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The table looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkSoftware Engineering
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank151182
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads8912111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.309 %1.058 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.128 %1.833 %
Salaries quoted7981743
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,150£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£36,500
% change on same period last year-1.360 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
41873115150
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK61.50 %57.73 %
Salaries quoted3442493981
Average salary£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Software Engineering Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

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

Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
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 Engineering 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
EnglandUp+27814£40,000-
LondonUp+56261£60,000+20.00 %
South EastUp+48215£40,000-
East of EnglandUp+1392£37,500-
South WestDown-2285£36,000+2.85 %
HampshireUp+7684£39,500+0.63 %
CambridgeshireUp+2877£40,000+6.66 %
North WestUp+10375£35,000-
CambridgeUp+1970£37,500-
City of LondonUp+1569£55,000+10.00 %
ManchesterUp+7449£45,000+30.43 %
WalesUp+4642£30,000-25.00 %
South WalesUp+4142£30,000-25.00 %
BerkshireUp+7439£45,000+12.50 %
Docklands, LondonUp+5836£72,500+141.66 %
YorkshireUp+4233£32,000-5.18 %
ScotlandUp+2432£34,000+4.61 %
SurreyUp+4630£45,000+8.43 %
West YorkshireUp+7628£32,000-20.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4928£35,500-11.25 %
East MidlandsUp+4628£30,000-
BasingstokeUp+8324£45,000+63.63 %
CardiffUp+4124£28,468-43.06 %
ReadingUp+5522£45,000-6.25 %
BristolDown-3122£32,500-
North EastUp+5119£33,000+6.45 %
LeedsUp+6417£30,000-14.28 %
FarehamUp+1216£22,500-30.76 %
Milton KeynesUp+4115£34,000-
Tyne and WearUp+3615£30,000-1.63 %

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering.

1789 (40.38 %)Degree
2728 (37.26 %)C++
3589 (30.14 %)C#
4558 (28.56 %).NET
5550 (28.15 %)Java
6536 (27.43 %)Computer Science
7462 (23.64 %)OO
8385 (19.70 %)C
9341 (17.45 %)SQL
10333 (17.04 %)Windows
11294 (15.05 %)SQL Server
12280 (14.33 %)ASP.NET
13266 (13.61 %)UNIX
14261 (13.36 %)Linux
15258 (13.20 %)Mathematics
16254 (13.00 %)XML
17244 (12.49 %)Finance
18194 (9.928 %)JavaScript
18194 (9.928 %)UML
18194 (9.928 %)Microsoft
19189 (9.672 %)Security Cleared
20173 (8.854 %)Project Management
21170 (8.700 %)Oracle
22164 (8.393 %)HTML
23148 (7.574 %)J2EE
24145 (7.421 %)Pensions
25137 (7.011 %)VB
25137 (7.011 %)OOD
26135 (6.909 %)Electronics
27125 (6.397 %)PHP

