The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 42 57 57
Rank change year-on-year
+15 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 29 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 4.538% 1.983% 1.222%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.291% 2.913% 1.872%
Number of salaries quoted 29 10 7
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
461 412 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 72.14% 68.10% 65.27%
Number of salaries quoted 396 344 282
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,350
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £56,350 £55,650
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
West Midlands

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Staffordshire Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Staffordshire Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Staffordshire Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Burton-upon-Trent - 11 £32,000 -
Stoke-on-Trent +15 10 £51,000 +27.50% 2
Stafford +7 3 £16,000 - 2
Tamworth -5 1 £31,500 +14.54% 1
Software Engineering
West Midlands

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 46 (71.88%) Degree
2 43 (67.19%) .NET
3 35 (54.69%) Computer Science
4 30 (46.88%) C#
5 26 (40.63%) Microsoft
6 24 (37.50%) C++
6 24 (37.50%) Java
6 24 (37.50%) SQL Server
7 23 (35.94%) ASP.NET
7 23 (35.94%) CSS
7 23 (35.94%) XML
7 23 (35.94%) JavaScript
8 21 (32.81%) VB.NET
9 20 (31.25%) SQL
9 20 (31.25%) VB
10 16 (25.00%) OO
11 15 (23.44%) Web Development
12 14 (21.88%) Mobile App
12 14 (21.88%) Mobile Application Development
13 13 (20.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (20.31%) Project Management
13 13 (20.31%) XHTML
13 13 (20.31%) MS Excel
13 13 (20.31%) Incident Management
13 13 (20.31%) Continuous Integration
14 11 (17.19%) SharePoint
14 11 (17.19%) VB6
15 10 (15.63%) PHP5
15 10 (15.63%) jQuery
15 10 (15.63%) CSS3

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 43 (67.19%) .NET
2 23 (35.94%) ASP.NET
2 23 (35.94%) CSS
2 23 (35.94%) XML
3 13 (20.31%) XHTML
4 10 (15.63%) LAMP
4 10 (15.63%) jQuery
4 10 (15.63%) HTML5
4 10 (15.63%) CSS3
4 10 (15.63%) HTML
5 7 (10.94%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 11 (17.19%) SharePoint
2 10 (15.63%) nginx
3 4 (6.250%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (20.31%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) ADSL
1 9 (14.06%) SDH
2 7 (10.94%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 10 (15.63%) MySQL
3 7 (10.94%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (4.688%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (4.688%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (4.688%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.688%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (4.688%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (4.688%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (6.250%) SilkTest
1 4 (6.250%) Selenium
General
1 9 (14.06%) Electronics
1 9 (14.06%) Telecoms
2 7 (10.94%) Finance
Job Titles
1 33 (51.56%) Developer
2 14 (21.88%) C# Developer
2 14 (21.88%) .NET Developer
3 13 (20.31%) Team Leader
3 13 (20.31%) Development Team Leader
3 13 (20.31%) Programmer
4 12 (18.75%) Java Developer
4 12 (18.75%) Graduate
4 12 (18.75%) Junior
4 12 (18.75%) Junior Developer
4 12 (18.75%) C++ Developer
4 12 (18.75%) C++ Programmer
4 12 (18.75%) Junior Java Developer
4 12 (18.75%) Java Programmer
4 12 (18.75%) Junior C# Developer
4 12 (18.75%) Junior .NET Developer
4 12 (18.75%) Graduate Developer
4 12 (18.75%) .NET Programmer
4 12 (18.75%) Junior Programmer
4 12 (18.75%) Junior Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (54.69%) Computer Science
2 14 (21.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.94%) Windows
2 4 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) OO
2 15 (23.44%) Web Development
3 14 (21.88%) Mobile Application Development
4 13 (20.31%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (20.31%) Incident Management
4 13 (20.31%) Project Management
5 10 (15.63%) E-Commerce
5 10 (15.63%) MVC
6 7 (10.94%) Migration
6 7 (10.94%) Scrum
6 7 (10.94%) Data Analysis
7 4 (6.250%) Software Testing
7 4 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (6.250%) Change Management
7 4 (6.250%) ITIL
7 4 (6.250%) PRINCE2
7 4 (6.250%) Software Architecture
7 4 (6.250%) Change Control
7 4 (6.250%) Automation Testing
7 4 (6.250%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (46.88%) C#
2 24 (37.50%) C++
2 24 (37.50%) Java
3 23 (35.94%) JavaScript
4 21 (32.81%) VB.NET
5 20 (31.25%) SQL
5 20 (31.25%) VB
6 11 (17.19%) VB6
7 10 (15.63%) PHP5
7 10 (15.63%) PHP
8 7 (10.94%) VBA
9 6 (9.375%) T-SQL
10 3 (4.688%) VC++
Qualifications
1 46 (71.88%) Degree
2 13 (20.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.250%) ISEB
3 4 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.688%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.688%) Sage
3 1 (1.563%) IBM
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
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Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics) - Strong numerical skills - Classical and/or digital control systems - Real time control systems - Understanding of software analysis methodologies e...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Required Skills2 years project and/or team leadership experience2 years experience overseeing live support activity2 years experience working with infrastructure teams to manage and maintain development and production...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
You should have a good understanding of the development process and lifecycle and have commercial experience of coding in OO PHP 5, MySQL 5, XML, LAMP and a...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
STAFFORDSHIRE, West Midlands
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Provisio Solutions
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Staffordshire
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stafford, West Midlands
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
ULO Limited
Salary: From £25,000 to £29,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013