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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank - - 9
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 0 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex - - 11.63%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
Average salary - - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
73 106 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 100.00% 93.81% 97.67%
Number of salaries quoted 42 92 41
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +10.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) VB
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (33.33%) WPF
3 1 (33.33%) LINQ
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Wonderware
3 1 (33.33%) STL
3 1 (33.33%) OO

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) WPF
2 1 (33.33%) LINQ
2 1 (33.33%) STL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
1 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) VB
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Wonderware