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1558 (28.56 %).NET
2280 (14.33 %)ASP.NET
3254 (13.00 %)XML
4164 (8.393 %)HTML
5148 (7.574 %)J2EE
6122 (6.244 %)CSS
7103 (5.271 %)WinForms
893 (4.759 %)WebServices
988 (4.504 %)AJAX
1081 (4.145 %)MFC
1081 (4.145 %).NET Framework
1173 (3.736 %)WPF
1272 (3.685 %)XHTML
1363 (3.224 %)ASP
1449 (2.508 %)STL
1547 (2.405 %)JSP
1646 (2.354 %)XSLT
1744 (2.252 %)COM+
1841 (2.098 %)WCF
1938 (1.945 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
155 (2.815 %)SharePoint
254 (2.764 %)Apache
343 (2.201 %)BizTalk Server
432 (1.638 %)SharePoint Server 2007
529 (1.484 %)Commerce Server
628 (1.433 %)IIS
725 (1.279 %)Commerce Server 2007
725 (1.279 %)CMS
813 (0.665 %)Apache Solr
912 (0.614 %)Tomcat
912 (0.614 %)ESB
107 (0.358 %)Rendezvous
116 (0.307 %)Joomla!
125 (0.256 %)WebLogic
134 (0.205 %)MS Exchange
134 (0.205 %)Site Server
143 (0.154 %)Liferay
152 (0.102 %)Oracle 9iAS
152 (0.102 %)ColdFusion
152 (0.102 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
194 (4.811 %)MS Excel
259 (3.019 %)MS Visio
339 (1.996 %)MATLAB
421 (1.075 %)MS Office
510 (0.512 %)MS Project
66 (0.307 %)MS PowerPoint
75 (0.256 %)Photoshop
84 (0.205 %)Spreadsheet
93 (0.154 %)Fireworks
101 (0.051 %)ArcView
101 (0.051 %)Simulink
101 (0.051 %)S-PLUS
101 (0.051 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (0.716 %)RMDS
24 (0.205 %)Oracle Financials
24 (0.205 %)LabWindows
32 (0.102 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.102 %)Summit
41 (0.051 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.051 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.051 %)Navision
41 (0.051 %)LongView
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
181 (4.145 %)Internet
258 (2.968 %)TCP/IP
331 (1.586 %)VoIP
331 (1.586 %)Wireless
420 (1.024 %)GSM
420 (1.024 %)HTTP
516 (0.819 %)Intranet
516 (0.819 %)FTP
612 (0.614 %)DVB
612 (0.614 %)LAN
612 (0.614 %)NGN
711 (0.563 %)UMTS
711 (0.563 %)3G
711 (0.563 %)LDAP
810 (0.512 %)GPRS
99 (0.461 %)SAN
108 (0.409 %)SSL
117 (0.358 %)Wi-Fi
117 (0.358 %)SMTP
126 (0.307 %)CTI
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1294 (15.05 %)SQL Server
2102 (5.220 %)MySQL
348 (2.456 %)SQL Server 2005
439 (1.996 %)GIS
532 (1.638 %)RDBMS
627 (1.382 %)SQL Server 2000
719 (0.972 %)Oracle 8/8i
815 (0.768 %)Oracle Reports
911 (0.563 %)PostgreSQL
911 (0.563 %)BusinessObjects
911 (0.563 %)DB2
1010 (0.512 %)Oracle 10g
119 (0.461 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
119 (0.461 %)Crystal Reports
119 (0.461 %)MS Access
119 (0.461 %)Oracle 9i
126 (0.307 %)ETL
135 (0.256 %)SQL Server Integration Services
135 (0.256 %)Informix
144 (0.205 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1112 (5.732 %)Visual Studio
254 (2.764 %)ClearCase
346 (2.354 %)Subversion
445 (2.303 %)ClearQuest
523 (1.177 %)VSS/SourceSafe
621 (1.075 %)Ant
720 (1.024 %)Oracle Forms
815 (0.768 %)FitNesse
913 (0.665 %)Eclipse
1010 (0.512 %)JUnit
1010 (0.512 %)LabVIEW
1010 (0.512 %)Selenium
1010 (0.512 %)TestComplete
115 (0.256 %)PVCS
115 (0.256 %)Rational Rose
124 (0.205 %)ARTiSAN
124 (0.205 %)InstallShield
133 (0.154 %)Build Forge
133 (0.154 %)MSI
133 (0.154 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1244 (12.49 %)Finance
2145 (7.421 %)Pensions
3135 (6.909 %)Electronics
4117 (5.988 %)Games
582 (4.197 %)Telecoms
674 (3.787 %)Health
772 (3.685 %)Aerospace
863 (3.224 %)Banking
962 (3.173 %)Education
1050 (2.559 %)Government
1140 (2.047 %)Marketing
1237 (1.894 %)3D Graphics
1331 (1.586 %)Front Office
1430 (1.535 %)Military
1430 (1.535 %)Animation
1528 (1.433 %)Automotive
1626 (1.331 %)Electric
1724 (1.228 %)Insurance
1822 (1.126 %)Investment Banking
1921 (1.075 %)Avionics
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1713 (36.49 %)Developer
2528 (27.02 %)Software Engineer
3189 (9.672 %).NET Developer
4181 (9.263 %)C# Developer
5141 (7.216 %)Graduate
6139 (7.114 %)Software Developer
7107 (5.476 %)Programmer
8106 (5.425 %)C++ Developer
991 (4.657 %)Senior Developer
1090 (4.606 %)Java Developer
1185 (4.350 %)C++ Software Engineer
