Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for the Software 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkSoftware Engineer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank9871
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-27
Matching permanent IT job ads15195502
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.231 %2.758 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.456 %3.007 %
Salaries quoted13164377
Average salary£37,500£36,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year+4.160 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
61844182955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK90.83 %91.72 %
Salaries quoted51383150133
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software 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 Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-281427£37,500+2.73 %
South EastDown-14391£37,500-2.59 %
South WestDown-2314£36,000+2.85 %
East of EnglandDown-14263£40,000+13.47 %
LondonDown-25237£47,500+5.55 %
CambridgeshireDown-2205£40,000+14.28 %
CambridgeDown-2164£40,000+14.28 %
BristolNo change0127£36,000-2.70 %
BerkshireUp+20101£49,500+23.75 %
BathUp+881£37,500+25.00 %
SomersetUp+481£37,500+25.00 %
HampshireDown-2377£37,500-2.59 %
YorkshireDown-274£30,000-6.25 %
ScotlandUp+366£35,000+11.11 %
North WestDown-1066£29,000-10.76 %
City of LondonUp+5465£60,000+33.33 %
SurreyDown-663£43,750+15.13 %
WiltshireUp+862£37,500-6.25 %
BuckinghamshireDown-251£28,000-25.33 %
West MidlandsDown-2942£34,000+3.81 %
West SussexNo change038£37,500-6.25 %
OxfordshireDown-2138£31,500-16.00 %
SwindonUp+2236£37,500-6.25 %
East MidlandsDown-2535£30,000-14.28 %
South YorkshireUp+3534£28,000-6.66 %
SheffieldUp+1632£28,000-6.66 %
GloucestershireDown-832£32,500-7.14 %
ReadingUp+931£42,500+6.25 %
HertfordshireDown-330£33,000-17.50 %
ManchesterDown-528£27,500-16.66 %

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12275 (58.92 %)C++
21405 (36.39 %)C
31300 (33.67 %)C#
41153 (29.86 %)Java
51051 (27.22 %).NET
61020 (26.42 %)Degree
7811 (21.00 %)Windows
8771 (19.97 %)OO
9770 (19.94 %)SQL
10710 (18.39 %)Linux
11530 (13.73 %)SQL Server
12528 (13.68 %)Software Engineering
13516 (13.36 %)UNIX
14506 (13.11 %)Computer Science
15466 (12.07 %)UML
16419 (10.85 %)XML
17413 (10.70 %)ASP.NET
18412 (10.67 %)Mathematics
19384 (9.946 %)Finance
20379 (9.816 %)Pensions
21366 (9.479 %)Telecoms
22334 (8.651 %)Security Cleared
23325 (8.418 %)J2EE
24304 (7.874 %)Embedded C
25296 (7.666 %)Health
26259 (6.708 %)Microsoft
27242 (6.268 %)Visual Studio
28238 (6.164 %)OOD
29232 (6.009 %)TCP/IP
30231 (5.983 %)Oracle

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11051 (27.22 %).NET
2419 (10.85 %)XML
3413 (10.70 %)ASP.NET
4325 (8.418 %)J2EE
5219 (5.672 %)HTML
6180 (4.662 %)MFC
7156 (4.040 %)STL
8154 (3.989 %)WebServices
9123 (3.186 %)WinForms
10122 (3.160 %)AJAX
11119 (3.082 %)XSLT
12118 (3.056 %).NET Framework
13109 (2.823 %)JSP
14106 (2.745 %)Spring
15103 (2.668 %)CSS
1695 (2.461 %)ASP
1783 (2.150 %)Servlets
1870 (1.813 %)WCF
1962 (1.606 %)EJB
2057 (1.476 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
185 (2.202 %)Apache
248 (1.243 %)SharePoint
347 (1.217 %)Tomcat
446 (1.191 %)WebLogic
529 (0.751 %)IIS
612 (0.311 %)SAS
79 (0.233 %)WebSphere Application Server
86 (0.155 %)SharePoint Server 2007
95 (0.130 %)CMS
95 (0.130 %)Jetty
103 (0.078 %)ArcGIS
103 (0.078 %)BizTalk Server
103 (0.078 %)MS Exchange
103 (0.078 %)ESB
103 (0.078 %)Office Communications Server
112 (0.052 %)Liferay
112 (0.052 %)WebLogic Portal
112 (0.052 %)Jetspeed
