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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Stockport 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3732
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads1020
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.009 %
As % of the category below3.610 %7.042 %
Salaries quoted919
Average minimum salary£33,778£30,632
Average salary£37,944£32,684
% change on same period last year+16.09 %
Average maximum salary£42,111£34,737
UK excluding London average salary£36,257£35,876
% change on same period last year+1.06 %
Stockport IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Stockport
Matching permanent IT job ads277284
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.185 %0.127 %
Salaries quoted260261
Average minimum salary£27,111£24,541
Average salary£30,166£27,933
% change on same period last year+7.99 %
Average maximum salary£33,222£31,326
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Software Engineer ManchesterSoftware Engineer
Manchester

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Stockport Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Stockport 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.

116 (59.26 %)Java
213 (48.15 %)C++
311 (40.74 %)Eclipse
49 (33.33 %)XML
58 (29.63 %)Automotive
67 (25.93 %)C
67 (25.93 %)J2SE
76 (22.22 %)Swing
76 (22.22 %)Embedded C
85 (18.52 %)Software Engineering
85 (18.52 %)Degree
85 (18.52 %)Linux
94 (14.81 %)UML
94 (14.81 %)OO
94 (14.81 %)Visual Studio
94 (14.81 %)ATL
94 (14.81 %)Embedded C++
94 (14.81 %)SOAP
103 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
103 (11.11 %)AJAX
103 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
103 (11.11 %)Scrum
103 (11.11 %)Manufacturing
103 (11.11 %)J2ME
103 (11.11 %)JMS
103 (11.11 %)SOA
103 (11.11 %)XML Schema
103 (11.11 %)JavaBeans
103 (11.11 %)JSP
103 (11.11 %)XSLT

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (33.33 %)XML
27 (25.93 %)J2SE
36 (22.22 %)Swing
44 (14.81 %)ATL
44 (14.81 %)SOAP
53 (11.11 %)AJAX
53 (11.11 %)JMS
53 (11.11 %)XML Schema
53 (11.11 %)JavaBeans
53 (11.11 %)JSP
53 (11.11 %)J2EE
53 (11.11 %)J2ME
53 (11.11 %)XSLT
62 (7.407 %)MFC
71 (3.704 %)JNI
Stockport IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.704 %)Ethernet
11 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
Stockport IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (40.74 %)Eclipse
24 (14.81 %)Visual Studio
33 (11.11 %)JUnit
Stockport IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (29.63 %)Automotive
23 (11.11 %)Manufacturing
32 (7.407 %)Pensions
41 (3.704 %)Health
41 (3.704 %)Electronics
41 (3.704 %)Telecoms
Stockport IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.407 %)Device Driver
12 (7.407 %)VHDL
21 (3.704 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (3.704 %)Multithreading
Stockport IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (18.52 %)Linux
23 (11.11 %)UNIX
32 (7.407 %)Windows
Stockport IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (18.52 %)Software Engineering
24 (14.81 %)UML
24 (14.81 %)OO
33 (11.11 %)SOA
33 (11.11 %)Scrum
33 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
33 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
41 (3.704 %)Test Scripting
41 (3.704 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (3.704 %)Use Case
Stockport IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (59.26 %)Java
213 (48.15 %)C++
37 (25.93 %)C
46 (22.22 %)Embedded C
54 (14.81 %)Embedded C++
62 (7.407 %)Assembly Language
71 (3.704 %)Shell Script
71 (3.704 %)Ruby
71 (3.704 %)XPath
71 (3.704 %)C#
71 (3.704 %)Perl
71 (3.704 %)SQL
Stockport IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (18.52 %)Degree
Stockport IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.704 %)SLA