The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the St Albans 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 May 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 St Albans region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 33 30 31
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 1.111% 0.752% 3.352%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.212% 0.813% 3.681%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
Average salary £35,500 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
165 123 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 91.67% 92.48% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 108 90 77
Average salary £35,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,250 £25,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Hertfordshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 11 (91.67%) MVC
2 9 (75.00%) Degree
3 8 (66.67%) NoSQL
3 8 (66.67%) REST
3 8 (66.67%) Spring
3 8 (66.67%) Spring MVC
3 8 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (66.67%) Java
4 7 (58.33%) J2EE
4 7 (58.33%) JDBC
4 7 (58.33%) OOD
4 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
4 7 (58.33%) Multithreading
5 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (25.00%) CSS
5 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 3 (25.00%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) Web Services
6 2 (16.67%) Internet
6 2 (16.67%) HTML
6 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (8.333%) HTML5
7 1 (8.333%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (8.333%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (8.333%) Maven
7 1 (8.333%) jQuery
7 1 (8.333%) Online Games
7 1 (8.333%) Online Betting

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (66.67%) Spring
1 8 (66.67%) Spring MVC
1 8 (66.67%) REST
2 7 (58.33%) J2EE
2 7 (58.33%) JDBC
3 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (25.00%) CSS
3 3 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
4 2 (16.67%) Web Services
4 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (8.333%) HTML5
5 1 (8.333%) jQuery
5 1 (8.333%) CSS3
5 1 (8.333%) Flash
5 1 (8.333%) SOAP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (8.333%) Big Data
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Maven
1 1 (8.333%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (8.333%) Electronics
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Games
1 1 (8.333%) Online Betting
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
1 1 (8.333%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) MVC
2 8 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (58.33%) OOD
3 7 (58.33%) Multithreading
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.333%) OO
5 1 (8.333%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (8.333%) C
3 1 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) Twitter