The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Development 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Development Engineer
Rank 653 611 759
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +148
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Engineer 209 292 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.192% 0.241% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.204% 0.254% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 146 199 78
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,700 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £55,500 £53,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Development Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Development Engineer within the UK.

Development Engineer Salary Trend

Development Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Development Engineer over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Development Engineer Salary Histogram

Development Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England -59 196 £45,000 -
London +2 85 £52,500 +5.00%
East of England -4 51 £45,000 -
City of London +35 41 £47,500 -7.31%
South East -33 34 £40,000 -11.11%
Suffolk +2 21 £40,000 +3.89%
Felixstowe +2 20 - -
Cambridgeshire -22 15 £45,000 -3.22%
Hertfordshire - 15 £43,750 -
Cambridge -25 13 £45,000 -3.22%
Oxfordshire -22 9 £40,000 -11.11%
West Sussex - 9 £44,000 -
South West -6 8 £32,500 -13.33%
North West -5 7 £27,204 -31.99%
Scotland -12 7 £93,750 +195.27%
Stevenage - 7 £42,500 -
West Midlands -27 6 £26,500 -1.85%
Crawley - 6 £44,000 -
East Sussex - 6 £47,500 -
Wales +2 5 £35,000 +11.41%
Dorset -7 5 £31,000 -11.42%
Berkshire -9 5 £35,000 -39.13%
St Albans - 5 £45,000 -
South Wales -1 4 £35,000 +11.41%
Fife +4 3 £150,000 +300.00%
Bournemouth +1 3 £32,500 +30.00%
Glenrothes -1 3 £150,000 +300.00%
Hampshire -12 3 £27,500 -18.51%
Birmingham -15 3 £24,000 -24.40%
Preston - 3 £27,204 -

Development Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

1 206 (41.62%) C#
2 154 (31.11%) Degree
3 130 (26.26%) Java
4 127 (25.66%) C++
5 121 (24.44%) .NET
6 106 (21.41%) C
7 104 (21.01%) Windows
8 101 (20.40%) Linux
9 90 (18.18%) SQL
10 88 (17.78%) Python
11 83 (16.77%) Computer Science
12 80 (16.16%) OO
13 77 (15.56%) XML
14 73 (14.75%) Microsoft
15 71 (14.34%) SQL Server
16 69 (13.94%) Electronics
17 63 (12.73%) TDD
18 61 (12.32%) Web Services
19 60 (12.12%) Unit Testing
20 58 (11.72%) Perl
21 56 (11.31%) Agile Software Development
22 52 (10.51%) WCF
22 52 (10.51%) .NET Framework
23 47 (9.495%) Finance
24 46 (9.293%) OOP
25 45 (9.091%) ASP.NET
25 45 (9.091%) TCP/IP
26 42 (8.485%) Oracle
27 40 (8.081%) MS Excel
28 39 (7.879%) JavaScript

Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 121 (24.44%) .NET
2 77 (15.56%) XML
3 61 (12.32%) Web Services
4 52 (10.51%) WCF
4 52 (10.51%) .NET Framework
5 45 (9.091%) ASP.NET
6 35 (7.071%) SOAP
7 33 (6.667%) WinForms
8 32 (6.465%) HTML
9 28 (5.657%) CSS
10 22 (4.444%) REST
11 20 (4.040%) RESTful
12 19 (3.838%) ASP.NET MVC
12 19 (3.838%) Ajax
13 17 (3.434%) Spring
14 15 (3.030%) HTML5
15 13 (2.626%) STL
16 12 (2.424%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 12 (2.424%) Sass
16 12 (2.424%) NancyFx
Application Platforms
1 22 (4.444%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.040%) Amazon AWS
3 9 (1.818%) IIS
4 8 (1.616%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.414%) CMS
6 6 (1.212%) Apache Pig
7 4 (0.808%) Apache
8 2 (0.404%) Mule
8 2 (0.404%) ESB
8 2 (0.404%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.404%) nginx
9 1 (0.202%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.202%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.202%) Drupal
9 1 (0.202%) Jetty
Applications
1 40 (8.081%) MS Excel
2 30 (6.061%) MS Office
3 5 (1.010%) Quicktime
4 4 (0.808%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.606%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.404%) MS Project
7 1 (0.202%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.202%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.010%) Taleo
2 1 (0.202%) Temenos Globus
Communications & Networking
1 45 (9.091%) TCP/IP
2 38 (7.677%) Ethernet
3 36 (7.273%) HTTP
4 20 (4.040%) GSM
5 16 (3.232%) Wireless
6 15 (3.030%) Internet
6 15 (3.030%) 3G
6 15 (3.030%) MPLS
7 14 (2.828%) WCDMA
7 14 (2.828%) SNMP
7 14 (2.828%) HSPA
8 13 (2.626%) IPv6
9 12 (2.424%) 2G
10 11 (2.222%) BGP
11 10 (2.020%) VPN
11 10 (2.020%) OSPF
12 9 (1.818%) LAN
12 9 (1.818%) Broadband
13 8 (1.616%) 3GPP
13 8 (1.616%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (14.34%) SQL Server
2 31 (6.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 31 (6.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 30 (6.061%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 27 (5.455%) SQL Server 2008
5 24 (4.848%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (4.646%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 17 (3.434%) MySQL
8 13 (2.626%) Big Data
9 12 (2.424%) Hadoop
10 9 (1.818%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.616%) SQLite
12 6 (1.212%) OLTP
12 6 (1.212%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.010%) Data Mining
13 5 (1.010%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.808%) NoSQL
15 3 (0.606%) SQL Server 2005
15 3 (0.606%) OLAP
16 2 (0.404%) DB2
Development Applications
1 29 (5.859%) Visual Studio
1 29 (5.859%) LabVIEW
2 24 (4.848%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (2.626%) Selenium
4 10 (2.020%) Git (software)
5 8 (1.616%) MSBuild
6 7 (1.414%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.414%) Carbide.c++
6 7 (1.414%) ClearCase
7 5 (1.010%) Subversion
7 5 (1.010%) XMLSpy
8 3 (0.606%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.606%) Capistrano
8 3 (0.606%) JIRA
8 3 (0.606%) Maven
8 3 (0.606%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 2 (0.404%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.404%) NUnit
9 2 (0.404%) MSTest
9 2 (0.404%) TeamCity
General
1 69 (13.94%) Electronics
2 47 (9.495%) Finance
3 38 (7.677%) Telecoms
4 34 (6.869%) Manufacturing
5 19 (3.838%) Banking
6 16 (3.232%) Aerospace
7 13 (2.626%) Military
8 10 (2.020%) Games
9 9 (1.818%) Music
10 4 (0.808%) Marketing
11 3 (0.606%) Legal
12 2 (0.404%) Automotive
13 1 (0.202%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.202%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.202%) Publishing
13 1 (0.202%) Law
13 1 (0.202%) Front Office
13 1 (0.202%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 83 (16.77%) Computer Science
2 34 (6.869%) Device Driver
3 32 (6.465%) VHDL
4 30 (6.061%) Open Source
5 27 (5.455%) Physics
6 25 (5.051%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 22 (4.444%) Mathematics
8 15 (3.030%) Firmware
9 14 (2.828%) Verilog
9 14 (2.828%) Embedded Systems
10 10 (2.020%) Video on Demand
11 7 (1.414%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.212%) MPEG
12 6 (1.212%) BBC
12 6 (1.212%) Handset
12 6 (1.212%) Psychology
13 5 (1.010%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.808%) Streaming Video
14 4 (0.808%) Machine Learning
15 3 (0.606%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 104 (21.01%) Windows
2 101 (20.40%) Linux
3 27 (5.455%) UNIX
4 19 (3.838%) Android
5 13 (2.626%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.616%) Mac OS X
7 7 (1.414%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (1.212%) Solaris
9 5 (1.010%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.010%) Windows XP
10 4 (0.808%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.606%) Debian
11 3 (0.606%) VMS
12 2 (0.404%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.404%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.202%) CentOS
13 1 (0.202%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.202%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (16.16%) OO
2 63 (12.73%) TDD
3 60 (12.12%) Unit Testing
4 56 (11.31%) Agile Software Development
5 46 (9.293%) OOP
6 34 (6.869%) Scrum
7 31 (6.263%) E-Commerce
7 31 (6.263%) Configuration Management
8 30 (6.061%) Web Development
9 27 (5.455%) OOD
10 26 (5.253%) Software Engineering
11 24 (4.848%) Multithreading
12 23 (4.646%) Waterfall
13 19 (3.838%) System Testing
14 18 (3.636%) Integration Testing
15 17 (3.434%) Continuous Integration
15 17 (3.434%) Software Testing
16 15 (3.030%) Validation
17 14 (2.828%) Electronic Design Automation
18 12 (2.424%) CAE
Programming Languages
1 206 (41.62%) C#
2 130 (26.26%) Java
3 127 (25.66%) C++
4 106 (21.41%) C
5 90 (18.18%) SQL
6 88 (17.78%) Python
7 58 (11.72%) Perl
8 39 (7.879%) JavaScript
9 31 (6.263%) VB
10 26 (5.253%) Embedded C
11 18 (3.636%) VB6
12 17 (3.434%) Embedded C++
13 14 (2.828%) Tcl
14 12 (2.424%) MATLAB
14 12 (2.424%) Ruby
15 11 (2.222%) Shell Script
15 11 (2.222%) T-SQL
16 8 (1.616%) VC++
16 8 (1.616%) Assembly Language
17 7 (1.414%) TTCN
Qualifications
1 154 (31.11%) Degree
2 16 (3.232%) HNC
3 15 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (2.222%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.020%) CCNA
6 9 (1.818%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.818%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.818%) ISEB
6 9 (1.818%) CCIE
7 8 (1.616%) CCNP
8 7 (1.414%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.414%) HND
9 6 (1.212%) CCIP
10 4 (0.808%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.404%) MCSE
11 2 (0.404%) MCP
11 2 (0.404%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.202%) CIPD
12 1 (0.202%) CCSE
12 1 (0.202%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.838%) QA
2 6 (1.212%) ISO 9000
2 6 (1.212%) JTAG
3 2 (0.404%) TickIT
3 2 (0.404%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.202%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.202%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (2.828%) Xen
2 4 (0.808%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.606%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.404%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.404%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.202%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.202%) Postfix
5 1 (0.202%) Varnish
5 1 (0.202%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (1.414%) Puppet
2 1 (0.202%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.202%) Nagios
Vendors
1 73 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.485%) Oracle
3 23 (4.646%) VMware
4 22 (4.444%) Cisco
5 12 (2.424%) Altera
6 9 (1.818%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 8 (1.616%) Twitter
8 6 (1.212%) SolidWorks
9 4 (0.808%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.606%) Atmel
10 3 (0.606%) Akamai
10 3 (0.606%) Google
11 2 (0.404%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.404%) Apple
11 2 (0.404%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.404%) QNX
11 2 (0.404%) Anite
11 2 (0.404%) Telerik
12 1 (0.202%) F5
12 1 (0.202%) Atlassian
Glasgow, Scotland
The successful candidate will have: A Degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualification. Experience in C/C++ programming Any experience of Embedded Operating Systems - Linux, Windows -...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
Opus` key client are seeking a C++ programmer to join their rapidly expanding and succesful team-- This position requires a highly self-motivated individual who thrives in an...
OPUS
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Software Developer C C++ or C# with strong maths skills... Programming skills with the likes of C C++ or C#. Essential: Good degree, Maths, C or C++ or...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Great Base + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
As such, the successful candidate will have the following: degree educated in electronics engineering or computer science commercial experience in software development programming in C/ C++/Java embedded...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxford or Suffolk, South East
The role allows growth into a more senior, quality-focused development position.The successful candidate will define, develop and support automated testing tools for the company's range...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Keywords: Software Development Engineer, automated test tool development, scripting, Python, C, C++, software, firmware, protocols, web interfaces, automatic test plans, test strategy, energy saving, green technologies, Oxford or...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Development Team Lead required for a hands on role in a fast moving and creative company in Central London. The successful Head Developer will have strong leaderships skills...
ISL
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Electronics Engineering, Software and Systems Engineering Required Skills *C /Assembler *Microprocessors *Firmware Development *Wi-Fi/LAN This is a great opportunity to develop your career as a Senior...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
You will be designing, developing, developer level testing and supporting GUI server and interface components using C# and C++ and SQL in multi-threaded multi-server environments You...
Computer People
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ealing, London
My client specialises in optimising business processes with their software solutions and their customers come from a wide range of industries. They are truly international, with a global...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + + excellent benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Ealing, London
My client specialises in optimising business processes with their software solutions and their customers come from a wide range of industries. They are truly international, with a global...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + + excellent benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
You will have the ability to investigate new technologies and continually improve methods within the team with a particular focus on framework and product improvement The ideal candidate...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge
Although not a requirement, experience in any of the following areas would also be particularly relevant: Programming: knowledge of: XML, Visual Studio, C#, Perl, HTML, OpenGL, STL, MFC,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + extensive benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
City of London
The Role * Reviewing software specifications, designing, implementing and troubleshooting automated and manual test strategies * Testing to be performed at code or API level * Provide high quality reporting on...
Mint
Salary: £50000 - £57000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 2 May 2013
Chichester, West Sussex
C, C++) & PC software design and development... MySQL)... Apache, JBoss, Java)... Proven experience of generating and managing; technical requirements specifications, software architecture, configuration management, risk management processes, verification...
s-com
Salary: £0.00 per annum + DOE plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Midlands
Requirements: - Essential Vehicle Dynamics in Automotive Industry Engineering degree or equivalent Documentation expertise Standards and compliance experience Engineering processes experience Automotive OEM manufacturing background Experience Preferred: Experience in...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Firmware, Analogue. Job Description: As part of a project team, you will be responsible for the design, development, and test of the drive and control electronics and firmware...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Applicants should have: Demonstrable hands-on development experience in .NET technologies, especially C# and SQL... An in-depth knowledge of object oriented programming and Object Oriented Design... Any...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £45k - 55k per year + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Project Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Test Laboratories and Research & Development are all located in Stafford... Desired Skills & Experience The successful candidate will probably be educated to degree level in...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
Key skills include: LINUX Embedded Systems ARM Processors H.264 Video/Audio Compression Image Processing IP Protocols Video Streaming A good academic background is also highly desirable, you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
Key skills include: LINUX Embedded Systems ARM Processors H.264 Video/Audio Compression Image Processing IP Protocols Video Streaming A good academic background is also highly desirable, you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus + Healthcare
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Build Automation... Google Apps for Business. Active directory... Apache Tomcat services. IIS services... Google Apps... Office 2010, Windows 7, Server 2008, SQL, IIS, WDS, MDT, WSUS, DFS, AD,...
Morgan Cassidy UK Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Think Sky, a FTSE TOP 30 and the UK's favourite triple play provider- TV, broadband and telephony... 1 choice in entertainment and communications.SNS focuses on delivering...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
East London
Think Sky, a FTSE TOP 30 and the UK's favourite triple play provider- TV, broadband and telephony... SNS focuses on delivering the highest-quality broadband and telephony...
Sky
Salary: competitive
Posted: 14 May 2013