112 (0.052 %)Zope
121 (0.026 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1147 (3.807 %)MS Excel
273 (1.891 %)MATLAB
332 (0.829 %)MS Visio
428 (0.725 %)MS Office
428 (0.725 %)Simulink
513 (0.337 %)Maya
513 (0.337 %)3ds Max
611 (0.285 %)InfoPath
75 (0.130 %)MS PowerPoint
84 (0.104 %)CA Clarity
92 (0.052 %)Quicktime
92 (0.052 %)S-PLUS
92 (0.052 %)AutoCAD
92 (0.052 %)Stateflow
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
119 (0.492 %)RMDS
27 (0.181 %)Endur
33 (0.078 %)Sage MMS
42 (0.052 %)Temenos Globus
42 (0.052 %)SAP HR
42 (0.052 %)Summit
51 (0.026 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.026 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.026 %)SAP CO
51 (0.026 %)LongView
51 (0.026 %)SAP FI
51 (0.026 %)AWD
51 (0.026 %)Oracle General Ledger
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1232 (6.009 %)TCP/IP
2118 (3.056 %)Internet
3103 (2.668 %)Wireless
466 (1.709 %)SNMP
556 (1.450 %)HTTP
652 (1.347 %)GSM
748 (1.243 %)UMTS
845 (1.166 %)VoIP
845 (1.166 %)3G
944 (1.140 %)DVB
1043 (1.114 %)IPv4
1136 (0.932 %)SMTP
1233 (0.855 %)BGP
1331 (0.803 %)OSPF
1425 (0.648 %)Ethernet
1523 (0.596 %)GPRS
1622 (0.570 %)SSL
1721 (0.544 %)NAS
1819 (0.492 %)TETRA
1819 (0.492 %)LTE
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1530 (13.73 %)SQL Server
2191 (4.947 %)MySQL
3100 (2.590 %)SQL Server 2005
453 (1.373 %)RDBMS
535 (0.907 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
634 (0.881 %)GIS
727 (0.699 %)DB2
825 (0.648 %)Datawarehouse
923 (0.596 %)PostgreSQL
1020 (0.518 %)Oracle 10g
1119 (0.492 %)SQL Server 2000
1215 (0.389 %)ETL
1215 (0.389 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1314 (0.363 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1411 (0.285 %)Firebird
1411 (0.285 %)Star Schema
1411 (0.285 %)Data Mining
1411 (0.285 %)Oracle 8/8i
1510 (0.259 %)MS Access
167 (0.181 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1242 (6.268 %)Visual Studio
268 (1.761 %)Subversion
359 (1.528 %)Eclipse
454 (1.399 %)ClearCase
539 (1.010 %)ClearQuest
636 (0.932 %)JUnit
636 (0.932 %)LabVIEW
730 (0.777 %)VSS/SourceSafe
829 (0.751 %)Team Foundation Server
829 (0.751 %)NUnit
920 (0.518 %)Ant
1016 (0.414 %)Selenium
1113 (0.337 %)Rational Rose
1212 (0.311 %)QuickTest Pro
139 (0.233 %)RequisitePro
148 (0.207 %)PVCS
156 (0.155 %)WATIR
156 (0.155 %)StarTeam
165 (0.130 %)Bugzilla
165 (0.130 %)ARTiSAN
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1384 (9.946 %)Finance
2379 (9.816 %)Pensions
3366 (9.479 %)Telecoms
4296 (7.666 %)Health
5156 (4.040 %)Aerospace
6152 (3.937 %)Electronics
7146 (3.781 %)Education
8120 (3.108 %)Government
9116 (3.004 %)Insurance
1090 (2.331 %)Games
1165 (1.684 %)Banking
1263 (1.632 %)Automotive
1349 (1.269 %)Manufacturing
1444 (1.140 %)Military
1543 (1.114 %)3D Graphics
1638 (0.984 %)Financial Institution
1735 (0.907 %)Multimedia
1830 (0.777 %)Retail
1830 (0.777 %)Electric
1928 (0.725 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1506 (13.11 %)Computer Science
2412 (10.67 %)Mathematics
3191 (4.947 %)Multithreading
4149 (3.859 %)Physics
5112 (2.901 %)Device Driver
674 (1.917 %)Client/Server
765 (1.684 %)Derivative
861 (1.580 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
861 (1.580 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
949 (1.269 %)Firmware
1045 (1.166 %)IVR
1143 (1.114 %)MPEG
1238 (0.984 %)Robotics
1334 (0.881 %)DTV
1433 (0.855 %)Management Information System
1532 (0.829 %)STB
1629 (0.751 %)Equities
1629 (0.751 %)SCADA
1726 (0.673 %)IPTV
1825 (0.648 %)VHDL
