The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 34 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 30 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 0.680% 15.00% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.730% 15.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 28 0
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Job Titles
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
137 195 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 93.20% 97.50% 81.50%
Number of salaries quoted 49 177 157
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £50,000 £58,300
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Engineer
Hertfordshire

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Stevenage Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Stevenage Senior Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Image Processing
3 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) VC++
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) WPF
3 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (50.00%) C++
3 2 (50.00%) MFC
3 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) MySQL
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (25.00%) Automotive
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Publishing
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (25.00%) C

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) WPF
1 2 (50.00%) MFC
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Image Processing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) VC++
2 2 (50.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft