The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Development 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Development Engineer
Rank 792 788 840
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 70 111 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.065% 0.092% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.097% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 49 80 19
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £26,450 £30,400
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-27.77% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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%

Software Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Software Development Engineer Salary Trend

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Software Development Engineer Salary Histogram

Software 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 Software Development Engineer within the UK 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
England -16 63 £45,000 -
London +41 35 £47,500 +13.09%
City of London - 18 £47,500 -
South East -1 8 £44,000 +11.39%
South West +1 7 £32,500 -7.14%
West Sussex - 6 £44,000 -
Wales +7 5 £35,000 +11.41%
Cambridgeshire -13 5 - -
East of England -22 5 - -
Cambridge -23 5 - -
Crawley - 5 £44,000 -
South Wales +6 4 £35,000 +11.41%
Dorset -7 4 £31,750 -9.28%
Ealing -8 4 £45,000 -
Bristol -3 3 £45,000 +25.00%
Lancashire - 3 £27,204 -
North West - 3 £27,204 -
Preston - 3 £27,204 -
Scotland -2 2 £33,750 +29.80%
Bournemouth -4 2 £32,500 +30.00%
West Midlands -22 2 £33,750 +50.00%
North East - 2 £32,500 -
Poole - 2 £28,000 -
Durham - 2 £32,500 -
Berkshire +2 1 £35,000 -41.66%
Worcestershire 0 1 £40,000 +77.77%
Reading -1 1 £35,000 -41.66%
Hampshire -7 1 £32,500 +17.11%
Glasgow -21 1 £32,500 +25.00%
Yorkshire - 1 £20,000 -

Software Development Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Development Engineer in their job title.

1 56 (42.11%) C#
2 52 (39.10%) C++
3 49 (36.84%) OO
4 48 (36.09%) Windows
5 43 (32.33%) Linux
5 43 (32.33%) Degree
6 42 (31.58%) SQL Server
7 40 (30.08%) OOP
8 36 (27.07%) TDD
9 35 (26.32%) Java
10 34 (25.56%) SQL
11 32 (24.06%) .NET
11 32 (24.06%) Microsoft
12 31 (23.31%) C
13 30 (22.56%) Oracle
13 30 (22.56%) WinForms
14 29 (21.80%) Finance
14 29 (21.80%) Unit Testing
15 28 (21.05%) MS Office
16 25 (18.80%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 25 (18.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 25 (18.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 24 (18.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 24 (18.05%) Web Development
17 24 (18.05%) Visual Studio
18 23 (17.29%) OOD
18 23 (17.29%) SQL Server 2008
19 21 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
19 21 (15.79%) SharePoint
19 21 (15.79%) TCP/IP

Software Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (24.06%) .NET
2 30 (22.56%) WinForms
3 17 (12.78%) XML
4 11 (8.271%) Ajax
4 11 (8.271%) ASP.NET
5 9 (6.767%) HTML
6 6 (4.511%) Spring
6 6 (4.511%) WCF
7 5 (3.759%) J2EE
7 5 (3.759%) STL
8 4 (3.008%) COM
8 4 (3.008%) JSON
9 3 (2.256%) .NET Framework
9 3 (2.256%) MFC
10 2 (1.504%) CSS
10 2 (1.504%) Cocoa
10 2 (1.504%) Java EE
10 2 (1.504%) jQuery
10 2 (1.504%) RESTful
10 2 (1.504%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 21 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.504%) OpenStack
Applications
1 28 (21.05%) MS Office
2 9 (6.767%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.504%) MS Project
3 2 (1.504%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.752%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.752%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.79%) TCP/IP
2 18 (13.53%) Ethernet
3 8 (6.015%) HTTP
4 5 (3.759%) Wireless
5 4 (3.008%) UMTS
6 2 (1.504%) SNMP
6 2 (1.504%) WAN
6 2 (1.504%) Bluetooth
6 2 (1.504%) GPRS
6 2 (1.504%) GSM
6 2 (1.504%) 3GPP
6 2 (1.504%) LDAP
6 2 (1.504%) TELNET
6 2 (1.504%) SSH
6 2 (1.504%) ZigBee
6 2 (1.504%) HSPA
6 2 (1.504%) LTE
7 1 (0.752%) IMAP
7 1 (0.752%) Internet
7 1 (0.752%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 25 (18.80%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 25 (18.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 25 (18.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 24 (18.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 23 (17.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (5.263%) RDBMS
6 6 (4.511%) MySQL
6 6 (4.511%) OLTP
7 1 (0.752%) PerformancePoint
7 1 (0.752%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 24 (18.05%) Visual Studio
2 21 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.759%) ClearCase
4 3 (2.256%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.504%) NUnit
5 2 (1.504%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.752%) Selenium
General
1 29 (21.80%) Finance
2 20 (15.04%) Banking
3 10 (7.519%) Electronics
4 6 (4.511%) Aerospace
4 6 (4.511%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.759%) Military
6 4 (3.008%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.504%) Automotive
7 2 (1.504%) Games
7 2 (1.504%) Music
8 1 (0.752%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.752%) Front Office
8 1 (0.752%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.04%) Computer Science
2 18 (13.53%) Device Driver
3 13 (9.774%) VHDL
3 13 (9.774%) Verilog
4 10 (7.519%) Physics
5 8 (6.015%) Firmware
5 8 (6.015%) Mathematics
6 7 (5.263%) Open Source
6 7 (5.263%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.504%) Chip and PIN
7 2 (1.504%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.504%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.752%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.752%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.752%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.752%) iPad
8 1 (0.752%) iPhone
8 1 (0.752%) Robotics
8 1 (0.752%) Replication
8 1 (0.752%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 48 (36.09%) Windows
2 43 (32.33%) Linux
3 5 (3.759%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (3.759%) UNIX
4 3 (2.256%) Mac OS X
4 3 (2.256%) VMS
5 2 (1.504%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.752%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.752%) Android
6 1 (0.752%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.84%) OO
2 40 (30.08%) OOP
3 36 (27.07%) TDD
4 29 (21.80%) Unit Testing
5 24 (18.05%) Web Development
6 23 (17.29%) OOD
7 20 (15.04%) Configuration Management
7 20 (15.04%) Waterfall
8 17 (12.78%) Scrum
9 14 (10.53%) Software Engineering
9 14 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
10 13 (9.774%) Electronic Design Automation
11 11 (8.271%) BDD
12 10 (7.519%) Software Testing
13 9 (6.767%) Data Management
14 8 (6.015%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (6.015%) Multithreading
15 7 (5.263%) UML
16 6 (4.511%) E-Commerce
16 6 (4.511%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (42.11%) C#
2 52 (39.10%) C++
3 35 (26.32%) Java
4 34 (25.56%) SQL
5 31 (23.31%) C
6 14 (10.53%) Python
7 11 (8.271%) JavaScript
7 11 (8.271%) Perl
8 9 (6.767%) VB
9 7 (5.263%) VB6
10 6 (4.511%) T-SQL
11 5 (3.759%) Embedded C
12 4 (3.008%) Assembly Language
12 4 (3.008%) Shell Script
13 3 (2.256%) MATLAB
13 3 (2.256%) VC++
14 2 (1.504%) Embedded C++
14 2 (1.504%) TTCN
15 1 (0.752%) DataFlex
15 1 (0.752%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 43 (32.33%) Degree
2 7 (5.263%) ISTQB
2 7 (5.263%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.263%) QA
2 4 (3.008%) JTAG
3 2 (1.504%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 13 (9.774%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (0.752%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 32 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 30 (22.56%) Oracle
3 13 (9.774%) VMware
4 4 (3.008%) Guidewire
5 2 (1.504%) HP
5 2 (1.504%) Telerik
5 2 (1.504%) Atmel
6 1 (0.752%) Twitter
6 1 (0.752%) DataSynapse
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
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
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
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will play a key part developing and optimising DSP algorithms in applications such as video and audio codecs, 3G, LTE and VoIP; with the chance to become...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum Excellent Package with Shares
Posted: 22 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
West 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 Innovation
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013