1185 (4.350 %)Analyst
1283 (4.248 %)Senior Software Engineer
1377 (3.941 %)Consultant
1475 (3.838 %)Junior
1574 (3.787 %)ASP.NET Developer
1663 (3.224 %)Software Manager
1762 (3.173 %)Architect
1859 (3.019 %)PHP Developer
1958 (2.968 %)Project Manager
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1536 (27.43 %)Computer Science
2258 (13.20 %)Mathematics
399 (5.067 %)Physics
458 (2.968 %)Multithreading
552 (2.661 %)N-Tier
643 (2.201 %)Derivative
740 (2.047 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
830 (1.535 %)Client/Server
927 (1.382 %)Artificial Intelligence
1022 (1.126 %)Fixed Income
1119 (0.972 %)Web 2.0
1218 (0.921 %)Firmware
1218 (0.921 %)Device Driver
1218 (0.921 %)Equity Derivative
1317 (0.870 %)IPTV
1414 (0.716 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1512 (0.614 %)Neural Network
1512 (0.614 %)STB
1610 (0.512 %)MPEG
1610 (0.512 %)VHDL
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1333 (17.04 %)Windows
2266 (13.61 %)UNIX
3261 (13.36 %)Linux
438 (1.945 %)Windows 2000
532 (1.638 %)Solaris
618 (0.921 %)Windows CE
717 (0.870 %)Embedded Linux
717 (0.870 %)Windows XP
812 (0.614 %)VxWorks
911 (0.563 %)Windows Mobile
1010 (0.512 %)Nucleus RTOS
115 (0.256 %)LynxOS
124 (0.205 %)Windows XP Embedded
124 (0.205 %)Android
124 (0.205 %)Mac OS
133 (0.154 %)Windows Server 2003
133 (0.154 %)Windows NT
133 (0.154 %)AIX
133 (0.154 %)HPUX
142 (0.102 %)Fedora
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1462 (23.64 %)OO
2194 (9.928 %)UML
3173 (8.854 %)Project Management
4137 (7.011 %)OOD
5107 (5.476 %)Configuration Management
688 (4.504 %)Agile Software Development
764 (3.275 %)Web Development
860 (3.071 %)OOA/OOD
959 (3.019 %)Unit Testing
1058 (2.968 %)E-Commerce
1149 (2.508 %)RUP
1248 (2.456 %)Risk Management
1346 (2.354 %)Validation
1444 (2.252 %)Business Intelligence
1444 (2.252 %)Scrum
1444 (2.252 %)TDD
1539 (1.996 %)OOP
1637 (1.894 %)Image Processing
1735 (1.791 %)CRM
1735 (1.791 %)Systems Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1728 (37.26 %)C++
2589 (30.14 %)C#
3550 (28.15 %)Java
4385 (19.70 %)C
5341 (17.45 %)SQL
6194 (9.928 %)JavaScript
7137 (7.011 %)VB
8125 (6.397 %)PHP
9119 (6.090 %)VB.NET
1085 (4.350 %)Perl
1181 (4.145 %)VC++
1277 (3.941 %)Embedded C
1362 (3.173 %)Delphi
1455 (2.815 %)VB6
1542 (2.149 %)T-SQL
1638 (1.945 %)Python
1737 (1.894 %)Embedded C++
1835 (1.791 %)PL/SQL
1928 (1.433 %)ActionScript
2022 (1.126 %)Ada
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1789 (40.38 %)Degree
2189 (9.672 %)Security Cleared
368 (3.480 %)SC Cleared
451 (2.610 %)PhD
534 (1.740 %)Microsoft Certification
621 (1.075 %)ISEB
712 (0.614 %)MCSD
712 (0.614 %)HND
88 (0.409 %)MCAD
97 (0.358 %)Postgraduate
106 (0.307 %)Oracle Certification
106 (0.307 %)MySQL Certification
115 (0.256 %)BC Cleared
124 (0.205 %)PMI Certification
124 (0.205 %)DV Cleared
132 (0.102 %)HNC
132 (0.102 %)PRINCE2 Certification
132 (0.102 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
141 (0.051 %)CTC Cleared
141 (0.051 %)SCJP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
161 (3.122 %)QA
215 (0.768 %)ISO9001
37 (0.358 %)TickIT
45 (0.256 %)HL7
45 (0.256 %)21 CFR Part 11
45 (0.256 %)ISO9000
54 (0.205 %)WAI
62 (0.102 %)SLA
62 (0.102 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.102 %)Basel II
71 (0.051 %)COBIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (1.279 %)MSMQ
26 (0.307 %)Active Directory
31 (0.051 %)XenServer
31 (0.051 %)Xen
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.051 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 (0.051 %)AutoSys
11 (0.051 %)CONTROL-M
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1194 (9.928 %)Microsoft
2170 (8.700 %)Oracle
317 (0.870 %)JBoss
416 (0.819 %)Sybase
515 (0.768 %)Zend
614 (0.716 %)Reuters
711 (0.563 %)Business Objects
89 (0.461 %)IBM
89 (0.461 %)Symbian
98 (0.409 %)VMware
107 (0.358 %)Sun
116 (0.307 %)Sony
125 (0.256 %)Google
125 (0.256 %)Telelogic
125 (0.256 %)ESRI
134 (0.205 %)JD Edwards
134 (0.205 %)Borland
134 (0.205 %)Dell
143 (0.154 %)Serena
143 (0.154 %)Nokia