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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 38 52 45
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 10 10 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.448% 2.899% 5.145%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.597% 2.941% 5.287%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 23
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £34,550 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,750 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
278 340 435
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.86% 98.55% 97.32%
Number of salaries quoted 220 229 325
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Hertfordshire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 16 (66.67%) C#
2 15 (62.50%) C++
3 14 (58.33%) SQL
3 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
3 14 (58.33%) .NET
4 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 11 (45.83%) Degree
6 9 (37.50%) Windows
7 8 (33.33%) Oracle
7 8 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
7 8 (33.33%) Visual Studio
7 8 (33.33%) WinForms
7 8 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (29.17%) C
9 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
9 6 (25.00%) ASP.NET
9 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
10 5 (20.83%) HTML5
10 5 (20.83%) MVC
10 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
10 5 (20.83%) CSS
10 5 (20.83%) SOAP
10 5 (20.83%) Web Services
10 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
10 5 (20.83%) jQuery
11 4 (16.67%) Linux
11 4 (16.67%) Python
11 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
11 4 (16.67%) LabVIEW
11 4 (16.67%) Electronics

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 14 (58.33%) .NET
2 8 (33.33%) WinForms
3 6 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 5 (20.83%) HTML5
4 5 (20.83%) CSS
4 5 (20.83%) SOAP
4 5 (20.83%) Web Services
4 5 (20.83%) jQuery
5 4 (16.67%) CSS3
6 2 (8.333%) HTML
7 1 (4.167%) REST
7 1 (4.167%) OpenGL
7 1 (4.167%) DirectX
7 1 (4.167%) XML
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.67%) LabVIEW
3 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
2 4 (16.67%) Electronics
3 2 (8.333%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.333%) Device Driver
2 2 (8.333%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.167%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.167%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (4.167%) Android
3 1 (4.167%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.167%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (20.83%) MVC
3 4 (16.67%) Business Development
4 3 (12.50%) UML
5 2 (8.333%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (8.333%) DSDM
5 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
5 2 (8.333%) TDD
5 2 (8.333%) Pair Programming
5 2 (8.333%) Logistics
5 2 (8.333%) Automated Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Scrum
5 2 (8.333%) Extreme Programming
5 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.333%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.167%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) C#
2 15 (62.50%) C++
3 14 (58.33%) SQL
4 7 (29.17%) C
5 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
7 4 (16.67%) Python
8 3 (12.50%) Java
9 2 (8.333%) Embedded C
10 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Oracle
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.333%) Twitter
Watford, Hertfordshire
Scripting - Perl, Tcl, Bash, Python, JavaScript, Serena or SQL... Skills: OO programming (C#, ASP.Net, Python, Java, C++), Scripting (Perl, Tcl, Bash, Python, JavaScript, SQL), Databases (Oracles, Access,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £45000 per annum - shares, medical, pension, etc
Posted: 20 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Requirements for Embedded Software Engineers: -C or C++ programming for embedded software -Linux is highly desirable but not essential Device drivers, Android, RTOS, embedded Linux, SoC design, OpenGL,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £24,000 to £50,000 per annum outstanding benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013