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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 55 43 44
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 8 15 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.436% 2.573% 3.119%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.527% 2.674% 3.184%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 17
Average salary £43,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.98% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,650 £24,000 £32,800
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £38,500 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
524 561 534
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 94.08% 96.23% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 450 465 456
Average salary £36,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
North East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -13 5 £32,500 -
Gateshead - 3 £44,000 -
Software Engineer
North East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 10 (55.56%) Java
2 6 (33.33%) HTML
2 6 (33.33%) J2EE
2 6 (33.33%) JSP
2 6 (33.33%) XML
3 5 (27.78%) Web Services
3 5 (27.78%) Hibernate
3 5 (27.78%) Spring
3 5 (27.78%) Degree
4 4 (22.22%) Java EE
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 4 (22.22%) SOAP
4 4 (22.22%) Struts
4 4 (22.22%) EJB
4 4 (22.22%) CSS
4 4 (22.22%) C++
4 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 4 (22.22%) jQuery
4 4 (22.22%) REST
5 3 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 3 (16.67%) C
5 3 (16.67%) C#
5 3 (16.67%) UML
5 3 (16.67%) PhD
5 3 (16.67%) OOD
5 3 (16.67%) Physics
5 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 2 (11.11%) TDD

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 6 (33.33%) HTML
1 6 (33.33%) J2EE
1 6 (33.33%) JSP
1 6 (33.33%) XML
2 5 (27.78%) Web Services
2 5 (27.78%) Hibernate
2 5 (27.78%) Spring
3 4 (22.22%) Java EE
3 4 (22.22%) SOAP
3 4 (22.22%) Struts
3 4 (22.22%) EJB
3 4 (22.22%) CSS
3 4 (22.22%) jQuery
3 4 (22.22%) REST
4 2 (11.11%) .NET
4 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 2 (11.11%) WCF
5 1 (5.556%) WPF
5 1 (5.556%) XSLT
5 1 (5.556%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) ZigBee
1 1 (5.556%) Bluetooth
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
1 1 (5.556%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (5.556%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MSTest
1 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
2 3 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Multithreading
1 3 (16.67%) UML
1 3 (16.67%) OOD
1 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (11.11%) TDD
2 2 (11.11%) OOP
2 2 (11.11%) OO
3 1 (5.556%) Use Case
3 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
3 1 (5.556%) SOA
3 1 (5.556%) Scrum
3 1 (5.556%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) C++
2 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 3 (16.67%) C
3 3 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (5.556%) SQL
4 1 (5.556%) VB
4 1 (5.556%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) PhD