The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 31 51 64
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 15 9 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 5.226% 2.571% 0.665%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.726% 3.158% 0.806%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 3
Average salary £31,250 £27,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -38.88%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
223 285 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.70% 81.43% 82.48%
Number of salaries quoted 179 186 269
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Watford Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Watford region.

Watford Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Watford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Watford Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

1 16 (88.89%) C#
2 15 (83.33%) C++
2 15 (83.33%) .NET
2 15 (83.33%) XML
3 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 14 (77.78%) SQL
4 12 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 12 (66.67%) CSS
4 12 (66.67%) Web Application Development
5 11 (61.11%) Windows
5 11 (61.11%) OO
5 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
6 9 (50.00%) SQL Server
7 8 (44.44%) HTML
7 8 (44.44%) MS Excel
7 8 (44.44%) Web Development
7 8 (44.44%) WPF
7 8 (44.44%) HTML5
8 7 (38.89%) WCF
8 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2008
8 7 (38.89%) Expression Blend
8 7 (38.89%) LINQ
8 7 (38.89%) .NET Framework
8 7 (38.89%) JSON
8 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2005
8 7 (38.89%) Windows Mobile
8 7 (38.89%) OOD
8 7 (38.89%) XSL
8 7 (38.89%) PHP
8 7 (38.89%) SOAP

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

Application Development
1 15 (83.33%) .NET
1 15 (83.33%) XML
2 12 (66.67%) CSS
3 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
4 8 (44.44%) HTML
4 8 (44.44%) WPF
4 8 (44.44%) HTML5
5 7 (38.89%) WCF
5 7 (38.89%) LINQ
5 7 (38.89%) .NET Framework
5 7 (38.89%) JSON
5 7 (38.89%) XSL
5 7 (38.89%) SOAP
5 7 (38.89%) Web Services
6 6 (33.33%) Ajax
7 1 (5.556%) DHTML
7 1 (5.556%) WF
7 1 (5.556%) jQuery
7 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.556%) DB2
3 1 (5.556%) MySQL
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Expression Blend
2 3 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
1 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Developer
2 13 (72.22%) C# Developer
3 10 (55.56%) .NET Developer
4 8 (44.44%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (38.89%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (38.89%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (22.22%) Graduate Software Developer
6 4 (22.22%) Graduate Developer
6 4 (22.22%) Software Developer
6 4 (22.22%) Graduate
6 4 (22.22%) C# Software Developer
6 4 (22.22%) Graduate C# Developer
7 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
7 3 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
8 1 (5.556%) Engineering Manager
8 1 (5.556%) Software Manager
8 1 (5.556%) IT Project Manager
8 1 (5.556%) Technical Manager
8 1 (5.556%) Software Project Manager
8 1 (5.556%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.556%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Web Application Development
2 11 (61.11%) OO
3 8 (44.44%) Web Development
4 7 (38.89%) OOD
5 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (5.556%) MVC
6 1 (5.556%) Scrum
6 1 (5.556%) Unified Process
6 1 (5.556%) B2B
6 1 (5.556%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.556%) Change Control
6 1 (5.556%) Static Code Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (5.556%) Product Management
6 1 (5.556%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) C#
2 15 (83.33%) C++
3 14 (77.78%) SQL
4 12 (66.67%) JavaScript
5 7 (38.89%) PHP
6 4 (22.22%) C
6 4 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.556%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
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