
51 (2.941 %)HTML
51 (2.941 %)WinForms
St Albans IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (41.18 %)JBoss
St Albans IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.941 %)AutoCAD
St Albans IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (8.824 %)LabWindows
St Albans IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
St Albans IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (20.59 %)SQL Server
21 (2.941 %)Oracle 9i
21 (2.941 %)Data Mining
21 (2.941 %)Oracle 10g
St Albans IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.941 %)TestPartner
St Albans IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (2.941 %)Publishing
11 (2.941 %)Retail
St Albans IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (17.65 %)Multithreading
21 (2.941 %)Computer Science
St Albans IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (38.24 %)Windows
26 (17.65 %)UNIX
33 (8.824 %)Windows NT
41 (2.941 %)Windows 2000
St Albans IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (14.71 %)Software Engineering
23 (8.824 %)Software Testing
32 (5.882 %)Web Development
32 (5.882 %)Business Performance Management
32 (5.882 %)Workflow
32 (5.882 %)Test Scripting
32 (5.882 %)Performance Management
41 (2.941 %)Extreme Programming
41 (2.941 %)Agile Software Development
41 (2.941 %)Content Management
41 (2.941 %)User Acceptance Testing
St Albans IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (61.76 %)Java
215 (44.12 %)C++
39 (26.47 %)C
44 (11.76 %)C#
53 (8.824 %)VC++
53 (8.824 %)SQL
62 (5.882 %)VB
71 (2.941 %)VBA
71 (2.941 %)VB6
St Albans IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (11.76 %)Degree
22 (5.882 %)MCSD
22 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
St Albans IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (8.824 %)ISO9000
13 (8.824 %)QA
St Albans IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (20.59 %)Oracle
22 (5.882 %)Microsoft
31 (2.941 %)Compuware
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