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1811 (21.00 %)Windows
2710 (18.39 %)Linux
3516 (13.36 %)UNIX
454 (1.399 %)Solaris
553 (1.373 %)Windows CE
648 (1.243 %)Windows Mobile
746 (1.191 %)Embedded Linux
844 (1.140 %)Windows XP
933 (0.855 %)VxWorks
1032 (0.829 %)Windows 2000
1128 (0.725 %)Windows Server 2003
1219 (0.492 %)Red Hat Linux
1318 (0.466 %)Symbian OS
1416 (0.414 %)Mac OS X
1514 (0.363 %)EPOC
1613 (0.337 %)AIX
1613 (0.337 %)Nucleus RTOS
1712 (0.311 %)Windows Vista
1811 (0.285 %)HPUX
198 (0.207 %)FreeBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1771 (19.97 %)OO
2528 (13.68 %)Software Engineering
3466 (12.07 %)UML
4238 (6.164 %)OOD
5112 (2.901 %)OOA/OOD
6108 (2.797 %)Agile Software Development
7105 (2.720 %)Configuration Management
894 (2.435 %)OOP
993 (2.409 %)Validation
1090 (2.331 %)Project Management
1182 (2.124 %)Unit Testing
1267 (1.735 %)TDD
1365 (1.684 %)Software Testing
1460 (1.554 %)Web Development
1556 (1.450 %)Business Intelligence
1651 (1.321 %)Scrum
1747 (1.217 %)Test Scripting
1840 (1.036 %)Systems Analysis
1840 (1.036 %)Image Processing
1933 (0.855 %)E-Commerce
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12275 (58.92 %)C++
21405 (36.39 %)C
31300 (33.67 %)C#
41153 (29.86 %)Java
5770 (19.94 %)SQL
6304 (7.874 %)Embedded C
7227 (5.879 %)JavaScript
8224 (5.802 %)VB
9206 (5.335 %)VB.NET
10196 (5.076 %)Perl
11181 (4.688 %)VC++
12178 (4.610 %)PHP
13177 (4.584 %)Embedded C++
14146 (3.781 %)Python
15118 (3.056 %)Delphi
16100 (2.590 %)Assembly Language
16100 (2.590 %)VB6
1772 (1.865 %)Ada
1864 (1.658 %)Ruby
1947 (1.217 %)XPath
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11020 (26.42 %)Degree
2334 (8.651 %)Security Cleared
394 (2.435 %)SC Cleared
485 (2.202 %)PhD
534 (0.881 %)Microsoft Certification
633 (0.855 %)ISEB
729 (0.751 %)DV Cleared
817 (0.440 %)HNC
817 (0.440 %)Postgraduate
912 (0.311 %)HND
1011 (0.285 %)Sun Certification
1110 (0.259 %)MCSD
1110 (0.259 %)MCSE
128 (0.207 %)MCP
134 (0.104 %)ISTQB
134 (0.104 %)SCEA
143 (0.078 %)MCAD
143 (0.078 %)MCPD
143 (0.078 %)CTC Cleared
152 (0.052 %)BC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1107 (2.771 %)QA
228 (0.725 %)ISO9001
314 (0.363 %)TickIT
413 (0.337 %)ISO9000
510 (0.259 %)SLA
67 (0.181 %)JTAG
76 (0.155 %)21 CFR Part 11
82 (0.052 %)WAI
91 (0.026 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
91 (0.026 %)GAMP
91 (0.026 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
132 (0.829 %)Active Directory
218 (0.466 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (0.311 %)MSMQ
47 (0.181 %)Xen
52 (0.052 %)qmail
52 (0.052 %)Postfix
52 (0.052 %)Sendmail
61 (0.026 %)NetBackup
61 (0.026 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.026 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.026 %)VMware Workstation
61 (0.026 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (0.337 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.052 %)SCCM
22 (0.052 %)SCOM
22 (0.052 %)HP Data Protector
22 (0.052 %)OpenView
22 (0.052 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.026 %)Tivoli
31 (0.026 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.026 %)ARCserve
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1259 (6.708 %)Microsoft
2231 (5.983 %)Oracle
360 (1.554 %)JBoss
439 (1.010 %)Symbian
439 (1.010 %)Sony
526 (0.673 %)IBM
625 (0.648 %)Intel
724 (0.622 %)Sun
822 (0.570 %)ESRI
919 (0.492 %)Cisco
919 (0.492 %)TIBCO
919 (0.492 %)Borland
919 (0.492 %)Red Hat
919 (0.492 %)VMware
1018 (0.466 %)QNX
1018 (0.466 %)HP
1114 (0.363 %)Reuters
1114 (0.363 %)Apple
1212 (0.311 %)Perforce
1311 (0.285 %)Adobe