The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Wales 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 17 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 42 68 61
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 59 33 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 4.735% 2.900% 2.402%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.828% 2.981% 2.535%
Number of salaries quoted 46 22 20
Average salary £35,000 £32,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.52% +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,425 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £95,000 £35,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1222 1107 986
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 98.07% 97.28% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1106 974 905
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -2.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
UK

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales Software Engineer Salary Histogram

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales +7 32 £35,000 -22.22%
North Wales -1 8 £40,000 +35.02%
West Wales +12 7 £35,000 +40.00%
Mid Wales +2 6 £45,000 +45.16%
Software Engineer
UK

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 76 (55.88%) C
2 70 (51.47%) C++
3 52 (38.24%) Linux
4 47 (34.56%) HTML
5 43 (31.62%) TCP/IP
6 39 (28.68%) JavaScript
7 38 (27.94%) Windows
8 33 (24.26%) CSS
9 32 (23.53%) IPTV
10 30 (22.06%) Electronics
11 27 (19.85%) Degree
12 24 (17.65%) Java
12 24 (17.65%) UML
13 23 (16.91%) STB
14 22 (16.18%) DTV
15 20 (14.71%) .NET
16 19 (13.97%) Computer Science
17 18 (13.24%) C#
18 17 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
18 17 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
19 16 (11.76%) SQL
19 16 (11.76%) Flash
19 16 (11.76%) Software Engineering
19 16 (11.76%) Ajax
20 15 (11.03%) OO
21 14 (10.29%) ActionScript
21 14 (10.29%) Internet
21 14 (10.29%) HTML5
22 12 (8.824%) Embedded C
22 12 (8.824%) SQL Server

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 47 (34.56%) HTML
2 33 (24.26%) CSS
3 20 (14.71%) .NET
4 16 (11.76%) Flash
4 16 (11.76%) Ajax
5 14 (10.29%) HTML5
6 12 (8.824%) Web Services
7 10 (7.353%) Middleware
8 9 (6.618%) Hibernate
8 9 (6.618%) Spring
8 9 (6.618%) .NET Framework
8 9 (6.618%) jQuery
8 9 (6.618%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 7 (5.147%) Struts
10 5 (3.676%) SOAP
11 4 (2.941%) REST
12 3 (2.206%) XML
13 2 (1.471%) Apache Flex
13 2 (1.471%) Qt
13 2 (1.471%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.471%) Apache
2 1 (0.735%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.735%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.735%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.735%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 43 (31.62%) TCP/IP
2 14 (10.29%) Internet
3 11 (8.088%) DVB
4 5 (3.676%) Ethernet
5 4 (2.941%) SNMP
5 4 (2.941%) TELNET
6 3 (2.206%) Wireless
6 3 (2.206%) HTTP
7 2 (1.471%) SSH
7 2 (1.471%) ZigBee
7 2 (1.471%) HSPA
7 2 (1.471%) LDAP
7 2 (1.471%) Bluetooth
7 2 (1.471%) GPRS
7 2 (1.471%) UMTS
7 2 (1.471%) WAN
8 1 (0.735%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.824%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.618%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.471%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.735%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.735%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.735%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.735%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.735%) DB2
4 1 (0.735%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.735%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.735%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 9 (6.618%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.206%) Subversion
3 2 (1.471%) Maven
3 2 (1.471%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.471%) JUnit
3 2 (1.471%) Selenium
3 2 (1.471%) TestNG
3 2 (1.471%) MyEclipse
4 1 (0.735%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.735%) Hudson
4 1 (0.735%) Ant
4 1 (0.735%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.735%) JIRA
General
1 30 (22.06%) Electronics
2 12 (8.824%) Marketing
3 5 (3.676%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.941%) Automotive
5 3 (2.206%) Finance
5 3 (2.206%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.206%) Avionics
5 3 (2.206%) Banking
6 2 (1.471%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.735%) Advertising
7 1 (0.735%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 32 (23.53%) IPTV
2 23 (16.91%) STB
3 22 (16.18%) DTV
4 19 (13.97%) Computer Science
5 11 (8.088%) Device Driver
6 10 (7.353%) Digital Media
7 6 (4.412%) Firmware
7 6 (4.412%) Physics
8 5 (3.676%) VHDL
9 3 (2.206%) Mathematics
10 2 (1.471%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.471%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.471%) Mobile Banking
10 2 (1.471%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.735%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.735%) MPEG
11 1 (0.735%) Replication
11 1 (0.735%) Life Science
11 1 (0.735%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 52 (38.24%) Linux
2 38 (27.94%) Windows
3 10 (7.353%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (3.676%) Android
5 4 (2.941%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.206%) VMS
7 2 (1.471%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (1.471%) Windows XP
7 2 (1.471%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.735%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.65%) UML
2 17 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
3 16 (11.76%) Software Engineering
4 15 (11.03%) OO
5 10 (7.353%) OOP
6 9 (6.618%) MVC
6 9 (6.618%) Scrum
6 9 (6.618%) MVVM
7 7 (5.147%) Web Application Development
7 7 (5.147%) Web Development
8 5 (3.676%) System Testing
9 4 (2.941%) Test Scripting
10 3 (2.206%) Configuration Management
11 2 (1.471%) Unit Testing
11 2 (1.471%) Software Testing
11 2 (1.471%) Mobile Commerce
11 2 (1.471%) Multithreading
11 2 (1.471%) Automation Testing
12 1 (0.735%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 76 (55.88%) C
2 70 (51.47%) C++
3 39 (28.68%) JavaScript
4 24 (17.65%) Java
5 18 (13.24%) C#
6 16 (11.76%) SQL
7 14 (10.29%) ActionScript
8 12 (8.824%) Embedded C
9 9 (6.618%) Embedded C++
9 9 (6.618%) Assembly Language
10 5 (3.676%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.735%) Fortran
11 1 (0.735%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (19.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.882%) JTAG
2 4 (2.941%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 7 (5.147%) Twitter
2 3 (2.206%) Oracle
2 3 (2.206%) Embarcadero
2 3 (2.206%) Borland
3 2 (1.471%) Atmel
3 2 (1.471%) Adobe
4 1 (0.735%) Broadcom
4 1 (0.735%) Sybase
4 1 (0.735%) Microsoft