The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Stockport 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 24 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 Stockport region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 23 35 28
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 20 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 9.852% 1.500% 4.469%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% 1.538% 4.571%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 8
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% +7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,600 £30,400 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £34,000 £31,650
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
200 195 175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 98.52% 97.50% 97.77%
Number of salaries quoted 196 177 164
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,500 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Manchester

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Stockport region.

Stockport Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Stockport Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 27 (65.85%) Java
2 19 (46.34%) C
3 18 (43.90%) C++
3 18 (43.90%) SQL Server
4 17 (41.46%) UNIX
4 17 (41.46%) Linux
5 16 (39.02%) .NET
5 16 (39.02%) Oracle
5 16 (39.02%) Spring
6 15 (36.59%) SCADA
7 14 (34.15%) Logistics
8 13 (31.71%) MySQL
8 13 (31.71%) OO
9 12 (29.27%) OOA/OOD
9 12 (29.27%) UML
9 12 (29.27%) C#
9 12 (29.27%) JavaScript
9 12 (29.27%) TDD
9 12 (29.27%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (24.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (24.39%) Retail
10 10 (24.39%) SQL
10 10 (24.39%) CSS
10 10 (24.39%) E-Commerce
11 9 (21.95%) HTML
11 9 (21.95%) Degree
12 8 (19.51%) Hibernate
12 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET
13 7 (17.07%) MVC
14 6 (14.63%) Visual Studio

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 16 (39.02%) .NET
1 16 (39.02%) Spring
2 10 (24.39%) CSS
3 9 (21.95%) HTML
4 8 (19.51%) Hibernate
4 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET
5 6 (14.63%) jQuery
6 5 (12.20%) Spring.NET
6 5 (12.20%) NHibernate
6 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (12.20%) ASP
6 5 (12.20%) Web Services
7 4 (9.756%) Node.js
8 3 (7.317%) SOAP
9 1 (2.439%) WPF
9 1 (2.439%) Silverlight
9 1 (2.439%) HTML5
9 1 (2.439%) XML
9 1 (2.439%) ATL
9 1 (2.439%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (43.90%) SQL Server
2 13 (31.71%) MySQL
3 4 (9.756%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.439%) Eclipse
General
1 10 (24.39%) Pharmaceutical
1 10 (24.39%) Retail
2 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.878%) Electronics
3 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.878%) Marketing
4 1 (2.439%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) SCADA
2 12 (29.27%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.878%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (41.46%) UNIX
1 17 (41.46%) Linux
2 5 (12.20%) Windows
3 3 (7.317%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Logistics
2 13 (31.71%) OO
3 12 (29.27%) OOA/OOD
3 12 (29.27%) UML
3 12 (29.27%) TDD
4 10 (24.39%) E-Commerce
5 7 (17.07%) MVC
6 5 (12.20%) Software Engineering
7 4 (9.756%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (9.756%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (9.756%) Integration Testing
8 3 (7.317%) Unit Testing
9 1 (2.439%) Web Development
9 1 (2.439%) Reverse Engineering
9 1 (2.439%) Web Application Development
9 1 (2.439%) MVVM
9 1 (2.439%) B2B
9 1 (2.439%) SOA
9 1 (2.439%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 27 (65.85%) Java
2 19 (46.34%) C
3 18 (43.90%) C++
4 12 (29.27%) C#
4 12 (29.27%) JavaScript
5 10 (24.39%) SQL
6 4 (9.756%) PHP
7 3 (7.317%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.439%) XAML
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.878%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Oracle
2 3 (7.317%) Wonderware
2 3 (7.317%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.317%) Siemens
3 1 (2.439%) Zend
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